In Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien franchise entry, a scientist (Noomi Rapace) who believes she’s infertile has sex with her partner after the mission’s android slips him a drink tainted by space goo left behind by an alien planet’s race of long-gone humanoid Engineers. Don’t worry about those details; just worry about how the scientist finds herself suddenly pregnant with a decidedly non-human baby, and must perform an emergency c-section on herself or die trying. It’s the one scene most people remember from Prometheus, with good reason.
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In Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien franchise entry, a scientist (Noomi Rapace) who believes she’s infertile has sex with her partner after the mission’s android slips him a drink tainted by space goo left behind by an alien planet’s race of long-gone humanoid Engineers. Don’t worry about those details; just worry about how the scientist finds herself suddenly pregnant with a decidedly non-human baby, and must perform an emergency c-section on herself or die trying. It’s the one scene most people remember from Prometheus, with good reason.
Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.