# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7454
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/7454 "2025-09-24T15:53:49Z")
I’m not a huge expert on the Alien universe, but I think the idea is that in the original Alien movie the corporation that owned the ship did already know about the Xenomorphs somehow, the distress signal was a ruse or an excuse to send them to the colony with the eggs, and the secret synth Ash had been tasked with bringing a Xenomorph back at all costs, over and above the safety of the crew. So, in light of that, it’s not a stretch to think they already knew about the Xenomorphs in ‘Alien: Earth’, which takes place, I believe, 2 years before the events of the original movie. Plus, some Noah Hawley retconning may be involved. If you haven’t seen it already, there’s a long [Alien: Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-earth/1021996) thread where some posters get pretty in-depth with Alien lore and canon. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108)._