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RSS FeedsLegion's Season 3 Review: A Delightfully Surreal Premiere
(GameSpot PS2)

 
 

25 june 2019 09:26:12

 
Legion's Season 3 Review: A Delightfully Surreal Premiere
(GameSpot PS2)
 


In the crowded annals of superhero television, Legion is in a league of its own. Less cape-and-cowl crusading and more art house thought experiment, the FX original series has just kicked off its third and final season, paving the way for one last unapologetically unhinged romp through the mind of David Haller, a mentally disturbed mutant telepath who will, supposedly, one day destroy the world.From the jump, fans will recognize that a lot has changed in the space between season 2`s finale and this season`s premiere. Episode 1, `Chapter 20,` opens with an entirely new focus: a brand new character named Switch (Lauren Tsai) who seems locked in a sort of Wes Anderson flavored isolation. She lives with her father, present only as a face on a bulky vintage television set, in a maze-like apartment, and spends her time listening to a sort of guided self-help cassette tape giving `lessons` for time travelers. We never get any real indication of where the tapes came from or why she has them, but it`s a good thing she does because as it turns out, Switch is a mutant, and time travel is her power.In any other show, it would seem completely incomprehensible to withhold any familiar cast members from a season premiere for almost half the episode. We don`t see a single character we`ve met before for a full 20 minutes. But in Legion, it somehow works completely, thanks largely to the show`s completely magnetic self-confidence. Switch may be a completely new character, but she feels precisely like she belongs in Legion`s eclectic blender of sensibilities and styles. What`s more, Legion creator Noah Hawley correctly assumes that if you`ve stuck with the madness for two seasons already, you`ve become pretty familiar with the rules of the game here, so not even the impromptu musical number that crops up midway through the episode seems even the slightest bit out of place.That aforementioned self-confidence is what carries the episode through the eventual reveal payoff--don`t worr ...


 
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