Read this review to see if the Alien: Earth episode “In Space, No One…” is worth watching. Dive into our ALIEN: EARTH Season 1, Episode 5 recap and review, exploring key twists, shocking reveals, and what this episode means for the future of the series.
About Alien: Earth
- Season 1, Episode 5: “In Space, No One…”
- Directed by Noah Hawley
- Written by Noah Hawley
- Synopsis: An outer-space vessel in peril leads to a dangerous reckoning.
- Airdate: September 02, 2025
- Starring: Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Jonathan Ajayi, David Rysdahl, Diêm Camille, Moe Bar-El, Adrian Edmondson, Timothy Olyphant, Richa Moorjani, Sandra Yi Sencindiver, and Amir Boutrous
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Recap Alien: Earth (2025): S1E05 – “In Space, No One…”
Seventeen days before the Maginot’s arrival, Morrow (Babou Ceesay) is woken from cryosleep to find that a mysterious fire has occurred and some of the alien specimens have escaped. A couple of facehuggers latched onto Captain RJ Dinsdale’s (Tanapol Chuksrida) and Bronski’s (Max Rinehart) faces. The captain was killed when they tried to cut the alien free, thanks to its acid blood. The science officer is alive but in a coma.
The crew is freaking out, and they have different opinions on how to handle it. Chibuzo (Karen Aldridge) says they should follow protocol. Morrow’s mission is to ensure safe cargo transport and prevent further escapes while monitoring the crew. On the other hand, Zaverni (Richa Moorjani) is trying to play it safe as acting captain. Dr. Rahim (Amir Boutrous) is furious they aren’t doing more. Mr. Teng (Andy Yu) is off eating and being creepy.
The Yutani officer says the damage is too perfect and there’s a saboteur on board. He chews Zaveri out for having a relationship with the science officer against company policy. He threatens to take command of the ship and presses her to declare a state of emergency.
Meanwhile, Clem (Tom Moya), Rahim, and Schmuel (Michael Smiley) talk about why the corporation wants these dangerous creatures, and it’s all about power. Teng is creepily watching Sullivan (Victoria Masoma) in cryosleep again.
As Morrow leaves, he runs across the senior engineer, who tells him that the Maginot’s engine and navigation systems were effectively destroyed by the fire. “We were a spaceship, and now we’re a missile,” he quips. They’re heading straight for Earth.
The cyborg orders Shmuel and his apprentice Malachite (Jamie Bisping) to fix the ship while he investigates further. Morrow discovers the fire was not accidental, as blurry surveillance footage shows someone sneaking into the containment room and releasing the xenomorph eggs, but he can’t tell who it is. His suspicions were right, though. The footage also shows Bronski and Zaveri banging in the containment room (kinky), and Morrow again questions Zaveri’s leadership.
Back in the cryosleep chamber, Zaveri pours dirt on Bronski’s cryo tube, reassuring him they’ll return home to Utah, where they planned to grow plants and vegetables together. It’s a promise to him to hang in there and survive.
While she’s in the chamber, the engineers argue about mundane things like pie while also talking about the pay. Morrow tells them he needs to figure out how the saboteur is getting around the shop undetected and reminds them not to interfere or say anything. He also shows his loyalty to Weyland-Yutani is more important than all of them. Later Clem jokes that the saboteur could be anyone including him. The cyborg reveals a large knife hidden in his arm and threatens him to reveal the truth. The Junior Security Officer says he’s working to recover the missing communication logs.
Back in Morrow’s quarters, he’s listening to “La Mer.” The show is amazing in its choice of music, as the lyrics “we’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when.” Why? He’s looking at pictures of his daughter, and a flashback shows he promised he’d always be watching over her from space. Then he pulls out a heartbreaking communication that she died in a fire years before. What’s the point of his mission if his family is gone? What’s left? It’s one of many small moments that reveal so much about the characters.
In the control room, Zaveri asks Mother for a command change to make her captain. She also asks for permission to destroy the assets, but is denied. The computer forces her to grudgingly acknowledge that the cargo is more important than the crew. Also, the doctor prepares Bronski for burial in space.
