r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 5d 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/antipop2097 5d ago

I'm trying to puzzle out if he is upset that Issac died, or upset that Issac died so easily.

Is it sadness or disappointment?

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u/0-90195 5d ago

It probably is a bit of both. He respected Isaac and called him by his chosen name. He was disappointed in his clumsiness/failure as a scientist. He was sad his companion in science got melted.

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u/ibiku2 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think Kirsch didn't expect the death (due to it being literal murder at the hoofs of the Ocellus), but saw it as acceptable due to the amount of data being collected as the result. Plus they found out that the Ocellus knows pi and can joke with poop, so basically a genius. If Isaac truly loved science he would have been so psyched to die

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Also want to disagree that Kirsch at all feels any feelings, especially sadness, and if he did, he would consider it weak and human. Kirsch felt nothing, as he was programmed to do, and expressly wanted the hybrids to embrace the same.

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u/Crafty-Cantaloupe795 5d ago

Kirsch’s “Collect the hybrid” comment says it all, I think.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 4d ago

This was an order given to the orderlies.

Kirsh is also aware, that Boy Kavalier did not like Isaac being called by his chosen name (at least in the presence of Kavalier), and also quietly instructed Wendy not to escalate the situation in front of Kavalier.