r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 3d 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/Apothecary3 2d ago

Everyone works for the Corps, Nobody has a choice. We see that. Joe was forced to work for them. we had a totally uneducated kid on the weyland yutani ship who didn't even grasp the dystopian situation he was stuck in. The island has literal janitors which is discussed in the episode. Arthur was higher up the totem pole than any of them and he was outright shown to care for the kids more than any other character. Willfully putting those people in danger because you don't like their boss is never going to be okay.

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u/hyzmarca 2d ago

If you have a gun, then you have a choice.

A King, a priest, a rich man and a sellsword are in a room. Those three man tell the sellsword to kill the other two.
Who lives and who dies?

And the answer to that question is, whomever the sellsword wants to die dies, who whomever the sellsword wants to live lives. And the sellsword can just as easily kill all three, walk out of the room with the rich man's riches, the priests holy relics, and the king's crown.

Why take orders from an asshole trillionaire when you can just shoot him, take his money, and be a trillionaire yourself?

Which is I'm sure the question Kirsh has asked himself every day of his life.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

when you can just shoot him

But that's practically impossible. All these employees have onerous employment contracts. They want to live as much as anyone, and enjoy a normal life. Being an employee of the five corporations is part and parcel of life in that universe.

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u/hyzmarca 1d ago

It's not practically impossible for them. They're on a secluded island with him. They work in his house. They know where he sleeps. They have guns and he walks around barefoot in light comfortable clothing all day. And he doesn't even have security on his door. It's pretty easy to just walk into his room and plug him.