10 Stupid Decisions Made By Characters In The Alien Franchise
9. Oram Sticks His Head Near An Alien Egg - Alien: Covenant
As other crew members of the Covenant are being killed or hunted down by the aliens, David reveals to Captain Oram that the aliens are a result of him releasing a pathogen on the original inhabitants of the planet and experimenting with it to produce new lifeforms. He then lures Oram into being attacked by a facehugger, where a new form of alien, the Protomorph, later erupts from Oram's chest, killing him.
Putting aside the insane revelation that David created the aliens, the stupid way in which Oram acted in this situation cannot be overlooked. Oram should have been able to use this information to come to the conclusion that David’s experiments are the reason why his wife and friends are dead and earned a more urgent response from him.
He also allows himself to be manipulated by David into inspecting the alien egg, allowing himself to be a part in another one of David’s experiments. It is as if any kind of survival instincts within Oram did not tell him that it might not be a good idea to cooperate with the person who just admitted he is experimenting with an unknown alien pathogen.