When Alien: Earth started , the main novelty was the idea of seeing an alien on Earth. Now, a few episodes in, we’ve seen that and things have moved along. Then it became about the idea of scientists actually studying these legendary creatures, a moment the franchise always hinted at but never fully got around to. In those ways and more , Alien: Earth was doing things the movies could never, and had never, done. But with its fourth episode, creator Noah Hawley and his team have taken that notion to a whole new level. It’s going from things fans always wished they could see to things fans never in a million years even imagined and, maybe, aren’t quite sure about.

The fourth episode of Alien: Earth season one is called “Observation,” and as usual, that can refer to several of

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