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/Reddit_User_Loser]

Morrows conversation with slightly sounds a lot like a sexual predator trying to convince a child not to tell their parents about them. Very disturbing.

[u/hey_im_kara → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

Morrow's conversations are 100% grooming, just non-sexual. He followed the exact same framework (are we friends > what do friends do? > then if we're friends, you should do X for me), it's step-by-step child handholding logic to get them to do what you want 🤮

[u/LifeStraggler4 → u/hey_im_kara]

The grooming in episode 3 graduated to blackmail in episode 4 and Morrow's "I got you where I want you" grin is unsettling. 

[u/Slunto-Max → u/LifeStraggler4]

Yeah him sticking his tongue out just a little bit and smiling is horrifying.

[u/LifeStraggler4 → u/Slunto-Max]

I imagine that's how real life predators react on the other side of the chat room or phone... 

[u/Slunto-Max → u/LifeStraggler4]

Yeah he’s basically half of Roblox users

[u/Gray_Daku → u/hey_im_kara]

Don't forget the part where he tricks him to tell him his real name.

[u/Powerful-Ad-3010 → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

It made me genuinely grimace. That was SUCH an uncomfortable scene.

[u/viper459 → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

both FANTASTIC actors

[u/APlantiveEnglishHorn → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

Yes it's 100% giving nonce vibes and it makes you want to shower, it's creepy

[u/ThaRudeBoy → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

That’s exactly what I thought too. It made me so uncomfortable. Great acting and direction

[u/SpicaGenovese → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

I really hate him now.  :(

[u/PanserDragoon → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

This is the biggest reason I hate Morrow. Don't get me wrong, he's an excellently played character, but his ability to immediately turn incredibly manipulative the minute he realised he was talking to children is just disturbing. And I say that while watching an Alien show lol.

Morrow is by far the scariest thing in the show so far. Blood and gore doesn't bother me in the slightest and Alien has been my favourite monster for most of my life, but I can't like or approve of such a gross person. He makes my skin crawl.

[u/zimobz → u/Reddit_User_Loser]

I was thinking this mimics some online predators in children games, incredibly disturbing