Alien: Earth has already added to the lore of the brilliant Alien franchise, which imagines vicious and deadly creatures living in the far reaches of space, by introducing a new set of monsters. Since the time of its inception,

It's also a proper work of Hawley's, a mish-mash of his Marvel masterpiece Legion and other prestige sci-fi of the last ten years, from Westworld to Severance. "Neverland" is a long, labored inhalation for what is a simple inciting incident.