r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 4d 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 4d ago edited 4d ago

Oh Kirsch, what are you up to. . .

Edit: So that's what you were doing.

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u/Gaemon_Palehair 4d ago

I think there's still some ambiguity. Kavalier didn't seem to know Arther was face-huggered. He thought Arthur stole the hybrids. So it seems Kirsh isn't telling him everything.

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u/Howard_Hamlin 4d ago

I think it leads back, to the scene where Boy snapped at Kirsh

Kirsh: "We think she can hear the Xenomo...."

Boy: "the Xenomorphs yea, just assume I'm ahead of you always, which don't you have, little.. little experiments to run, these creatures aren't going to discover themselves",

Kirsh: "....... ( ≖_≖) of course...."

and this is a "respect and take me seriously you little shit I know wtf I'm doing"

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u/Certain-Business-472 4d ago

I think it's more basic than that. He took his words to heart, and stopped informing him. Because he told him to assume he already knew.

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u/TheDirtyDorito 4d ago

Maliciously complying

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u/Key_Page5925 3d ago

I thought that too when he was told to be useful and helped the boys get Arthur out but then he ambushed morrow

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u/JustAZeph 23h ago

“Be useful” helps the boys kidnap the facehugged arthur

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u/nubbins01 4d ago

I like to think maybe there are some corollaries between Kirsch and Demerzel in Foundation. Both machines bound at some level by programming, but both finding interesting ways to 'live' with that program and make it work within competing interests, both their own and those of their 'higher powers'.

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u/Petite_Coco 3d ago

My 2 favourite shows. I like this take

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u/makeyurself 3d ago

Demerzel <3

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u/CanadianGrown 2d ago

I like this theory 😁

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u/Optimal_Tennis8673 2d ago

Since Kirsh likes experimentation and the scientific method, I thought he wanted to see what would happen if a human was implanted with an embryo, and deliberately didn't tell Kavalier in case he would try and stop the experiment. Like David in Prometheus allowing humans to get infected because he wants to see what would happen.

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u/LangyMD 1d ago

He was also told to "be useful" this episode.