‘Alien: Earth’ Season 1 Episode Titles

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Alien: Romulus brought the Alien franchise roaring back to life last year, and it looks like Noah Hawley’s new series, Alien: Earth, is set to keep that momentum going strong. The eight-episode series follows a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers who make a fateful discovery after a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, bringing them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.

We can exclusively reveal all the episode titles for Alien: Earth below:

• "Neverland"

• "Mr. October"

• "Metamorphosis"

• "Observation"

• "Emergence"

• "The Fly"

• "In Space, No One"

• "The Real Monsters"

Before becoming Alien: Earth, the series was reportedly originally titled Alien: Neverland. "Mr. October," previously the working title for the series, might hint at crucial events setting off the show’s central crisis. Titles like "Metamorphosis" and "Observation" are directly related to the classic themes of the Alien franchise: the disturbing transformations of the Xenomorph lifecycle, and humanity’s dangerous obsession with observing and experimenting without considering the disastrous consequences.

"Emergence" is probably the episode where new Xenomorphs hatch... It could tie into the traditional "chestburster" moment. "The Fly" is most likely a direct homage to David Cronenberg’s The Fly, a story about transformation, mutation, and horror born from scientific curiosity gone wrong. It could hint at body horror and mutations in the series. Meanwhile, "In Space, No One" clearly references the iconic tagline "In space, no one can hear you scream." "The Real Monsters" reinforces the franchise’s exploration of moral ambiguity, suggesting that the true villains might be humanity, whose capacity for cruelty and self-destruction rivals even that of the aliens.

Alien: Earth will premiere this summer on FX and Hulu, with Noah Hawley, Dana Gonzales, and Ugla Hauksdóttir directing the episodes. Led by Sydney Chandler, the series cast includes Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diem Camille, and Moe Bar-El.