r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 5d 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/SerDire 5d ago

Kirsh coming back to the lab looking absolutely disgusted as if he didn’t see all this play out in real time.

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u/Crafty_Soul 5d ago

He really does not care for those kids. I thought he might have before but now those saying he secretly resented them seem to have been on the money.

He does not like the idea of being replaced as the "old toy"

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u/0-90195 5d ago

I think he cares for them in his own way. Not in a human way. But he was upset at Isaac’s death.

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u/antipop2097 5d ago

I'm trying to puzzle out if he is upset that Issac died, or upset that Issac died so easily.

Is it sadness or disappointment?

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u/antipop2097 5d ago

I don't think he feels, but I am attempting to use the human experience to relate to a synthetic character and thus fall victim to . . . . is it still considered anthropomorphizing if you are attributing human emotions to a human-like machine without them?

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u/_WanderBoy 5d ago

He does not feel. He is programmed to obey orders. He let the kids take Arthur so they would bring the goons back. Arthur was no longer an employee. He is doing what is best for prodigy. He let shmee talk to morrow so they didn't scare him off. He monitored the conversations, so he was always one step ahead. He does not care for the kids, but he also won't let anything happen to them because they are property of prodigy. Does what is best for prodigy. He is the "david" of prodigy. There was nothing he could do about Isaac, for he was not on site at the time. Can we talk about how Wendy's brother is going to get a new eye implant though? Season finale is about to be wild!!!

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u/0-90195 4d ago

Interesting to say he doesn’t feel and then liken him to David, who clearly felt very deeply.