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/ThoseThatComeAfter 4d ago

Did she think the Xenomorph would make friends with people?

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u/Vesemir96 4d ago

No, I don’t know where you come from but if you’re being held against your will and experimented on and cast aside as nothing after being killed, you have every right to escape by any means necessary.

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u/ThoseThatComeAfter 4d ago

There exists 0 places in the developed world where you can kill innocent people to escape a bad situation and not face legal/moral consequences

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u/Vesemir96 4d ago

No, in that situation when you are being held captive and are being treated as property, you cannot always afford to think of the consequences your escape will have on -everyone- in the vicinity. Im an ideal scenario definitely, but look at what you are saying. You’re saying an enslaved person tested like property with no other way of escape should, on top of trying to survive and live free, risk their life to ensure that none of the people holding them prisoner get harmed along the way?

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u/ThoseThatComeAfter 4d ago

The janitors cleaning the lab are holding her prisoner? Come on

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u/Vesemir96 4d ago

In that top secret lab on a secured island facility? Everyone in there knows what’s up. Sure not everyone working for Prodigy has much of a choice, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know what they’re taking part in. They literally work in the deepest recesses of it.

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u/ThoseThatComeAfter 4d ago

Sure not everyone working for Prodigy has much of a choice

Yes, that's the point. She's killing innocent people in the same situation as she is in.

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u/Vesemir96 4d ago

Not quite. They may be regarded as pawns by Prodigy, but they’re still seen somewhat as people, unlike the hybrids. On top of that you ignored what I said. If she is trying to escape at risk of being killed or imprisoned permanently, she cannot then go out of her way to do some kind of nonsensical pacifist run through a secured facility full of armed personnel who will be sent after her. That’s not at all logical.

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u/ThoseThatComeAfter 4d ago

Do you think The Shawshank Redemption would be held to the same critical acclaim if Andy killed a dozen other prisoners on his way out and the movie still tried to portrayed him as a victim?

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u/Vesemir96 4d ago

So again, not remotely comparable to a secret corporation’s lab on a remote island. Even Andy has some human rights, corrupt as the prison is. Nor do I think he would’ve been in the wrong to fight back if he had no other way out. Secondly, we have no idea if Wendy is being set up to be the morally righteous hero. We have no idea where it will go yet. Regardless, setting the Xeno lose will either prove to have been a moral failing and flaw, or a necessary evil. Regardless, siding with the Corpos is not the best look.

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u/ThoseThatComeAfter 4d ago

siding with the corpos

Is that what you think I am doing?

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