Earth" Episodes 1-2. Of all the big, ambitious swings that "Alien: Earth" takes, none are riskier than the parallels that showrunner Noah Hawley chooses to draw between his new sci-fi series and "Peter Pan.

Earth,” batters viewers expecting Xenomorph horror from an additional, less expected angle: The series is practically drowning in “Peter Pan” metaphors that don’t quite work. That’s partly by design;

A crashed ship, mind transplants, a blood-eating bug, an eyeball that moves on tentacles — Noah Hawley’s new series starts with a (sometimes revolting) bang

But Alien: Earth is a ton of fun so far, and part of that fun stems from the fact that this particular xenomorph is not picking off anything one-by-one. It is killing its way through this show like it's got a bodycount quota. Hell yeah.

The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, " Alien ," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.

Ridley Scott’s original Alien movie from 1979 was an all-time sci-fi/horror classic, and even an endless stream of sequels and spin-offs – Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Alien vs Predator, Prometheus,