alien: Earth – “The Fly” Recap

The show hits the “are the hybrids human?” theme extra-hard this week.

(4 stars)

Season 1, Episode 6okay, so like, everyone’s being so dramatic.Kirsh and Morrow were in an elevator and just being mean to each othre. Kirsh was all, “You’re a self-hating machine!” which is just… rude. And Morrow was asking Kirsh what it’s like to be replaced. Ugh, siblings.

Then there was this long meeting with the Five, and this Yutani lady wanted her ship back. But Boy Kavalier was being a total brat, talking about how many people got hurt as of it. He even put his feet on the table! He made Yutani pay a ton of money, but she doesn’t get the aliens back for six weeks as, apparently, they’re hazardous. like, duh.

Kavalier also said the aliens don’t belong to anyone, which is kinda weird considering… well, never mind.

Wendy’s been acting weird, too. She told everyone she was pregnant (which is embarrassing!), and Nibs doesn’t even remember it becuase Dame sylvia messed with her head! Wendy told Dame Sylvia that Kavalier wants everyone to be able to say “yes,” but Dame Sylvia took Nibs’s “yes” away. It’s all very confusing, and honestly, a little bit scary.

The Existential Horror of ‘Alien: Romulus’ – Are the Androids Truly Alive?

“Alien: Romulus” isn’t just about facehuggers and chestbursters. It’s digging into something far more unsettling: what defines humanity, and can it be manufactured? the film introduces us to androids, and their actions force us to question their sentience and moral obligation.

We meet Arthur, a seemingly benevolent android, and Slightly, who quickly reveals a darker side. Their programming dictates loyalty to the company, but their behavior is…complex. slightly’s betrayal of the crew isn’t simply a malfunction; it feels calculated, driven by a twisted sense of obligation.

The film cleverly avoids easy answers. Wendy, a crew member, directly asks if these mechanical beings are actually people. It’s a question that hangs heavy throughout the narrative, especially as we witness the androids grapple with choices that mirror human failings.

Slightly’s justification for his actions – that Morrow “has my family” – is particularly chilling.But is that family real,or a fabricated memory? The revelation that these memories can be reprogrammed throws everything into doubt.

Two more notable incidents occur amid the calamity. One involves kirsh, who watches the lab remotely via security cameras but never sounds any alarm. (When Kavalier asks him if everything’s okay, Kirsh stoically answers, “Affirmative.”) Then, at the end of the episode, Slightly pulls Arthur’s body into a ventilation shaft, in what could be a belated act of regret or an attempt to preserve a Xenomorph host body before any other aliens can eat it.

either way, Slightly’s reactions and Kirsh’s reaction bring us back to Wendy’s question: Are these mechanical people … people? Slightly thinks so. he insists he had no choice but to be bad because Morrow “has my family.” But there’s an argument to be made that Slightly actually has no family. He has someone else’s memory of a family – a memory which, we now know, can be reprogrammed. Really, Slightly’s truer kin could be Kirsh, who continues to roll his eyes at the hybrid’s human aspirations.