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Alien: Earth - Episode 4 'Observations'
🕑 Added 2025-09-01 09:49:55 +0000 UTCI'm looking through you...
It's time for episode four of Alien: Earth, 'Observations'. Which is apt because there's a lot of observing going on: Wendy in the lab, Boy Kavalier watching Joe, Dame Cynthia watching Nibs (...fly across the room), and the eyeball squid monster watching everyone at once, from inside a sheep.
We also observe that the show is turning out to be less interested in aliens and more interested in transhumanism - we can tell because it says so out loud, through the mouth of Ade Edmonson - and also that it is one step ahead of us in terms of its references and subtext. What happens to metatextual framing when your antagonist starts doing it out loud in the show itself? Something extra clever and exciting, probably.
More tangibly we discuss how Alien: Earth is beginning to move and position its pieces for the second half of the series. What's going to happen next? We literally don't know! It's so exciting!
Comments
Jennifer
This episode felt a bit slower to me, because of the locations, it was far less kinetic. Good character development, which I accept that we need, but it wasn't my favorite. The only thing I can really comment on is the sudden change for Nibs feels so uncomfortable. I don't think I'm going to like where she goes from here ๐ I hated Kavalier more, and I'm so worried for Slightly. Similarly, I feel sad seeing Smee being sort of left behind. My hope is that Wendy teams the fuck up with the Xenos and takes Kavalier down โ
Sajid Kanamya
Rob became Smee during the Vinyl and CD bit of the podcast. Rob realized Nath and Dave have moved on studied extra things on their own. Its hilarious. Another great pod guys.
