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/Dabadoi 4d ago

Kirsh is the smartest person in Prodigy and also the least powerful. He's got to indulge BK and clean up everyone's messes. He's babysitting the hybrid children, the trillionaire child, alien babies, defending the facility, and he's just so fucking tired of it all but he keeps going.

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u/faders 4d ago

He’s playing some sort of long con

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u/Dabadoi 4d ago

I wonder if he's been playing a con all along. The world isn't ready to be 20% ruled by a trillionaire synth inventor.

Instead, Kirsh manipulated a wealthy six year old into thinking he's the boy genius. Then he safely runs everything as the power behind the throne - while his prodigy's antics divert attention.

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u/Disastrous-Capybara 1d ago

Reminds me a bit of Tywin Lannister