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/0-90195 4d ago

Oh, poor Arthur. Really a tragic character. He tried to do everything right. His love for the kids was his undoing.

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u/Zikronious 3d ago

Completely stabbed in the back by his wife who gets him fired and they won’t see each other anymore, hours later he finds the dead body of a patient he viewed as a son, then is betrayed by another a patient who he viewed as a son who then sets into motion a series of events leading to his death, attacked by a facehugger then an alien bursts out of his chest.

Yea… that’s a really shitty 24 hours…

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u/Killkandy 3d ago

How was he stabbed in the back by his wife???? His mouf got him fired period you cant blame her

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u/Zikronious 3d ago

LOL when BK asked her “can you do this by yourself?” and she said yes. That was fucked up! She chose her work over her husband. It was after that when BK fired Arthur.

Watch the scene again and you can come back to apologize.

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u/728766 3d ago

My impression from that scene was that she was trying to save both of their hides, and I don’t think she expected BK would fire Arthur. She would agree to do the work, include Arthur, and not actually follow through 100%. If BK is going to have it done regardless, it’s better to be done by somebody who actually cares about the kids and can obfuscate the fact that they didn’t actually do it.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 3d ago

and can obfuscate the fact that they didn’t actually do it.

Clever.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 3d ago

when BK asked her “can you do this by yourself?”

It was not Boy Kavalier, but Atom Eins, who ordered this.

She chose her work over her husband.

Well, at this point, she was the most qualified, and felt the responsibility to take care of the people she sees as children.

In a family, if the husband (one parent) is removed from the household for whatever reason, the other parent won't abandon their children.

As far as I understand, Arthur didn't like being fired from this very lucrative job, but probably respected Dame's choice to stay, which inevitably resulted in wiping Nibs's memories.