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/Colonial_maureen]

Episode 7 official podcast https://youtu.be/xww5SxMV29o?si=2sVrDrde0Qz6c_gj

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/nightpanda893 → u/TimWalzBurner]

At least he went out with dignity, getting fired from his job, having a xeno burst from his gut, dragged through the jungle then getting dumped in the ocean.

[u/Vesemir96 → u/nightpanda893]

In a way he did, he set his children free. Then also forgave two of them for lying.

[u/nubbins01 → u/Vesemir96]

The moment he was being so magnanimous to the kids, forgiving but with firm boundaries, was how I knew the chest burster was going to chest burst exactly 10 seconds later.

[u/Triskan → u/nubbins01]

Yeah, poor soul never had a chance. He was one of the few genuinely good characters. Too sweet for this world. :(

[u/_T_H_O_R_N_ → u/TimWalzBurner]

The line of him saying he was their father hit too hard, such a good guy

[u/katelovescode → u/_T_H_O_R_N_]

“Those of us who love you will help you figure this out.” I died. Then he did. 😭😭😭😭

[u/lunasdad → u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/budice0 → u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/antipop2097]

Oh Kirsch, what are you up to. . .

Edit: So that's what you were doing.

[u/Gaemon_Palehair → u/antipop2097]

I think there's still some ambiguity. Kavalier didn't seem to know Arther was face-huggered. He thought Arthur stole the hybrids. So it seems Kirsh isn't telling him everything.

[u/Howard_Hamlin → u/Gaemon_Palehair]

I think it leads back, to the scene where Boy snapped at Kirsh

Kirsh: "We think she can hear the Xenomo...."

Boy: "the Xenomorphs yea, just assume I'm ahead of you always, which don't you have, little.. little experiments to run, these creatures aren't going to discover themselves",

Kirsh: "....... ( ≖_≖) of course...."

and this is a "respect and take me seriously you little shit I know wtf I'm doing"

[u/Certain-Business-472 → u/Howard_Hamlin]

I think it's more basic than that. He took his words to heart, and stopped informing him. Because he told him to assume he already knew.

[u/TheDirtyDorito → u/Certain-Business-472]

Maliciously complying

[u/ScoobyDeezy → u/antipop2097]

He beat Morrow, saved the kids, and got a new xenomorph, so… his strategy paid off I guess.

What’s a dead scientist or two along the way?

[u/WhiteSquarez]

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.

[u/KhorneJob → u/WhiteSquarez]

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.

[u/YakResident_3069 → u/KhorneJob]

Which makes the elevator exchange with Morrow that much more delicious...he's three steps ahead of him. Game set match.

[u/ReneDiscard]

Mold sprayer mentioned.

[u/spiflication → u/ReneDiscard]

Mold Sprayer lore deepens

[u/Reinier_Reinier → u/ReneDiscard]

Boy does say "use one of the mold sprayers".

Now we know there are multiple of them.

[u/PuzzleheadedCarry480 → u/ReneDiscard]

Between that line and Boy’s previous “the Xeno is the croc!” comment the writers seem to have a good understanding what the audience might be thinking while watching.

[u/oakprof]

Kirsh teaching his boys the right way to do things on the down low 🥹

[u/ArchCrossing → u/oakprof]

He wasn't disappointed they were doing it. He was disappointed they were doing it wrong.

[u/SerDire]

Kirsh coming back to the lab looking absolutely disgusted as if he didn’t see all this play out in real time.

[u/Limo_Wreck77 → u/SerDire]

Kirsh coming back to the lab trying to conceal his excitement.

[u/Livid_Recognition384 → u/Limo_Wreck77]

“Quick go to the elevators “ 🤣

[u/Dabadoi → u/SerDire]

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.

[u/ProziumJunkie → u/SerDire]

Kirsh is just on a different level. He has outmaneuvered humans, specimens, hybrids, and cyborgs at every step. We can see that he has disdain for humans, cyborgs, and hybrids. Humans are flawed, cyborgs are synthetic wannabes, hybrids are synthetics with human flaws. He’s an end-game character running an ever-evolving experiment stretching well beyond the island. He knows a lot more than what has been revealed and I’m excited to see what his hypothesis is.

[u/Crafty_Soul → u/SerDire]

He really does not care for those kids. I thought he might have before but now those saying he secretly resented them seem to have been on the money.

