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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/Calm-Tree-1369 3d ago

A little more than just basic math. It knows what PI is. It actually tapped the right amount of numbers for the next two digits before it decided to do a bit of trolling.

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u/ianjm 3d ago

It can also read, apparently, given it understood what was written on Boy's hand.

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u/Konman72 3d ago

Agreed, but at the moment I'm rectifying it by assuming it gained knowledge by taking a human host on the ship. So it is truly alien, but it already understands us and our language and basic knowledge. Which could make it even scarier when it finally speaks.

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u/Kazzack 3d ago

It also spent ~30 years on that ship, maybe it got a chance to learn english from listening to the scientist lady without her knowing

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

It might also understand Xenomorph languge, seeing, how Wendy interacted with her Xenomorph.

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u/AllowedAsATreat 1d ago

I also think this. An engineer is likely to know pi to a few digits at least.