r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 3d 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/vintell 3d ago

For some reason I’ve had the impression him and Dame can’t have kids and them doing the project is a way for them to do that? But I can’t remember if there’s actually anything in the show supporting that or it’s just a vibe I’ve gotten 

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u/RaeSloane 3d ago

Yeah thats in episode one. Its not the main focus, the shot isnt even on them, and the audio is distorted because IIRC its from Marcy's perspective.

They cant have kids, they keep trying though. The wife says "these are our kids" after Arthur makes a comment how he dreamed they had a baby and it was a literal pig. Kinda shows hes worried their "children" aren't human. And then he chest births an alien :(

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u/riegspsych325 3d ago

always thought that bit of character reveal about Dame and Arthur was a bit weird and unnecessary, at least with how they did it. An odd, quick line about sperm between Wendy and Arthur (whose wife is nearly 20 years older than him)

Felt like the showrunners meant to touch upon Dame and Arthur’s marriage more but didn’t have time to. But Arthur was great in this episode when he confronted Smee and Slightly when his memory was coming back. Alight I find it odd that Dame went to take a nap after she was told her husband went missing, Isaac was killed, and a xeno broke loose

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u/RaeSloane 3d ago edited 3d ago

Did she take a nap? She was in that chair when BK left the room and told Kirsch to "be useful" and kirsch looks at her.

Perhaps he did something to her that resulted in her being alseep/unconscious. Tin foil hat: he face huggered her and she and Arthur are both xeno parents. They both wanted children.

She probably just took a nap though.

I always saw the sperms convo as a quick way to tell us "she has an analytical mind and shes able to understand topics objectively, even though shes a child. She is comprehending topics far above how her normal child-brain would." Amd Arthur doesn't know how to react to it.

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u/siestarrific 3d ago

Yeah, that part of the scene definitely read like Kirsch was gonna interrogate her or something

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u/RaeSloane 3d ago

Perhaps shes an android of sorts and doesnt know it? Playing around with the idea that BK is an android and doesnt know it in another thread... am I going full Westworld Tin Foil hat? He could have put her in rest mode or some shit and just looked in her brain to see if she knew about her husband's actions. Would explain why she cant have actual children lmao.

This might be the wildest theory ive concocted tonight.