The premiere episode of Alien: Earth, which is set two years before the events of the original 1979 Alien film, has an opening scene that feels and looks like it was taken straight out of the original sci-fi horror classic. Several crew members awaken from hyper-sleep on a space vessel whose interior resembles that of the Nostromo. One of the crew members, security officer Morrow, looks like a dead ringer for engineer Parker from Alien. During a crew meal, there is palpable tension as viewers wait to see if a creature will burst from someone’s chest, like what happens to Kane inthe film.

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