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“The Fly”

Alien: Earth has been up and down and this episode is a perfect example of that. There were some high moments with the scary creatures, including a weird fly-like creature and some moments I was not a fan of, like everything dealing with Wendy.

Timothy Olyphant was extremely creepy in this episode. I liked what he was doing.

Boy Kavalier was a hoot in his interactions with the debate over who has the right for the crashed ship and its cargo. He was just so obnoxious in the moment that he was so out there.

There were a lot of times in the episode where I was not engaged in the show, but there were some times when I was glued to the screen. It is inconsistent and I am in no rush in a week to watch the show. It came out on Tuesday Sept 9 and I did not watch it until the 15th. I had opportunities to watch it before this, but I was never inspired to do so. I believe there are only two more episodes to go so we will see how it finishes up.

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“In Space, No One?”

Last week’s episode of Alien: Earth was a bit of a down episode. I was not a fan of it. I mean, it had some moments, but there just was not much that grabbed my attention.

Boy did this week make up for it.

This episode took us back to the Maginot, the ship that crashed in Prodigy territory, filled with aliens, and we discover what events led to Morrow sending the ship into its downward spiral.

This was remarkably creepy and frightening as we get a potpourri of alien creatures, including the Xenomorph that was running around in the first week’s episodes.

There are some horrendous deaths from a couple of the characters, of which we know are all doomed. It was filled with some excellent tension and anxiety.

This was considerably better than last week and it helped recapture the excitement I had for this series after the first week of dual episodes.

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“Observation”

Being honest, episode four of Alien Earth was my least favorite of the series so far. It felt like an episode that is just there to build to things in the future. I wouldn’t call it a filler episode, but it just did not feel as if it had its own purpose outside of prepping for the future.

That does not mean that there were not a bunch of things that happened.

• Wendy recreating that Alien language was creepy as hell. I found it very disturbing.
• Then, at the episode’s end, we get the baby Xenomorph explode out of Hermit’s removed lung, but it sure seemed as if Wendy was treating this creature like a child of her own. That was another disturbing moment.
• We hear about the “Five”- the corporations that were now the government of the world.
• The sheep and the Eye-opus was yet another gross and disturbing image from the episode. Poor sheep.

Where as some of the previous episodes of this new series were tense and anxiety-filled, this was more of a disturbing episode that needed more than what was here. It was a slow burn episode with imagery that was designed to bother you.

I am sure things will pick up once again with the killer Xenomorphs.

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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 +.