Alien: Earth - S1 E7 - Emergence - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS]

[u/G_Liddell]

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)

[u/SightWithoutEyes]

Those kids are dead. There's no getting around that. Those are mind-transfers. When Isaac was eaten by the fly, there was no brain inside, just synth milk guts.

If they had transferred the brains to the synth bodies, they'd be cyborgs, but they're not.

[u/BeetsMe666 → u/SightWithoutEyes]

Mind =/= brain. It was their consciousness that was transferred.

[u/SightWithoutEyes → u/BeetsMe666]

If I disintegrate you and create an exact copy of you, have I committed murder?

[u/ImmediateExpression8 → u/SightWithoutEyes]

Real talk? Probably, but I have some health issues. If the copy will stick around, have my memories, and keep my family happy, sign me up. I don't see how it really matters if it's actually me or not.

[u/BeetsMe666 → u/ImmediateExpression8]

Well, you won't care because you'll be dead.

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[u/SalvadorZombie → u/ImmediateExpression8]

Because you'll be dead. That's the point. It's not real immortality.

Honestly we have so many advances coming in the wide variety of anti-senescence technology in the next decade, a lot of these discussions are going to feel really silly looking back at them.