Legion (FX Series) (1,010 views)

Yeah, the pacing has been all over the place

It's not just you. In today's world of visually boring and monochromatic tv shows, I say pander to me. Give me gonzo pseudo cute intellectual style, when storytelling isn't coming off strong.

Last ep I've watched was other lives of David... felt like a drag watching it.  But as far as I can tell, I think David's s2 theme is violence is not the answer, since King called him on it. 

You should tell your mom Legion was made by the people behind Fargo and the Hannibal people made American Gods.

+ Id say Hannibal does a better job of defining its characters and giving them depth imo.
Ive caught myself daydreaming about future Legion seasons and after Wanda I want Age of Apocalypse and Decimation to be adaptated. Never going to happenn but.

Who do I see about getting back the time I wasted watching this season?

I'm on episode 9 and like smartphone culture tying into Plato's cave/nature of reality question. Just wonderful. 

I know I'm super late to this party, but I didn't watch the second season until now and I need to vent.

All in all I thought it was pretty exciting and there were some good moments, but it wasn't nearly as good as Season 1. The big creepy mystery about what was wrong with David was a core part of the story in Season 1, and I feel like it wasn't adequately replaced in Season 2. The fact that David was the secret villain that destroys the future was super easy to figure out from the first time Future Syd mentioned it, and the Shadow King being the primary villain of Season 2 as well didn't feel as great as it did last season, even if the new actor did a pretty good job of it.

I really didn't like the Lenny subplot, and it was obvious that it was just written in because Aubrey Plaza was a break-out star last season. The character of Lenny isn't all that interesting, and setting her up as a love interest for Evil David feels really blech. Her being stuck in Amy's body is interesting in a morbid kind of way, but it really isn't worth much. I'd have preferred if she just continued being how the Shadow King chose to manifest himself rather than having her be a completely separate individual.

Ptonomy dying felt really off-handed and like a waste of the character. It came out of left field and wasn't really dealt with, which is a shame because I really liked him. I guess the door was left open for him to return next season in some capacity as part of the machine, but it was still not a great way to handle the character.

I'm happy that they decided to go with David actually being insane on top of the Shadow King being in his head, and having MPSD, but I feel like the other characters turning against him in the end really came out of left field. I feel like the secrets he kept from them made sense and the whole "deep down he secretly enjoys hurting people" didn't feel enough to warrant that reaction. Conversely, while I feel like David manipulating Syd's mind and then having sex with her was a good way to show him crossing the moral event horizon, I feel like it wasn't built up sufficiently. One scene of him confessing that torturing Oliver when he thought he was the Shadow King felt good didn't feel like enough for him to turn. What really made no sense was Divison 3 giving the Shadow King free reign of the facilities for the trial of David. Like, whatever David is, the Shadow King is clearly, way, way more dangerous right now.

All in all, it wasn't bad, but it definitely lacked the excitement and wonder of the first season. I guess you could say that that's only because the show was new then, but the problem isn't really that the show is repeating itself, just that the story this time around wasn't nearly as solid.