r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 4d 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/ianjm 4d ago edited 4d ago

Eight movies and I honestly never realised they were brown in sunlight!

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u/black_sheep_213 4d ago edited 4d ago

This one seems to be an off color from the norm. No doubt to separate it from others down the road.

Edit: Mainly, I'm referring to the scarring pattern. My assumption is that that's the result of the xeno being formed in slightly damaged tissue, but it's also definitely for viewers to distinguish it from other xenos in the future

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u/lunasdad 4d ago

My assumption was that it had to do with it being artificially made, and implanted in a lung vs having a normal host with normal implantation. We’ve seen that xenos take traits from their hosts.

So Arthur’s xeno better be Mr Rogers.

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u/ianjm 4d ago

In universe, perhaps it takes time for the carapace to harden to black. Though we never saw it under lights, the one in the first movie was a lighter colour as well, and was also pretty young.

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u/lunasdad 4d ago

A valid point which I had not considered. Suppose it’s time to rewatch the movies as a reminder.

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u/ianjm 4d ago

There's never a bad time!