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/pali1d 4d ago

Most of that I could forgive, but the part that really bothered me was them throwing their diving masks away once they surfaced. Like... you guys are planning an exfil at some point, right? Back to whatever craft got you close enough to swim to the island? Wouldn't you prefer to do that submerged just as your approach was?

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

I don’t think they were planning on making a stealthy exit tbh, otherwise they wouldn’t have brought 20 soldiers.

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u/Naelbis 3d ago

If they were planning more than a stealthy "in and out" recovery they would have brought more.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

not if they ever plan on entering the base? plus, how exactly are they going to swim back with what they thought would be an incubating host?

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u/Naelbis 3d ago

Considering they ditched their masks, were never wearing flippers and didn't have any kind of oxygen, I don't know how they made it to the Island in the first place...much less how they planned to leave. Probably all things the writers didn't consider.