By Juan Markos
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 08/13/2025 Episode 2 picks up right where Episode 1 left off. The Lost Boys arrive at the crash site, accompanied by their synthetic mentor, Kirsh, played by Timothy Olyphant. A conversation unfolds between Boy Kavalier and Dame Sylvia, portrayed by Essie Davis. This dialogue reveals Boy Kavalier’s intentions behind creating the hybrids. He expresses his boredom with a world where he feels isolated and shares his desire to climb the highest mountain to have a conversation with someone as intelligent as he is. While this can sound innocent, there’s a childlike naivety in his ambitions. However, given that he achieved power and wealth at such a young age, one wonders if anyone ever told him “no.” He exhibits many traits of a villain—power, money, ingenuity, and innovation. Historically, some of the most notorious villains in film and TV began with the best intentions, only to lose sight of the monsters they created. It’s important to note that the hybrids are not monsters; they are essentially still children, even if they are his peers.
Boy Kavalier is overly excited about the spaceship crashing in his territory; he refers to it as “Christmas,” eager to discover what’s onboard. After a conversation with a rival corporation, he expresses a strong desire to acquire the ship’s contents. Meanwhile, we see Wendy surveilling her brother, Hermit, played by Alex Lawther. In a flashback, she demonstrates her hacking skills by rewriting the code used in the software he’s communicating with. Strangely, Boy Kavalier views this as a sign of her evolution rather than a malfunction.
Wendy is driven to assist the rescue team at the crash site in hopes of connecting with Arthur. This motivation seems a bit selfish, typical of human nature. Hermit and the search team encounter an alien, and he retreats into an elevator just as Wendy arrives to find him in distress. The Lost Boys are caught in a state of arrested development—they are definitely children. While Wendy is determined to help her brother, the others are frightened, grappling with adult themes for the first time, such as death and destruction.
The ship has crashed inside a partially occupied building. In the effort to evacuate the occupants, Arthur sees the alien again, leading to a devastating event where the creature kills everyone at a party, just before Hermit is also attacked. He is saved by Morrow, the surviving synth from the ship, who impales the alien and cocoons it in a previously unseen weapon in the franchise. It raises questions about where these weapons were in the last two films, but different timelines explain that inconsistency.
Before being impaled himself by Morrow, Hermit expresses gratitude. Morrow is determined to trap the alien and fulfill his mission, which likely involves bringing the specimens back to Weyland Enterprises, the typical company behind these incidents.
Wendy finally reunites with her brother and receives an order from Kirsh to go to level one and retrieve the specimens he found on the ship’s computer system—eggs. While walking there, she reveals her identity to Hermit, claiming to be his sister. He is initially in disbelief and tests her with personal questions that only she would know. Wendy explains that “the Boy Genius” came to her, their father permitted the transition, and that no one was supposed to find out. Believing her, they reach the site and discover the eggs, just as the alien mother arrives to protect them.
Hermit is thrown into a pit, and the show becomes increasingly captivating. I love the characters that have been introduced, and it just hit me: I don’t think the aliens have ever made it to Earth before. Now that they are here, humanity is at stake. New episodes air every Tuesday at 8 PM ET/5 PM on FX & Hulu, and Wednesdays on Disney+
