Alien: Earth’s Eyeball Monster Has Already Won

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When *Alien: Earth* premiered last month, many viewers were excited to see the iconic, terrifying alien with its elongated head – the creature that’s been frightening people in spaceships and even defeating Predators since the original 1979 film. However, as the show nears its end, another alien is quickly becoming the standout threat. And speaking of threats, does this creature even *have* a nose? Perhaps it’s being overshadowed by its inner mouth – another head, complete with drool, that lives *inside* its mouth.

Okay, so let’s talk about the Eyeball. Seriously, this thing feels like something I sketched in my notebook back in seventh grade when I was obsessed with horror, but now it’s all brought to life with CGI! It’s currently chilling on Boy Kavalier’s island with all the other creepy stuff Weyland-Yutani’s collected from across the galaxy. The ship, the *Maginot*, brought a ton of new creatures down to Earth – it was a biological research vessel, you see. But honestly, while there’s a lot of new monsters, the Eyeball is the one that really stands out. It just *has* that main character energy – the kind that makes you think it’ll be giving us nightmares for years, even longer than the original Xenomorph! No offense to the weird, hanging plant with a tongue, those acid-spitting flies, or the super-ticks, but the Eyeball is on another level.

What makes this creature so terrifying is how it survives. When it’s not attached to a host, it resembles an eye with multiple irises and dozens of incredibly flexible tentacles. It uses these tentacles to crawl, cling to surfaces, walk on ceilings, and even launch itself across distances. (One of our officers, Chibuzo, refers to it as ‘she,’ but we’re using ‘it’ because this creature is beyond human concepts like gender.) When it finds a host, it quickly attaches to their head, removes their eye, and then embeds itself into the skull. Its tentacles replace the optic nerve, allowing it to take complete control of the host’s brain and body. Remarkably, the host doesn’t even need to be alive for it to take over – perhaps explaining why it’s the only creature to attack our synthetic hybrids. So far, we’ve observed it infesting Shmuel, a seasoned engineer aboard the Maginot; a badly injured cat also living on the ship; and a sheep provided by Boy Kavalier and his assistant, Kirsh.

The horror of the Xenomorph is that it invades your body, first attaching to your face and then bursting out of your chest, leaving you dead. But the Eyeball creature offers a different kind of terror. It doesn’t just kill you – it takes control of your body and uses it for its own evil plans. It’s a uniquely awful fate to have your body, which you’ve cared for your whole life, turned into a tool for a space monster. The thought of your body being used like that, even after death, is disturbing. The Xenomorph wants to destroy you, but the Eyeball wants to *control* you.

The Eyeball doesn’t always force its way into a host; surprisingly, its most damaging actions have been subtle. While contained on the Maginot, it noticed another dangerous creature, a super-tick, escape its own enclosure. The Eyeball then simply tapped its container, momentarily distracting the scientist, Chibuzo, so she’d put it back incorrectly. It did this twice: first to let the super-tick lay eggs in Chibuzo’s water bottle, and then again to loosen its container, allowing it to escape when she left. Chibuzo unknowingly took the contaminated water bottle with her, leading to an engineer becoming infected with the ticks, and ultimately causing the Maginot to crash on Earth. All this devastation from just two little taps – pretty impressive, and terrifying!

Though smaller than a face-hugger, the Eyeball is far more dangerous. Unlike the Xenomorph, which simply acts on instinct to reproduce, we don’t understand the Eyeball’s motivations, meaning its potential for destruction is limitless. It could achieve immortality by entering a Synth, conquer Earth, use humans as pawns across the galaxy, and ultimately dominate the entire galaxy. This uncertainty is what makes it both fascinating and frightening. All we know for sure is that it’s constantly observing, waiting for the perfect moment to manipulate events to its advantage.

The Eyeball’s behavior isn’t really like the creature from *Alien*; it’s more reminiscent of Petyr Baelish, “Littlefinger,” from *Game of Thrones*, who believed in using chaos to his advantage. Just like Littlefinger, the Eyeball seems to thrive on creating unpredictable situations. When it targeted Isaac, it recognized a chance to manipulate events. It knew that a well-timed nudge could cause Isaac to fall into a container of venomous flies, which would then dissolve his body. While it’s unclear how this will ultimately free the Eyeball, it clearly believes that causing chaos will create new opportunities for it to exploit and advance its own goals, constantly looking for ways to disrupt things to its benefit.

I’ll be honest, I’m starting to hope the Eyeball survives. Besides Wendy and the cyborg Morrow, it’s the only thing we’ve seen actually fight a Xenomorph. When it took over Shmuel on the *Maginot*, it immediately attacked, even jumping onto the Xenomorph’s back. It kept fighting even after being thrown off, and the Xenomorph actually seemed… scared? Maybe Weyland-Yutani collected these creatures from a planet where the Eyeball was one of the Xenomorph’s natural predators. Perhaps the solution to defeating the Xenomorphs isn’t just about power, but about using the Eyeball’s intelligence and cunning.

Honestly, I’m just hoping the Eyeball will finally put Boy Kavalier in his place. He’s been so rude and overconfident. The Eyeball had a great moment earlier this season when the CEO tried to test it by asking for digits of pi. It signaled the first number with one hoof stomp, then five for the next. When Boy Kavalier pushed for a third, the Eyeball didn’t answer – it just left a large mess in its enclosure. It’s clearly not going to be manipulated by him. (You’d think being stuck inside a reindeer wouldn’t appeal to it either!) Boy Kavalier is trying to trick the Eyeball into needing a host so he can control it, but this creature isn’t interested in control or loyalty. It only cares about using the situation to its advantage and getting what it wants.

Boy Kavalier’s scheme is likely to have disastrous consequences for everyone, though the Eyeball seems poised to come out on top this season. Considering *Alien: Earth* takes place two years before the original *Alien* film – and Earth still exists in that movie – it’s reasonable to assume the Xenomorphs released on the planet have been destroyed. However, with Boy Kavalier planning to implant the Eyeball, it could easily survive and gain considerable power. Imagine if it infected Boy Kavalier himself, or another powerful figure on Earth! Could this tiny creature be the reason for everything that happens to Ripley?

I have to say, even if the Eyeball doesn’t ultimately ‘win’ the season, it’s already captured my imagination – and so many other fans’, I think! It’s just the best character to come out of this series’ jump to TV – so strange, unpredictable, and surprisingly dangerous. It reminds me of Eve Harrington, quietly arriving and then completely taking over the spotlight. The Eyeball is poised to become the dominant lifeform, biologically *and* culturally, no matter who Boy Kavalier uses as a host. I’m completely rooting for it to achieve its final goal – and honestly, I suspect it’s something huge, like Pinky and the Brain, a full-on world takeover! We’ve spent years figuring out how to destroy Xenomorphs, but with the Eyeball? I have a feeling the only way to ‘win’ is to join its side.

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2025-09-22 21:55