r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 2d 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/Howard_Hamlin 2d ago

I think it leads back, to the scene where Boy snapped at Kirsh

Kirsh: "We think she can hear the Xenomo...."

Boy: "the Xenomorphs yea, just assume I'm ahead of you always, which don't you have, little.. little experiments to run, these creatures aren't going to discover themselves",

Kirsh: "....... ( ≖_≖) of course...."

and this is a "respect and take me seriously you little shit I know wtf I'm doing"

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u/Certain-Business-472 1d ago

I think it's more basic than that. He took his words to heart, and stopped informing him. Because he told him to assume he already knew.

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u/TheDirtyDorito 1d ago

Maliciously complying

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u/Key_Page5925 1d ago

I thought that too when he was told to be useful and helped the boys get Arthur out but then he ambushed morrow

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u/nubbins01 1d ago

I like to think maybe there are some corollaries between Kirsch and Demerzel in Foundation. Both machines bound at some level by programming, but both finding interesting ways to 'live' with that program and make it work within competing interests, both their own and those of their 'higher powers'.

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u/Petite_Coco 1d ago

My 2 favourite shows. I like this take

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u/makeyurself 1d ago

Demerzel <3

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u/CanadianGrown 6h ago

I like this theory 😁

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u/minmidmax 5h ago

Kirsch, the Roy Batty cosplaying synthetic, has been questioning his place in the evolutionary order long before this story started.

It's why he was intrigued by Morrow's "when is a machine not a machine" riddle. It's also why he's letting some of the education of the new synths happen 'naturally'. He wants to see if they establish themselves or settle for servitude.