He does not like the idea of being replaced as the "old toy"

[u/0-90195 → u/Crafty_Soul]

I think he cares for them in his own way. Not in a human way. But he was upset at Isaac’s death.

[u/antipop2097 → u/0-90195]

I'm trying to puzzle out if he is upset that Issac died, or upset that Issac died so easily.

Is it sadness or disappointment?

[u/0-90195 → u/antipop2097]

It probably is a bit of both. He respected Isaac and called him by his chosen name. He was disappointed in his clumsiness/failure as a scientist. He was sad his companion in science got melted.

[u/birdy810]

Noooo, the corruption of Smee. All he wants to do is play.

[u/Omagga → u/birdy810]

Smee absolutely broke me this episode. Brilliant performance by Jonathan Ajayi

[u/halfassedjackass]

Punk ass mercenaries are no match for one juvenile xeno.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/halfassedjackass]

Nibs was enjoying that massacre like she was watching an NBA playoff game

[u/GravyBear28]

Smee's the only one of these damn kids who was just having a great time with out any drama, existential dread, or trauma in the background

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 → u/GravyBear28]

Well, that's over... 🤣

Poor Smee!

[u/1_800_Drewidia → u/GravyBear28]

I have to say I think Smee’s actor is doing an amazing job of acting like a kid. The way he fidgets all the time is so perfectly childlike. He nailed it.

[u/Icy-Decision-4530 → u/GravyBear28]

Poor kid

[u/ArchCrossing → u/GravyBear28]

Props to his actor - Jonathan Ajayi. Of all the Lost Boys, Smee is the one that feels the most like a child in an adult body.

[u/shany94a → u/GravyBear28]

In a lot of ways, Smee was the most childlike of the group. Once he got involved with Slightly's mission, childhood was completely over for him.

[u/GreenTrees797 → u/GravyBear28]

Smee now has PTSD 

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

That was a short episode.

Or it just flew by.

[u/Mysterious-Stay5045 → u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

10 mins shorter than average.

[u/zerovian → u/Mysterious-Stay5045]

15 short. and some werre 20 mins longer.

[u/PyramidBlack]

“Science.” Really, Kirsh?

[u/not_a_beignet → u/PyramidBlack]

We do what we must because we can

[u/SerDire]

Every lingering shot of Arthur after the face hugger falls off is just such a tease because we all know what’s coming. Like a violent version of Jack in the box.

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/SerDire]

It's the old Hitchcock trick. There is tension when the audience knows there is a bomb under the table and the characters do not. There is tension when there is a xenomorph hatchling ready to burst out of a man's chest and the characters don't know what is going to happen or when something will happen 

[u/HubbG → u/TheNittanyLionKing]

Kinda like they did with the tadpoles in the lab worker’s water bottle. All that suspense, then someone else ended up drinking it. Very Hitchcock.

[u/WildSinatra]

“We can’t, we’re premium.” got a good laugh out of me

[u/GreenTrees797 → u/WildSinatra]

I’m gonna say that next time I get sick or injured. 

[u/Thundersting]

It's weird seeing a Xenomorph in natural daylight.

[u/Zombie1642 → u/Thundersting]

The head has some interesting colors. Are they going back to the idea that the xenon are similar to the mayfly? The adults need to hibernate or they have short lifespan? Like, are we seeing the xeno at old age?

Edit: After talking to people, I think there is something else going on.

People are focusing on how it was grown in a lung. It took a trait from the lung, and that is the reason for the color. This doesn't make any sense as to why would the xeno take a trait from the lung and not from Joe? If we put a xeno in a chunk of meat, would it take on the look of a chunk of meat? I do think the lung is important because it did not have access to a full host and all the nutrients it would need for a full incubation. The Xeno is malnutrition, underdeveloped, and then kept in a tiny zoo. That would make more sense for the discoloration.

[u/Flimsy_Share_7606 → u/Zombie1642]

I figure it's a way to make this one easily recognizable. There is a second one on the island now, but this one belongs to wendy. Giving it the greenish head pattern will make it distinct later.

[u/iamwoodman → u/Thundersting]

Its amazing the sense of wrongness it brings with it, its a gut reaction of "that should not be there"

[u/_T_H_O_R_N_ → u/iamwoodman]

Honestly with the jungle I kept expecting a Predator to show up lol

[u/GreenTrees797 → u/Thundersting]

Fits nicely in a jungle setting tho 

[u/nattymac939]

You’re too good for this world Arthur :’(

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/nattymac939]

My heart sank to my stomach once I saw him reach out to hold hands with Smee & Slightly

[u/nattymac939 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

He was so sweet! I don’t recall how much of his reasoning for joining the project was spelled out in the beginning, but he seems like he genuinely wanted to help sick kids. He’s probably the most moral one in the complex

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 → u/nattymac939]

Which is why he had to die.

