Legion, based on the Marvel character created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, dives into the action as David Haller (played by Dan Stevens) decides to take things back to the beginning where everything started.

The end of last episode was full of twists and turns and ended with Lenny capturing everyone in a twisted world that looks like the facility from the beginning of the season. This isn’t a start over, instead everyone is now under the power of Lenny who is the ruler of this world acting as the psychiatrist of the facility keeping her subjects docile and confused.

But as expected not everyone is completely bought into the make believe world and resists to some extent and it’s not who I thought.

While I thought it’d be David who would push back against Lenny, instead it’s Syd who stands up slowly putting together clues and anomalies that hints the world isn’t as it seems. And once again the show uses those visuals to entertain as much as the acting and plotting. This is a show you need to pay attention to so you can catch what’s going on visually.

And while those visuals are important in this episode for Syd’s journey, what’s really interesting is seeing the various characters in this new setting. Everyone is a captive and how they act within this new constructed world is entertaining and telling as to who they are as characters. Syd, Cary, Ptonomy, Kerry, Melanie, and The Eye are all present and while most are straightforward, one is not. The Eye is his usual creepiness, especially in a confrontation with Syd. He mostly stands around and you never get a good sense as to what’s going on with him.

But, what I think is the biggest thing of the episode is the reveal at the end. For some time I’ve been debating (with others and myself) if David is schizophrenic or as the show has stated this is all his power or even another mutant! We get what I think is the answer here in the final moments of the show which gives us some revelations that not only makes what’s going on clearer but what’s stated seems to make the show more tied into the “X” world it’s based on.

SPOILERS AND THEORIES!!! (Highlight to reveal the spoilers)

Lenny says she knows who David’s real father is and when she reveals herself to also be the man with the yellow eyes, who I’m guessing is the Shadow King. She says David was sent away to protect him from Lenny/yellow eyes. Since it’s clear Lenny/yellow eyes has control over the psychic plane I think it’s the best hint that Professor X is indeed David’s father in this television adaptation.

End Spoiler!!!

Ok, so if you read the theory/spoiler above you can understand my excitement and why I’m even more pumped for this series. It’s a fantastic twist that answers questions and has the series taking more from the comic world it’s based on.

Legion continues to get better and better with each episode and with each layer added and new reveal we’re forced to go back and think through what we’ve witnessed. An absolutely fantastic series that begs for multiple viewings.

Overall Rating: 9.85