FX’s Legion is the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens), a man who may be the most powerful mutant alive. He’s also possibly schizophrenic. Along with a team of fellow mutants, he learned he was possessed by Amahl Farouk (Navid Negahban) a parasitic mutant with dreams of world domination.
In Season 1, David and his friends were able to separate Farouk from his body… But they lost David’s best friend Lenny (Aubrey Plaza) and another powerful mutant, Oliver Bird (Jemaine Clement) in the process.
In Season 2, Farouk is back and looking for his body. If he finds it, he’ll be able to take over the world. So why is David helping him?
The show also stars Rachel Keller as David’s true love Sydney “Syd” Barrett; Bill Irwin and Amber Midthunder as Cary and Kerry, two mutants who share the same body; Jeremie Harris as Ptonomy Wallace, a man with the power to enter other people’s memories; Jean Smart as Melanie Bird, Oliver’s long suffering wife and the former leader of the team; and Hamish Linklater as Clark Debussy, a former antagonist and now ally of David’s.
Legion is produced by FX and Marvel, based on Marvel’s “X-Men” comics and loosely associated with the X-Men movie universe. The character of David Haller was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, and the show was created by Noah Hawley (Fargo).
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Four simple words, but to fans of both FX’s Legion and the comics the show is based on, they were big ones: “Legion the World Killer.” Spoken by Melanie Bird (Jean Smart) in “Chapter 18,” they’re game changers in terms of the show. And tied to a tantalizing image from the open of the episode, […]
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FX’s Legion often seems like a snake eating its own tale. Rather than introducing new characters, it wraps back into its own continuity, pulling back obscure characters from episodes earlier. Except for on this week’s “Chapter 14,” when we were introduced to David Haller’s (Dan Stevens) boss Laura Mercer, played by Molly Hagan. ***Spoilers for […]
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As usual, Legion‘s “Chapter 14” was full of mind-bending visuals, and weird sci-fi explorations straight from the comics. It also had some enormous musical moments, though, including an incredible cover of R.E.M.’s “Superman” by showrunner Noah Hawley and Jeff Russo. Oh, and also a singing mouse covering Bryan Ferry’s “Slave to Love,” which is something […]
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