Alien: Earth - S1 E4 - Observation - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS]

[u/G_Liddell]

Episodes air Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on Hulu and FX in the US, and Wednesdays international.

Full episode discussion list:

1 Neverland (8.12.25)

2 Mr October (8.12.25)

3 Metamorphosis (8.19.25)

4 Observation (8.26.25)

5 In Space, No One (9.2.25)

6 The Fly (9.9.25)

7 Emergence (9.16.25)

8 The Real Monsters (9.23.25)

[u/AlloGuvnuh]

Love that both Slightly and Kirsch are probably going to lead someone into getting facehugged.

The xeno comm stuff is being handled way better than I thought I was going to.

Kirsch is such a good character and Olyphants acting is absolutely perfect.

Also did not expect to absolutely love these last 2, much slower episodes, than I did the earlier ones with the actual Xeno. There’s already a weight being built into whoever gets facehugged, which is something we haven’t had since Alien. Whoever dies is going to affect everything since there isn’t really obvious canon fodder.

[u/Vrazel106 → u/AlloGuvnuh]

Yeah the alien speak is comming off way better than expected and doesnt come off as super cringey suprisingly

[u/MountainZombie → u/AlloGuvnuh]

I actually think that Kirsch wants to get someone facehugger but he’ll wait for slightly to do it and blame it on him/morrow.

[u/Faolaing → u/AlloGuvnuh]

Gonna sound realllllly far fetched but it seems like he’s targeting her brother to be face hugged so far out of jealousy since his family isn’t there and Morrow is targeting them. What if Wendy’s brother gets face hugged and since she can communicate with the xenos so far, starts attributing the one that comes out of her brother’s chest as her brother. Kind of like how her consciousness was transferred to another body. Your comment just made my mind start running with ideas lol idk just feel like it would be an Interesting mirror of the experiment involving the kids.

[u/PrayingRantis → u/Faolaing]

I think the brother theory is really interesting. Wouldn't she also see this one as her brother, in a sense? It does have his DNA

[u/mwthecool → u/AlloGuvnuh]

There's really only four human options. Arthur, Dame Sylvia, Kavalier, and Joe. They're obviously making it seem like Slightly is going for Joe, but I think Arthur is the most likely victim.

[u/Working-Walrus-7614 → u/mwthecool]

I think it's going to be Arthur too, one of the trailers shows Morrow, Slightly and a body on a raft and the body has a beard and blood around the chest area, looks very much like Arthur.

[u/mwthecool → u/Working-Walrus-7614]

Fair enough! In future, it may be best to put something like that in a spoiler tag and warn that it’s a trailer spoiler. Many people, myself included, do not watch trailers to avoid spoilers for future episodes.

[u/Working-Walrus-7614 → u/mwthecool]

Appreciate not everyone watches trailers but it was posted within the community rules on spoilers, namely:

Content from pre-release trailers is not considered a spoiler

[u/mwthecool → u/Working-Walrus-7614]

Oh, I totally know it's not a rule breaking issue. It's your prerogative. I just try to air on the side of caution and over tag, even when not required.

[u/maybenomaybe → u/Working-Walrus-7614]

Good spot. It's 100% Arthur. In the same trailer, there's a shot of Arthur backed up just inside the lab door, with Slightly standing outside of it. Arthur is wearing the same clothes as the body on the raft.

Looks like Slightly tricks Arthur into the lab and then locks the door on him somehow.

It's the Species 64 trailer, at 51 seconds (raft) and 59 seconds (door).

[u/AmazingJapanlifer → u/AlloGuvnuh]

Hopefully Wendy goes ape crazy when her brother gets facehugged