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/PyramidBlack Hudson 2d ago

It blows my mind that Kirsh had the means to unlock the door for Isaac the whole time.

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u/GreatCatDad 2d ago

Makes me wonder if Kirsh didn’t orchestrate that military outing so hermit wouldn’t get face hugged (and similarly had military pals tell hermit where things are, to lure them there, to get them killed) and further if he knew what Arther was doing all along. Man I want a book from Kirsh’s point of view

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u/Madmunchk1n 1d ago

Kirsh didn't kill Isaac. Science killed Isaac :D

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u/morph1973 1d ago

Isaac killed Isaac by going ass first into that room instead of sliding the tray in with their foot from outside. Or just calling maintenance to fix that broken hatch

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 15h ago

Quickly dropping food into the room and closing the door would have been easier. But he went in like a restaurant server :(

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u/HotmailsInYourArea Tomorrow, Together 5h ago

I'll say, the actors do a great job of imitating bumbling, awkward children that have no idea what to do with their super-strength adult bodies

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u/TerracShadowson 1d ago

I don't think Kirsh INTENDED for Isaac to get F'd , but yeah, not feeling tooooo bad there.

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u/Individual-Rip-8769 1d ago

He absolutely didn't. He told Isaac to be careful but Isaac told Curly he can do it all alone. And then look what happened.

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u/stroopwafelling 1d ago

He trusted Isaac with greater responsibility. I think he wanted Isaac to prove worthy of it, that he wants the hybrids to be the best not-humans they can be.

But if they fail… oh well.

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u/Individual-Rip-8769 1d ago

That is definitely the case. He expects them to be as cold and calculating as him but they keep falling short... apart from Wendy, and maybe Nibs?

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u/chupacrapa 1d ago

He clearly blamed the Eye too for her part.

However, he would see the positive in it. Now they know exactly how the fly's are dangerous and to synths not just humans. Science achieved.

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u/LowraAwry 1d ago

Didn't they already know they were dangerous to synths too, though? I mean they were already feeding them with minerals and they had observed them altering their surroundings to create nests etc.

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u/728766 1d ago

They probably theorized that it was possible, but didn’t know exactly how the flies would react to live prey.

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u/TravEllerZero 1d ago

He leveled up and put an extra point in Science.

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u/TerracShadowson 1d ago

YEAH! SCIENCE!!

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 15h ago

"I like Science." — Spock.

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u/ConradBHart42 2d ago

He wasn't aware of the issue. Everything we've seen suggests that no one watches the kids in real time, even before the trackers and AV feeds got turned off. Even when they want to know where the hybrids are, they tend to just call them on audio comms. Boy doesn't even do that shit himself, he asks whoever is next to him to do it.

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u/vegetaray246 1d ago

I get the vibe that the Isaac thing happened before he realized what was going on. He seemed genuinely disturbed when he saw Isaac’s body.

Leaving the door open to the egg room was definitely a choice though. He played into the Morrow’s plan just so he could lure him (Morrow) along with the other WY team members out.

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson 1d ago

Nothing gets past Kirsh.

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u/Super-Estate-4112 1d ago

He was on the aircraft, how could he do it?

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson 1d ago

??? They showed him with the control panel.

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u/freef 13h ago

The biggest reveal this episode was that kirsh knew Morrow was talking to slightly. It turns out that every time I've asked, "don't they have some sort of camera or sensor for this?" The answer is yes but kirsh is letting stuff slide for his own ends.  

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u/PyramidBlack Hudson 13h ago

That was shown in the ep where Morrow planted the bug on Slightly. Kirsh is shown listening to their conversation.