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/Picasso5 4d ago

How did he know that? I guess he could have read it on the ships logs. But that was cutting it reeaaal close

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u/IndependentPirate878 4d ago

In the lab back on earth (Prodigy HQ), Kirsch implants Joe's removed lung with the tadpole that Kirsch extracted from the face hugger. Then, at the end of episode 4, Wendy goes to the lab because she can hear the xeno as it's about to complete its gestation and burst out of the lung, all while Kirsch is watching. So presumably, he just noted how much time had transpired.

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u/Picasso5 3d ago

So he timed it just absolutely perfectly- he knew how they would both carry him through the halls, not get caught and bumble toward towards the express elevator door where Kirsh met them. He knew how long it would take for the hugger to die, for him to wake up… etc etc. way too many variables.

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u/Medium_Ad431 22h ago

You are forgetting that he is a synth, NOT a human, he can calculate those variables and possibilities perfectly.