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Chris

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Well, I can safely say Episode 5 was the best episode so far. The flashback to the Maginot crash and the conspiracy around what caused the outbreak was revealed but it was the Alien-esque aesthetics, pacing and overall execution that really sold this episode for me above the others.

As for what the episode revealed, we know Kavalier orchestrated the entire crash. He had prior knowledge of the Xenomorph and the specimens and bribed one of the Maginot crew members to destroy the ship, get the specimens loose and target the trajectory for Prodigy territory.

The T. Ocellus vs. Xenomorph battle was kinda fun as well, the way the little alien uses its host as a savior in this episode begging the question – is it calculated and saw the crew dying as a risk to its survival? Or is it an aggressive organism focused on dominating its environment?

The Xenomorph has no eyes so it wasn't susceptible to the Ocellus attack, but the Ocellus managed to amplify its Human host capabilities and go toe-to-toe with the Xenomorph for a brief moment.

We got a glimpse of Weyland-Yutani HQ and the Western side of civilization in this future world.

Ultimately I really enjoyed this episode a lot. Unlike previous episodes, I don't really have much to nitpick, I think this was the episode that was shown to advanced screenings to sell the show – cause it really did.

What did you think of it?

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My favorite episode so far too. My only nitpick was already addressed by an interview with Noah Hawley and that was how poorly Boy Kavalier handled the sabotage. 

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I also enjoyed episode 5 as it was the most "alien" so far.   I think T ocellus is highly aggressive and even tried unsuccessfully to take over the xeno. I also wonder if it has hypnotic or telekinetic powers as I think it may have messed with the lady scientist's mind while she was feeding the "space ticks" and made her forget to put the seal back on the containment jar.   We only saw two of those ticks in the earlier episodes but it sure looked like there were a lot more on the loose after the engineering apprentice died.   I also don't recall seeing what caused the hole in the floor in the lab.  That seems to have been created before the advent of the xeno that we see creating havoc on the ship. So was there another xeno that we haven't seen yet or did I miss something?   

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I honestly thought at first the ocellus was trying to warn her. Then I realized it was distracting her. It's frightfully intelligent. I think the acid could have been from the failed removal of the facehugger off the captain. 

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I havent watched it yet but my popcorn is ready. Cant wait. :p

good to hear it’s one of the best episodes. 

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My favorite episode so far too. My only nitpick was already addressed by an interview with Noah Hawley and that was how poorly Boy Kavalier handled the sabotage.

My favorite episode also. It was like watching an Alien movie. No teenagers and boring storylines. I hope it continues that way.

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I honestly thought at first the ocellus was trying to warn her. Then I realized it was distracting her. It's frightfully intelligent. I think the acid could have been from the failed removal of the facehugger off the captain.

I also thought it was trying to warn her.

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I also enjoyed episode 5 as it was the most "alien" so far.   I think T ocellus is highly aggressive and even tried unsuccessfully to take over the xeno. I also wonder if it has hypnotic or telekinetic powers as I think it may have messed with the lady scientist's mind while she was feeding the "space ticks" and made her forget to put the seal back on the containment jar.   We only saw two of those ticks in the earlier episodes but it sure looked like there were a lot more on the loose after the engineering apprentice died.   I also don't recall seeing what caused the hole in the floor in the lab.  That seems to have been created before the advent of the xeno that we see creating havoc on the ship. So was there another xeno that we haven't seen yet or did I miss something?

I too thought the Ocellus was trying to warn her. I think it was smart enough to perceive that the crew were vital for its safe transport to wherever it was going and then dying or letting other hostile organisms loose would pose a problem. I’m fully convinced it was trying to warn her but also convinced the Ocellus only cares about itself and its own self interests. It’s calculated so Xeno poses bigger threat than Humans. Had it won the battle with the Xeno, I wonder how it would have acted.

But you bring up a very good point – how did the acid hole get there. You’re right, no Aliens had got injured or loose or cocooned there as far as we know… Plot “hole”… 😂

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Was hoping the monsters got that female captain first. Her voice was like nails on a blackboard.

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I honestly thought at first the ocellus was trying to warn her. Then I realized it was distracting her. It's frightfully intelligent. I think the acid could have been from the failed removal of the facehugger off the captain.

After thinking more about it I think the acid burn on the floor is from the failed facehugger removal on the captain. They just decided to tell us about it rather than show us as Alien did with Kane.  T. Ocellus was in my humble opinion first trying to distract and then trying to warn the lady science officer about letting the space ticks loose. I think the eyeball was trying to get the scientist to leave its lid loose but the signals got crossed. But the eyeball must have succeeded in part because it was able to escape.  I think the eyeball is intelligent enough to see the danger of those space ticks running loose. They may end up being a future "black plague" type event because their embryos can be injected into water.  

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Oh, true that is quite possible, the acid burn being from when they tried removing the Facehugger off the captain. That makes sense.

The tick aliens though – they do pose a serious risk, if they get to a body of water, no telling how aggressive they could multiply and spread.

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The xenomorph patiently stood right in front of the captain yet does not kill her (!) trips her with its tail (?) allows her to get back up on her feet (!!) and she successfully runs away in the worst Disney chase scene since Leia and the bandits in the terrible Obi-Wan series.  The xenomorph charges after her way faster than any human could possibly run yet she outruns it. I get that some characters have plot armor but this is ridiculous. First Hermit and now this captain avoid getting killed in encounters with the xeno despite being served on a silver plate. Who writes this?? Yes she does get killed at the end so I guess the xenomorph realized it's a killing machine after all. 

Also in the beginning of the episode no one seems to react a lot to the fact that two of their crew members were facehugged and one of them (previous captain) having his whole throat melted by acid. That young kid even made jokes in this inappropriate situation. It's so off-putting and unrealistic despite that I really try my best to suspend my disbelief at all times but this is Idiocracy-level idiotic.

Morrow singlehandedly carried this episode and just barely saved it from being almost unwatchable. 

Nitpicks (and there are many) include the "perfect organism" xenomorph (well not anymore thanks to Disney) struggling in a fight against a possessed human, the editing with occasional scene fade outs killing any ounce of suspense, Ikea-quality glass cylinders that are supposed to contain highly dangerous organisms, hentai tentacle monster tapping the glass to warn the scientist (lol), a junior/trainee engineer so shockingly stupid I'm surprised he even manages basic daily routines, and so many throwbacks to Alien that even Fede Alvarez' love letter Romulus fade in comparison. 

The good parts were the scenes with Morrow, some impressive CGI (especially the facehuggers and the xenomorph) the shootout scene against the traitor and the appearance of the infected senior engineer, looking like he came straight from The Thing. 

This series is like a high-budget YouTube fan film. Severely flawed yet occasionally entertaining.

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My take on the crews indifference to the facehuggers is that i think they're pretty used to death. 65 years. I'm certain there's been casualties. I'm guessing at intervals there have been crew replacements

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