The episode opens with Wendy rushing to save Joe, who is trapped in alien glue and staring down the xenomorph. The creature stalks them, initially holding back, and Wendy fights it off with a sword before the alien stabs Joe and throws him across the floor. Wendy ultimately decapitates the xenomorph with a knife, leaving Joe gravely injured but alive.
Meanwhile, Kirsh and his team are busy containing specimens and piecing together the chaos. Kavalier calls in, transforming the mission from a rescue into a containment operation. The children are now tasked with collecting all five species and delivering them to the quarantine lab in the sublevels.
Morrow arrives at the crash site and discovers alien eggs, transferring the data into his own mind. Smee and Slightly are caught off guard but remain largely spectators to Morrow’s manipulations.
Prodigy secures the crash site and transports Wendy and Joe to Neverland, where the scientists begin treating their injuries. Siberian and Rashidi regroup with the team after narrowly evading the xenomorph off-screen.
At the lab, Kirsh warns Kavalier to avoid the alien eggs. Wendy awakens but is immediately affected by the alien’s soundwaves, clutching her head in pain before passing out unseen.
Meanwhile, part of a facehugger’s alien tadpole is dropped into a tank with Joe’s severed lung, quickly infecting it. Morrow manipulates Slightly into cooperation, furthering the web of intrigue among the characters.
This episode is a frustrating mix of slow pacing and tonal whiplash. The xenomorph, traditionally a terrifying force, is dispatched off-screen by Wendy with a knife, rendering its threat almost absurd. The sudden jump to comedy with Smee and Slightly adds to the tonal confusion, undermining any sense of danger.
The Peter Pan references are hammered home to the point of over-explanation. Calling the children Lost Boys and explaining the meaning of Prodigy feels unnecessarily didactic, making the exposition feel clunky rather than clever.
On the bright side, some character development shines through. Curly emerges as intriguing, motivated by ambition and a desire to impress Kavalier. Kirsh’s scientific curiosity and Morrow’s manipulative schemes also provide layers of interest, setting up potential conflicts in future episodes.
Ultimately, this episode is more about character setup than suspense. It struggles to balance threat and humor, and Wendy’s heroics diminish the xenomorph’s menace completely.
That said, the ending leaves threads wide open, particularly with the infected tank and ongoing manipulations, hinting that the story may regain tension and coherence in the next installment.
