1985
Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo, is rescued after 57 years in hypersleep and learns her daughter has died, leaving her traumatized and alone. She is recruited by Carter Burke and Lieutenant Gorman to join a team of Colonial Marines to investigate a lost colony on Acheron, the planet where she first encountered the Xenomorphs. Upon arrival, they discover the colony overrun by aliens and find a lone survivor, a young girl named Newt, whom Ripley quickly bonds with and protects. The team faces relentless attacks from the Xenomorphs, suffering heavy casualties, and Ripley uncovers Burke's treacherous plan to bring alien specimens back to the company for weaponization.
Save the Cat beat sheet
After Ripley is rescued from hypersleep, she faces a skeptical inquiry, learns of a thriving colony on LV-426, and reluctantly joins a team sent to investigate when contact is lost.
Open full beat sheetEllen Ripley is listed as Protagonist. Sole survivor of the Nostromo, tough, traumatized, protective. In the parsed data, Ellen Ripley is connected to 68 scenes, 215 dialogue lines, 216 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
68 scenes / 215 dialogue linesCorporal Hicks is listed as Colonial Marine. Lifer, experienced, calm under pressure. In the parsed data, Corporal Hicks is connected to 32 scenes, 41 dialogue lines, 41 text mentions, first appearing around scene 26.
32 scenes / 41 dialogue linesLieutenant Gorman is listed as Colonial Marine Officer. Inexperienced, severe, prone to panic. In the parsed data, Lieutenant Gorman is connected to 26 scenes, 9 dialogue lines, 10 text mentions, first appearing around scene 22.
26 scenes / 9 dialogue linesCarter Burke is listed as Company Representative. Executive for the company, manipulative, greedy. In the parsed data, Carter Burke is connected to 25 scenes, 47 dialogue lines, 48 text mentions, first appearing around scene 3.
25 scenes / 47 dialogue linesNewt is listed as Survivor. Six-year-old girl, sole survivor of the Acheron colony. In the parsed data, Newt is connected to 25 scenes, 42 dialogue lines, 64 text mentions, first appearing around scene 15.
25 scenes / 42 dialogue linesPFC Hudson is listed as Colonial Marine. Com-tech, prone to hysteria, loud. In the parsed data, PFC Hudson is connected to 21 scenes, 23 dialogue lines, 23 text mentions, first appearing around scene 32.
21 scenes / 23 dialogue linesPFC Vasquez is listed as Colonial Marine. Smart-gun operator, tough, aggressive. In the parsed data, PFC Vasquez is connected to 20 scenes, 10 dialogue lines, 10 text mentions, first appearing around scene 25.
20 scenes / 10 dialogue linesBishop is listed as Synthetic. Android crew member, helpful, logical. In the parsed data, Bishop is connected to 16 scenes, 27 dialogue lines, 33 text mentions, first appearing around scene 24.
16 scenes / 27 dialogue linesMaster Sergeant Apone is listed as Colonial Marine. Unit leader, grizzled, experienced. In the parsed data, Master Sergeant Apone is connected to 12 scenes, 2 dialogue lines, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 31.
12 scenes / 2 dialogue linesJones is listed as Cat. Ship's cat, survivor. In the parsed data, Jones is connected to 4 scenes, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
4 scenes / 0 dialogue linesThe Narcissus is discovered drifting in space by a massive ship.
A salvage team cuts into the Narcissus and finds Ripley in hypersleep.
Ellen Ripley, JonesRipley wakes up, meets Burke, and learns she has been in hypersleep for 57 years.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, JonesBurke informs Ripley that her daughter has died.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, JonesRipley and Burke discuss the upcoming hearing.
Ellen Ripley, Carter BurkeRipley faces a board of inquiry regarding the destruction of the Nostromo.
Ellen Ripley, Carter BurkeRipley vents her frustration to Burke.
Ellen Ripley, Carter BurkeThe board suspends Ripley's flight license.
Ellen Ripley, Carter BurkeRipley learns that colonists are living on LV-426.
Ellen RipleyThe colony Hadley's Hope is established on Acheron.
Overview of the Hadley's Hope colony.
Life inside the colony.
Management discusses a survey team's claim.
The Jorden family prospect for minerals.
NewtThe Jordens find the alien ship.
NewtThe parents leave the tractor to explore the ship.
NewtNewt and Tim wait in the tractor.
NewtThe parents return with a facehugger.
NewtRipley is visited by Burke and Gorman.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant GormanBurke tells Ripley they lost contact with the colony.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant GormanBurke and Gorman try to convince Ripley to return to Acheron.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant GormanRipley wakes from a nightmare, contacts Burke via video phone, and agrees to join the mission to Acheron.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, JonesThe crew wakes up from hypersleep on the Sulaco.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezThe crew eats in the mess hall; Ripley confronts Bishop.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, Bishop, Corporal Hicks, PFC HudsonGorman briefs the troops on the mission.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezHicks and his squad search the second level of the colony, finding signs of struggle but no survivors.
Corporal HicksRipley and Burke watch the monitor as the squad searches the colony.
Ellen Ripley, Carter BurkeHicks finds evidence of the alien presence.
Corporal HicksApone's team searches the lower level and finds signs of a violent struggle.
PFC Hudson, PFC Vasquez, Master Sergeant AponeRipley identifies acid damage on the monitor.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Corporal HicksHudson discovers the extent of the acid damage.
Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC Vasquez, Master Sergeant Apone, Lieutenant GormanGorman orders the team to move into the operations center.
Lieutenant Gorman, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezThe team arrives at the colony and enters the complex.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, Bishop, Corporal Hicks, PFC HudsonRipley, left alone in the APC, decides to follow the team.
