It essentially presses pause on the Earth-side drama to give us a full-throated, feature-length remake of Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece. A choice that could have been a nostalgic misstep instead becomes the series' defining moment.
This is not just a great episode of television; it is the best thing to happen to this franchise since James Cameron gave Ripley a pulse rifle.
The Ballad of Morrow
Let's get one thing straight: Morrow is the coolest non-Ripley character since Hicks. Before this episode, Babou Ceesay’s cyborg enforcer was a cold, corporate villain.Now, he's the only competent person in the room, a deeply sympathetic and pragmatic leader trying to hold a sinking ship together. When he sees his former lover on the table with a facehugger, his immediate, stone-cold order to jettison the infected is pure, uncut competency.
We learn of his lost daughter, adding a tragic weight to his mission that reframes everything.
The show is never better than when Ceesay is on screen, embodying a man who has lost it all and has nothing left but the mission.
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Incompetence as World-Building
A common knock on the franchise, especially Prometheus, is the baffling stupidity of the crews. This episode leans into that, turning it into a sharp piece of social commentary.Why is Weyland-Yutani hiring these people? Because, as the lore has always suggested, they aren't recruiting the best and brightest.
They're hiring the desperate, the washouts, the people willing to sign away 65 years of their life for a paycheck.
The scientific officer eating in the bio-lab, drinking from a water bottle that a parasitic bug has turned into an egg-laying nursery, is a perfect example. This crew of imbeciles would have doomed themselves without any sabotage.
The scientific officer eating in the bio-lab, drinking from a water bottle that a parasitic bug has turned into an egg-laying nursery, is a perfect example. This crew of imbeciles would have doomed themselves without any sabotage.
It’s the most terrifyingly realistic element of the show: corporate greed maximizing shareholder profits by hiring the cheapest labor for the most dangerous jobs.
Let them Fight...
The episode's masterstroke is introducing a real contender.The xenomorph is the apex predator, the perfect organism. That is, until the tiny, intelligent T. Ocellus, the eyeball creature, decides to throw down.
Seeing the eyeball ratatouille an old engineer and then go toe-to-tentacle with the xeno was an electrifying sequence.
Fans are rightly buzzing about whether the eyeball is a friend or foe. Was it trying to warn the scientist or just creating chaos for its own escape?
Who cares.
It tried to face-hug the face-hugger's daddy. That alone makes it a legend.
This creature is the most original and thrilling addition to the Alien bestiary in decades.
A Pitch-Perfect Vibe
Hawley, who also directed this installment, nails the retro-futurist aesthetic of the original film. The endless shots of the ship's interior, the dripping chains, the flickering computer monitors, it all feels like a lost chapter from 1979.The suspense is masterfully built, using every shadow and pipe to suggest the creature could be anywhere.
This is not just an homage; it’s a deep understanding of what made Alien terrifying. It's claustrophobic, dirty, and dripping with dread.
By placing this "remake" halfway through the season, Hawley re-contextualizes the entire story. It solidifies Boy Kavalier as the true villain and transforms Morrow into a tragic anti-hero we can't help but root for. "In Space, No One..." is a triumph, a banger of an episode that proves this series understands the cold, dark heart of its source material.
By placing this "remake" halfway through the season, Hawley re-contextualizes the entire story. It solidifies Boy Kavalier as the true villain and transforms Morrow into a tragic anti-hero we can't help but root for. "In Space, No One..." is a triumph, a banger of an episode that proves this series understands the cold, dark heart of its source material.
The game isn't over. In fact, it's just getting started.
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