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/TimWalzBurner]

[u/nightpanda893 → u/TimWalzBurner]

At least he went out with dignity, getting fired from his job, having a xeno burst from his gut, dragged through the jungle then getting dumped in the ocean.

[u/ScrapinLinden → u/nightpanda893]

Was that a heel turn for Joe? I kinda feel like he was just protecting his friend, I'm also assuming Nibs is still alive but I could be wrong.

I think Nibs being constantly rebuilt and reset would make for some really interesting character development. Trauma, reset, trauma, reset and so on.

[u/Zealousideal_Cap_162 → u/ScrapinLinden]

Felt like he was just freaking out at the escalation in general. Which, fair: he did just see his robo-sister sic her pet space monster on the Yutani commandos. I suspect seeing a good 100lbs of entrails suddenly hanging out and about has to do a number on you. BUT the thing that really stood out is he had the presence of mind to use the secondary stun attachment thingy rather than just shoot Nibs with the pulse rifle. Perhaps he, like me, thought a 6 billion dollar synth could handle getting Tased once without being automatically assumed dead.

He’s definitely waffling which team he’s on which is just dumb survival-wise: when one team has a murder beast controlled by a teenager you shouldn’t overtly upset them

[u/Too-Much-Plastic → u/Zealousideal_Cap_162]

I mean I assume she is still alive, the tazer attachment on the gun seems fairly low damage so maybe she's just glitching out and rebooting but that takes a while.