In ‘Alien: Earth,’ No One Can Hear the Eyeball’s Warning

In ‘Alien: Earth,’ No One Can Hear the Eyeball’s Warning

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If you’ve been on the fence so far about Alien: Earth , then this week’s episode, titled “In Space, No One…” may convert you. A flashback revealing the events on the USCSS Maginot prior to its crash on Earth, the self-contained episode, directed by series creator Noah Hawley, plays like a mini- Alien movie. A saboteur, working with Boy Kavalier , disables the ship to force it to crash into Prodigy territory, while the creatures do what they always seem to do: Escape containment and wreak havoc. It hits that Alien sweet spot - trapped with monsters in spaaaaace - so well that if it doesn’t convert you, then it may actually push you further away from the show. A painful remi