SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for the first two episodes of “ Alien: Earth ,” now available to stream on Hulu.
In space (or from the safety of your couch), no one can hear you scream.
Ridley Scott’s “Alien” franchise has landed on TV with “Alien: Earth,” a prequel series set two years before the original space horror movie. It follows a brand new cast full of humans, synths, Xenomorphs and more as a group of soldiers investigate a crashed ship on Earth and discover some terrifying secrets inside.
The series starts aboard the Maginot, a Weyland-Yutani spaceship carrying some extraterrestrial cargo. Don’t get too attached to the crew. The most notable person — technically, he’s an cyborg — onboard is Morrow (Babou Ceesay), who sabotages the ship after everyone wa