Alien: Earth: S1, Episode 4, "Observation"

A Storm of Spoilers

Dave Gonzales and Neil Miller

Tv & Film, After Shows, Tv Reviews

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

This week, Da7e and Neil are maintaining a safe distance as things on Neverland island grow increasingly unsafe for organic lifeforms.

In The Calm [07:50], they consider which characters might be primed to join Team Xenomorph as the Prodigy corporation abuses its power, revisit the early 2000s sensation that was The Snuggie, and attempt to get inside the mind of Timothy Olyphant's Kirsh.

Then in The Storm [01:19:30], they break down the teaser for next week's Noah Hawley-directed flashback episode. Plus, Da7e adds some important context about LV-426 and its neighboring moons.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This ship collected five different life forms from the darkest corners of the universe.
0:11.0	Monsters.
0:13.0	Collision imminent.
0:21.6	Evasive species.
0:26.6	Predatory.
0:28.6	We don't lock them down.
0:33.6	It will be too late. them down.
0:39.2	It will be too late.
0:46.2	Beware, spoiler phobes.
0:48.6	You have stumbled into a storm of spoilers.
0:52.7	A podcast currently covering the FX on Hulu series Alien Earth.
0:56.1	This week, everyone is under observation. Hey, that's the name of the episode. Wendy can talk to the xenomorphs. Marrow and slightly have a scheme going on that is
1:01.1	targeting Joe for some face hugging, and Nibs thinks she's pregnant. All this while
1:06.3	curse watches and doesn't tell anyone. This week's podcast is split into calm and storm sections.
1:12.4	In the first calm section, we will only be talking about the newest episode of alien
1:16.2	Earth titled Observation and then the previous half of the season for context.
1:21.5	Then after ample warning, we enter the storm section where Neil and I will speculate
1:27.4	where the rest of this series goes and how it connects to the wider franchise.
1:32.3	Why, hello, I'm Dave Gonzalez, and I'm a busker whose snakes charms chestbursters.
1:38.5	And I'm Neil Miller, and you can't see it, but this week I am podcasting with my feet.
1:43.9	And welcome back to a storm of spoilers before we get started. You can't see it, but this week I am podcasting with my feet.
1:46.7	And welcome back to a storm of spoilers.
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