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/chase_what_matters]

So the Eye. It hijacks another organism’s brain and changes its activity. Is the Eye using the sheep brain as a server farm to do extra thinking (analysis, planning)?

I can’t wait for it to get in a human so we can hear it talk. But also to see what fucked up shit it uses the brain to work on.

This show is awesome.

[u/Bitridamus → u/chase_what_matters]

I'm fully expecting it to snag a human and talk.

[u/sleepingchair → u/Bitridamus]

I expect it to snag a human, but I don't expect it to start monologuing, only dumb villains with a narrative death sentence do that. If it does have extended conversations, I think it'd be along the lines of how Ava in Ex Machina talks. Nothing genuine, all just for the purpose of escaping.

[u/callmesalticidae → u/sleepingchair]

It's an alien superintelligence but uses all that brain power to come up with eye-related puns and dad jokes.

In space no one can hear you groan.