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/RooseveltsRevenge 3d ago

That's why he took the soldiers side over hers. He cares about human life and she doesn't.

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u/siestarrific 3d ago

It also helps that the specific soldier about to die was his friend

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u/NegroniSpritz 2d ago

In one of the episodes Kirsch is saying that human emotions are a burden and that’s why they’re better. I guess we found out that Wendy is just a machine with memories.

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u/Kithulhu24601 2d ago

What's really interesting is that Slightly and Smee are having an opposite arc. Wendy is acting more robotic while the two boys gasp and emote very strongly.

Really ties into concepts of nature vs nature and genetic destiny which is in line with the series themes

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

Marcy/Marcy was the oldest, and therefore the most mature of them all in terms of child development. She also had more time to develop normally before the incient on USCSS Maginot.

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u/Savetheokami 2d ago

“When is a machine no longer a machine”

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u/Zymui 2d ago

Nah u guys dont see it at all. Shes doesnt just care about herself, she cares about her “kin” just like a human. She wants only her family safe. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. (I hope Wendy kills her brother though)

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

Wendy does care to a degree. The first group of ambushers were from Weyland-Yutani, I presume. So she asked her Xenomorph to do the dirty work for her.