This clips occurs slightly after the halfway point of the film, at around the 80 minute mark. Ripley discovers that Ash has tried to bring the Alien back, which is a significant turning point for the film but also shows the character as smart and resourceful. However, this is also juxtaposed by the fact that she is choked by Ash and saved by the male character of Parker. This is supported by the films social context because despite the growth of second wave feminism; there was still the common perception of women as meek and needing to be saved by men. This also ties into the common misconception around early examples of the ‘final girl’ before the 1980’s being a survivor opposed to a stand-alone final girl character typically because they are saved by male characters.

For example, Laurie Strode from Halloween (1978, John Carpenter) is often referred to as the first strong example of a final girl. However, many theorists actually debate this, because she is saved from Michael by Sam Loomis. Even Clover herself to coined them term, argues about the difficulty of distinguishing between a final girl and a female survivor character.