Overview

• Episode 5 premiered Sept. 2 on FX and Hulu, serving as a tense flashback hour set aboard the USCSS Maginot.
• It reconstructs the pre-crash crisis on the ship to provide fresh context for the unfolding storyline without relying on current-day action.
• The chapter spotlights multiple lifeforms and leans into claustrophobic, practical-effects horror that reviewers describe as intensely visceral.
• Morrow’s past and present purpose come into sharper focus, including his longstanding ties to the Yutani family and his determination regarding the specimens.
• The hour reframes the power struggle driving the season, placing corporate maneuvering between Prodigy and Weyland‑Yutani at the center of what comes next.