Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 5.

In the wake of last week's revelation that Wendy ( Sydney Chandler ) can seemingly talk to xenomorphs, you might be under the impression that Noah Hawley 's FX series Alien: Earth would continue telling its story in the present day. Instead, Episode 5, "In Space, No One...," written and directed by Hawley himself, jumps back to the events that happened onboard the doomed Weyland-Yutani ship named the Maginot — which we only saw the final few moments of in the premiere. As the crew's harrowing final hours play out, a number of shocking revelations emerge, including the fact that Prodigy's founder, Boy Kavalier ( Samuel Blenkin ), seemingly played a role in the Maginot's crash from the beginning

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