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As of this writing, "Alien: Earth" still hasn't been renewed for season 2. Hawley remains hopeful, and his track record at FX bodes well for more stories set in Ridley Scott's sci-fi universe. For now, we can only cross our fingers and theorize about what might happen in the next installment, but it seems pretty obvious that Species 64 is being set up for an even bigger role going forward. There are other story threads hanging, of course. Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and the Lost Boys of Neverland's hybrid program have effectively taken control of the facility, imprisoning Boy Kavalier and attaining power through Wendy's strange bond with the captured Xenomorphs. At the same time, Weyland-Yutani launches a full-scale invasion of the island in the "Alien: Earth" season 1 finale, determined to reclaim the specimens. But while these various factions are fighting amongst themselves, the Eye is watching, waiting, biding its time. "This one actually is the one we should really worry about," Hawley said in his interview with Empire. "The others are more like animals, or insects." The Eye is still a parasite, of course, but it's implied that its species has advanced knowledge of mathematics and language, which suggests a larger civilization. Could the one captured on Earth use its new host body to contact the rest of its kind? Or, alternatively, to destabilize the social order on Earth? With enough determination, the little guy seems capable of anything. "Alien: Earth" is streaming on FX on Hulu.
