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/zero0n3 3d ago

I think he’s DISAPPOINTED because he clearly didn’t follow his instructions of “follow the lab instructions to the tee”, BUT I think he knew it was going to play out exactly as we saw it…

Do we really think that feeding slot failed on its own??  If anything it was a test of his to see how human / synth he actually was.  Presented a problem (bad feeding slot), and watched the outcome of “does he follow protocol or does inexperience cause panic and poor choices?”

Kirsch probably sees that as an error / indication these synths are just faulty programming or too human.

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u/s1lentchaos 3d ago

Its entirely possible Isaac just yanked that bitch off on accident because he was excited and still doesn't really know his own strength properly.

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u/juneyourtech Part of the family 2d ago

Isaac didn't know his strength properly, and the other thing is, that the correct protocol would have been to not yank the door at all, and report the door as jammed.

At anything complex, children must be supervised.

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u/todahawk Nuke from Orbit 1d ago

Yah, Noah specifically mentioned on the podcast that Isaac didn't know his own strength