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Six episodes of Alien: Earth watched for this spoiler-free review. Alien is a long-running sci-fi franchise that, arguably, only has two good entries in its entire canon: Ridley Scott's ...

FX's show Alien: Earth will premiere on August 12, 2025, and early reviews from critics are already hinting at an exciting series to come. Ahead of its release next week, Alien: Earth has already ...

The series “Alien: Earth” feels a bit like the “Alien” franchise crash-landed into an entirely separate science fiction saga, because that’s more or less how it begins. The show is creator Noah Hawley ...

The first episode opens with a familiar scenario. We witness a research ship in deep space carrying unknown alien organisms suddenly having an outbreak, with the aliens killing most of the crew. But ...