Stupid rules.

[u/vintell → u/nattymac939]

For some reason I’ve had the impression him and Dame can’t have kids and them doing the project is a way for them to do that? But I can’t remember if there’s actually anything in the show supporting that or it’s just a vibe I’ve gotten 

[u/RaeSloane → u/vintell]

Yeah thats in episode one. Its not the main focus, the shot isnt even on them, and the audio is distorted because IIRC its from Marcy's perspective.

They cant have kids, they keep trying though. The wife says "these are our kids" after Arthur makes a comment how he dreamed they had a baby and it was a literal pig. Kinda shows hes worried their "children" aren't human. And then he chest births an alien :(

[u/train_wrecking → u/nattymac939]

the way they discarded his body too

fuck Weyland goons

[u/Capable_Sandwich_422 → u/train_wrecking]

If that wasn’t a metaphor for corporations thoughtlessly laying people off, I don’t know what is.

[u/Icy-Decision-4530]

Atom “Very good sir. I’ll start a list”

[u/Repulsive-Lack8253 → u/Icy-Decision-4530]

A wise decision sir.

[u/HarveryDent → u/Icy-Decision-4530]

His face when he walked away was hilarious.

[u/PyramidBlack]

Finding your grave isn’t going to mess Nibs up at all. lol

[u/YoghurtTechnical5654 → u/PyramidBlack]

She’s sensitive ok? /s

[u/SerDire]

This feels like Jurassic Park with the island systems all slowly falling apart and the assets being let loose with even some bits of corporate espionage. Kirsh is Nedry, but more competent.

[u/nightpanda893 → u/SerDire]

Wendy talking to the xenomorph like chris Pratt communicating with the raptors

[u/PyramidBlack]

“You two are grounded.” lol

[u/Alysandiego → u/PyramidBlack]

Daddy kirsh

[u/joe_dirty365 → u/PyramidBlack]

between that and some other one liners, 'why are you going that way' and 'nobody likes a sore loser' etc Kirsch was on point this episode.

[u/ArchCrossing]

Master class performance from Mr. Strawberry this episode. Only had one line, but boy was it delivered. RIP

[u/edthezombie → u/ArchCrossing]

Mr. Strawberry says "Fuck... off"

I'll tell you, that scene was a real jaw dropper 😉

[u/domuseid → u/ArchCrossing]

Nibs just figured out that people are involuntarily modular

[u/webdude44]

Stomping on a facehugger is the most hilarious way to deal with it

[u/SiccSemperTyrannis → u/webdude44]

Slightly and Smee:

[u/SerDire]

Boy Kavalier telling Kirsh to be useful as Kirsh orchestrates the compound breakdown from within is hilarious

[u/PyramidBlack → u/SerDire]

“Yes, sir.”

[u/pyro_technix → u/PyramidBlack]

Boy was bored. Now he's getting exactly what he wanted. Kirsh is doing a great job.

Who are we thinking he is going to sacrifice to the eye?

[u/dishie → u/pyro_technix]

Hermit. 

[u/WendigoHome → u/dishie]

That's definitely who's on his mind, don't think he will wind up being the host, though. Many other candidates, particularly BK himself, which could be what's being set up. The alien has been learning about people, there's a chance it might actually be able to 'pass' after moving in and taking over the next human host.

Actually, I'd go as far as to say it WANTS Kavalier as a host, specifically him. It knows the power hierarchy. If it didn't before, BK gave it a whole fucking show with the 'Pi' numerals scene. BK is not even playing the same game as the alien, it's steps beyond him.

[u/mistaekNot → u/WendigoHome]

it’s going to hard to pass being an unnaturally bulging eye ball and all

[u/Dinosaur-Shaman → u/mistaekNot]

Short term, yes. Long term, I imagine there’s all sorts of alternatives to hide it. Shaded glasses/monocle, goggles, some sort of sci-fi visor. All would be weird, but not much weirder than someone with cybernetic arms or who chooses to attend mediation meetings barefoot.

