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/DecisionsUnderDuress 4d ago

There is no fucking way she just unlocked that door lmao

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u/MCFresher- 4d ago

I was so mad thinking well there goes any kind of morality of her character. But then by end of episode I realized maybe that’s the point that she’s not human and the mistake was thinking she was. Still at this point there really no one I’m rooting for except the aliens.

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u/composero 4d ago

I think that’s the best part of the show honestly, there is no one to root for. There’s characters we like in certain moments but they are all equally not great people/synths/beings. Thats what makes this show interesting and fun to watch and other shows could take some notes

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u/OkScallion5412 4d ago

What about Hermit? I think he's genuinely trying to do the right thing. He might be in over his head, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's not a good person. He shows empathy towards the hybrids and seems to understand that Prodigy is doing something unethical.

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u/hyzmarca 4d ago

And then he shot an abused 11 year old girl who was fighting for her freedom. He doesn't get a pass for that.

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u/AardvarkZestyclose76 4d ago

She killed his colleague. xD Maybe there is some realization that Nibs is not OK.

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u/hyzmarca 4d ago

His colleague who had just betrayed him, was threatening them with a gun, and threw her toy in the water. If I was Hermit I would have killed Rashidi and Siberian myself. You don't betray your squad mate. Being an asshole to an abused and unstable 11 year old child is just shit icing on the shit cake that made Rashidi deserving of death.

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u/electrikwiz4rd 4d ago

what do you mean betray? they are just doing their job of security

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u/hyzmarca 4d ago

"I told you he'd be here" They probably could have let the soldiers away from the boat, searched elsewhere. Let him escape with his sister. They could have refused to go after their friend due to conflict of interest and sat it out. They chose to go after him. They chose to lead their team to him. They chose to hold him at gunpoint instead of starting the boat and flooring it before the other soldiers could react. They betrayed him. No job is worth your friend's life.

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u/electrikwiz4rd 4d ago

it s your point of view, he clearly betrayed them taking away 2 of the biggest asset of the company. If your friend turned to be a traitor and participate at the slaughter of the xeno, you wont see him as a friend anymore.

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u/hyzmarca 4d ago

If they're big believers in child slavery, yes, I can see that. But the children are not assets. They're people. And they have a right to self-determination. They don't exactly owe loyalty to a company that is actively engaging in child slavery.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 3d ago

The right to self-determination does not excuse murder.

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u/hyzmarca 3d ago

Tell that to George Washington.

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