(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" is off to a strong start in viewership, scoring 9.2 million views globally in the first six days since its premiere

Earth” reached 9.2 million views worldwide through its first six days of streaming. That total, calculated by dividing the total amount of time streamed by the runtime of the episode, refers to viewership on Hulu and Disney+ alone;