Plot:
Legion, based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill
Sienkiewicz, is the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens), a troubled
young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic as a
child, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. Now
in his early 20's and free once again, David loses himself in the
rhythm of the structured regimen of daily life: breakfast, lunch,
dinner, therapy, medications, sleep. David spends the rest of his time
in companionable silence alongside his chatterbox friend Lenny (Aubrey
Plaza), a fellow patient whose life-long drug and alcohol addiction has
done nothing to quell her boundless optimism that her luck is about to
change. The pleasant numbness of David's routine is completely upended
with the arrival of a beautiful and troubled new patient named Syd
(Rachel Keller). Inexplicably drawn to one another, David and Syd share a
startling encounter, after which David must confront the shocking
possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees may
actually be real.
Review:
The Series is exceptionally created featuring marvel comics as a base. It's fresh, fun and so on the edge of "what the heck is going on?" yet
I don't get completely lost, a feat not easy to pull off in film i'm
sure. It's a simply must watch. Legion is not your
atypical superhero show. It's a psychological show that explores the
mind of a mutant who has the power to singlehandedly control and
rewrite reality. Legion is another great addition to FX's ever-growing
library. The writing and story development is intelligent and
sophisticated. Its highly recommend especially to adult comic book fans and
those among you who don't demand everything be explained within the
first episode.
