Overview

• Reviewers highlight the series’ probing of what defines humanity through its hybrid protagonist and corporate-driven science.
• Set in 2120 Earth, five rival megacorporations compete for alien resources as Prodigy Corporation’s Boy Kavalier unveils consciousness-transfer hybrids.
• Wendy, the first child consciousness housed in a synthetic body, serves as a focal point for the show’s exploration of identity and mortality.
• Critics note the effective use of practical effects to introduce both iconic Xenomorphs and novel alien species across terrestrial and confined crash-site settings.
• Alien: Earth premieres August 12 on FX and streams the next day on Hulu.