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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This week’s episode of FX’s Legion, “Chapter 14,” will introduce viewers to a series of alternate universe David Hallers (Dan Stevens). We’ve already broken down a bunch of them here; and in advance of tonight’s episode, we’ve got a closer look at three of them. Call it Davids of Future Past, if you will. We […]
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In case you went to sleep early Saturday night and then slept through all of Sunday, you might have missed the Hiro Murai directed video for Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.” In the video Gambino (the alias of actor Donald Glover), dances and smiles his way through the song while chaos reigns in the background. […]
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If you’ve watched even an episode of FX’s Legion, you’ve probably been wondering, what year is Legion set in? The answer gets even trickier when you start discussing the weird, fluid continuity of the comics and movies Legion is based on. So let’s break it down, shall we? When is Legion set? This is one […]
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Are you still experiencing trauma from watching FX’s Legion “Chapter 13“? Us too — and it looks like we’re not the only ones, as David Haller (Dan Stevens) is spending time showing off a nearly infinite number of himself in the promo for “Chapter 14.” You might even say he’s displaying a… Wait for it… […]
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Lenny returns, and a horrible secret is revealed as our Legion podcast recaps “Chapter 13”
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When Legion jumped forward a year at the beginning of Season 2, there were a number of changes. The mutants from Summerland were now working with the former mutant hunters at Division 3. David Haller (Dan Stevens) has been working with his enemy The Shadow King. And David’s sister Amy Haller (Katie Aselton) was nowhere […]
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Legion, the acclaimed drama series from creator and executive producer Noah Hawley, has added an 11th mind-bending episode to the originally planned 10-episode second season. The second season finale will now air Tuesday, June 12 at 10 pm e/p on FX. In tonight’s all-new episode of Legion, “Chapter 13” (May 1, 10:00pm – 11:05pm e/p), we reach the mid-point of the season, and […]
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FX’s Legion is all about connections. Whether it’s the way your synapses fire to create memories and dreams, or the connection between two people, or even how our delusions bind us together. But did you know that Oliver Bird (Jemaine Clement) and Admiral Fukuyama met in 2006… On a different TV show? Okay, maybe not […]
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Most of Legion “Chapter 12” focused on the relationship between Syd (Rachel Keller) and David (Dan Stevens) — including an important painting by artist Egon Schiele and guest star Lily Rabe as Syd’s mother. It also featured a bunch of great music, including a cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House.” Oh, and Lenny […]
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The latest episode of FX’s Legion, “Chapter 12,” featured an incredible cover of “Burning Down The House,” a special guest star with Lily Rabe — and a recurring tableau. As we moved in pieces through the life of Syd Barrett (Rachel Keller), we returned time and again to a museum featuring an exhibit of works […]
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