Alien:Earth

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Duruss

How long a chest burster takes to incubate has always been whatever time is narratively convenient.

Though Noah Hawley is most reverent towards the first two films — particularly Alien, where it takes a while for Kane to die — he definitely falls in with the later movies on the timeline question. Arthur got attacked by a face-hugger at the end of last week’s episode. “Emergence” covers what seems like only a couple of hours in the aftermath of Isaac’s death, yet Arthur is back on his feet by the episode’s midway point, and his chest has been split open by a baby Xeno by the end. With the first season almost over, Hawley has no interest in dilly-dallying on a biological process that many in the audience have seen play out many times before.

Rolling Stone

We all know what's going to happen, so the theory is there's no value in dragging it out.

I disagree fwiw.

[Shazam]

Chestbursters come out when the writer tells them to come out.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Chestbursters come out when the writer tells them to come out.

And thats the way it should be!