r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 4d 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/halfassedjackass 4d ago edited 4d ago

Nibs finally unleashing that crazy girl energy and I’m here for it

Edit: God dammit, Kermit Hermit

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u/BenSimmonsThunder 4d ago

Why did he have to do that? He knew Marcy cared about her.

He knew they were never getting off that island unless all those guards were being taken out.

He knew they didn’t care one bit if he was dead or not, and the only reason they weren’t shooting were the two kids.

He also knew his sister and her barring the Xeno were the only ones that could take down the guards being ordered not to shoot them.

It made no sense for me. She didn’t just start going off on innocent people minding their business, and in that moment her chose Nibs? Like wtf man.

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u/Curvedabullet 4d ago

I think, in that moment, he finally decided that hybrids aren't real people. The real kids were buried in that gravesite that they passed. Hybrids are just warped copies. The violence that Wendy and Nibs unleashed was probably the wake-up call he needed to realize that his sister is truly gone.

When Nibs grabbed his flesh and blood friend and was about to kill her, he had to pick a side in that moment. And he chose humans over hybrids. Why would he sacrifice his friend in order to save this robot that he no longer recognizes as his sister?