The show, based on the Ridley Scott film, creates its own creepy-cool world and juggles ideas that go beyond merely trying to gross out its audience.

Alien: Earth takes place in 2120, two years before the events of the original Ridley Scott's masterpiece, Alien. This sets the show's events as occurring right before the crew of the Nostromo were intended to head back to Earth,

Noah Hawley's television prequel to 'Alien' nods to Peter Pan and raises questions about what makes us humans and whether it's all that great to be one.