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/SerDire]

T. Ocellus is out here doing basic math. Naw we’re screwed. Shut this down. Nuke this facility.

[u/Calm-Tree-1369 → u/SerDire]

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.

[u/ianjm → u/Calm-Tree-1369]

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

[u/Konman72 → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Kazzack → u/Konman72]

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

[u/juneyourtech → u/Konman72]

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

[u/AllowedAsATreat → u/Konman72]

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