When Do New Episodes Come Out?
“Alien: Earth” partial teaser poster.
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The Alien prequel series Alien: Earth is now available on streaming and cable on Hulu and FX. When will new episodes of the sci-fi horror series be available?
The Alien franchise, of course, kicked off in 1979 with director Ridley Scott’s Alien, which introduced movie audiences to Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character Ellen Ripley. Now, 46 years after the release of the landmark sci-fi horror movie with the classic tagline, “In space no one can hear you scream,” comes Alien: Earth from creator Noah Hawley (Fargo).
The official summary for Alien: Earth reads, “In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.
“But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named ‘Wendy’ marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.”
Alien: Earth stars Sydney Chandler as Wendy, the first synthetic hybrid to be given a human consciousness, while Timothy Olyphant plays Kirsh, a synthetic charged with training the first group of hybrids. Alex Lawther also stars as Wendy’s brother, Hermit.
The first two episodes of Alien: Earth premiered simultaneously on FX on cable and streaming on Hulu on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Alien: Earth consists of eight episodes overall, which will air and stream weekly at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Episode 1, titled Neverland and Episode 2, titled Mr. October are available on FX and Hulu now, with one new episode being released weekly.
Listed below is the full release schedule, including Episodes 1 and 2.
Episode 1: Aug. 12 – Neverland
Episode 2: Aug. 12 – Mr. October
Episode 3: Aug. 19 – Metamorphosis
Episode 4: Aug. 26 – Observation
Episode 5: Sept. 2 – Emergence
Episode 6: Sept. 9 – The Fly
Episode 7: Sept. 16 – In Space, No One …
Episode 8: Sept. 23 – The Real Monsters
Hulu offers ad-based packages for $9.99 per month and an ad-free package costs $18.99 per month. The streaming service also offers an ad-based bundling package with Disney+ and Max for $16.99 per month and an ad-free package for $29.99 per month.
How Are Rotten Tomatoes Critics Reacting To ‘Alien: Earth’?
As of Tuesday, Rotten Tomatoes critics have collectively given Alien: Earth a 94% “fresh” rating based on 66 reviews.
The RT Critics Consensus reads, “Stylistically bold and scary as hell, Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth transplants the Xenomorph mythos into the television medium with its cinematic grandeur intact while staking out a unique identity of its own.”
The audience summary and score on RT’s Popcornmeter based on verified user ratings is still pending.
Also starring Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adrian Edmondson, David Rysdahl, Essie Davis, Lily Newmark, Erana James, Adarsh Gourav, Jonathan Ajayi, Kit Young, Diêm Camille, Moe Bar-El and Sandra Yi Sencindiver, Alien: Earth is new on FX on cable and Hulu on streaming.