Contains spoilers for "Alien: Earth" Season 1, Episode 2 — "Mr. October"

The "Alien" franchise has always been realistic about the life cycles of its characters — you're alive, you encounter a xenomorph, you're dead — and its characters are wise enough to know that, which is what makes Kirsh's (Timothy Olyphant) comment to Wendy (Sydney Chandler) in the critically acclaimed "Alien: Earth's" second episode both prescient and eerie. He speaks to her about the food chain, explaining that while humans have forgotten being prey and think of themselves as apex predators standing at the top of the line, another creature might come along at any moment to displace them. As he says, "You're born, you live, you die."

If that line sounds familiar, that's because it has a similar message and cadence

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