Legion
Season Two 10/10
I
finished watching season two of the FX series Legion the other day
and have been trying to figure out how to even write a review. After
watching the first season a couple years back and absolutely loving
it for whatever reason I dragged my ass watching the second season.
Yes, I know there is a third and last season and I will drag my ass
to watch it because I am bummed a great show is ending. Hmm. Maybe
I'm not. Shows go too long these days and three seasons seem to be
the magic number. The last season focused on getting to know the
characters and David Haller defeating the Shadow King. This season
continues that but far more in depth as well as figuring out if David
is actually the hero of this story. There is a race going on to find
the real body of the Shadow King fka Amahl Farouk. Our group is now
located at Division 3 and it is being run by Admiral Fukyama who sits
in a strange ass room with a basket on his head surrounded by three
android lady folk that have mustaches. Everything is freaky!
This
is where I start to remember how impossible it is to review this show
in a linear fashion and just start talking about what I loved about
it. David is fucking nuts and I love it. The more it seemed like he
was being heroic the more I thought to myself “Legion is nuts.
That's his thing. This will not have a happy ending.” There is one
scene from the future that shows him in full Legion mode with the
high hair and everything. There are people that think he is good and
wants to save the world and others that treat him like a weapon that
can go off at any minute.
This
show has astral plane fights! In all of the X Men films with psychics
and whatever random bullshit mutants they threw in they have never
shown an astral plane fight. This show does it a few times and it is
different and awesome each time. This gives the show a chance to do
whatever weird shit they want to do within the confines of their
minds. The weird stuff is not just saved for there. On one episode
there is a drain with a plug laying next to it. Why? Who cares?! It
looks crazy. There is a narrator in most episodes that explains a
concept that relates to not just the show but reality as well. One I
liked was “Human beings are the only animal that forms ideas about
their world. We perceive it not through our bodies but through our
minds. We must agree on what is real. Because of this, we are the
only animal on Earth that goes mad.”
They
made the Shadow King one of the best Marvel villains. What am I even
talking about? He is the best. They managed to take this character
that no one ever talks about who is the one of the first Charles
Xavier ever faced and used him in such an effective manner. The actor
that plays him is one of the most charismatic people I have ever
seen. Dude could trick me into walking into traffic. He got me to
think he was the bad guy to thinking he was the good guy that did bad
things. The worse David behaved the less evil Shadow King seemed by
comparison.
The
look of this show is incredible. Before I forget, the music is
amazing and I have a page bookmarked so I can download everything I
have heard on it. But back to the look. For sure this show has the
best wardrobe. The. Best. Every suit, every dress, every pair of
pants looks perfect for whoever is wearing it. The way the scenes
look are so damned original. I said “What?” so many times while
looking at rooms and how they were designed.
Yes,
they have a dance sequence this season! It takes place in the astral
plane and is a fight between David, Lenny, and Oliver. David is
looking for the monk who is the key to so much information and where
Farouk's body is hidden and a damn dance happens. This show can do
this and get away with it without it seeming forced or silly. Nothing
seems silly on here but if you put it anywhere else it would not fit.
This show is in its own world and everyone involved with it deserves
so much praise and recognition. I hate that people aren't talking
about how great this show is. It may be because of the network it is
on or because it is so damned different that people aren't giving it
a chance. I know I didn't when it first came out because I thought
the idea of Legion having his own show was stupid. I was extremely
wrong.
I
still love the women on this show. Lenny because I straight up have a
huge crush on the actress playing her and love looking at her face.
Her character goes through so damned much in this season from being
trapped in Shadow King's world to being freed at the cost of someone
else to being captured to being teleported with a rifle in a lunch
box. Its a lot. Sydney of course is such my jam it isn't even funny.
I loved how she was jealous of the future version of herself and
wanted David to be such a good guy until she realized that he is
actually a monster. I did not see that coming. This season ran her
ass through the ringer. They showed her past including her actual
birth to handling her powers as a child and how it affected her. How
she used it to do some terrible shit growing up and how it shaped who
she is now. And Kerry needs her own show where she and Cary just walk
around while he explains things to her. She spends way more time
outside of him this season and even has to poop for the first time.
She ages the longer she is out of him which is why she is in her
twenties. She loves to fight and gets plenty of chances this time
around. I love all these women and they could not be any different
form one another.
If you
have ever been on the fence about checking this show out I seriously
suggest you check it out. There is no other show I can compare it to.
This is one of those shows you can not watch while doing other
things. I will miss something visually or not hear something that
will make sense in a later episode. Each episode is a strange
experience that needs to be absorbed. I also realized that this is
not a show you binge. I watched three episodes in one day and felt
weird as hell for the rest of the night. Two episodes tops is enough.
Dan
Stevens as David Haller
Rachel
Keller as Sydney “Syd” Barrett
Aubrey
Plaza as Lenny Busker
Bill
Irwin as Cary Loudermilk
Navid
Negahban as Amahl Farouk/Shadow King
Jemaine
Clement as Oliver Bird
Jeremie
Harris as Ptonomy Wallace
Amber
Midthunder as Kerry Loudermilk
Hamish
Linklater as Clark Debussy
Jean
Smart as Melanie Bird
Marc
Oka as Admiral Fukyama
Jon
Hamm as the Narrator
Nathan
Hurd as the Monk
Katie
Aselton as Amy Halle
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