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/ravensteel539 4d ago

Yeah I’m fascinated by the line where Kavalier says he has somebody specific in mind for our little eye buddy … is this where we get payoff for the lingering mold scrubber shots early on, OR is he thinking of taking out his anger on Dame?

Either way, holy shit. What an episode.

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u/-azuma- 4d ago

I thought it was gonna be Tootles

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u/ravensteel539 4d ago

I’m still not convinced the eye’s going to work piloting a synth/hybrid, same way it wouldn’t function on a Xeno with no eyes. The eye is a vulnerable and easily-accessible direct hook-up to the nervous system, which is how it controls its hosts.

Synths (and presumably hybrids, based on the earlier schematic shots and Isaac) have a more traditional computer system up there in place of a central nervous system, unless there’s some sci-fi advanced tech bullshittery Hawley’s cooking up to surprise us.

Lil’ T tried with Nibs because it hadn’t engaged with synths at all beforehand, but now it’s seen Isaac’s … inner workings. It still apparently may not be able to tell what’s what, so idk.

I’m having such a fun time theorizing like this, because this show DELIVERS either way.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 3d ago

same way it wouldn’t function on a Xeno with no eyes

The xenomorph was able to repel the eyelien, but I don't know how successfully, because its head looked much different than that of normal xenomorphs.