Ellen RipleyRipley exits the APC and is startled by Wierzbowski.
Ellen RipleyThe team moves through the colony.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, Corporal HicksThe team discovers a barricaded wing.
Ellen RipleyThe team finds stasis tubes containing facehuggers.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Corporal HicksHicks detects movement.
Corporal Hicks, Master Sergeant Apone, Lieutenant GormanThe team finds Newt hiding in the kitchen.
Ellen Ripley, Newt, Corporal Hicks, PFC VasquezGorman tries to question Newt, but Ripley intervenes.
Ellen Ripley, Newt, Lieutenant GormanHudson finds the location of the colonists.
PFC Hudson, Lieutenant GormanNewt reveals her name to Ripley.
Ellen Ripley, NewtThe team prepares to move to the processing station.
Lieutenant Gorman, PFC Hudson, Master Sergeant AponeThe APC travels to the atmosphere station.
Ellen Ripley, NewtRipley warns Gorman about the cooling system.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant GormanThe team enters the alien structure.
Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC Vasquez, Master Sergeant AponeThe team finds the colonists cocooned.
Lieutenant Gorman, PFC Hudson, Master Sergeant AponeThe team discovers the cocooned colonists; Dietrich examines a woman who begs for death before a creature bursts from her chest.
Ellen Ripley, Lieutenant Gorman, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC Vasquez, Master Sergeant AponeRipley watches the monitors as the situation in the cocoon chamber deteriorates.
Ellen Ripley, Lieutenant GormanAliens emerge from the walls and attack the squad.
Lieutenant Gorman, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC Vasquez, Master Sergeant AponeRipley puts Newt to bed in the operating room and they discuss their fears and personal losses.
Ellen Ripley, NewtRipley discusses the alien life cycle with Bishop and confronts Burke about his actions.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, BishopRipley runs toward operations as an alarm sounds.
Ellen RipleyThe team monitors the sentry guns firing on aliens.
Ellen Ripley, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezThe sentry guns overheat and run out of ammo.
The team realizes the station will explode and Bishop volunteers to pilot the drop-ship.
Ellen Ripley, Bishop, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezBishop leaves through a conduit to the up-link tower.
Ellen Ripley, Bishop, Corporal Hicks, PFC VasquezBishop crawls through the narrow conduit.
BishopRipley prepares for the alien attack.
Ellen Ripley, Corporal HicksThe aliens retreat after the sentry guns fire.
Ellen Ripley, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezBishop encounters an alien in the conduit.
BishopHicks teaches Ripley how to use a pulse-rifle.
Ellen Ripley, Corporal HicksRipley encounters Gorman and Burke.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, PFC VasquezRipley finds Newt and they hide under the bed.
Ellen Ripley, NewtBishop patches into the tower.
BishopThe drop-ship prepares for launch.
Ripley discovers the face-huggers are loose.
Ellen Ripley, NewtBurke turns off the monitor to ignore Ripley's plea for help.
Carter Burke, Corporal HicksRipley and Newt prepare to defend themselves.
Ellen Ripley, NewtRipley and Newt hide in the operating room; Ripley triggers the fire alarm to signal for help.
Ellen Ripley, NewtHicks hears the alarm and calls for the team to meet in medical.
Corporal HicksRipley and Newt are attacked by facehuggers; Hicks and Hudson arrive to save them.
Ellen Ripley, Newt, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, Lieutenant GormanThe group confronts Burke about his betrayal.
Ellen Ripley, Carter Burke, Lieutenant Gorman, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezThe team scans for movement and realizes the aliens are inside the perimeter.
Ellen Ripley, PFC Hudson, PFC VasquezThe team realizes the aliens are in the ceiling.
Ellen Ripley, Corporal Hicks, PFC Hudson, PFC Vasquez, Lieutenant Gorman, NewtRipley and Newt are separated from the others by Burke.
Ellen Ripley, Newt, Carter BurkeBurke is killed by an alien.
Carter BurkeThe group escapes through the air ducts.
Ellen Ripley, Newt, Corporal Hicks, Lieutenant Gorman, PFC VasquezNewt is captured by an alien.
Ellen Ripley, Newt, Corporal HicksLook, I can see where this is going. But I'm telling you those things exist. Back on that planetoid is an alien ship and on that ship are thousands of eggs. Thousands. Do you understand? I suggest you find it, using the flight recorder's data. Find it and deal with it -- before one of your survey teams comes back with a little surprise...
Well, the queen is always physically larger then the others. A termite queen's abdomen is so bloated with eggs that it can't move at all. It is fed and tended by drone workers, defended by the warriors. She is the center of their lives, quite literally the mother of their society.
Nice room. I'm Burke. Carter Burke. I work for the company, but other than that I'm an okay guy. Glad to see you're feeling better. I'm told the weakness and disorientation should pass soon. Side effects of the unusually long hypersleep, or something like that.
Ripley, I was just thinking... Maybe I could do you a favor and fill in for her. Just for a while. You can try it and if you don't like it, it's okay. I'll understand. No big deal. Whattya think?
I want you two walking the perimeter. I know we're all in strung out shape but stay frosty and alert. We've got to stop any entries before they get out of hand.
But they will know about it, Burke. From me. Just like they'll know how you were responsible for the deaths of one hundred and fifty-seven colonists here --
If you go. It's a second chance, kiddo. And it'll be the best thing in the world for you to face this fear and beat it. You gotta get back on the horse...
If you go. It's a second chance, kiddo. And it'll be the best thing in the world for you to face this fear and beat it. You gotta get back on the horse...
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