Why watch?

Noah Hawley drops you into a failing ship right before an alien lands — that capsule sequence is pure dread because none of these six passengers actually know what happened to them. The series jumps backward and forward, revealing how each person ended up on this ship, and every episode peels back another layer of who they really are. Sydney Chandler and Alex Lawther play characters who are definitely not what they seem from the jump.

Who is it for?

Watch this on an evening when you want sci-fi with real tension and a chilling atmosphere — this isn't light entertainment. If you remember the original Alien or loved the Preacher series, you'll be hooked. It has brutal violence and some deeply uncomfortable moments, so not for younger viewers.

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Plakat — Alien: Earth

Alien: Earth

2025 · 1 season7.3TV-MA
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When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

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It's 2120, and Earth is carved up between five mega-corporations where cyborgs, androids, and now something new—hybrids with human consciousness—are changing the game. When a Weyland-Yutani ship crashes into Prodigy City, everything goes sideways, and suddenly people are face-to-face with creatures that make everything else look tame. Noah Hawley creates this dense, neon-soaked world where corporate greed and technological hubris collide head-on, and the tone shifts from corporate thriller to pure survival horror. Sydney Chandler and Alex Lawther anchor the chaos as characters caught in the middle of something they can't control. If you loved the paranoia of Blade Runner or the claustrophobic dread of the original Alien films, this has that same DNA.

Why watch?

Noah Hawley drops you into a failing ship right before an alien lands — that capsule sequence is pure dread because none of these six passengers actually know what happened to them…

Who is it for?

Watch this on an evening when you want sci-fi with real tension and a chilling atmosphere — this isn't light entertainment. If you remember the original Alien or loved the Preacher…

Similar titles

If you dug the tension and claustrophobic dread of Alien: Earth, where one passenger becomes the linchpin of everything going wrong, check out Prometheus or Assimilation — they bui…

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