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Alien Earth Metamorphosis Review

 Overview

Alien Earth takes it's sweet time setting up its story. Episode 3 is another slower more story focused episode, with hardly any Alien action at all. However the stakes that episode 3 sets, are very high.

NOTE: "Execution" section is being skipped as is the Soundtrack score.



Plot

Alien Earth's 3rd episode starts off with Wendy chasing down the Xenomorph. We see more of the Lost Boys, Wendy, Joe, Kirsh and Boy Kavilier. The episode is light on action but heavy on story setup. Kirsh analyzes the captive specimens after Boy Kavilier's science team captures them, Joe survives and is part of some strange medical experiment, and Morrow is up to suspicious activities. Alien Earth episode 3 is clearly gearing up for something big.
Boy Kavilier and Kirsh examine a Xenomorph egg.
Although we don't get to see what the episode is gearing up for, the final twist is a good one, and increases the anticipation for episode 4.


Characters

Episode 3 has an absolute ton of character development. We see much more of each character, aside from Joe and only a small amount of Wendy. The character development of Morrow and Kirsh, along with some of the Lost Boys is also very interesting. In this episode we get a much clearer picture of each character's agenda.
Wendy rescues Joe
We also get a clearer picture of the power of the Hybrids. Wendy does something that demonstrates the Synths pure strength. Morrow also is seen doing classic Weyland-Utani things, as literally every W-U representative does in all the movies. Morrow exploits some of the hybrids to try and get his way into Prodigy, and it makes you wonder what he is planning. Wendy also seems to be able to hear the Xenomorph in some form as Ash does in the first Movie. This is also a interesting development in the plot of Alien Earth.



Verdict

Metamorphosis is a much slower episode that sets extremely high stakes for future episodes. Basically this episode is a slow walk before Episode 4 can break into a sprint.


Plot: 90

The most story driven episode yet.


Acting: 90

Once again, another great performance from the stars of Alien Earth.


Execution: 80

Episode 3 is executed rather well.


Looks: 80

Aside from a obviously fake Xenomorph, The special effects and the overall look of the show are still great.




Overall: 80 🌠

Alien Earth Episode 3 is a much slower, but still great episode.




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