Noah Hawley’s dazzlingly haunting epic is all about what exactly defines us as human.

“Alien: Earth” is the most satisfying entry in the franchise in a long, long time — and one of the best television shows this year.

“Alien: Earth” is a lavish production – more so than any of the films in the canon – but just as claustrophobic and, easily, as memorable.

In lesser hands, a series spinoff of the theatrical “Alien” franchise might seem like just another IP play — a money grab. But pair Noah Hawley, the writer behind FX’s “Fargo,” with “Alien,” and you get a show that’s significantly better than that.

As is often true of this franchise, the philosophical-existential stuff is never quite as deep as it wants to be. (See: Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.) But on a mechanical and biological level—and on its technical merits—the series is a gripping marvel.

Plenty of elements of this show are fun revisions on a classic, but Wendy's story is enough to make you wonder if science fiction will ever get a new gimmick.

To be fair, this is a series meant to be watched on a weekly basis rather than binged all at once, but the energy here is so flat that I imagine viewers might get fed up and abandon ship early rather than sticking with the entire mission.

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It was close to being ok. Seeing them plug 2 of their own Disney movies in an Alien show made me chuckle. The Xenomorph is really relegated here and there is, once again, the usual plot armour. People with guns just cannot aim to save their lives (literally) and after the main character dispatches an alien, it really loses any scary factor. Trying to mix a vibe of Goonies with Alien is pretty bizarre but ok. Oh and the plot contrivance of the cyborg conveniently hacking into one of the hybrids audio system from a thousand miles away is insanely lazy writing. The terrible usage of licensed music that they just put in the credits is absolutely baffling lol. Yer, this wasn't great. However, the visual effects and the world building is excellent. There is a decent amount of intrigue here and tension. Can't say I liked the cliff-hanger ending because it really needs a 2nd season. A large premise of this show is the introduction of hybrids not the alien/s. They're kinda just there. These hybrids vs cyborgs vs synths bring up interesting philosophical questions, but nothing is answered. I think I'm being pretty generous giving this a 4.8. A lot of room for improvement

These days, with regular people doing crazy stuff on TikTok, they really think we’re gonna buy the incompetence of everyone working on that island—especially those soldiers just standing there staring at the screen. We're gonna be even dumber in the future, damn. The show started strong, but ended up a mess.

Stupid characters do stupid things, and moronic screenwriters try to cobble together a plot out of it... Disney has decided to destroy another IP. PROS: Nice visuals, but only because they draw heavily from the original "Alien". PS The xenomorph - the perfect adversary - has been reduced to the level of a dog.

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