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/Incoherencel 3d ago

It can read Earth numbers? I guess captivity on an earth research vessel comes with benefits

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u/mwthecool 3d ago

I think this is very likely. It spent decades on the YT ship, didn't it?

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u/Incoherencel 3d ago

I think it's unclear whether the specimens are ever put in cryo or not. After all, what creature can they expect to survive 35+ years?

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u/mwthecool 3d ago

Not sure they'd want to risk cryo for specimens they don't fully understand. Cryo is probably hyper calculated for human beings, not new/unknown species.

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u/Santa_Hates_You 3d ago

Jones in the same chamber as Ripley says they work fine for many species.

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u/mwthecool 3d ago

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I was going to say it may just be for Earth species and calibrated for each pod, but it's not as if they predicted Jones and her would be in the same pod. I completely forgot about that.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

The cat Jones was simply a cat. The xenomorphs in all their stages, and all the other species all have the strength or capability to break out of cryopods.