"Alien: Earth" on FX taps into themes of corporate arrogance and artificial intelligence. And, yes, it is terrifying.

Alien: Earth takes place just two years prior to the events of the original 1979 film and centers around Wendy, a groundbreaking human-synthetic hybrid whose consciousness was transferred into an android body to save her from a fatal illness.

Earth takes viewers to a time and place never before seen in the Alien franchise: Earth, two years before the fateful voyage of the USCSS Nostromo. Earth is controlled by five different corporations,