Alien: Earth Season 1 Ending Explained – How It Can All Fit Into the Movie Universe

This video contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Season 1.

Who are the real monsters on Alien: Earth? That’s literally the title of the final episode of Season 1, “The Real Monsters,” but it’s also the theme the whole season has been playing with on FX and Hulu – or at least, one of the big ones. There are the obvious monsters, of course, like the xenomorph and everyone’s fave horrible octopus thing, the Eye. But as usual for the Alien franchise, those are mostly external factors causing stress on the more human and synth characters, leading to a big question at the end of the season as to whether the monsters have lost the delicate game being played, or if they’ve taken over the asylum.

Written by Noah Hawley and Migizi Pensoneau, and directed by Dana Gonzales, the surprisingly short finale has a lot going on. But what does it all mean for The Lost Boys, led by Wendy (Sydney Chandler), as well as their human (and xenomorph) counterparts? And how can this all connect to the Alien movies, if at all? We break it all down, so watch the video!

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