Your Favorite Movie Therapist and The Cigarette Smoking Man crack open Episode 3 of Alien Earth “Metamorphosis.” We mourn the surprisingly anticlimactic death of Ashley the Xenomorph, while also celebrating the glorious comeback of acid blood, the franchise’s most reliable supporting character. Timothy Olyphant continues to add depth and swagger, while the hybrids keep things messy, weird, and fascinating in all the best soap-opera-from-space ways.

From Peter Pan parallels to philosophical callbacks that scream Prometheus, this episode serves up big ideas—and even bigger WTF moments. Wendy’s "transformation" raises some serious questions, the facehugger reclaims its throne as plot MVP. Bottom line: the show promises even more bizarre, exciting revelations ahead… whether we’re ready or not.

And hey! Do you think Timothy Olyphant is as amazing as we do? If so, enroll at Night School Horror, drop us a 5-star rating, and we’ll see if he’ll show up to your birthday party. (No promises, but we’ll bring the acid blood cake.)