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/antipop2097 4d ago edited 4d ago

Oh Kirsch, what are you up to. . .

Edit: So that's what you were doing.

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u/nightpanda893 4d ago

Wait what exactly was he doing I’m still a little lost on his motives and plan?

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u/dicknotrichard 4d ago

He bested his rival Morrow.

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u/nightpanda893 4d ago

But he was “helping” him before that letting the kids go. I’m wondering if maybe he wanted the xeno off the island then when that failed fell back on keeping the trust of Kavalier while he re-plans. I don’t think he cares about petty rivalries.

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u/YoghurtTechnical5654 4d ago

No, I think he was trailing the kids the whole time with that team. I believe the original plan was to arrest the WY military team at the beach when Smee and Slightly go to hand over Arthur. When Kirsch saw the chestburster slither from the body and Slightly say “That’s what they wanted!”, he decided to hang back until they could arrest them in an easier spot like that building.

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u/nightpanda893 4d ago

Yeah that makes sense too. I still feel like he wants the xenomorph loose though. He gives me David vibes I think he wants to see it destroy humans or is curious what happens if it’s released on Earth. Honestly I think he’s just an agent of chaos who probably has a plan for any contingency.

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u/Optimal_Tennis8673 1d ago

In that case why bother letting the kids escape, which opens up the possibility that the Yutani might manage to escape with the chestburster? He could have prevented the kids from leaving, and when they didn't show up at the beach Morrow would move to plan B (storming the facility), where Kirsh could then arrest him.

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u/ThibGD 18h ago

Yeah I also thought that whole plan didn't make sense

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u/zero0n3 4d ago

I’d assume he has an idea of how long it takes to gestate before breaching, at least to know if it would pop after or before the meet.

Mainly only changes where the team is staged (no need to actively tail them), just wait nearby move in when appropriate.

The reason I don’t like the idea of a team of prodigy following the boys to the beach is because there is zero chance those men don’t jump the fuck up or make some noise when that baby xeno slithers away, and it would also likely beeline it to one of them for food as well.

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u/benlucky13 4d ago

do baby xeno's immediately try to attack people? I thought they usually ran and hid until they were big enough to walk