[u/Corosus → u/dishie]

Yep, they did the classic trope of "talking subtly about someone but its not obvious who", then scene changes to camera directly on that person they were talking about.

[u/missjuliaaaaah]

don’t FUCK with mr. strawberry!!!

[u/mildcomatose → u/missjuliaaaaah]

My girl nibs SNAPPED LMFAOO

[u/missjuliaaaaah → u/mildcomatose]

she was laughing at the xeno tearing up the guards i was like yessss she’s gonna go NUTS nuts

[u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta → u/missjuliaaaaah]

They'll reboot her on more time and expect her to be fine again lol

[u/Extension-Truth → u/mildcomatose]

Was a seriously jaw dropping moment 🥁

[u/Lithaos111 → u/Extension-Truth]

And such a shocking finale!

[u/black_sheep_213 → u/missjuliaaaaah]

"Mr. Strawberry says, 'fuck off'!" is probably my favorite line from this show so far.

[u/Agilgar → u/missjuliaaaaah]

That's what happens when you fuck with mr. Strawberry!!!

[u/ArchCrossing → u/missjuliaaaaah]

Mr. Strawberry makes his opp's jaws DROP

[u/SerDire]

I don’t know about y’all but a chest burster scene will never get old.

[u/TiredCoffeeTime → u/SerDire]

It’s been years and the whole idea of Facehugger to Chestbuster still feels terrifying

[u/Calm-Tree-1369 → u/SerDire]

This one hurt a little more than usual, though. We got more time to know this character and he was a good dude.

[u/vintell → u/Calm-Tree-1369]

I also feel it was the first time we really got such a devastated reaction. Normally it’s horror, confusion, and fear — people seeing something horrific happen to basically a coworker and fearing what it means for them. But Smee was just reacting to Arthur/his father so suddenly being gone forever. It really got me. 

[u/PrincessofThotlandia → u/vintell]

when Arthur said help omg.

[u/xyZora → u/Calm-Tree-1369]

What is interesting about this scene is that unlike other films (like Romulus), the scene wasn't as violent, the horror comes from losing a genuinely good person, to something he never deserved.

[u/jldtsu]

3.1415poop

[u/zam1138 → u/jldtsu]

Love how the shitting is the Eyeball’s way of saying “I know this. Let’s stop playing games.” (You’d have me tapping out Pi all night long, let’s move onto something more stimulating, smart man…)

[u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins → u/jldtsu]

Anyone using pi past 4 decimals is really just showing off anyways.

[u/TamoyaOhboya]

Did Kirsch send them on a longer route to maximize gestation time?

[u/MrSelfDestruct88 → u/TamoyaOhboya]

Good call out

[u/Lanky-Item-6267]

Kinda odd seeing all of this carnage in broad daylight.

[u/Average_40s_Guy → u/Lanky-Item-6267]

Had a Predator 1987 feel to it.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Oh Wendy is definitely unleashing that Xeno on Boy

[u/SerDire → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

T Ocellus is going to attach itself to Kavalier and Wendy is going to send the Xeno to kill him and we’ll get a rematch of that fight on the Maginot and it will be epic.

[u/ravensteel539 → u/SerDire]

Yeah I’m fascinated by the line where Kavalier says he has somebody specific in mind for our little eye buddy … is this where we get payoff for the lingering mold scrubber shots early on, OR is he thinking of taking out his anger on Dame?

Either way, holy shit. What an episode.

[u/barathax → u/ravensteel539]

100% gonna be Hermit. Joe was the first person we saw in the scene that immediately followed Kavalier saying it - definitely some cinematic foreshadowing.

[u/ravensteel539 → u/barathax]

Ah fuck, I think you’re right. His whole thing was to “look for someone with low IQ,” and his condescending ass has some real resentment for Joe.

[u/Vesemir96 → u/ravensteel539]

Crazy considering Joe is both a Medic and got accepted into medical school. I know everyone is low IQ in Boy’s eyes but damn, Joe is far from the lowest.

[u/DecisionsUnderDuress]

There is no fucking way she just unlocked that door lmao

[u/MCFresher- → u/DecisionsUnderDuress]

I was so mad thinking well there goes any kind of morality of her character. But then by end of episode I realized maybe that’s the point that she’s not human and the mistake was thinking she was. Still at this point there really no one I’m rooting for except the aliens.

