Episode 3 Metamorphosis Spoiler Discussion

Okay, so first up, the episode ended very strongly – Loving Kirsh’s character arc, he’s overtaken Morrow as my favorite character. As expected he seems to have an ulterior motive and an intense fascination with the Xenomorph.

The dissection of the Ovomorph (Alien egg) was a fantastic scene, wrangling the Facehugger and extracting the embryo was really fun to watch and was executed very well. Harvesting Hermit’s lung to be used as an incubator for the Chestburster - I did not see that coming. Getting to see the Chestburster embryo for the first time as well at this stage adds some new depth to the Xenomorph lore as well.

Wendy clearly does have a telepathic connection to the Alien and its eggs… not sure how I feel about this yet. Is she going to fight “for” the Xenomorphs in the future? 😂 She seems to have a deep bond to them, more than Riley 8 ever had.

Now, where I complain is the Xenomorph “battle” if you can even call it that… for such a savage Alien, it didn’t use its tail once to attack Wendy when she had it by the second mouth. After using the tail very effectively against Hermit prior, I suspect the Alien was refraining from attacking Wendy due to their weird connection. But the fact she was able to kill it in a confined space really goes against everything we know the Xeno to be capable of. So it essentially let her kill it.

The peeking through the blinds scene was kinda funny too and should’ve shrouded the Xeno in darker shadows but that’s my main gripe. The fact it was strong enough to flip a shipping container over multiple times also - perplexed me. I know Xenomorphs are strong but that is… really strong.

Next we’ve got the trifecta of technologies – the Hybrids met the Cyborg Morrow and Synthetic Kirsh all in one scene. This was a pretty interesting scene cause it showed the differences and hierarchy of these technologies. It’s very clear that Synthetics are still the dominant tech when all 3 classes are compared. The hybrids will likely exceed them if they ever get a more advanced mind to inhabit them, but for now, Kirsh is the big man on campus. Morrow didn’t seem interested in fighting him, unlike his dominance over the Hybrids.

We also learn that Cyborgs are still susceptible to Facehugger attacks as Morrow nearly triggered the one egg to open before running away.

All in all I really enjoyed Kirsh’s scenes the most in this episode. By far the most interesting character and as always, the one who will drive the most curious plot points. Synthetics ftw. 

I originally thought Wendy was the one rejecting her body, but it looks like Nibs is the one it's happening to. That, or she is somehow in communication (or being controlled) with the eye monster, like Wendy is for the Xenomorph. I wonder if each of the kids will connect/communicate with each of the monsters, there's one for each of them I think.

Also, this made me laugh so hard lol.

Wondering how Morrow was able to communicate with the one hybrid and how did he figure out what they are? Seems like he have some kind of computer interface in his brain or is it a completely artificial brain?

Wondering how Morrow was able to communicate with the one hybrid and how did he figure out what they are? Seems like he have some kind of computer interface in his brain or is it a completely artificial brain?

In the scene in the egg room (let's call it that), after Morrow downloads the info into his brain, he attaches a small contact lens shaped tag onto Slightly's neck (it's on Morrow's fingertip, you see it sink into the boy's neck). He's using that to communicate with him.

How come the boys act like very young children but not the girls?

How come the boys act like very young children but not the girls?

Now that’s a good question 😂 It’s so true. I get girls are years ahead of boys during development, but the difference in their demeanour is quite significant.

Wendy clearly does have a telepathic connection to the Alien and its eggs… not sure how I feel about this yet. Is she going to fight “for” the Xenomorphs in the future? 😂 She seems to have a deep bond to them, more than Riley 8 ever had. 

One thing I thought of too, is that I think Boy Kavalier might try and communicate with the Xenomorph though Wendy, she can talk to it and this would definitely interest him. He yearns for a mind-blowing conversation after all, can't get more interesting than talking to an Alien lifeform.

Wondering how Morrow was able to communicate with the one hybrid and how did he figure out what they are? Seems like he have some kind of computer interface in his brain or is it a completely artificial brain?rnIn the scene in the egg room (let's call it that), after Morrow downloads the info into his brain, he attaches a small contact lens shaped tag onto Slightly's neck (it's on Morrow's fingertip, you see it sink into the boy's neck). He's using that to communicate with him.

Thanks. 

Another thing, the lamps on Boy Kavalier's desk look like scorpion tails. Kirsh and Wendy talked about scorpions in the first scene of the series. Well, not the first, but the first where we see those two characters.

Another thing, the lamps on Boy Kavalier's desk look like scorpion tails. Kirsh and Wendy talked about scorpions in the first scene of the series. Well, not the first, but the first where we see those two characters.

Good catch! I didn’t notice the Scorpion tail lights. There is some significant symbolism here, I wonder how it’ll come together down the road!

And your theory about Boy Cavalier wanting to use Wendy to communicate with the Xenomorph – you might be onto something.

Maybe the boy genius is obsessed with venom.

It's now safe to say that Wendy indeed has a telepathic connection to the xenomorph for reasons yet unknown, and hopefully we'll get a good explanation for this. I sincerely hope she won't be fighting for the xenos or god forbid summoning them to fight by her side thus effectively erasing their horror factor (although it was already reduced in the dumb container sequence with the silliest xeno in the franchise) 

In some well-needed exposition we've finally come to understand The Prodigy's motives to use children minds, as explained by Kavalier himself and he's an interesting character imo. Just wish he was more harsh or intense in arguments with his employees to convincingly show he's running the company and to a bit of well-needed drama aside from Wendy and Hermit's rare siblingship moments. We need more of this and less of most other childroids that  frankly add little to nothing of weight to the plot. Curly's jealousy however, could be something interesting to spice things up in upcoming episodes.

I'm not sure what's up with Morrow but he seems to have gone rogue for some reason, unwilling to return to a debriefing with his superior yet desperately wanting to reclaim the specimens. He now appears confused and perhaps even traumatized as opposed to the cold discipline he showed previously.

Xenomorph vs Wendy was cringe and the worst part imo together with the useless male childroids in the ship who weren't terrified by the creature's onslaught but on the other very scared of Morrow. 

I thought Wendy having some sort of telepathic link to the xenomorph might have something to do with her ability to control cameras/other technology shown in episode 2.
Wendy was able to alter the code of that robot to speak to her brother, ​and it was pointed out by the scientists observing her that Wendy was never taught how to do that, and they didn't even know it was possible.
​Since the xenomorphs are also part machine, maybe this telepathic connection is the same ability, but she is not able to fully control it since they are not fully mechanical?
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