raised a lot of eyebrows when it made its central character Wendy (Sydney Chandler). The first of the “hybrids” (i.e., human children whose consciousnesses are transferred into synthetic android bodies), Wendy and her “Lost Boys” companions are an exciting new addition to Alien‘s franchise lore. But showrunner Noah Hawley managed to keep things moving so deftly during Alien: Earth‘s two-episode premiere that there was little time to stop and really ponder the deeper implications of the hybrids – and especially the unique abilities that Wendy was manifesting.

Well, Alien: Earth Episode 3 drops another big cliffhanger ending on fans – one that, once again, leaves one of the Hermit family members in dire straits. Only, instead of Hermit (Alex Lawther) being in the clutches of the xenomorph, it seems that Wendy/Marcy is the one who is now in the thrall of the deadly species.

While the show didn’t make too much of it in the opening episodes, viewers did question the scene of the Lost Boys arriving at the crash site of the USS Maginot. It was made clear that Wendy was experiencing moments of static or interference when on site at the Maginot, but it was never confirmed what the source of it was. Some fans quickly jumped to the theory that Wendy was picking up on some kind of high-pitched frequency that the xenomorphs use as a method of communicating – now we can all but confirm that’s the case.