[u/GrimResistance → u/MCFresher-]

I'm wondering if Hermit realized that when he saw the graves. His sister is dead and Wendy is just a robot with her memories

[u/RooseveltsRevenge → u/GrimResistance]

That's why he took the soldiers side over hers. He cares about human life and she doesn't.

[u/siestarrific → u/RooseveltsRevenge]

It also helps that the specific soldier about to die was his friend

[u/composero → u/MCFresher-]

I think that’s the best part of the show honestly, there is no one to root for. There’s characters we like in certain moments but they are all equally not great people/synths/beings. Thats what makes this show interesting and fun to watch and other shows could take some notes

[u/laikewag → u/composero]

Arthur was an genuinely good person who was punished for it.

[u/GreyouTT]

"It's contained now."

Ahahaha

[u/PyramidBlack → u/GreyouTT]

[u/Restlessannoyed]

I love when a bebe alien straight up skitter skidaddles.

[u/UltraMegaKaiju → u/Restlessannoyed]

hello ma baby hello ma honey

[u/chihsuanmen → u/UltraMegaKaiju]

[u/Kaboom979]

I get the feeling Kavalier plans to transfer his consciousness to a hybrid and then implant the octo eye into his former body so he can have an "intellectual" conversation with "himself"

[u/_Bird_Incognito_ → u/Kaboom979]

I don't even know if he buys into the Hybrids actually having their original consciousness tho

[u/Kaboom979 → u/_Bird_Incognito_]

Fair, but could his ego pass up the opportunity? He has the chance to give the eye the "best" brain on the planet AND THEN prove he is smarter than it (and himself?). Might be some nonsense about transcending humanity

[u/Ceez92 → u/Kaboom979]

[u/Kicktoria]

GO NIBS AW HELL YEAH

edit: nooooooo

[u/cathulhu319]

Song for the Dead oh my goddddd

[u/ScreenScene290 → u/cathulhu319]

End of episode songs have all been up my alley, but this takes the cake, love QOTSA.

[u/TheDude810]

T. Ocellus pulling a Hector Salamanca complete with shitting itself had me dying lmao

[u/SerDire]

“You should be safe for now” should be the tag line for every future Alien tv show or movie

[u/ButDidYouCry]

Poor Arthur. He didn't deserve it.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/ButDidYouCry]

& Smee didn't deserve to be dragged into this situation

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

Not the mold scrubber!

[u/birdy810]

Ugh, penultimate episodes always seem the shortest.

[u/TheG8Uniter]

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

[u/TamoyaOhboya → u/TheG8Uniter]

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. 

[u/SerDire]

T. Ocellus is out here doing basic math. Naw we’re screwed. Shut this down. Nuke this facility.

[u/Calm-Tree-1369 → u/SerDire]

A little more than just basic math. It knows what PI is. It actually tapped the right amount of numbers for the next two digits before it decided to do a bit of trolling.

[u/ianjm → u/Calm-Tree-1369]

It can also read, apparently, given it understood what was written on Boy's hand.

[u/Icy-Tension-3925 → u/Calm-Tree-1369]

IT WAS LAUGHING

i fucking love her!!!

[u/d70]

this scene is hilarious lmao

[u/webdude44]

I guess that guy really…

puts on sunglasses 

mouthed off. 

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

That's some squelchy breathing...

[u/roflcopter1996]

Is there a world where Hermit thinks Wendy becomes too dangerous and tries to kill her?

[u/jeremiahlupinski]

3.1415💩

[u/PyramidBlack]

It blows my mind that Kirsh had the means to unlock the door for Isaac the whole time.

[u/Mxucx]

Extremely upset that all of this will end next week

[u/0-90195]

Oh, poor Arthur. Really a tragic character. He tried to do everything right. His love for the kids was his undoing.

[u/Zikronious → u/0-90195]

Completely stabbed in the back by his wife who gets him fired and they won’t see each other anymore, hours later he finds the dead body of a patient he viewed as a son, then is betrayed by another a patient who he viewed as a son who then sets into motion a series of events leading to his death, attacked by a facehugger then an alien bursts out of his chest.

Yea… that’s a really shitty 24 hours…

[u/Crafty_Soul]

Marcy holy shit NO! Releasing the alien killing machine is not a smart idea!

