Alien: Earth star Babou Ceesay breaks down Episode 5’s shocking twist and Morrow’s hidden humanity

**Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 5. Readers' discretion is advised.**

Alien: Earth Episode 5 In Space, No One... took a break from the research island of Neverland, and featured a flashback sequence that revealed the saboteur aboard the Maginot, who crash landed the spaceship into Boy Kavalier's kingdom and unleashed the lethal alien speci/s.

While security officer Morrow initially suspected Rahim and the robot Teng of being responsible for the crash landing, it is ultimately revealed that Chief Engineer Petrovich betrayed his crew and struck a deal with the crazy oligarch. Petrovich's motives were straightforward; he intended to betray Weyland-Yutani by sabotaging the ship, which would directly release the various creatures at Boy Kavalier's disposal. In exchange, the tech genius plans to transfer his mind into a synthetic body.

While Alien: Earth Episode 5 deep-dived into Maginot's final moments as it crashed on Earth, it also featured a dual side to Morrow. British actor Babou Ceesay recently broke down his character's humanity and motivations in an interview with Variety, and his vow of vengeance against Kavalier.

More on Alien: Earth Episode 5 in our story.

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Alien: Earth Episode 5 deep dived into Morrow's back story and hidden humanity

Seeing Morrow, a cyborg, get emotional over his family and daughter wasn't expected in Alien: Earth fans' bingo cards, but Episode 5 explored the cyborg's hidden humanity. A flashback in the recent episode revealed not only the saboteur aboard the Maginot but also Morrow's tragic backstory and how he became a cyborg with a mutated hand.

Episode 5 took us back to Morrow's quarters, where he sorts through decades of handwritten letters and drawings made by his daughter. The photographs show Morrow's daughter first as a child and then as a teenager, looking at colleges, until she died in a house fire at age 19. This tragic event shaped the rest of Morrow's mission, and with nothing left to lose, he vowed to fight back against Boy Kavalier and reclaim the creatures.

In a recent interview with Variety, Babou Ceesay revealed how Hawley decided to use Ceesay's real daughter's pictures and letters in the Alien: Earth Episode 5 flashback sequence. While the scene was already tragic for Morrow, it became even more challenging as the actor looked at his real daughter's pictures.

Episode 5 certainly delved deep into Morrow's psyche and his contradicting personality. While on the one hand, we saw a grieving man for his daughter, on the other hand, we saw a cold-blooded machine that prioritized the creatures over the lives of his fellow crew members. As Maginot's security officer, Morrow used Captain Zaveri as bait for Xenomorphs and practically left her to die while he vowed to kill Kavalier.

In the interview, Babou Ceesay revealed how he tapped into Morrow's unpredictability in Alien: Earth:

''People make up their minds about you.,,just so that they can put you in a box and figure out how you’re going to behave. I love the unpredictability that Noah brings to it.''

He added:

''My hope is that when people see Episode 5 and see some of the motivations, they’re more on the fence. It’s not like, “OK, this guy is mission-driven and insane and mean. It’s more like, I don’t know how I feel about him now.”

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Morrow sees his humanity as a liability in Alien: Earth

As a cyborg, Morrow was essentially given a new life by his Yutani grandmother, who not only took him in but also replaced his palsied hand with a robotic mutation when his own mother abandoned him. This incident changed Morrow and transformed his humanity with machine-like coldness. He has come to terms with the fact that he is only valuable to people like a machine, which is why he has started to see his humanity as a weakness and a liability.

A part of Morrow who decided against saving Zaveri from Xenomorph stemmed from his Yutani grandmother's teachings, who taught him:

“Nothing matters but the cargo. Whether or not the crew survives.”

Expanding on Morrow's duality as a human and machine, Ceesay further added:

''He sees that side [humanity] of himself in two different ways. He sees it as useful — he’ll pull it up, and he can connect with people if he needs to. But, really, deep down, he thinks it’s a weakness. He’s ashamed that he has a part of him like that. He’s learned to be cold.''

Alien: Earth Episode 5 is streaming on Hulu now.

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