The series by creator Noah Hawley is described as a spin-off to the original Ridley Scott-directed film, " Alien ," from 1979. The film follows a space crew aboard the starship, Nostromo, who are on their journey back home when they receive a distress call from an alien vessel.

It's also a proper work of Hawley's, a mishmash of his Marvel masterpiece Legion and other prestige sci-fi of the past ten years, from Westworld to Severance. "Neverland" is a long, labored inhalation for what is a simple inciting incident.