‘Legion’: Think about the future
Season One, Episode Eight — “Chapter 8” By Jarrod Jones. The relationship between David Haller and Amahl Farouk, such as it is, has been one of give and take. Nestled somewhere within David’s noggin, presumably on or around his conspicuously over-sized amygdala,…
David had a chat with David about David (and Lenny) in this week’s episode of ‘Legion’
Season One, Episode Seven — “Chapter 7” By Jarrod Jones. Well, there’s no more talking around it — Professor Charles Xavier is David’s biological daddy. For ardent X-fans, that’s hardly news. In the world of Legion, however, this — if you’ll…
‘Beauty and the Beast’ a pleasant idyll, but did it need to happen?
This review contains SPOILERS. By Molly Jane Kremer. I first saw Disney’s now-classic Beauty and the Beast when I was eight years old in the winter of 1991. It was thrilling, smart, sad, funny, and breathtakingly lovely — I was enamored immediately….
‘Legion’: Look upon the wrath of Cornflakes, ye mighty, and despair
Season One, Episode Six — “Chapter Six” By Jarrod Jones. The frailty of Team Legion has revealed itself and so has their true enemy. Melanie Bird, usually so assertive, is all exposed nerves and tremulous despair. “I’m okay with change,” she…
‘Legion’: After a dalliance with infinity, entropy takes hold
Season One, Episode Three — “Chapter 3” By Jarrod Jones. David’s hit a wall in the third week of Legion and we have too. This abrupt stop is probably an unintended consequence of gorging on Legion‘s boffo premiere so hungrily. “Chapter 3”, the first episode…
‘Legion’ taps the brakes in order to establish some ground rules
Season One, Episode Two — “Chapter 2” By Jarrod Jones. David Haller’s acid-washed expedition appears to have ebbed some with Legion‘s second episode. If “Chapter 1” could be described as a particularly empowering and periodically frightening spiritual journey — and after what…
‘Legion’ is a paranoid, sugar-coated rock opera, and it’s spectacular
Season One, Episode One — “Chapter I” By Jarrod Jones. It’ll be easy enough to shift into the druggy head space of Legion, the latest high concept jamboree from FX and Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley. For comic book fans, however, it may be…
