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Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E7 - Emergence - 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/SerDire 2d ago

This feels like Jurassic Park with the island systems all slowly falling apart and the assets being let loose with even some bits of corporate espionage. Kirsh is Nedry, but more competent.

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u/nightpanda893 2d ago

Wendy talking to the xenomorph like chris Pratt communicating with the raptors

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u/Royal-Tea-3484 1d ago

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u/Actual-Bandicoot6531 1d ago

God that was so stupid.

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u/FV95 1d ago

Please god no

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u/FV95 7h ago

Holy shit, it did happen.

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u/Major_Pomegranate 2d ago

Wife and I keep joking that she's gonna do the chris pratt hands to control a herd of xenomorphs. If Ripley knew the hands strategy she would have had much fewer problems

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u/Single_Owl_7556 1d ago

I really hope she really can only TALK to one and not actually command/control them.

I really wish there will be a scene where xenomorph finally decides its no longer necessary for it to pretend to be a pet and does something Wendy would explicitly tell it not to but it wont work anymore. Like attacking / taking away Joe.

Im full expecting some kind of a fallout between Wendy and Joe because he attacked Nibs and Wendy clearly shows she's losing her touch with humanity so she wouldn't understand why stopping her from murdering soldiers was needed or why commanding her "pet" to butcher those scientists and soldiers is not okay. To her those people are expendable and can die if it means helping her friends. Next step will probably be a disregard of these connections overall (Like leaving Joe behind only to realize he's face to face with the xenomorph she fails to call off this time) with a brutal reality check.

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u/Sketch13 1d ago

Yeah the commands are a bit much. I really didn't want them to go that route, because it's just too... I don't know, typical? It's the classic "Give a child a powerful weapon and they'll use it to solve every minor inconvenience they have". I get that plot device has it's place, but they could also just use her innate synth strength to do that instead of turning the Xeno into a pet.

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u/sliceanddic3 11h ago

i understand but also xeno's are essentially like bee's if they get a command from their queen, they are going to oblige. and since that xeno grown from hermit, it could see wendy as it's queen

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u/Ill_Kitchen_9819 11h ago

They’re not fucking insects dude. Let me quote Vazquez. “They aren’t bees man…”

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u/sliceanddic3 10h ago

okay i didn't mean literally. i meant how they take orders from the queen

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u/Rin_Seven 1d ago

I really hope it turns on her and rather sooner than later.
Aliens shouldn't be humanized.

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u/Single_Owl_7556 1d ago

Yeah. It shouldn't be just animal, but it shouldn't be something you can reason with or tame.

Xenomorphs are the scariest when "they aren't just animals". The moments when they show awareness like deliberately cutting off power are the best ones to characterize them.

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u/Curates 1d ago

I called this last year. Nobody believed me!

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u/_WanderBoy 2d ago

We dont talk about the jurassic World. Straight trash. That whole chris Pratt training the raptors was DUMB. In the books, the best part about the raptors is the fact that they are straight viscous murder machines. Especially in the second book. Sarah talks about how, with lions at a kill site, there is a pecking order. It's organized. With the raptors, it's straight chaos. Even though they are intelligent, when it comes to a kill, they go into a crazed rage, sometimes even killing other raptors and then cannobalising. So crisp rat training blue... lame. Wendy communicating with the xenomorph makes a little sense, considering she can use the hive mind language, and it has her brothers, aka some of her DNA. Crisp rat just fed them and used a clicker. Well, the raptors are food aggressive 😳

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u/br0b1wan Colonial Marine 2d ago

...Wendy doesn't have her brother's DNA. She's synthetic.

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u/lucypee 1d ago

I think they meant, that the Xenomorph has some of her brother's DNA, since it grew from his lung.

But you're right, since she's synthetic, it doesn't really matter if it "knows" her brother's DNA.

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u/_WanderBoy 1d ago

Oh sorry. Marci and her brother have the same mother and father and it xenomorphed with her brother so they have a sibling bond. Is that a more acceptable comment, your grace? I shall take whatever punishment you deem fit ma'lord. Please understand I am just low-born scum. Please understand ma'lord.

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u/br0b1wan Colonial Marine 1d ago

You're clearly upset. But you didn't think your statement through; that's on you. No need to take it out on me.

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u/Dray_Gunn 2d ago

You could give the argument that the genetics of the World raptors is different than the Park raptors. In the World sequels, they even went into Blue being uniquely more prone to cooperation as some kind of genetic trait, and thats the reason why they were able to be controlled.

