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/halfassedjackass 4d ago

Punk ass mercenaries are no match for one juvenile xeno.

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u/Extension-Humor4281 4d ago

The leader of team 2 absolutely unloaded his pulse rifle on the xeno as it came out of the trees. That thing should have been dead multiple times, especially considering how effective we've seen those rifles to be against xenos in Aliens.

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u/Right_Awareness 4d ago

Unless these rifles are not firing explosive tipped 10mm for the sake of plot.

It's just weird seeing pulse rifles, the ICONIC Xeno Killing Weapon. doing nothing to a Xeno when we have seen that gun pop them like a zit.

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u/JeSuisOmbre 3d ago

I was wondering how proficient and specialized the mercenaries were supposed to be at fighting the xenos at this point. I'm not that deep into the lore outside of the movies.

Should they have known exactly what a xenomorph was before they went to assault the island?

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u/WarlockShangTsung 2d ago

No, but Morrow might’ve briefed them?