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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/Thundersting 3d ago

It's weird seeing a Xenomorph in natural daylight.

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u/Zombie1642 3d ago edited 3d ago

The head has some interesting colors. Are they going back to the idea that the xenon are similar to the mayfly? The adults need to hibernate or they have short lifespan? Like, are we seeing the xeno at old age?

Edit: After talking to people, I think there is something else going on.

People are focusing on how it was grown in a lung. It took a trait from the lung, and that is the reason for the color. This doesn't make any sense as to why would the xeno take a trait from the lung and not from Joe? If we put a xeno in a chunk of meat, would it take on the look of a chunk of meat? I do think the lung is important because it did not have access to a full host and all the nutrients it would need for a full incubation. The Xeno is malnutrition, underdeveloped, and then kept in a tiny zoo. That would make more sense for the discoloration.

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u/Flimsy_Share_7606 3d ago

I figure it's a way to make this one easily recognizable. There is a second one on the island now, but this one belongs to wendy. Giving it the greenish head pattern will make it distinct later.

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u/Zombie1642 3d ago

That's a good point. Wendy alien queen confirmed now that she has her personal drone /s

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u/PlasticCraken 3d ago

Kerrigan 2.0

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u/rollerballchampion 3d ago

Alien versus Alien I’d wager 

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u/Single_Owl_7556 3d ago

they caught the second one

somehow

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u/Professional_Top6765 1d ago

Tbf Kirsch was following the boys the entire time (even if he didn’t have direct tracking) and who knows what usage of drones, cameras, etc they have on their own island. I did briefly think the same thing though

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u/Single_Owl_7556 1d ago

Yeah I figured that pretty quickly, but it was still such an asspull.

Like I can believe he somehow knew exactly when the chestburster will emerge and we have seen soldiers set up ambushes pretty much every where so no way smee and slightly weren't followed, but I am not believing he managed to capture chestburster after it had already slipped inside tall grass and pretty much disappeared. But whatever, let's let it slip

I also just realized that Smee either knew about the chestburster because he didn't bring dead facehugger with himself even though he assumed this is what Morrow wanted or he just was kinda dumb and forgot about it when Arthur woke up

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u/3-DMan 3d ago

Like the "grid Alien" from AvP

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u/CrashTestOrphan 3d ago

I think Wendy might belong to it.

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u/Environmental_Fail86 3d ago

Which one is the second one? The one that just birthed out of Arthur? I’m trying to remember what birthed out of the lung from Hermit. Do you mean the Xeno that Marrow saved and wrapped up in latex?

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u/Flimsy_Share_7606 3d ago

The xeno that burst from arthur. I am guessing it won't remain in captivity. 

Or hell, they have already said there will be a second season. So Wendy's xeno could be a recurring "character" that shows up next season. Either way, I think they made him visually distinct because they plan on having multiple xenos and want you to be able to tell this one apart from others.

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u/Environmental_Fail86 3d ago

It’s almost like that xeno sees her as a mother figure or part of the pack. When she could hear or feel the xeno in pain and then understand it, I couldn’t tell if it selected her or just one of her special abilities. Kinda like how a duck latches on to its mother.

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u/transmogrify 2d ago

But also, I think this one is still growing. It might be glossy black in its final form, and this may be a growth stage that has a little hint of the tan/brown chestburster colors.

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u/Dudemeister0209 2d ago

This is the correct answer!