Alien: Earth episode 5 is like a miniature, contained Alien movie, taking us back aboard Weyland-Yutani's doomed Maginot spaceship and showing us exactly what went wrong in the build-up to the crash.

All of which is simple enough, but what about that slightly jarring ending with Morrow (Babou Ceesay) speaking to the Weyland-Yutani boss (Sandra Yi Sencindiver)? What exactly is said, and what does it tell us about Morrow's backstory and what he may do next? Let's unpack it.

How does Alien: Earth episode 5 end?

After the now familiar sequence in which Morrow seals himself in the Maginot's impact room just before the ship enters its crash course with Earth, we suddenly cut to the Weyland-Yutani headquarters where Morrow stands waiting to meet the Weyland-Yutani boss — the granddaughter

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