Mild spoilers below for anyone who hasn’t yet watched Alien: Earth ’s premiere on FX or via Hulu subscription , so be warned!
In a year that’s already seen Abbott Elementary and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossing over for NSFW hilarity , one might not have thought a stranger pop culture melding could happen in any 2025 TV shows . Yet along came Alien: Earth to blow away expectations with its horrifying leech creatures , its child-to-adult hybrids, and of course, its reverent inclusion of Ice Age’s Sid the Sloth. Wait, no, that can’t be ri…yep, okay, that’s exactly what happened.
The first two episodes of Alien: Earth debuted on FX and Hulu after many months of fans’ eager waiting, and amidst all of the icky facehuggers and fleeting glimpses of other threats wa