LEIGON
LEIGON
Released : 08 FEB 2017
David Haller (Dan Stevens) has a shaky grip on reality. When he is hospitalised, after a suicide attempt and a diagnosis of schizophrenia, a chance meeting with another patient, Sydney Barret (Rachel Keller), causes him to question if he is indeed mentally ill. In fact, David is a mutant – a mutant of immense power.
The first series tracks David’s journey towards harnessing his own abilities and defeating his personal demons, with the assistance of Melanie Bird’s team at Summerland. David faces threats including Division III (a covert branch of the US military) and a parasitic mutant named Shadow King (a nemesis of Professor X in the X-Men comic books). The Shadow King is deeply intertwined with David’s past. Legion not only presents viewers with an unreliable narrator, but with a central character who can alter reality, create alternate universes and reconstruct memory. We are invited to reconsider what is real and what is a fictional vision at every juncture, with much of the season unravelling within David’s mindscapes.
In the second and third seasons we learn more about David’s remarkable origins, the methods of revenge inflicted on him by the Shadow King, and the characters are tasked with changing the past in order to alter the present. As the series unravel, David becomes a cult-leader and we begin to reappraise his superhero versus supervillain status; what is real and who can be trusted?
This critically acclaimed, sci-fi psychological thriller series is comprised of 27 episodes over three seasons. The show was produced by FX Productions in association with Marvel Television, and sits within the X-Men universe. It was created by Noah Hawley who also served as showrunner. Legion received positive reviews for its ambitious and inventive approach to the comic-book genre.
EPISODES
S01 E08 · Chapter 8
29 Mar 2017
David’s interrogator from Division 3 leads soldiers to Summerland with a camera in his eye. With Farouk gaining strength, Cary and Oliver try to extract him from David.
S01 E07 · Chapter 7
22 Mar 2017
On the astral plane, Oliver explains to Cary that he has been watching David and believes that he knows the identity of the parasite. The others try to get a device to David that will allow him to temporarily trap it.
S01 E06 · Chapter 6
15 Mar 2017
In the shared hallucination, Lenny discusses personal issues with each of the team. Though most of the group are unaware of the true nature of their surroundings, Syd notices that their new reality is different from some of her memories.
S01 E05 · Chapter 5
8 Mar 2017
David demonstrates the mastery of his powers by creating a room for himself and Syd where her physical powers cannot interfere. Later, he goes on a mission to rescue Amy, and the others deduce that something is living in David’s mind.
S01 E04 · Chapter 4
1 Mar 2017
David does not wake up from the sedative, and the group are not sure which of his memories they can trust. Melanie sends Syd and Ptonomy to learn more about David’s past, which brings them to a meeting in a lighthouse.
S01 E03 · Chapter 3
22 Feb 2017
David continues memory work with Ptonomy and Melanie, exploring his previous drug use. However, David still lacks control of his powers so Melanie sedates him in hope of exploring his mind safely.
S01 E02 · Chapter 2
15 Feb 2017
At Summerland, David begins working on his memory with Ptonomy, who remembers everything and can enter other people’s memories. Later, Melanie wants to put David in an MRI to study how his brain works.
S01 E01 · Chapter 1
8 Feb 2017
After strange events at a psychiatric hospital, David Haller is interrogated by government officials who believe he may be the most powerful mutant ever discovered.
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