Scientist Chibuzo is experimenting on the blood ticks and accidentally fails to seal the lid. Her mistake lets the highly intelligent bugs open a glass jar’s top, and one creepy creature crawls onto Chibuzo’s water bottle and drops some babies inside.
While she’s dealing with that, the acting captain and chief engineer try to have a private meeting about the status, but Mr. Teng refuses to leave. He already knows someone intentionally blew a hole in the ship. Just then, Mother announces a Cryopod quarantine breach. They find that something escaped from Bronski’s crypod. Rahim points out that things can survive the cold of space.
Morrow says they need to wake everyone up to search for the newly hatched creature. But she infuriatingly again decides to take the safe approach. But they decide to hunt down the creature using non-lethal electric rounds.
Back with the scientist before she can take a sip of her infected Dasani, Rahim helps her return a bug to the jar, and they head to a meeting in the mess hall. The Ocellus eyeball monster, inspired by the blood tick’s escape, manages to break out of its cage thanks to yet another of the scientist’s mistakes. Not sure how she got on this mission being so careless.
At the meeting, she complains about them smoking on the ship. The acting captain reveals the Science Officer is dead, and they have a Xenomorph on the ship. The young engineer says they’re flying on fumes. He’s eating a spicy meal and takes a swig of Chibuzo’s water. The slow build-up of who’s going to swallow the creatures is excellent and surprising.
Morrow questions Rahim, and he notices something is dripping on him. Later, in a well-designed scene, Shmuel and Malachite work at the engine, with Michael Smiley and Jamie Bisping delivering a powerful dialogue about how they sacrificed 65 years for money. The series features a brief, human moment that resonates with real people and aligns with the franchise’s capitalist doomerism DNA, but is interrupted by Malachite’s bloody vomiting.
In the med bay, Morrow and Zaveri argue about whether Rahim and Chibuzo should operate on Malachite. The doctor decides to perform emergency surgery to remove blood ticks draining his blood from his inside. When he pulls one free, it releases toxic gas. Morrow locks down the med bay as all three in the room die.
The cyborg discovers the saboteur is in cryosleep after a conversation with Teng. It turns out that when he’s been spending a lot of time in the cryogenic room stalking Sullivan, he noticed someone was missing. The Head of Security returns to the surveillance room to watch the newly recovered video calls. He finds a conversation between Petrovitch (Enzo Cilenti) and Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin) about crash-landing the ship into the Prodigy-owned city. Morrow finds him and stabs him with his robot blade arm.
While that’s happening, Zaveri is frozen in shock after Malachite’s fatal surgery. She’s ambushed by a fully grown xenomorph and escapes down the Maginot hallways. She finds Shmuel, taken over by the eyeball monster Species 64, in the specimen lab.
The xenomorph and the eyeball controlled Shmuel fight, leading to a fun monster fight. We then get another watch of the scene in the first episode with Morrow sealing Zaveri out of the control room. We now see the look in his eyes is not cruelty, but “I told you so,” and he leaves her to be killed by the Xenomorph.
Flash forward to after the crash, when Morrow meets Yutani at the company headquarters, where she learns about her ship’s fate. The Ghanian was taken in by Yutani’s grandmother, who found him as a “feral boy with a palsied arm begging in the street.” He pledges to help Weyland recover the assets, and he demands to kill Kavalier. She tells her men, “Whatever he wants, he gets.”
Overall: Watch Alien: Earth (2025): S1E05 – “In Space, No One…”
Watch the Alien: Earth episode “In Space, No One…” because it’s a creepy and dark thrill ride.
The fifth episode of “Alien: Earth” is the best yet, featuring new, charming, and realistic characters. The episode also provides deeper insight into Morrow, a merciless Weyland soldier, and his family. Babou Ceesay’s understated yet warm performance adds a new dimension to the cyborg, making him feel more relatable and human.
We also get an almost perfect recreation of the tone of the 1970s movie. The episode’s saboteur resolution falls short, as it’s not entirely satisfying. But the thrill of figuring out the mystery does not ruin the ending. As the season progresses, creator Noah Hawley seems to have his eye (or eyeball monster) on the prize.
This is a great episode, so I’m giving this episode 4 out of 5 stars.
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