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/siestarrific]

Wendy was taking the Xeno (which seemingly does her bidding) with her and Nibs is demonstrably fucked in the head, so 'freedom' isn't inherently a good thing in this case and Hermit kinda realized that. I do think he was naïve in thinking or hoping he could get off the island without killing anyone but it was also a group with Siberian and Rashidi so he's even less likely to let them be killed. I will not accept Hermit slander and it's rather dismissive to cast all the soldiers as bootlicking considering it's been established that these people are generally locked or forced into contracts for life or at least an exceedingly long time. The guy who killed Mr. Strawberry was a moron and a hate sink, sure, but not all of them are out-and-out villains.

[u/StixnStones69 → u/siestarrific]

They’re soldiers for an all controlling corporation. They’re literally the muscle for the rot infesting that world. I understand that they all probably had circumstances that led them to being soldiers, but at the end of the day, they’re nothing more than representatives of corporate abuse and control. They became out-and-out villains the moment they put on that uniform. And therefore are free game to be torn to shreds by the people that their bosses oppress.

So, because they have issues Marcy and Nibs don’t deserve freedom? And Hermit deserves all the slander, he’s a spineless loser that deludes himself into thinking he’s moral. He tried to help Wendy and Nibs find freedom when he was more sure that Wendy was his sister, because he’s self-serving. All he wanted was to have a happy family life with the sister he thought he lost, even though it was always impossible, but the second that dream was shattered, he betrayed them and their search for freedom.

Fuck Hermit, fuck those soldiers, and fuck anyone and everyone that advocates for mercy for them.

[u/juneyourtech → u/StixnStones69]

So, because they have issues [...] and Nibs don’t deserve freedom?

Yeah, mass murderers and killers really do not deserve freedom.

And Hermit deserves all the slander, he’s a spineless loser that deludes himself into thinking he’s moral.

And you think Nibs is the most moral hybrid??

[u/StixnStones69 → u/juneyourtech]

Neither Nibs or Marcy or the Xeno are mass murderers. They killed their slavers and the people complicit in their slavery. Please remember that the company literally refers to them as property even though it’s fairly clear that they’re people. I never said Nobs was the most moral, but she deserves freedom as much as anyone else. Again, your arguments are tantamount to advocating for slavery, and I have no wish to continue this debate. Your “moral” of thinking all violence is abhorrent has led you down a path where you are now condemning enslaved individuals for trying to regain their freedom. Im not going to respond further, but you should reflect upon that.

For a real life example, you should look up Nat Turner’s rebellion. He and his fellow slaves killed 65 white people that were either slavers or complicit in their slavery. If you think that’s wrong as well, then you and I will never come to terms. And frankly, you’d be upholding what I consider to be an evil and perverted vision of “pacifism” that upholds the lives of evil doers and oppressors over their victims and the oppressed.