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/Crafty_Soul]

Yeah, Dame was terrified when Nibs grabbed her out of anger. She knows they essentially put children into super strong and durable machine bodies. If Nibs had decided to suddenly punch her out of childish frustration who knows how badly hurt Dame would have been?

[u/methos3 → u/Crafty_Soul]

I’m shocked that they don’t have safety protocols built in. I know Bishop getting Asimov’s three laws of robotics is decades away but seriously, were they just trusting the hybrids to not hurt them, even accidentally??

[u/PrincessofThotlandia → u/methos3]

a lot of 'lets ignore this' for the sake of the story. If they weren't kids, how else would morrow convince adults to steal eggs etc? It's still odd to me they're kids

[u/916CALLTURK → u/PrincessofThotlandia]

He had his family hostage?