I thought it was a great season finale and I'm looking forward to see how they handle next season. I thought the opening fight was really well done and looked fantastic. The song choice was perfect. David turning into the villian is something I never really thought that possible until these last few episodes. It makes me want to go back and rewatch this season to see if I can pick up the hints.
Overall the season I thought was good but not as great as season one. This is definitely a visual experience every time I watch and nothing else on TV looks like this. The plot felt like dragged a little too long and spun its wheels in the middle of the season. 11 episodes is probably too many but if they went back to 8 or had a little more plot I think it could be a great season 3. Also not enough Aubrey Plaza this season.
What exactly happened when the Shadow King, as a spider, bit David during the fight scene, could that have possibly triggered his followed schizophrenia? In my opinion it's that what has caused David to make Syd forget ("I know what I have to do"). Also it kinda felt like the whole thing with the Shadow King still having a grasp at Division 3 and the other guys acting against David, they caused a paradox which made David actually finally turn, but only against them, not the world as they said, or at least not yet.
The fight in the beginning between Farouk and David was epic!!
Why is everyone calling David the villain, buying into the narrative likely influenced by the shadow king? We know he can control other people's minds, we know of the "normal is what the masses think" idea pushed by the show. So it may very well be that they got David wrong. We never actually got to see David drug Syd or do anything bad. When he attacked people, they were bad people. Even if he did make Syd forget, which we don't know for sure, how is it worse than the shadow king having used Melanie to essentially brainwash Syd to form the view she would presumably forget?
The opening fight was definitely something to see.
The same time the writing is brilliant. Because the irony is: had no one tried to stop David, he would never become the future David they're trying to prevent. In the very end all the circumstances that occurred that made David into the villain (and the reasons everyone turned on him) were a result of manipulation by Faruk. He planted seeds of delusion throughout the season. I remember he said something along the lines of "It's the beauty of the execution of the plan that makes it worthwhile"
Is David a monster? Yes. But all of it were results of Faruk. The amazing thing about this season's writing is NO full absolute Truth. As it said in chapter 11 "In the end, what is the sound of truth? Waves on a beach, the laugh of a child. Or perhaps there are competing truths." David is wrong, and so is his team for going into a moral panic and trying to burn David at the steak and so willingly take Faruk's word as gospel and not even attempting to fix anything. They're dealing in absolutes, which the future is not.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
At face value I was mad but this is just NEXT level writing and forethought
Ok this show is just getting weirder every episode. I'm kind of getting lost in what is going on and who is good or bad. The first season was great, but not sure on season 2. Not sure I will continue with the show. If so, it would be the first TV show I'll ever pull. I really tried hard to get into it, and I stuck out the last half of season 2 despite my feelings. Anyone else share this view?
David mentions mass hysteria and that's exactly what it was. They even had a segment on mass hysterias early in the season.
I'm with David to end of line. They're all traitors - hated all of them! T R A I T O R S! David should kill them all. I want to see Syd dead!
Meh. This show used to be good. Now it just tries (so hard) to be cool.
Also, Syd from the future asking David to help Farouk because Farouk would be the only hope in stopping David from destroying the world makes no sense. If David destroyed the world in future Syd's timeline, there would be no future Syd left to reach out to David in the past (the world was destroyed, everyone would be dead). Being bonkers just for the sake of being bonkers isn't entertaining (nor cool).
Perhaps the first season was better, but this season finale is absolutely great. And the first minutes... wow!
#TeamDavid
Very nice music and cinematic, good director. However, there is a huge turn around at the end, which is really cool. I still think the first season had a weirder level of awkwardness than the second season XD That is why I like the first season more. Waiting for season three XDD
So you have a boyfriend with a history of being mentally unstable. Suddenly you decided you don't really like him anymore, what is the best thing you could possibly do? Push him over the edge, obviously.
You can see the delusion is not gone because instead of kill all enemies he just escapes. LOL.
STUPIDITY!
I can't wait to binge watch this season... I feel like it's better understood as an epic; rather than as individual episodes. The waiting from week to week definitely adds to the chaos and confusion that is David's Mind. However, as a long epic, I think that it would be a more cohesive look inside the way someone who has disassociative identity disorder manifests internal conflict. His internal struggle is greatly amplified by his powers which causes those around him to become the unwilling participants of the shifting selves of David. If you really want to get philosophical, the whole show could be happening in his mind. He might even be all the characters at once. Who knows where David ends and the real world begins. It becomes a rabbit hole of possibilities. Back to simplicity. You could definitely love one part of David and hate his other selves. Which to me is what Syd was saying when she discovers his different faces. She says, "YOU leave me!" Not physically leaves her, but the part that she loves, the caring part that disappears as the Id of David manifest. He's is good and evil and all in between. A spectrum if you will. It would be hard for a "NORMal" person to understand this show in the first place. Maybe wait to binge watch over a long weekend, before giving up on this masterpiece...
YES, YES, YES! Please let David be villain, this is amazing turn. I love when shows do bold stuff like this.
There couldnt be a way to show a schizophrenic world of a human and they did it succesfully. The beginning was great, the ending as well. Congrats to all who made this show came into reality and hope it will continue ar least a season more.
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They've been hinting at it all season, but making David literally the villain, with heavy themes like sexual abuse involved is a tough and ridiculously bold move, and I'm not sure whether audiences will go with it. It'll be interesting to see how they deal with it in the next season.
Season 2 hasn't for me been on the same level as the spectacular S1, but Legion is still one of the most inventive, interesting and engaging shows currently on TV.