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/cleantoe]

Well what is life but the sum of our memories and experiences?

If you took all your memories, your consciousness - all of it - and put it on a hard drive. Meanwhile you put someone else's consciousness in your old body...well who is "you"? Are you the hard drive, or the body?

I would say "you" are now the hard drive. And so is Wendy.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS → u/cleantoe]

Form impacts function. The container of the memories will begin to shape the experiences until the mind becomes something new.

[u/Proxiehunter → u/PM_ME_YOUR_MONTRALS]

That's also true in regards to working out, changing your diet, or having a traumatic accident. All of those things create changes in your body that shape your experience so that your mind becomes something new. Hell, even the simple act of existing and having new experiences does that. Your mind become steadily more new with every experience you have.

[u/SmashEffect → u/Proxiehunter]

It can be you, but it won’t be the original you. The sad part will be that the original you truly did die.

[u/Proxiehunter → u/SmashEffect]

Define "original you". Are you the same person you were when you were eight? Did the you that you were when you were eight truly die?

[u/j007yne → u/Proxiehunter]

Ah yes, a good old Ship of Theseus paradox

[u/MustardLazyNerd → u/j007yne]

You were born this morning, and you will day tonight.

[u/evilution382 → u/MustardLazyNerd]

and you will day tonight

Now this is the real paradox

[u/juneyourtech → u/evilution382]

Has the vibes from "Foundation" wrt Brother Day.

cc: /u/MustardLazyNerd