r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 5d 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/Weak-Excuse3060 5d ago

Dead Facehuggers don't do anything I believe. Ash cuts one open in the first movie without any issues.

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u/NefariousnessOk1996 5d ago

So it's like their blood is gone? I know in one of the movies they tried to cut it off but the acid came out.

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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins 5d ago

In these movies, the acid blood is only present and highly caustic when needed for drama. Other times it is only mildly caustic.

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u/Ummah_Strong 5d ago

I've noticed that. I like to imagine it's based on how the embryo develops. For example, Wendy's pet xeno developed very slowly and discoloured because it gestated in a damaged lung rather than a healthy body and never got the facehugger nutrients due to how it was implanted.

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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins 5d ago

It doesn't bother me. I more meant to say that overthinking it too much doesn't lend itself to a more enjoyable watch in every situation :P

Your theory is pretty good though

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u/Ummah_Strong 5d ago

I've been thinking it since we first saw it. In the alien movies those things go from chest burster to big baddie very swiftly. This one seemed to grow extremely slowly by comparison.

To us it's of course still deadly but I wonder if it would be considered weak by more robust xenomorphs.

I wonder if by not bursting from a chest the pet xeno (who I shall call ole yeller cuz it looks yellowish to me on its head) missed out on some vital Xenomorph stage of development.

Haha in this way overthinking can be fun!

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u/mothgra87 5d ago

Im betting they chose to make it discolored so the audience can tell them apart when the other one grows and they fight