The Shadow King seems to enter Syd, who then touches Kerry. It’s here that things begin to get messy. ![]() I’ve said multiple times that Syd may prove to be the real protagonist and hero of the series and she certainly backs that statement up by springing into action and kissing David, causing their consciousness to swap. Out in the real world, David begins convulsing, and Syd knows that she must act if David is to survive. “What am I without you?” an almost mournful David asks the grotesque version of Lenny, comparing the parasite to a phantom limb before the Shadow King takes its last stand and starts strangling David. It’s as wonderful as the sequence that began the series and sets the stage for the final face to face with the Shadow King. Finally, we get our true, tripped-out Pink Floyd moment, as “Breathe” drones while David moves backwards through his memories, the Shadow King being erased from each one individually. Still, Oliver and Cary strap David down to begin the process, and instantly David is back in his own subconscious. “You ever try to unmake soup?” the parasite asks, before telling Syd that if David is ever going to be free, it will be because it chose to leave David on its own. Appearing like a nightmare version of Betelgeuse, a decomposing, oozing Lenny warns Syd that David won’t survive the extraction, with each word uttered echoing creepily in a whisper. Because Syd has been inside David and thus exposed directly to the Shadow King, she’s able to interact with the parasite in her and David’s White Room. This episode is all about extracting the Shadow King out of David’s mind, but it won’t be as easy as slipping a device over David’s head, as Syd learns. Humanising Clark by showing him at home, recovering from the wounds suffered at the hands of the people he fears the most felt like the genesis of a real antagonist, and I hope that he and Division 3 take on a more substantial role in the second season.Įven though Clark is introduced into the action of our final hour, his involvement is inconsequential. Hell, this episode is only the first time that we hear the organisation via Clark spout their heavy-handed “mutants threaten the human way of life” rhetoric. We’ve been so focused on the Shadow King that Division 3 has been underrepresented. The parasite in David is a perfect and quite literal example of an internal struggle, but the series also needs an external enemy. We then watch as Clark returns home, rehabilitating to the point where he’s able to return to work, sternly determined to get back in the field and even the score against David and the Summerland gang.Īt this point, Division 3 needed a face to represent its anti-mutant aggression and Clark serves that purpose wonderfully. After suffering severe burns all over the right side of his face and body, we watch Clark as he lies in the hospital, his concerned husband and son sitting worried by his side. Our finale for Legion starts off in an unexpected place, going back to the pilot to follow the interrogator, who we learn is named Clark, after he is brutally maimed during David’s escape from Division 3. ![]() Legion is an unmitigated triumph and inspires hope that there are still original ways to bring superhero stories to the screen. Yet Hawley was able to create a show that is spellbinding, mind-bending, and visually inventive, using the fragile mental state of his main character as inspiration to flirt with influences as diverse as John Carpenter, Stanley Kubrick, and Wes Anderson and an excuse to punch-up the proceedings with a healthy dose of psychedelia. Factor in a superhero entertainment landscape that’s nearly been milked dry of original takes, and the prospect of creating a new X-Men adjacent TV series seems daunting. Just like Fargo, the comic character Legion comes with its own baggage and a fiercely devoted fan base that would be ready to go berserk like Wolverine if not handled with care. After successfully shepherding the adaptation of a beloved film by perhaps the most accomplished and eclectic team of filmmakers from the past thirty years, he decided to tackle a C-list X-Men property.
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