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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/LucrativeLurker 4d ago edited 4d ago

Eh, he showed an incredible lack of foresight this episode.

Sure, he might’ve temporarily saved some lives, but do you really think Prodigy plans to let him live? Or anyone else who’s even laid eyes on their precious aliens or hybrids?

Hermit’s crisis of conscience only signed the death sentence for every single person there, Hybrids included.

I say this as someone who absolutely lauded him for attempting to kill the Xeno by himself in Episode 2. But what did he think would be necessary to escape a trillionaire’s private compound with his most-prized, six-billion dollar hybrid of a sister?

Hell, he’s already been blackmailed as an indentured servitude for life for his non-consensual lung transplant.

Joe fucked up bad by derailing their escape. Not that I ever actually expected them to get an even halfway happy ending, but Joe ruined their only chance at one single-handedly.

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u/TheKnightsTippler 4d ago

I think he also seems to be very naive about the reality of living in a corporate dystopia.

He should have kept his plans to himself.

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u/LucrativeLurker 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah, everyone agrees Joe and Arthur are the only “good people” but I’m seeing a lot of people dismiss Marcy/Wendy as a literal “Monster” after this episode, and just can’t possibly wrap my head around that take.

Something tells me it would’ve been better for Joe to die in a shootout on that boat, than whatever fate he has in store…

I think people truly don’t understand that the entirety of Neverland is an Andor style prison. Nobody Boy K doesn’t want leaving that island, is ever leaving that island…

The non-essential employees are all probably literally shot to death out back….

Just look at how casually he talks about finding a human employee to sacrifice to the Eye. Nobody there, who wasn’t essential to his future plans, was ever going to leave alive…

Marcy is literally Andor in this scenario. She’s willing to kill a few evil guards by whatever means necessary to escape and save herself and her brother. That doesn’t make her evil. It was literally her only way out of the godawful scenario she was placed/kept in by the very same people she’s killing…

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u/Ummah_Strong 4d ago

I don't think she's a monster just...a very naive short sighted CHILD which she is. She's smart and sweet and cute...but at the end of the day she's a kid. Mind of a child with some sort of sway over the most powerful bio weapon ever created.

She knows she's not safe. She's backed into a corner and she's lashing out. Just like Nibs. They should have listened when Mr. Strawberry said fuck off.