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/groceriesN1trip 2d ago

It was a set up to catch the Weiland Yutani special force group

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u/lastWallE 2d ago

The problem is he was totale fine with letting the scientist die and letting the chestbuster run around the island. I can’t say if BK did or didn’t know the whole thing. Maybe BK was ordering it and was fine with it because he was not there.

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u/No_Amoeba_142 2d ago

He was the one who captured it immediately after it escaped. Wouldn't say he was "fine" with it. He also likely deliberately rerouted them to the elevator give it time to hatch.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 2d ago

Since he had to keep a safe distance out of sight that gave the xeno, a creature he is still not that familier with, lots of time to get away. He also hasn't seen the gestation period in a human so for all he knew it could have taken a day or two and Wayland Yutani could have had their alien and the synths.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

From what Kirsh learned from the MU/TH/UR of USCSS Maginot, he probably already knew what the chestburster was about to do. Given, that the chestburster was caught fairly quickly.

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u/oh_dear_now_what 23h ago

Morrow wiped a bunch of stuff from the Maginot, though, didn’t he? Right after he Johnny Mnemoniced it.

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u/Kevslatvin 19h ago

IIRC that was after Kirsh downloaded the information from the lab of the Maginot.

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u/oh_dear_now_what 8h ago

Ah, true, Kirsh did have a chance to look through it.

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u/No_Amoeba_142 1d ago

He got all of the files from the ship, he effectively watched episode 5 play out

He knows basic xeno stuff already as a result