The first season of Legion was a mind-bending experience into a world filled with mutants, government facilities and an evil presence that is thousands of years old.  We watched the main protagonist, David, go from believing he was a mental patient with schizophrenic tendencies, to realizing he was a being of incredible power and potential, who was also being inhabited by a parasitic being that was over taking him.  We came to know this being as The Shadow King.  As David made new friends, and even found love in his new mutant home he continued to battle the Shadow King as well as a government agency hell-bent on destroying mutants.  Some of this sounds familiar right?  Between The X-Men, and new shows like The Gifted and S.H.I.E.L.D, it would appear that mutants and people with abilities is nothing new.  But watching Legion is truly like no other mutant television experience you have ever seen before.

While season one ended with The Shadow King leaving David, inhabiting another power telepath and then disappearing,  David disappears as well and we aren’t exactly sure what happens to him.  As Season Two premieres, the world is vastly different than when we left it.  An entire year has passed and the mutant agency that David had called home, as well as he government agency that he called a foe, have now actually combined forces in order to find and defeat The Shadow King.  People all over the world have been going into almost a comatose mental prison where they are standing still and simply chattering their teeth with no ability to function. David has been missing for a year, only he doesn’t realize it.  To him, time has moved differently and he appears to have lost all memories of where he has been or why.  His friends are seeking to help him remember what happened to him and to make sure the Shadow King no longer has a connection to him or control over him.  Something which even David is not entirely sure of.

Legion continues to push convention and leave the audience completely bewildered and questioning as to what is reality, what is mental and exactly what the heck is happening!!!  I have yet to watch an episode of Legion and been able to understand every small nuance.  It truly is the equivalent to watching a series while on drugs or experiencing a mental breakdown.  The cinematography, the acting, and the directors cut of events all come together to make a show truly unlike any other visual experience on television.  Legion is definitely not a show for all people.  But if you appreciate artistic creativity, delving into psychosis, super human abilities, and completely random events and scenes than you will definitely appreciate this bold and creative approach to telling a mutant story in a way that has never before been done.