‘Alien: Earth’ episode 3: Why is Wendy affected by the alien surgical procedure?

There are many mysteries in Alien: Earth – What is the take care of the 5 firms controlling the planet? Why are there so many Peter Pan references? How precisely does this present slot in with the Alien franchise timeline? — however episode 3 gave us a model new one.

In brief, why does Wendy/Marcy (Sydney Chandler) hear sounds of misery when the Xenomorph is being operated on, which in flip seem to trigger her bodily ache? What precisely is occurring right here?

Properly, whereas we could not be capable to absolutely reply that query, we now have already been given a fairly large clue. Let’s unpack it.

What occurs in episode 3?

Now safely (ish) again on the Prodigy analysis island, Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant) and the hybrids begin inspecting the 5 alien specimens from the downed Weyland-Yutani Maginot spaceship.

Wheeling one of many eggs out into the lab, Kirsh slices it open to find the Xenomorph in its nightmarish “face-hugger” kind. Slicing into the creature, he uncovers one thing akin to a tadpole, which anybody acquainted with the Alien franchise will know is the start of the Xenomorph’s remaining stage (the one which often gestates in a human’s chest earlier than bursting out after which rising at a speedy charge).

In the meantime, whereas that is occurring, Wendy wakes up elsewhere within the constructing and hears a faint chittering sound. She walks by way of the corridors, presumably attempting to put the noise — however as quickly because the Xenomorph is faraway from the egg within the lab and held down on the working desk, the noise in Wendy’s head turns into so loud it causes her bodily ache. She reaches the lab on the identical second Kirsh removes the tadpole, which causes her to break down in agony.

Why does the alien surgical procedure have an effect on Wendy/Marcy?

So what is going on on right here, precisely? Does Wendy have some sort of psychic reference to the Xenomorph that permits her to really feel its ache?

Properly, the reply could actually lie in a small little bit of dialogue again in episode 1, which takes place shortly after Wendy/Marcy’s consciousness has been downloaded into her new artificial physique.

At one level simply earlier than the hybrids go on their mission to seek out Wendy’s brother, she’s sitting within the lab collaborating in an audio check that entails elevating her hand when she hears a beep. The important thing line, which is muttered by a technician shortly earlier than Wendy spots her brother on a close-by display screen? “She’s past our human frequencies. 75,000 hz.”

This second is sort of misplaced as a consequence of Wendy abandoning the check shortly after, however it could truly be key to understanding why she collapses in ache throughout episode 3. It isn’t that Wendy has a psychic connection to the Xenomorphs — it is that they are making noises in a frequency that solely she will hear. The audio check in episode 1 was lower brief, presumably earlier than the technicians had an opportunity to tweak Wendy’s listening to — which suggests for now, she’s the one one that may hear the aliens.

Alien: Earth episodes drop weekly on Hulu and FX at 8pm E.T. on Tuesdays.