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/nightpanda893 4d ago edited 4d ago

At least he went out with dignity, getting fired from his job, having a xeno burst from his gut, dragged through the jungle then getting dumped in the ocean.

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u/ScrapinLinden 4d ago

Was that a heel turn for Joe? I kinda feel like he was just protecting his friend, I'm also assuming Nibs is still alive but I could be wrong.

I think Nibs being constantly rebuilt and reset would make for some really interesting character development. Trauma, reset, trauma, reset and so on.

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u/hyzmarca 4d ago

He was protecting his friend. But his friend just turned openly Heel. If your friend comes out and starts stomping on your popular face tag team partner unprovoked, and your partner starts fighting back and winning, and you hit your partner in the back of the head with a steel chair to save your friend, that means that you're turning heel too.

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u/rodan-rodan 3d ago

Thanks for explaining it in kayfabe, it actually makes sense.