'Legion' Ends Its Three-Season-Long Strange Trip
FX's surreal, gorgeous, not-quite-a-superhero-show concluded with neither a bang nor a whimper, but instead with time travel, Pink Floyd, forgiveness and an outpouring of empathy.
by Glen Weldon
Aug 13, 2019
3 minutes
Warning: This piece discusses events in the series finale of Legion.
When it began, three seasons ago, Legion was a show about a man who possessed the power of telepathy.
By the time it ended last night, Legion had become a show about the power of empathy.
The three-season journey that took not-quite-a-superhero David Haller (Dan Stevens) from reading others' thoughts to feeling others' emotions was one that proved wildly discursive, often frustrating, frequently funny and never less
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