Never smile at a crocodile… especially if that crocodile has two sets of teeth, acid blood, and a penchant for popping out of human stomachs.

Alien: Earth, the new FX series from creator Noah Hawley, cannot stop making Peter Pan references. Some are incredibly obvious, others are more subtle, and all make for a layered viewing experience as lush as Neverland itself.

Oddly enough, Alien: Earth is the second series of late to spin off an interstellar movie from the 1970s and do Peter Pan analogues, taking that “second star to the right” thing literally. The kid-friendly Star Wars: Skeleton Crew had young adventurers and pirates too, as well as a droid named SM-33 a.k.a. Smee.

But J. M. Barrie’s stories are never too far out of the cultural conversation. Heck, in 2024 Taylor Swift relea

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