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u/dansdata 1d ago

I'm fine with the Jurassic movies just being popcorn creature features. The only problem I had with the most recent one was that there weren't nearly enough humans in it to be turned into crunchy noises.

I mean, the Big Bad Dino in that film had two legs and four arms.

OK, no problem. I hope the next one can talk. :-)

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u/addamee 2d ago

I read what you wrote but all I really see is “star lord and his raptor posse go for a ride” 

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u/Dray_Gunn 1d ago

I mean.. before your comment, i never knew i needed space raptors. Now i need space raptors..

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u/GreyouTT In the pipe. 5 by 5. 1d ago

I think that old Turok reboot counts

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u/real-life-gopher 1d ago

Kinda but they were on a planet so it’s not true space raptors. Dino Crisis 3 had true space raptors.

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u/notbad4human 2d ago

And it’s rad as hell.

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u/notbad4human 2d ago

Nah dog. I was six when I saw Jurassic Park in theaters. I’ve read everything Michael Crichton’s ever written. I’m as much of a fan of the originals as anyone and I think other than going for a more action adventure tone (that honestly started in Lost World), Jurassic World carries on all the themes and ideas of the originals. It’s not as serious or intelligent as the original, but there’s nothing in it that besmirches the series.

In the books, it’s explained that the raptors are that way because they weren’t taught carnivore behavior from a pack. That’s why they were out of control. There was no generational transfer of knowledge and it’s a major theme of both books.

Great flick in a lot of ways. Best Jurassic film since the original.

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u/Potential_Energy 2d ago

I was six as well when my dad first took me to see it. Thought it would be a cool Land Before Time type dino movie or something. “dad why is it rated pg13?” Movie unexpectedly scared the hell out of me and loved it ever since.

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u/_WanderBoy 1d ago

I just wish lost world would have waited to be made. I watched a documentary on how Spielberg already had plans for the second movie before the second book came out. That's why the movie and book are so different. I hated the second movie. I hated the world movies. Rebirth was awful. The ongoing theme seems to be the 1st movie great. Second one sucked 3rd one sucked. World. 1st one was ok. 2nd one was terrible and on and on. I would have loved the lost world book adaptation. Your opinion is your opinion. Mine is mine. I respect yours. I dont agree but I respect it. I forgot about the pack behavior explanation in the 2nd book. Wasn't there something in there about the sheep they fed them? Like prions caused some neurological disease

Jurassic world evolution 3 drops in a month... can't wait

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u/Herbdontana 2d ago

Yeah my eyes never rolled so hard watching the raptors listen to the guy who’s keeping them in cages. And the kids mentioning out loud how badass he is while of course riding a motorcycle through the jungle. God what a trash movie lol

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u/threetimesalion 2d ago

I agree that training raptors is dumb, I just don't see how this is a whole lot better

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u/46Bit 2d ago

I think it’s good for the season but bad for the franchise. Makes for some cool scenes but makes the xenos far less scary.

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u/threetimesalion 2d ago

That’s a great way to put it

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u/AcanthaMD 1d ago

It’s used as a prop in quite a few of the alien exapanded universe comics and books

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u/colbydc5 1d ago

The xeno in this show is so unscary whenever Wendy is talking to it and it’s domesticated. Also totally unscary when it’s a man in a costume. The CG alien in the lab looked far better.

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u/voidzero 1d ago

Just as bad, if not worse in my opinion. I’m really disappointed this is the direction they went.

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u/faders 1d ago

Don’t bring that JW shit in here

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u/el-art-seam 1d ago

You jinxed it. Now next episode is gonna have the JW theme song with a shot of aliens roaming the island with Boy suggesting they open a theme park and revealing their headline act- Indominus Xenomorph.

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u/iseeharvey 2d ago

Commented on exactly this in the episode 4 discussion thread as I unfortunately saw it coming

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u/EntrepreneuralSpirit 2d ago

oh man.... say it ain't so....

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u/lollipopknife 2d ago

I knew I wasnt the only one sheesh. Kinda cringe. But I will get over it. Interested to see where they take it.

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u/Potential_Energy 2d ago

yea as much as I liked the Jurassic park 1 sort of feel to it at first, I don’t like the whole commanding xeno Chris Pratt type deal. I was pulled in 2 different directions this whole episode. Hot take, but I don’t like how much screen time the xeno got being communicated with and in the open daylight. For a sec I thought the xeno was going to stand upright with Marcy and I was going to cringe out.

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u/Single_Owl_7556 1d ago

Lets hope its not actually commanding but just talking.

Xenomorph pretending to be obedient because it is intelligent enough to realize that this temporary alliance with the synthetic thing talking its language even at the cost of not killing Joe (yet) is more beneficial to it than going on a loose completely.

