This show manages to keep me on the edge of my seat even when there's nothing happening. And when there IS something going on, most of the time I don't really understand it. But somehow, that's not a bad thing. I've found that the best way to approach Legion is to not try to make sense of it because there rarely is any. I just sit back, relax and watch the insanse spectacle unfold with wide-eyed wonder. It's fun. When I was a kid, I used to have one of those toy kaleidoscopes and I would spend hours staring at all the colorful shapes. For some reason that's what watching this show feels like to me. Memories inside memories, monsters, no-places, the whole Cary/Kerry thing, jumping between genres faster than you can say "schizophrenia", that creepy-ass Angry Boy, King the dog not being real (saddest thing to happen on this show to date tbh), Syd's narration that was either absolutely nonsensical or way too deep for me to understand, the lighthouse that looked like it was made of candy, the dude with the milky eye... It's fucked up and confusing, and wonderfully mad. And I can't get enough of it.
I need an adult now.
Or at least some secondary literature for understanding what the hell is going on.
[7.5/10] It is so damn hard to rate this show 'cause I can't tell if it's either really good or simply pretentious :joy: I didn't want to write a comment until the end of the season, but I just wanted to say that at this halfway point.
Legion has been playing with the boundaries between illusion and reality, but until this episode it's been maintained under the pretext of it being "memories". This episode plays out that boundaries again (and in a nice believable twist with King the dog being figment of his imagination and Lenny that is actually a man called Benny), but not only that, it also extends the boundaries further with pivotal scenes in reality (such as dr. Poole actually being The Eye).
As with time travel, however, the illusion/reality bend is a plot device difficult to master: with the right pull it could be a clever play of foreshadowed subtleties, but plays it too much and you lost all the novelties. We've seen this ruined initially great shows such as Heroes and the anime Bleach, but we can see how it is employed wonderfully in shows such as Awake. Legion has just started on treading this plot device and I hope to see this plays out more cleverly in the next episodes.
In other notes, in line with the illusion/reality bend plot device, the show has been starting to explain how things work in their world, also giving other spotlight to other mutants and their powers, sometimes in not so subtle way (e.g. direct reference to Kerry/Cary age and physical body). The transition between explanation and characters acting like in their world feels rather rough sometimes, but I'm hoping this would be smoother as the story unfolds.
Probably the best episode so far despite being the most intentionally obtuse. If it keeps going like this I'm going to enjoy the ride. Bonus points for the fun Jemaine Clement appearance.
An excellent show. It's a rare show that is this complex yet pulls you right in. Well acted, even better scripted, and better still directed. If you're really confused.....a quick read of the Legion character wikipedia page will give you a general idea what all the imagery is about....even if this is vastly different telling of the Legion story from the comicbooks.
This episode was a bit disappointing. It was hard to follow after watching it a second time most of it makes sense. They definitely trying to over complicate it for no reason. flashbacks that show future parts in the episode and Oliver "the astral projection guy" played too big of a role making things more confusing.
Most people praise the visuals, but I still find them so tacky and irritating, and they just look so cheap :s
I like the intro. The stories about empathy and fear.
How do you find facts when memories become dreams.
all right, let's get stoned again :P
What?
That was terrible. Arty farty nonsense masquerading as entertainment.
Did Timothy Leary consult on this episode? That was a straight up trippy episode.
Shout by zombiebxxkVIP BlockedParent2017-03-02T20:10:09Z
I'm way too stupid for this show.