Legion 2017
Created by Noah Hawley
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
- 50 min episodes
- 3 seasons
- 27 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
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David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
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- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
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- misubisuon TMDB · Oct 20258/10
## A Psychedelic Masterpiece: Why Legion Redefined the Superhero Genre Before *Legion*, the landscape of superhero television was largely predictable. We knew the heroes, their origins, and the beats of their stories. Then, along came this audacious, mind-bending series from Noah Hawley (*Fargo*) that took the X-Men mythology, threw it in a kaleidoscope, and dared to ask: What if a superhero show wasn't about saving the world, but about saving a mind? *Legion* is not a show you simply watch; it's a show you experience. From its very first frame, it establishes itself as an outlier, a work of art that is as much about style and sensory overload as it is about narrative. ### The Plot: An Unreliable Narrative The series follows David Haller (a mesmerizing Dan Stevens), a man diagnosed with schizophrenia who has been in and out of psychiatric institutions for most of his life. The central question the first season masterfully explores is: Is David truly mentally ill, or are the voices in his head and the powers he manifests the signs of the world's most powerful mutant? This ambiguity is the show's greatest strength. We are trapped in David's perspective, and like him, we cannot trust
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Cast
- Dan StevensDavid Haller / Legion
- Rachel KellerSydney ‘Syd’ Barrett
- Aubrey PlazaLenny Busker
- Jeremie HarrisPtonomy Wallace
- Amber MidthunderKerry Loudermilk
- Bill IrwinCary Loudermilk
- Hamish LinklaterClark Debussy
- Lauren TsaiJia-Yi / Switch
- Navid NegahbanAmahl Farouk / Shadow King
Crew
- Noah HawleyCreator
- Craig YahataProducer
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Seasons
- Season 18 eps · 2017
- Season 211 eps · 2018
- Season 38 eps · 2019
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