"We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements ... profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster." — Carl Sagan, 1995

Welcome to 2120, when governments have lost power and corporations run the show. Such is the status quo in Alien: Earth , the buzzy new sci-fi series streaming on FX and Hulu and spun from the vast Alien film franchise . While past Alien movies have only alluded to the overwhelming power of corporations, Alien: Earth is explicit about the new corpocracy in which the world operates. In fact, there's a name for them in the show: The Five.

Here's everything we know about The Five, and what we don't know about them. (For

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