Yes, Noah Hawley is the guiding hand behind everything Legion. Add in Nathaniel Halpern, who co-wrote a number of Season 2’s episode. But for “Chapter 11,” which aired last night (April 17), you can heap a ton of thanks on rising director Sarah Adina Smith. You might not know her name, and that’s fine — […]
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One of the basic questions of FX and Marvel’s Legion is: what is real? Most of it, of course, is a fictional TV show based on the X-Men comics. But in Season 2, the fuzzy line between reality and fiction has gotten even fuzzier, thanks to Jon Hamm’s narration sections that sometimes bookend, and sometimes […]
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Enter the maze, as we recap Legion “Chapter 11”
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Tonight finally sees the return of FX’s Legion to our televisions, after a long terrible week where it wasn’t broadcasting. And even if we won’t see Syd (Rachel Keller) dancing on this week’s episode, titled “Chapter 11,” there’s a lot we can still look forward to. That said, Legion is one of the most intricately […]
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FX’s Legion has been throwing out new information in its second season left and right. Yes, the show is usually a wealth of bizarre images and music, but from a plot perspective, even hardcore comic book fans might be a little lost lately. Who or what is The Miser Sunday? Did they just mention the […]
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FX’s Legion might be about to hit “Chapter 11,” but this new promo proves the show is anything but creatively bankrupt. [pause for sustained applause] Anyway, a look at next week’s episode shows a number of tantalizing details for what’s to come, most of which may be real or imagined (because that’s what the show […]
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