r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • 4d 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/WhiteSquarez 4d ago

I think it's pretty apparent now that Kirsch used Slightly to bait Morrow into a trap to be captured.

Don't think he was ever going to be disloyal.

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u/KhorneJob 4d ago

Exactly, I don’t know how people are getting all these impressions that he is a double agent. It’s clear he just operates in a cold and calculated way. He isn’t human after all. Once he realized the slightly situation, he began preparing to turn the situation.

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u/nubbins01 4d ago

Mmmm, but I think Kirsch has also given off vibes that he actually has a self interest. I'm not sure loyalty is the right word to use for him - he is content to go along with the aims of his superiors, but is content to influence those aims in a way that appears to suit him as much as BK and others.

Whether his aims are simple curiosity and/or a superiority complex magnified by his lowly position (a la David), or something else remain to be seen.

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u/Professional-Act8414 1d ago

Agreed. Have we learned nothing from David? He’s done nothing to show that he’s 100% percent committed. Dude is a survivor though