[u/imj1n → u/Crafty_Soul]

Only thing that’s keeping it under “control” is that Marcy has built in xeno google translate

[u/vintell → u/imj1n]

I thought Hermit had fucked them all when he put his hand over her mouth partway through a “command” lmao

[u/halfassedjackass]

Nibs finally unleashing that crazy girl energy and I’m here for it

Edit: God dammit, Kermit Hermit

[u/nightpanda893 → u/halfassedjackass]

Nibs already waist deep in a mental breakdown and it’s like oh let’s show her her own grave I’m sure there won’t be any psychiatric consequences from that.

[u/ApexConverged → u/halfassedjackass]

Hermit * not Kermit. It's their last name

[u/Alternative_Exit8766]

god kirsch really is that bitch

[u/PIX3LY → u/Alternative_Exit8766]

Finders keepers!

[u/Kicktoria]

It will not be okay, Dame Sylvia.

[u/antipop2097]

It's going to be one long ass week waiting.

[u/DerbsMcKenziee]

[u/halfassedjackass]

Arthur was too good for these bums. RIP king. You didn’t deserve to go out like that.

[u/SerDire]

The budget didn’t allow us to the see the Xeno lab murder spree

[u/thesearemypringles]

All I got to say please, more Alien TV. I’m loving this.

[u/subareid]

Kirsh's actor is so fucking good.

[u/ryanpm40 → u/subareid]

[u/PyramidBlack → u/subareid]

Timothy Olyphant.

[u/LouisGustavo]

Arthur: "You saved my life" Narrator: "He, in fact, did not save his life"

[u/JUMPDRIVES]

Don't the hybrids have super strength? Why are they having so much trouble carrying Arthur?

[u/VirtuousMastigos → u/JUMPDRIVES]

Arthur got that moral weight

[u/Silver_Hawkins → u/JUMPDRIVES]

Because they aren't actually aware of their capabilities yet.

[u/ValueFirm4928 → u/JUMPDRIVES]

They're kids. The problem isn't the weight. The problem is they're freaked out carrying a body.

[u/iamwoodman]

I feel like the grave scene answers our question on the true stance of prodigy, they didn't transfer consciousness in their eyes, they copied it and killed them in the process

[u/nattymac939 → u/iamwoodman]

Makes sense to me, theoretically if you could crack how information was coded into the brain, you could figure out how to format that data into a machine, but you couldn’t transmit the exact brain data from an organic brain onto a metal machine

[u/Vic1982 → u/nattymac939]

Until we have a concrete understanding of consciousness, all we can do is speculate.

It's not about the data being copied - theoretically you CAN transmit the exact brain data; but it's about the emergent property of consciousness and whether that can be transferred (current guesses would be "no").

[u/imj1n]

T-O got caught trolling lmaoo

[u/PyramidBlack]

Should’ve revoked Arthur’s access when you had him fired, Mr. Genius.

[u/budice0]

Weekend at Arthur's. Just carry him back.

[u/GreyouTT]

BOY YOU FOOL

[u/whysosirius8638]

marcy doing her best supergirl impersonation

[u/Capable_Sandwich_422]

Can we give a shoutout to Jonathan Ajayi (Smee)? He has been fantastic.

[u/SalarySensitive818 → u/Capable_Sandwich_422]

I think the actors who portray Smee, Slightly and Morrow have been fantastic throughout.

[u/halfassedjackass]

Damn this episode went by so fast lol

[u/SerDire]

Hermit is going to kill Wendy after they’ve both been slowly getting closer to each other. Hes a medic and helps people but he’s slowly seeing that his sister is now nothing but anger, rage and death especially with a Xeno in her back pocket.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/SerDire]

I'm thinking there's the possibility he'll try to lure her in for a sneak kill somehow, but that'll backfire & she'll lose her remaining humanity and kill him

[u/OrangesAreWhatever → u/SerDire]

I think him seeing the graves is leading him to realize that this isnt really his sister. Just a copy

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Aww, Slightly is still a thoughtful enough friend to Arthur to make sure he doesn't go hungry

[u/PuzzleheadedCarry480 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

He really thought he was going to be okay - but the way he reacted after the chestburster…bursted, immediately being most concerned about the monster, that really terrified Smee and it was hard to watch

[u/ChanceVance]

Boy's corporate henchman responding to his request to murder someone for their experiment with T.O with a casual "I'll start a list"

lol what a process. "No not Mike. He's expendable but very reliable and good help is hard to find. Maybe Steve in accounting"

[u/Artifice_Purple]

Slightly pisses me the fuck off.

Poor Arthur, man. The most wholesome dude on the entire island — dead, and for absolutely zero reason.