The voice of Don Draper as the narrator is just brilliant! He would do well as a real ad man or a lecturer.
I can't wait to binge watch this season... I feel like it's better understood as an epic; rather than as individual episodes. The waiting from week to week definitely adds to the chaos and confusion that is David's Mind. However, as a long epic, I think that it would be a more cohesive look inside the way someone who has disassociative identity disorder manifests internal conflict. His internal struggle is greatly amplified by his powers which causes those around him to become the unwilling participants of the shifting selves of David. If you really want to get philosophical, the whole show could be happening in his mind. He might even be all the characters at once. Who knows where David ends and the real world begins. It becomes a rabbit hole of possibilities. Back to simplicity. You could definitely love one part of David and hate his other selves. Which to me is what Syd was saying when she discovers his different faces. She says, "YOU leave me!" Not physically leaves her, but the part that she loves, the caring part that disappears as the Id of David manifest. He's is good and evil and all in between. A spectrum if you will. It would be hard for a "NORMal" person to understand this show in the first place. Maybe wait to binge watch over a long weekend, before giving up on this masterpiece...
Frequently descends into a wash of confusing and cerebral devices. Never bad, but often I found that I got far more enjoyment out of this season when I didn't try to focus so intently on the show. I'd be more likely to give this season a five if it weren't for the visuals and the narration by Jon Hamm, which make the season far more watchable than if they were absent.
Special shout out given to the fact that this show wants to treat its audiences with so much intelligence but is often undermined by the choices in the editing and sound design (which repeat bits and pieces of content that I'd much rather have to remember on my own). It became a much more passive experience to watch than I would have hoped, but oh well.
I will need to take a break on this show before tackling season three. A shame. I already had to take a two month break in the middle of this season.
Season 1 was awesome. One of the best Marvel TV shows of all times. I recommended it to everyone.
Season 2 not so much. End was perfect though.
Review by DanBlockedParent2018-04-05T17:13:13Z
Finally, a Marvel show about the X-Men universe! This is already better than the best seasons of the best ever Marvel shows (S02+ of Agents of SHIELD and Daredevil)... and certainly much better than the Iron Fist or The Defenders!
SEASON 1:
Be warned, the show is extremely confusing - being from the perspective of a mental patient - and has a bit of a slow start, though it picks up significantly in E03, at which point it upgrades to merely "very confusing" until the penultimate episode. Sadly, this resulted in my wife loosing interest before getting to that point, so be sure to stick with it.
I love the chilling glimpses - and brilliant soundtrack accompaniment - of the antagonist: the "monster." They are by far the best representation of this creature/character, ever!
Also, there are subtle hints as to how this show, and its protagonist, tie in to the story of the better-known X-Men.
This takes place in the past, similar to X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: First Class, so it shows some interesting prototypes of well-known technology and even appliances (Espresso, anyone? ;).
I am sad to see there are only 8 episodes, with it ending just as soon as things start to come together and make sense.
When Season 1 ended after finally explaining (a few) things, I thought Season 2 would finally be less confusing...
WRONG!
SEASON 2:
S02 jumps forward an unknown amount of time, we have to peice together what happened in between.
Not only am I not sure what is reality, at times, but even if I'm watching a TV show anymore.
At times it turns into an International Indie Film (complete with Chapter titles, and Interludes), a Nature Channel animal documentary, and even a Hip-Hop Ballet (though a good one!).
Wow!
SEASON 1 RECAP (for SEASON 2):
Here is a recap of the ending of Season 1 to help get you started, to make things (slightly) less confusing:
https://screenrant.com/legion-season-1-finale-mid-credits-sequence-explained/