Here is everything you need to know about the stars of "Alien: Earth" and the characters they play in the FX sci-fi series.

Noah Hawley, creator of FX's "Fargo" and trippy X-Men series "Legion," fundamentally understands what makes the aliens of "Alien" scary, and what makes the world Scott created so enticing to return to for film after film.

The show, based on the Ridley Scott film, creates its own creepy-cool world and juggles ideas that go beyond merely trying to gross out its audience.

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.

The TV prequel to the Alien movies calls back to the best elements of those original films — including questions about corporate exploitation and technological advancements.