In Space, No One...

This series has excellent production values. The art department has replicated the signature "Alien" look to a "T". The Xenomorph looks amazing when it is either the guy in a suit or cgi. Top-notch effects! Episode five feels like it belongs in the canon of Alien. The sets, costumes, lighting and creatures successfully transport the viewer into a Ridley-esque claustrophobic space-ship full of doomed mission-specialists fleeing in terror from the menacing, Xenomorph. Just what we want and expect from the Alien franchise. Amazing work, providing motion-picture quality on a television-series budget. I don't know how they did it, but it really works well. The sets remind us of the Nostromo and other ships from previous Alien films while bringing their own style to the mix. Any Alien fan would enjoy this episode. It almost feels like the series should have started with Ep.5.

Retro futurism at its finest. Catode monitors, Mechanical controls everywhere. That late 70- early 80 vibe from every character pull trough verry well. Great addition to the Alien Universe of T. Ocellus. Also great pacing, firmly in touch with the Ridley Scott's Alien.

PS Kind of a miracle the crew survived 65 years in deep space, plus collecting specimens, with so gross incompetence and negligence.

What an amazing episode showing what happened to the crew. I wished for this the moment episode 1 sped things up and showing ahead of this. Introduction to the new creatures were awesome. Crew all played their parts magnificently. I want more like this and am not looking forward to going back to the adult children bots.

Exhilarating! THIS is how to do an Alien show.

I'm still digesting but the best way to describe would be a super intense dose of 'Alien' injected directly into your veins.

This episode is a beautiful nod to the first movie. It works well to connect the story line but as can work as a stand alone episode.

Even managed to create the new creatures that are just as creepy as are of the other creatures. It'll definitely give people with eyeball sensitivities the heebee jeebees.

While this show does have a few problems, it's written by the guy who created Fargo and Legion, 2 masterpieces of TV (only including the first 2 seasons of Fargo, not the whole show). A problem a lot of studios have these days is they hire completely inept writers to take over massive franchises, people that have no business being anywhere near them. Examples: Kathleen Kennedy for Star Wars, the Witcher show was an abomination, Rings of Power was garbage, and so many others, Harry Potter is probably next. This is not one of those situations. Noah Hawley is a legit top showrunner in the business.

So far Alien Earth has been pretty slow and there are some deficiencies in terms of the characters but overall it's definitely better than a lot of the haters are making it out to be. I think it's mainly a question of patience. If the show started out with episode 5 first and it grabbed people's attention right away the show would have more momentum but the payoff wouldn't have hit as hard so I prefer the way they structured the show. I'm confident the last 3 episodes are building up to blow everyone's minds. People don't have patience any more and I swear if Breaking Bad came out today it would be cancelled after 1 season because everyone would think it's slow and boring. The setup for the last part of the story is complete and I think Alien fans are in for a treat in the coming weeks.