In Space, No One...

This series has excellent production values. The art department has replicated the signature "Alien" look to a "T". The Xenomorph looks amazing when it is either the guy in a suit or cgi. Top-notch effects! Episode five feels like it belongs in the canon of Alien. The sets, costumes, lighting and creatures successfully transport the viewer into a Ridley-esque claustrophobic space-ship full of doomed mission-specialists fleeing in terror from the menacing, Xenomorph. Just what we want and expect from the Alien franchise. Amazing work, providing motion-picture quality on a television-series budget. I don't know how they did it, but it really works well. The sets remind us of the Nostromo and other ships from previous Alien films while bringing their own style to the mix. Any Alien fan would enjoy this episode. It almost feels like the series should have started with Ep.5.

This is a strong horror-focused chapter that does a very good job portraying events on board the Maginot before those shown in the episode Neverland.

As we already know the outcome for the ship and most of the characters on board, there is only so much tension to be generated. However, the filmmakers use the space tics and ocellus well to keep the atmosphere suitably creepy and sustain the suspense. Additionally, the mystery of the saboteur and how it connects to the overarching narrative unfolds nicely.

For me, the development of the character Morrow is a highlight. The writers have drip-fed information about him so far, and here we are given a sufficient amount to keep the arc interesting. We needed to know more about his backstory and motivation, and this chapter explains it well.

There are likely to be eyebrows raised in relation to the xenomorph scenes. I anticipate words like inconsistency and phrases like plot armour being used to describe certain moments. That being said, their presence is still nightmare fuel, but maybe not as potent when it shares the chamber with a variety of other horrors.

What will likely frustrate is the lack of caution shown by certain characters in key moments that stretches plausibility. If you demand realism and dislike the character trope of being too stupid to live, you might struggle with In Space, No One. I do not take fictional storytelling seriously enough to let it bother me that much.

Easily the best episode so far. A perfect balance of a gripping story, funny moments, and nostalgia for the original movie.

For me, the Alien franchise has always been about a monster in space, so I'm glad the creators went back to a ship to show the beginning of the story. Although, it would also be interesting to know where and how the crew collected this monstrous zoo?!

And how can you not love the eyeball? She's such a smart sweetheart.

In an era of rehashing, redundant and repeatedly rebooting franchises this series has a new and refreshing feel reminiscent of the last predator film Prey. With relevant and current themes around tech and AI I really enjoyed the first few episodes as the characters are interesting and well cast.

The visuals and dialogue have been great and always on the edge of my seat on each episode and wanting the next one to come quicker to see where we are going next.

Franchise fan or new comer will enjoy and I look forward to seeing this become a series for many years to come with the richness of characters that could lead to intriguing sub plot stories.

So here we are again, one of the biggest companies of future Earth doing one of its most important missions, and then sending out their most incompetent morons. Unbelievable. It's Prometheus all over again, they are actually worse here, I can't even find the words, you have to see it to believe it, I'm struggling to remember a scene without a crew member not doing something absolute braindead.

The action, the effects, the setting, the monsters I liked, the eye-monster is a refreshing new alien, even helping the humans, that could get interesting potentially, but probably won't... Lacking intelligence, it was at least entertaining, exciting schlock, miles above the last teenage soap opera episode.