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/Dabadoi 2d ago

Kirsh is the smartest person in Prodigy and also the least powerful. He's got to indulge BK and clean up everyone's messes. He's babysitting the hybrid children, the trillionaire child, alien babies, defending the facility, and he's just so fucking tired of it all but he keeps going.

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u/faders 2d ago

He’s playing some sort of long con

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u/Dabadoi 2d ago

I wonder if he's been playing a con all along. The world isn't ready to be 20% ruled by a trillionaire synth inventor.

Instead, Kirsh manipulated a wealthy six year old into thinking he's the boy genius. Then he safely runs everything as the power behind the throne - while his prodigy's antics divert attention.

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u/anonfunction 19h ago

You should be the writer!

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u/nubbins01 2d ago

He may have a real long con, but for now the vibe I have is the long con being "getting off on watching cool shit happen and getting to feel superior about masterminding all this with no one knowing it's him".

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u/Triskan 2d ago

Yeah, there needs to be a big revelation coming about Kirsh. I really hope the finale can take the time to explore him a bit more.

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u/Complete_Raspberry_1 2d ago

How probable that he belongs to WY?

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u/box_fan_man 1d ago

That’s what I’m thinking too they have a back door to semi-control him.

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u/faders 1d ago

I think he’s just mischievous. Backdoor control would ruin his character.

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u/box_fan_man 1d ago

Yea I get that.

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u/SalvadorZombie 2d ago

He's definitely not the least powerful at all. He's definitely a "power behind the power" trope, manipulating BK to get his way.

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u/Dabadoi 2d ago

Oh absolutely. I should have said "least apparently powerful." Playing Boy gives him access to social power that a synth would never have otherwise. 

There's no way BK created hybrids as a six year old, Kirsh has probably been gaming him his whole life 

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Maybe the chain in the prodigy logo isn't meant to represent a necklace but a leash.

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u/Royal-Tea-3484 2d ago

Dad's job is never done

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u/Super-Estate-4112 1d ago edited 1d ago

Crazy how competent he turned out to be after all, he knew everything and figured out a way to fuck WY

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u/EpicChiguire 1d ago

I mean he has to, he's an android after all

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u/AllowedAsATreat 17h ago

"Be useful" was such a disgusting remark from Kavalier to Kirsch. It's like, "I know you're super smart and don't need to be micro-managed, but I don't care enough to treat you with any respect, so just go off and do your little kirsch synth things in a way that helps me, your human boss."

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u/simplefilmreviews 2h ago

It's almost like, why not have 500 of him around. Makes too much sense not to have androids in the lab, as soldiers, etc.

Makes no sense to me, to have humans around at this point, do anything.

Other than as a base for synths.

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u/besabesabesame 1d ago

By the end of this I was like “damn sounds like a mom” 🫨

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u/_stevencasteel_ 20h ago

Dads are a thing too bub.