(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.

Alien: Earth spends maybe one episode too many setting the stakes for the rest of the season, but, man, are they great stakes.

Episode 3 of Alien: Earth, titled “Metamorphosis,” truly lives up to its title by centering on transfirnation. Just like how a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, this episode focused on both physical and emotional transformations of several characters.