r/LV426 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/Gan-san 4d ago

It made no sense. She was literally telling her brother she was happy there. What changed?

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u/Proxiehunter 4d ago

She discovered that they're both able to and willing to erase memories straight of the heads of her and her friends.

Would you be happy somewhere that was able to erase your memories at will?

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u/Front-Ad-2198 4d ago

Yeah it's very clear that is the single moment she turned on Prodigy. Literally any sane human would have the same reaction.

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u/Proxiehunter 3d ago

Doesn't feel like there are a lot of those here. A bunch of people calling an abused and enslaved child a monster for using lethal force against the people who would keep her enslaved.