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“Metamorphosis”

The third episode of Alien: Earth continued its strong start.

Wendy and Hermit faced off with a Xenomorph, after they had been isolated at the end of episode two last week. They take a lot of damage, but Wendy is able to show how tough she is as she cuts the alien in half with a knife. They learned about the acid blood of the creature.

Boy Kavalier is one of the creepiest and interesting characters of the show. Samuel Blenkin does a great job with this role. Every time he was on screen this episode, I pictured Tom Baker’s Doctor from Doctor Who. The hair, the scarf, the facial expressions. I do not know if this was intentional or if this was just a coincidence, but he definitely had Doctor vibes.

All the science and operating on the creatures as well as Hermit was interesting. It gave a distinct anxiety feel to it because you were not sure what was going to happen. It becomes clear that Boy Kavalier is looking to create his own Xenomorph as they take a little tadpole looking thing out of the facehugger and placed it in a vat with Hermit’s lung, that had to be removed to help save his life.

Morrow is a intriguing character too as he is making a connection with Slightly, with the definite idea that he wanted to return the specimens to his boss.

Good stuff on FX/Disney +.