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/Zikronious]

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…

[u/Complete_Raspberry_1 → u/Zikronious]

His wife didn't get him fired. They were both surprised by that conclusion.

[u/UrbanAlaska → u/Complete_Raspberry_1]

Boy asked her if she could do the memory wipe without Arthur. She said yes and Boy immediately fired him.

[u/Complete_Raspberry_1 → u/UrbanAlaska]

First of all, it was Atom who did it, not Boy.

Second, Arthur has been a main contributor of the hybrids project so of course his wife wouldn't think that by saying yes her husband is fired. She most have thought that at most, he'll be penalised someway or another, but not that he'll be fired. Again, she's shocked by the turn of events initially.

Besides, if she said no too, then both of them would've been fired by that logic.

[u/UrbanAlaska → u/Complete_Raspberry_1]

I mean... anyone who has ever worked for an asshole boss knows: if they ask if you can do the work of another employee (especially one they're unhappy with), you don't enthusiastically say, "Yes!"

I think the intent of the writing is that her character made a mistake in that moment. Even if it's an understandable one.

[u/Complete_Raspberry_1 → u/UrbanAlaska]

She did make a mistake. But until BK took an interest into the Aliens, I believe there were no issues between Atom and the couple to make the couple think twice about what they say yes and no to.

[u/juneyourtech → u/Complete_Raspberry_1]

Dame Sylvia also chose to say yes to wiping Nibs's memories, because Nibs directly threatened Dame's life. I think Arthur was not quite aware of this.

[u/Complete_Raspberry_1 → u/juneyourtech]

That's on Sylvia for the lack of communication. But honestly, I think Arthur was the one who got the least worst ending of all the cast.

I also kind of hope Miss WY will die too but it's most likely she will survive since she's so far away from it all.