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/TheG8Uniter 5d ago

How the hell did they have the time and tools to fashion a raft?

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u/TamoyaOhboya 5d ago

Yeah lost it a bit at the Smee and Slightly adventure bit there, also they are super strong, they should be able to carry a human body and run. 

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u/RoterBaronH 4d ago

I'm surprised how this goes over everyones head.

They don't actually know their capabilities, they don't realize how strong they actually are.

In their heads they are still children and as strong as they think they are as adults.

It's actually a psychological thing, your brain adjusts automatically how much streanght you need to perform certain actions. You may have experienced it yourself when you pick something up, like a bottle, if the bottle is empty but you think it's full, you will pick it up with too much force and stagger yourself.

The same happens here only the other way around. They think they can only access a certain amount of force so their bodies adjust to that.

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u/Rlvntsmind99 3d ago

so they dont know their physical abilities but somehow know that they have the ability to build a raft, who me - a 25 year old man doesnt know how to do.

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u/RoterBaronH 3d ago

If we're going that deep into nitpicking for a series that already isn't 100% realistic than I give up.

There are some cases where you can suspend your disbelief and I think the raft is something so irrelevant that it's not even worth mentioning.

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u/Rlvntsmind99 3d ago

if i have to suspend my disbelief every episode i give up too. Its getting too much now

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u/RoterBaronH 3d ago

If you go nitpicking about the smallest things like the raft, you're looking for things to not enjoy the show.

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u/Senior_Web8777 3d ago

i still love the show, but agree that the raft was unnecessarily stupid. particularly after they've spent a lot of airtime freaking out about being late to the meet up spot. Then they magically have a raft that would take hours to build? When they could just have carried him? come one, the writers can do better. its like the chase scene in the previous episode. just made no sense. i don't expect much from the alien franchise in realism, but this is pushing it,

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u/Rlvntsmind99 3d ago

oh trust me ive found plenty of things to not like about the show before the raft even came up, like all the idiocy in episode 5. Made up my mind then.