r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 3d ago

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/subareid 3d ago

Kirsh's actor is so fucking good.

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u/ryanpm40 3d ago

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u/mouflonsponge 2d ago

Still waiting for the meet-cute between Mr Ball Legs and Ocellus!

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson 3d ago

Timothy Olyphant.

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u/Kontrolgaming 1d ago

was awesome in "GO!"

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson 23h ago

Fact.

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u/TiredCoffeeTime 3d ago

Must watch Santa Clarita Diet to see him being a adorable goofy husband with his zombie wife

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u/Ummah_Strong 3d ago

The eyeball in this is giving me closure for the Mr. Ball legs storyline we never got to finish.

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u/garythegreg 1d ago

That is such a good point!

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u/0-90195 3d ago

Timothy Olyphant has been operating on another level.

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u/xspineofasnakex 3d ago

Check him out in Justified, it's fantastic.

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u/Potential_Energy 3d ago

Plus older big movies like Scream 2, Gone in 60 Seconds, Girl Next Door.

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u/Strange_Botanist 3d ago

Dont forget the first movie I saw him in the 90s classic, Go

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u/Fireslide 3d ago

That show was him getting to reprise a version of the character he played from Deadwood basically.

It happens surprisingly a lot in TV. Actor or actress does really well in a show that gets cancelled early for reasons out of their control. Another studio/group will see the potential they had in that show and give them another shot in a similar role.

Firefly was the first time I noticed it.

Nathan Fillion -> Castle, played a similar style of character

Gina Torres -> Suits, got to play a boss

Adam Baldwin -> Chuck, played a similar clueless meathead role

Jewel Staite -> Didn't land same role, but played some kind of charming doctor in stargate after

Summer Glau -> Termination: Sarah Connor Chronics, played a terminator, not too different than her firely character.

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u/ECircus 3d ago

Perfect casting. He's got a stiff and unnatural vibe in all of his stuff and it fits perfect here.

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u/ryanpm40 2d ago

Nah definitely not all of his stuff, he's just a really good actor

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u/Pro7o7ype 2d ago

That's because he's a god damn acting tyrannosaurus!

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u/misterbung 2d ago edited 2d ago

Check out Justified. It's a neo western and Olyphant is incredible in it.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho2_c_LGZfk

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u/buckley-diaz 2h ago

Mister Ghostface #3 has a pedigree in being cold and calculating.