Now Is The Right Time To Revisit The Weirdest (And Arguably Best) Marvel Series
Legion was a Marvel tv series thataired on FXand ran from 2017 to 2019, with 3 seasons being made. The show pre-dated the Disney Plus streaming service, which has expanded the Marvel stable of television shows into a whole new extension of the MCU. Now, with even more series projects upcoming, it's time to look back on Legion for the blueprint that it ultimately laid for the small screen MCU.
Set apart by its unique visual style, unreliable narrator, and approach to mental health, Legion was a dazzlingly original show created by Noah Hawley that delved into the premise of villain creation in a humanistic way. Now it's time to take a look at what made the show so special.
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Legion is based on the character Legion from the X-Men series of comics. There are differences from the source material, the main one being that in the comics, David Haller is diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder whereas in the show David Haller (Dan Stevens), is a man diagnosed with schizophrenia at an early age and who has suffered from aural and visual hallucinations for years. Now he is in a mental institution after a suicide attempt.
David is accompanied by his friend Lenny Busker (Aubrey Plaza) in a vibey, vaguely 60s vaguely space-age-style institution. The first episode introduces David through flashbacks showing the decline of his mental health and how he lashed out and abused substances to cope with his problems. In the present, in the institution, a new patient appears. Her name is Syd Barrett (Rachel Keller) and as soon as he sees her David falls in love. The only problem is that Syd doesn't like to be touched.
From the get-go, it is hinted that David may be more than
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