This episode of Alien: Earth pivots the narrative back to the fateful Weyland-Yutani cargo ship, unraveling the events that ultimately led to its crash on Earth. Framed primarily through Morrow’s perspective, the hour immediately pulls viewers into a flashback aboard the vessel, where he’s abruptly awakened from cryo-sleep after the captain is found dead under mysterious circumstances. With the ship in disarray and half the crew still in stasis, command reluctantly falls to Zaveri—though Morrow makes it clear he intends to assume control if the situation worsens.
Soon after, Morrow receives a private directive from Yutani herself: secure the alien cargo at all costs and identify the culprit behind a catastrophic onboard fire. Meanwhile, Zaveri consults the ship’s computer system and is coldly reminded of corporate priorities—delivering the cargo safely is the only objective, even if it means sacrificing the crew. That tension underscores every decision that follows, sharpening the moral lines between survival and corporate loyalty.
As Morrow digs into video logs and interrogates his fellow crewmates, he witnesses the first signs of the creatures’ uncanny intelligence as they begin escaping containment. A personal layer of tragedy deepens his character when it’s revealed he lost his daughter while stationed in deep space—she died at 19 while he remained lightyears away. This revelation reframes his ruthless edge as grief-fueled determination, painting him less as a cold company man and more as someone clinging to duty as a distraction from loss.
The investigation spirals when a creature contaminates a crew member’s water supply, spawning parasitic leech-like organisms that violently attack from within. The crew’s desperate attempt to remove them ends in catastrophe: the creatures release an acidic gas that kills everyone inside the lab except for Morrow and Zaveri, who are spared only because they were outside the chamber. From that point forward, Morrow’s path crystallizes—he will deliver the alien cargo to Weyland-Yutani no matter the human cost.
Eventually, Morrow uncovers the truth behind the sabotage: Petrovich had struck a secret deal with Boy Kavalier to orchestrate the ship’s crash on an Earth island Kavalier controls. In exchange for facilitating the disaster, Petrovich was promised immense wealth and a new body via Prodigy’s cutting-edge hybrid technology. This revelation reframes the entire incident as part of Kavalier’s larger scheme to steal the alien specimens for his own ends. At the same time, the episode teases broader alien lore, showing the “eyeball” species actively attacking the Xenomorphs, suggesting a natural rivalry between the two species.
In the final moments, Morrow emerges fully hardened, deliberately allowing crew members to die as he prioritizes the safety of the cargo above all else. The episode closes with him arriving at Weyland-Yutani headquarters, assuring leadership that the remaining cargo is secure—and vowing not only to reclaim what was stolen, but to personally kill Boy Kavalier for orchestrating the catastrophe.
This was an explosive installment in an already thrilling series, and it stands as the show’s most gripping chapter yet. It delivers everything you expect from an Alien project and cranks it up to another level. The episode never feels like television—it plays like a cinematic spectacle broken into episodes. Babou Ceesay continues to be a standout as Morrow, with this hour brilliantly making us feel sympathetic toward an otherwise ruthless character. The action is relentless, the visuals are phenomenal, and the atmosphere is tense from start to finish. All in all, Alien: Earth continues to be peak sci-fi television—and one of the strongest adaptations of the Alien franchise we’ve ever seen.
Rating: 10/10