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What If the CIA and Weyland-Yutani Merged? (Spoiler: Everyone Dies)
This week on the podcast, Alien: Earth Episode 5 and Episodes 3 & 4 of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf reviews.
Episode Index
Intro: 0:07
Alien Earth:
The Terminal List:
Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu)
Episode?5 – “In Space, No One…”
Summary:
A flashback shows the events that occurred on the Maginot starting seventeen days before it reached Earth. Junior security officer Clem wakes Morrow from cryosleep and tells him there has been a fire in one of the containment rooms. Two facehuggers have escaped and latched upon ship’s captain Dinsdale and science officer Bronski. Dinsdale dies from the facehugger’s acid blood when medical officer Rahim attempts to cut the tail from his neck. After being told by engineer Shmuel that the ship’s navigational systems were also damaged in the fire, Morrow concludes that a crew member has sabotaged the ship. Executive officer Zaveri assumes command of the ship, but Morrow threatens to relieve her if she does not prioritize the creatures above the crew. Bronski is placed in cryo-sleep to prevent the gestation of the Xenomorph, but this fails. In science officer Chibuzo’s lab, one leech specimen manages to open its test tube from the inside, and lays its larvae in her water bottle. Witnessing this, the Ocellus also escapes after Chibuzo fails to seal its containment vessel. Apprentice engineer Malachite drinks the water, and the larvae kill him from the inside; Chibuzo and Rahim are also killed by their defensive toxic gas when trying to extract them. Witnessing this, Zavari is in shock and Morrow relieves her of command. After being interrogated by Morrow, navigator Teng is killed by the fully-grown Xenomorph. Chief engineer Petrovich is revealed to be behind the sabotage at the order of Boy Kavalier, who promises him a hybrid body if the ship crashes in Prodigy territory. Petrovich kills Clem and is in turn killed by Morrow, who retreats to the control room and seals himself in. Zaveri is killed by the Xenomorph outside the door. With everyone dead, Morrow locks himself in the panic room and awaits the crash. Back in the present, Morrow meets with Yutani, offering to retrieve the specimens by force and kill Kavalier.
Writer/Director:
Written and directed by Noah Hawley
Cast Highlights:
Richa Moorjani (Zaveri), Sandra?Yi?Sencindiver (Yutani), Amir?Boutrous (Rahim), Karen?Aldridge (Chibuzo), Michael?Smiley (Shmuel), Jamie?Bisping (Malachite), Andy?Yu (Teng), Max?Rinehart (Bronski), Enzo?Cilenti (Petrovich), Tom?Moya (Clem).
Air Date & Stats:
Aired September 2, 2025, on FX and FX on Hulu. Duration: 64 minutes.
Viewership: ~0.361 million households; 0.10 rating (18–49 demo).
Style & Reception:
Critics lauded its homages to Ridley Scott’s original Alien, elevated tension, and emotional depth. Called a “banger” and “standout” bottle episode.
Out of 5 In Space, No One… Hears You in the Lo