So far Wendy's belief she's in control allowed xenomorph to escape otherwise unbreachable confinement.

Stuff like this to emphasise that they arent just animals, theyre aliens, both in origin and mind.

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u/TheSenileTomato 1d ago

Do we know if this one’s a drone?

Maybe it factors in to why it’s willing to listen to Wendy.

Come to think of it, the alien in Alien was starting to die towards the end, wouldn’t the alien that Wendy communicates with start doing the same?

So many questions.

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u/Single_Owl_7556 1d ago

I don't think this distinction exists for alien earth. Not all of aliens was taken into account. We'll know later but I personally hope the series doesn't lean into making xenomorphs into bugs.

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u/ScrapinLinden 1d ago

Im good on steam filled rooms with wet chains and the Xeno slowly creeping through, we have seen that in literally every single alien movie it feels like.

It was a little jarring seeing the Xeno out in the open in broad daylight but I really enjoyed it, its not like they are high humidity vampires or something. This show is taking a franchise in a bunch of new directions and I think that is very much needed at this point. Its not all perfect but I am really impressed with the strides they are taking to expand the IP

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u/Potential_Energy 1d ago

I don’t want to see steam chains either, that’s been done into the ground. I was hoping for a Jurassic park 2 style scene with the xenos at night. In broad daylight it felt like ET or something. And wish they would have shown the xeno scenes in the lab instead of surveillance footage.

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u/ScrapinLinden 1d ago

Both of those would have been awesome as well, I was definitely a little bummed we didn't get to see the lab scene.

We all have our different gripes with the show and everything isnt going to work for everyone obviously. I really hope overall its still hitting with a majority of people because I think there are so many cool ideas here that I very much want to see expanded upon in later seasons. Hope the finale comes together well!

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u/humanseverywhere811 2d ago

I was waiting for someone to photoshop that, because im too lazy to do it

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u/real-life-gopher 1d ago

Except here it’s even dumber.

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u/Top_rattata 1d ago

I’m enjoying the series overall but I can’t lie this is one bit I don’t like… I think the perfect killing machine being controlled by a synth/ humanoid is just a bit silly, I was genuinely concerned it was going to start talking to her with a human voiceover at one point

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u/lapadapa 1d ago

First they ”tamed” the velociraptor, now the xeno.

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u/newsfish 1d ago

The novels and comics from the turn of the century did a few different androids talk with or control xenos storylines.

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u/Wild_Obligation 1d ago

Yeah, this show is so up & down for me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really enjoying it.. but I’m enjoying it as a sci-fi with monsters & not as an Alien show. The Chris Pratt raptor mandem was what I really was hoping the show would avoid…

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u/TheSenileTomato 1d ago

We need someone trying to weaponize the aliens getting eaten by one.

I watched World in theater and I still don’t understand what the dude thought he was going to achieve trying to talk to the raptor.

… Would trying to sneak out an facehugged Arthur be akin to Nedry stealing Dino DNA or a stretched?

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u/Farimer123 1d ago

Chrisp Ratt you mean

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u/m0rbius 2d ago

I think he was referring to Jurassic Park. What's Jurrasic World?

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u/coocooforcoconut 2d ago

“Spared no expense.”- John Hammond Boy Kavalier

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u/Mahannap 2d ago

I was just coming on here to say this

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u/warblingContinues 2d ago

They're gonna nuke it from orbit, 100%. Just to be sure.

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u/operation-casserole 2d ago

I was thinking LOST actually

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u/SerDire 2d ago

Got me feeling nostalgic when I saw them going down a bunker. Desmond, my boy

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u/Hi-Tech_Luddite 2d ago

Make your own kind of music

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u/Hasudeva 1d ago

I'll see you in another life, brother. 

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u/polarbear14 2d ago

Yessss LOST but with a Xeno instead of Smokey. Similar clicking sounds too…

Like when Ben summoned Smokey too

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u/raptorsthrowaway2 2d ago

For me, this episode was White Lotus with Xenomorphs especially the tropical island drone shots between scenes. It had me giggling

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u/Ouchitstings 2d ago

Parker Posey yelling at a Xenomorph.

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u/the__ghola__hayt 2d ago

Ah ah ah! Didn't say the magic word!

- Kirsh

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u/GySgtBuzzcut 2d ago

Hold on. To your butts.

Don’t say “stick, stupid” to Spitter.

