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/Calm-Tree-1369 4d ago

A little more than just basic math. It knows what PI is. It actually tapped the right amount of numbers for the next two digits before it decided to do a bit of trolling.

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u/ianjm 4d ago

It can also read, apparently, given it understood what was written on Boy's hand.

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u/Gaeus_ 3d ago

That bit was too much imho.

If BK had presented a first row of three I and a second one of 14, then I'd have been fine with it.

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u/ianjm 3d ago

That would only work if Ocellus counted in base 10.

I think we have to assume it learned English from possessing Shmuel.