MOVIE NEWS – FX’s new series Alien: Earth expands the franchise’s universe while finally answering long-standing questions. The show introduces a discovery that completely changes everything we thought we knew about Xenomorphs. This revelation not only validates years of fan speculation but also redefines humanity’s relationship with the creatures. This article contains major spoilers for FX’s Alien: Earth (2025), now streaming on Hulu.

FX’s Alien: Earth is the latest installment in the Alien franchise, and it has quickly dominated streaming charts. The story takes place a few years before the events of the original Alien, bringing viewers new revelations never seen before. Alongside the classic Xenomorphs, the show introduces terrifying new alien monsters. It also explores the operations of the Five Corporations and elaborates on the three paths to immortality.

Even with all the new ideas, characters, and creatures, Alien: Earth still delivers plenty of the iconic Facehuggers and Xenomorphs fans have come to expect. These Xenomorphs are more vicious than any we’ve seen in the franchise, but their purpose isn’t just to rack up a body count. One of them reveals a shocking and pivotal piece of lore that fans had only theorized about until now.

Wendy Can Communicate With the Xenomorphs

Wendy is the central character and main protagonist of Alien: Earth. She is the first successful Hybrid ever created. Hybrids are human consciousnesses uploaded into synthetic bodies. This preserves a person’s personality, thoughts, emotions, and memories in an immortal shell. Like Synthetics, Hybrids can still be destroyed, but they will never die of natural causes. The Hybrid program was created by Boy Kavalier and his company Prodigy, one of the Five Corporations.

Wendy is the first and most stable Hybrid. Before her transition, she was Marcy Hermit, a young girl dying of cancer. Uploading her consciousness was the only way to save her life. She was given the codename “Wendy” after Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. Following her successful transfer, Prodigy created more Hybrids from terminally ill children to test the stability of such transfers and pursue true immortality. Wendy became an older-sister figure and mentor to them.

It isn’t only the Hybrid children who bond with Wendy. Early in the story, Wendy, the others, and their Synthetic caretaker Kirsh investigate the crashed Weyland-Yutani exploratory ship, the USCSS Maginot. Wendy insists on joining because her brother Joe Hermit is part of the rescue team trapped inside. She argues with Boy Kavalier that the Hybrids are strong, fast, and durable enough to handle such dangerous missions—if not for the fact that they are children in adult synthetic bodies.

At the crash site, Wendy experiences a constant ringing in her ears that no one else can hear. The closer she gets to the lurking Xenomorph, the louder it becomes, though she doesn’t yet understand it. Later, after Boy Kavalier has transferred the alien specimens to Prodigy’s labs, Wendy hears the sound again. This time, it is the agonized screams of a Facehugger being tortured and experimented on, so overwhelming that she collapses unconscious.

Kavalier eventually realizes what’s happening: Wendy can hear the Facehuggers and Xenomorphs, something no other Hybrid can. He asks her to mimic the sounds, which resemble insect-like chirps and clicks. Soon Wendy begins visiting the lab regularly, forming a strange bond with a captive Xenomorph. The alien doesn’t act hostile toward her. Instead, it seems comforted by her presence. Wendy learns to reproduce its noises and, shockingly, to communicate with it. For the first time, someone begins to understand the Xenomorphs.

Wendy is also one of the few who refuses to see the Xenomorphs as monsters. She constantly reminds others that the aliens never asked to be brought to Earth. Their aggression may be born out of fear and disorientation. Wendy even believes that the Xenomorphs chose her specifically to communicate with, forging a unique bond between them.

Episode 7 Changed Everything We Thought We Knew About Xenomorphs

The captive Xenomorph in Prodigy’s lab is the result of an experiment. When Kirsh and some Hybrid children dissected a Facehugger, they removed its embryo and implanted it into Joe Hermit’s extracted lung. The embryo still developed, resulting in the birth of a Xenomorph. To keep Joe on the island, Wendy agrees to communicate with the creature and translate its intentions.

Wendy is present when the Xenomorph is born. Instead of fleeing to hide, as is typical, this one stays near her. Using chirps and clicks, Wendy tries to communicate—and the creature responds, even allowing her to approach and touch it. Over time, she returns again and again, deepening their bond. The alien begins to treat her not as an enemy, but as an ally, perhaps even kin.

In Episode 7, “Emergence,” Wendy realizes that Prodigy and Boy Kavalier are not who she thought. After Isaac’s death, she resolves to escape the island with Joe. During their attempt, Wendy frees the Xenomorph from its cage. From then on, the alien repeatedly comes to her aid, slaughtering those who threaten her, yet never attacking her or her friends. It obeys her signals, spares those she cares about, and protects her when called.

By the episode’s end, one truth becomes clear: Xenomorphs are capable of emotional bonds with other species. This revelation fundamentally changes how fans view them. Wendy proves that the aliens are not merely instinct-driven killing machines but intelligent beings capable of meaningful connections—even across species lines.

Source: CBR