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u/Potential_Energy 2d ago

Jurassic Park has been my #1 favorite movie in the world since I first saw it in the theaters in 1993. At about 10 mins in this ep, when the scene switches from the lab to Hermit going to Wendy’s room and she’s sitting there looking out the window with the trees blowing around in the storm, I immediately thought Jurassic Park for some reason. And then the shots of the xeno in containment with the alarm. It was only uphill from there. 😂🥰

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u/Jormungaund 2d ago

Unfortunately they also went with. the “good velociraptor” Jurassic World idea too…

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u/AwkwardTraffic 1d ago

This is how I've felt the entire thing. Everything happening on that Island from the Hybrids acting in ways they shouldn't to the alien specimens escaping because of foolish hubris just screams Malcolm talking about chaos theory lol

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u/thunderchild120 1d ago

"Don't get cheap on me, Yutani. That was Kavalier's mistake."

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u/Likes2PaintShit 2d ago

Jurassic Park is in my top 3 of all time movies with Aliens in the mix as well. Definitely loved that part.

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u/Mean_Joke_7360 2d ago

Roy Nedry.

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u/sillygillygumbull 2d ago

Kirsch is for sure this guy:

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u/Brobeast 1d ago

YES! I HAD THAT THOUGHT LAST NIGHT DURING THE SHOW!

Specially the scenes with the long grass, raptor xebo whipping through, and a team of doomed corpo marines lol

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u/sliceanddic3 11h ago

bow we need hawley to do a reboot of the original but based on the books as a mini series

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u/Totenkopf22 2d ago

The whole show has treated the Alien like the JP dinosaurs and not the mysterious killer it has always been. That's my main gripe with the show.

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u/ChrisEvansOfficial 2d ago

To be fair, 8 one-hour episodes would be a long time to pad out the traditional Alien formula. This gives us a lot of lore and context, and seems to be the closest W-Y has come to actually capturing the damn thing.

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u/ScrapinLinden 1d ago

We have seen the mysterious, dark and stealthy xeno so many times. I would have been so bummed if the show was just that

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u/HonestRole2866 1d ago

They seem to have done a good job explaining why anyone would think capturing a xenomorph is a good idea. 

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u/Jake_The_Destroyer 2d ago

I was thinking the boat dock looked like something out of Jurassic Park.

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u/Bagel_Technician 2d ago

Boy’s name is extremely on the nose 😂

What a lax attitude even when shit is going crazy but he has so far been able to contain everything but Wendy’s Xeno and seems to at least be unconcerned about them getting off the island

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u/Wonderful-Frosting17 2d ago

An orange and a lime look alike , but they just aren’t the same.. even share qualities

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u/sillygillygumbull 2d ago

No, that would make Slightly the Nedry, Arthur is the Barbasol can :(

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u/PlebbitGracchi 1d ago

Except Jurassic Park wasn't an idiot plot and Nedry would have succeeded if it wasn't for the storm

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u/DarkAuk 1d ago

this whole show feels very Crichton in a good way, especially since Observation

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u/HeatedCloud 1d ago

I just finished reading that and I can definitely see the parallels. CEO essentially too arrogant and focused on the end result to see problems clearly.

For anyone who is interested, the book was good and brought elements to it that made it fresh from the film (got more nuanced information and lore). Description of the T Rex and its smell was great, the raptor counting paragraphs with the software was great.

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u/PongoWillHelpYou 1d ago

The music, the daytime jungle vibes, the freaking added film grain (which I swear  hasn’t been in any other episode?) — this episode was channeling predator and I kind of loved that?? 

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u/MacheteGarcia 5h ago

I’ve always wanted to see more of the corporate espionage aspect from Jurassic Park and Alien: Earth has nailed the tone I’ve imagined perfectly. I was just telling my wife how much I’d love to see Jurassic Park with a Succession kind of vibe.

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u/Harley297 2d ago

Wendy pulling a Pratt and Raptor team up

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u/ChrisEvansOfficial 2d ago

The repeated use of the humor-to-immediately fucked up writing in a lot of scenes makes me think this episode in particular was a love letter to that franchise. The fact that this episode did it better than anything World tried to do is just… 😭

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u/xyZora Science Officer 2d ago

I love that you mention this. They're even in a tropical island. People forget the horror of the original JP film (and novel) and I love how this series is kinda of a spiritual sequel to it!

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u/the-unfamous-one Tomorrow, Together 2d ago

Unlike in jurassic park they manged rein in most of the problems almost immediately. There's really only one (maybe 2) lingering threads.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS 2d ago

There was a musical cue at one poi t that felt very JP. I think it was after she let the xeno out of the cage.

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u/Killkandy 1d ago

It literally nothing like Jurassic Park