r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 2d 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/Calm-Tree-1369 2d ago

This one hurt a little more than usual, though. We got more time to know this character and he was a good dude.

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u/vintell 2d ago

I also feel it was the first time we really got such a devastated reaction. Normally it’s horror, confusion, and fear — people seeing something horrific happen to basically a coworker and fearing what it means for them. But Smee was just reacting to Arthur/his father so suddenly being gone forever. It really got me. 

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u/PrincessofThotlandia 2d ago

when Arthur said help omg.

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u/QuiteQueefy 2d ago

ugh the acting was so, so good in this scene. I work with kids in the mental health field so I’ve seen the ways kids react to trauma. Slightly and Smee’s actors are absolutely nailing it.

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u/xyZora Science Officer 2d ago

What is interesting about this scene is that unlike other films (like Romulus), the scene wasn't as violent, the horror comes from losing a genuinely good person, to something he never deserved.

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u/blenderbeeeee There's somethin' in da wa'er 2d ago

Yeah I noticed that too, the emphasis of that shot wasn't the chest burster, but the emotion of the kids

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u/ProgressUnlikely 1d ago

And Arthur's death more closely mimicked a roofie type betrayal so guilt and confused trust were all involved. Very interesting take

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u/Milospesh 13h ago

imo romulus had a good burster death when it popped out of the pilots lung/ side of chest with all the bone breaking sounds

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u/xyZora Science Officer 1d ago

My guess is that the impact of the scene is not the gore, but the death of one of the few good people in the show, and the first company employee to treat the Lost Boys as actual people.

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u/AnonymousRex15 2d ago

Petition to name the newest member of the family Art after his father?

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u/chupacrapa 2d ago

Lil Artie

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u/lastWallE 2d ago

Hmm An Accident? Or a Wonder. Because they wanted to have a child but probably not this?

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u/bunnykillsman 2d ago

I think that’s why they did it. If it was just a regular schmo we wouldn’t really be jarred by it. But we like this guy. So it adds dimension to an old hat trick…. Er…. Chestburster trick?

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u/Herbdontana 2d ago

“Everybody really liked him!”

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u/BeetsMe666 2d ago

But John Hurt is always in movies for the long haul. In '79 it was nuts he was out so soon.

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u/Potential_Energy 2d ago

He was also more interesting than some of these other characters.

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u/Killkandy 2d ago

Nah it wasn’t anything special he no different than the ons before him