Don’t go into “Alien: Earth” thinking you know what’s going on. You won’t.

The first episode of Noah Hawley’s adaptation merely sets the scene and introduces the characters. The second episode gets things going. And then? You won’t want to let it go until you find out what’s really at play.

Certainly, there are folks aboard the spaceship who have a degree of control. But what about those five corporations that appear to be governing Earth? Is one more powerful than the others? Could greed be guiding their decisions? Or are cyborgs and synthetics pulling the strings? Fears planted in “Terminator” have tentacles here. But, also, there are moments that Hawley conjures from television shows, children’s books and films. Everything that makes us, us, could have a degree of responsibility.

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