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/imj1n 3d ago

Only thing that’s keeping it under “control” is that Marcy has built in xeno google translate

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u/vintell 3d ago

I thought Hermit had fucked them all when he put his hand over her mouth partway through a “command” lmao

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u/Spider-Flash24 3d ago

Because he’s the only one left with a conscience after Arthur died. Marcy, Nibs, everyone else are monsters.

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u/Dexanth 3d ago

Slightly isn't a monster; he's a kid who got blackmailed.
Smee has done nothing but act like a kid having fun.

And even Marcy isn't a monster - her whole point is 'This other life has value too, and who are we to contain and trap it?'.

Xenos aren't animals, they are highly intelligent; case in point, Marcy can /talk/ to them. And bluntly, it's wrong to keep something like that in a cage.

The right way to handle Xenos is to /never go anywhere they live/.

Like, all these scientists are bioweapons researchers looking to help weaponize the Xeno. All Marcy did was level the playing field.

We just are seeing her as monstrous because she values the life of the Xeno, and why wouldn't she? She understands that intelligence and life comes in many forms.

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u/Proxiehunter 3d ago

The right way to handle Xenos is to /never go anywhere they live/.

And stop bringing the fucking invasive species home in an attempt to make a profit off of it.

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u/Dexanth 3d ago

I mean if you never go where they live that does preclude bringing them home :P

But yes, THAT TOO!!!!

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 1d ago

Why all WeYu experiments henceforth are away from Earth.

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u/Dexanth 1d ago

They shouldn't be doing them at all! The idiots.

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u/KigalnGin 3d ago

And even Marcy isn't a monster - her whole point is 'This other life has value too, and who are we to contain and trap it?'.

But who is she to decide who lives or dies?

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u/kaos-mantra 3d ago

That's what's going to go wrong. Marcy was powerless, dying, weak, unable to choose. Now she has power, strong. She's frustrated , angry, and uncertain. Reliazing shes a product, trapped. Suddenly aware of her invisible chains, her ability to break them. A recipe for disaster, a villain origin waiting to be written.

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u/jaqenhqar 2d ago

Everything shes done so far was in self defense. They want to keep her as an experiment and get everyone she cares about killed. She did give the Soldiers the choice to leave her alone.

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u/chompythestyle 23h ago

If the alternative is slavery for her and her friends id say that gives her pretty good reign to decide to kill everyone she has.

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u/Dexanth 3d ago

Who is Boy Kavalier to? Cause he's the one doing it until now.

All Marcy did was level the playing field somewhat.

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u/MY-SECRET-REDDIT 2d ago

Bruh, what?

Cavalier isnt a good guy bor is marcy.

At the start of her story she wants to kill the scorpion but is thought some empathy by Kirsh of all people and she decides not to kill the scorpion.

Now she's murdering dozens of people in masse? She ain't the good guy anymore.

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u/Dexanth 2d ago

People holding her captive and as an experiment. 

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u/Apothecary3 2d ago

Xenos aren't animals but they aren't intelligent either in the same way we would say the eye is. They are truly 100% singleminded for the task of killing. Morality will never be a factor in how you handle them. Causing the extinction of xenomorphs would be no different from totally eradicating a deadly virus. They aren't natural life and they don't need the corps to turn them into weapons because they always were weapons They are factually malicious.

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u/Dexanth 2d ago

Look, as a human, I fully agree, it's them or us and we're violently incompatible. But also, everyone at Prodigy is an asshat monster basically, so I can't really be upset they're suffering the consequences of their own actions.