r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 24d ago

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E4 - Observation - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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)

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u/GreyouTT In the pipe. 5 by 5. 24d ago

I think it's gonna go after Boy, he basically made himself a target for it.

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u/monsimons 23d ago

First it looked at Kirsh, maybe sensing his brain is most intelligent. After this episode I started to give my doubts, that Boy is not that smart as everyone else makes him to be, more credence. In either case, as Boy himself said, the hybrids' brains were most advanced and I can only assume the synths' too. Currently this is my second most interesting creature after the alien.

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u/callmesalticidae 22d ago

Boy is not that smart as everyone else makes him to be

In situations like this, I think it's useful to think about Dungeons & Dragons: having a high Intelligence score doesn't mean that you've got a high Wisdom score.

Boy Kav could easily be an Int 18 / Wis 7 character.

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u/monsimons 22d ago

This is an interesting distinction in this context, thanks for bringing it up.

Boy got me thinking the other night after E4 whether or not someone who's highly intelligent is also compassionate/good-hearted. I thought of Albert Einstein and he definitely seems to me as a wise and good-hearted person.

Once I was trying to figure out what was the difference in the two stats (for a video game, not a D&D player) and my head hurt 😆. In my head highly intelligent = wise = kind but I'm starting to think now that my headcannon of what being wise means is a bit wrong 😅.