(NEXSTAR) — The riveting fifth episode of FX's "Alien: Earth" takes us back to beginning of the season, honing in on the last horrific hours aboard the USCSS Maginot before its crash landing in the series' premiere.

The episode, titled "In Space, No One...," reveals what actually happened on the Weyland-Yutani research vessel in a tight and wonderfully paced bottle episode that harkens back to the atmosphere and aesthetics of Ridley Scott's "Alien" (1979) and James Cameron's "Aliens" (1986) while still managing to feel fresh and surprising.

Spoilers ahead for "Alien: Earth" episode five.

The ship hits the fan

Weyland-Yutani cyborg security officer Morrow (Babou Ceesay) unexpectedly awakes from cryo-sleep aboard the Maginot. And it's gonna be a long day: Morrow quickly learns that not o

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