(NEXSTAR) — Following its bombastic (and terrific) two-episode premiere, FX’s “Alien: Earth” furiously pulses deeper into chaos in the series’ third episode, which finally brings the action — and the monsters — off the Weyland-Yutani ship that crash-landed in episode one.

Metamorphosis” is defined as a transformational change, often from an immature form to an adult one, so despite conjuring images of butterflies bursting from chrysalises, as far as Alien: Earth is concerned,