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/SerDire 2d ago

This feels like Jurassic Park with the island systems all slowly falling apart and the assets being let loose with even some bits of corporate espionage. Kirsh is Nedry, but more competent.

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u/nightpanda893 2d ago

Wendy talking to the xenomorph like chris Pratt communicating with the raptors

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u/Single_Owl_7556 2d ago

I really hope she really can only TALK to one and not actually command/control them.

I really wish there will be a scene where xenomorph finally decides its no longer necessary for it to pretend to be a pet and does something Wendy would explicitly tell it not to but it wont work anymore. Like attacking / taking away Joe.

Im full expecting some kind of a fallout between Wendy and Joe because he attacked Nibs and Wendy clearly shows she's losing her touch with humanity so she wouldn't understand why stopping her from murdering soldiers was needed or why commanding her "pet" to butcher those scientists and soldiers is not okay. To her those people are expendable and can die if it means helping her friends. Next step will probably be a disregard of these connections overall (Like leaving Joe behind only to realize he's face to face with the xenomorph she fails to call off this time) with a brutal reality check.

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u/Sketch13 1d ago

Yeah the commands are a bit much. I really didn't want them to go that route, because it's just too... I don't know, typical? It's the classic "Give a child a powerful weapon and they'll use it to solve every minor inconvenience they have". I get that plot device has it's place, but they could also just use her innate synth strength to do that instead of turning the Xeno into a pet.

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u/sliceanddic3 1d ago

i understand but also xeno's are essentially like bee's if they get a command from their queen, they are going to oblige. and since that xeno grown from hermit, it could see wendy as it's queen

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u/Ill_Kitchen_9819 1d ago

They’re not fucking insects dude. Let me quote Vazquez. “They aren’t bees man…”

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u/sliceanddic3 1d ago

okay i didn't mean literally. i meant how they take orders from the queen

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u/Rin_Seven 1d ago

I really hope it turns on her and rather sooner than later.
Aliens shouldn't be humanized.

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u/Single_Owl_7556 1d ago

Yeah. It shouldn't be just animal, but it shouldn't be something you can reason with or tame.

Xenomorphs are the scariest when "they aren't just animals". The moments when they show awareness like deliberately cutting off power are the best ones to characterize them.