# Alien: Earth

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Alien: Earth and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans say it explores the Alien setting without breaking it and gets better after a weak start. Critics find early episodes poor, and one flashback episode odd.

## Why people recommend it

- Explores the setting without breaking it (1 comments): "Alien: Earth was also pretty good, it explores the setting without breaking it too badly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46059871))
- Improves in later episodes (1 comments): "when I watched it I just facepalmed a lot. Although it did get better in later episodes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388653))
- Enjoyable despite low expectations (1 comments): "I actually enjoyed the series, much as I went in assuming I wouldn't." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094006))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Alien: Earth", https://hackerapproved.com/p/alien-earth/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).