I liked it, especially the Morrow flashback to give more detail on the events on the Maginot.
I like that Wendy is flipped out and psychotic.
As for her exceptional range hearing, perhaps they realized she had trouble adapting, and detuned the others.
Or, Kavalier created a body he's too attracted to, and gifts her with extras.
Perhaps, even, he was a paedophile, and fighting his urges but still can't help grooming Wendy. Given the Peter Pan references, and that Peter and Wendy are a love interest in Barrie's writing...
The fundamental question of "are they still human in mind?" seems answered with Nibs' reset; Wendy's flip-out is a suitably childish response to finding out your new existence is just as a toy and subject to editing... and if you can be restored from backup, you can also be made multiple times... you can become a nerfed version, or a product line.
Eps 1-2 invite us to contemplate souls... Ep 6 tells us Hawley's answer is clearly "No, not souls, just memories and proclivities." It's a worthy philosophical prompt, and a classic of horror to ask and answer deep elements.
Is it good for the timeline? Probably not.
Do I want a sourcebook? Hell yes!
I want more xeno-critters, period.
On the hyperdrive debate: perhaps the speed of those early vessels was only a few times C, not the 1161C of a peak FTL drive in the game .
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Yes Aramis, I agree with you, the Morrow episode with the flashback on the Maginot was the best episode of season 1... by far... all the sets referencing the Nostromo were sublime and magnificent.
I think it's pointless to overthink the technical aspects of Alien Earth show (FTL, Hyperdrive, ship classes, etc.). Hawley didn't waste time on that and he didn't base his work on Alien-lore at all; he wrote his own thing, period. We either accept it or we don't. In any case, I don't worry about that anymore.
Hawley isn't into Alien-lore (except for the sets, though), so we can let this go of our show's expectations. And accept the beauty of his work without the ties to Alien-lore.
Arthur.
