So any idea who the fat blobby monster is inside David's head? Is it Mojo or someone similar?
I don't think Mojo would fit. The blobby monster doesn't really look that much like Mojo (who has plenty of cybernetics including mechanical spider feet, and those iconic huge teeth) and it wouldn't fit the idea of Mojo's character. (Mojo is the leader of a planet/alternate universe with a themes like slavery, television as mind control for the masses, popularity ratings as a basis of government etc.)
I'm not sure any the personalities we've seen are The Monster as such. The whole point of Legion is that he's got a whole bunch of people inside his head. (Hence the name.)
I'll spoilertag some commentary based on the comics, which not everyone will probably be familiar with.
Spoiler!
In the comics, Legion in his childhood accidentally assimilated the minds of several terrorists who killed his stepfather, which drove him crazy and led to him developing at least half a dozen other split personalities. (Which controlled separate parts of his powers.)
Something similar might very well be going on in the series, and I think that would make most sense for story that's going to continue on to second season. I don't think we're talking about a monster in the style of Mojo. Most likely David accidentally assimilated some rather terrible human being at some point in his childhood. (For example his stepfather, who in this series has been portrayed as a pretty effed up guy.) It's also possible he's done this more than once. For example Lenny might be the remnants of his drug addict friend Benny assimilated sometime before David got hospitalized. Even if there is a Monster of sorts, he might not be any of the personalities we've seen.
Another significant part of Legions story in the comis is that one of Davids "evil" personalities tricks the X-men into fighting one of his "good" personalities. That I think is also a possibility here.
In the comics, even at his healthiest Legion has a couple of split personalities that refuse to go away. Considering the split personalities are kind of what makes Legion, that's probably going to hold in the TV series too.
I also think most of what we've seen in the series doesn't take place in the physical world. I think the anachronism is not just a style choice but a hint that what we're seeing is not all real.
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I'm not sure if the different incarnations we've seen of The Demon with the Yellow Eyes (Benny, Lenny, King, The World's Angriest Boy in the World, and TDWTYE) are kind of cover identities that have been adopted over the years as David matured, or personas in David's mind that the "parasite" has usurped.
I think that Lenny was established as "real" in the pilot, and then her persona was absorbed into David's mind. When the persona was taken over by the parasite is unclear to me, but it seemed to happen almost immediately.
I'm not sure if the scenes we've seen of the crowds surrounding David and yelling at him are supposed to represent his telepathy being out of control and being able to hear everyone's thoughts...or if they represent his personas trying to assert control over him. In re-watching the episodes, it seems like there are more and more people surrounding him as we progress through his history.
I'm still not entirely convinced (though I am 95% convinced) that all of the characters we've met, Division 3, the war that's going on, etc. is actually real. It's probably real. But the characters could all be personas in David's mind and the war is also for David's mind. Maybe?
I like that the show is ambiguous and sparks lots of thoughts without hand-holding the viewer through the first six episodes. I expect a lot will be revealed in the final two episodes of Season 1, but there's so much more potential for ongoing stories in Season 2 and beyond that I'm pretty sure more questions will also be raised.
And good god is Lenny (Aubrey Plaza) terrifying in this show. That whole montage of her before returning to Clockworks in episode six was just amazing.
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What a slow but beautiful pace this show has. Downright terrifying moment as well. Ending of episode six had some fantastic revelations but had you asking more.
Man - those kind of storyboards on the chalkboard. David's conversation with his rational mind. Part of the show being done up like a silent film. This show is something else.
The cliffhanger in this episode sure makes it seem like Division 3 is "real", and not involved in metaphorical warfare in David's mind, but literal war against mutants. I'm still not 100% convinced that all of what we've seen is in David's mind...somehow.
Next week's conclusion should be a doozy.
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The classroom scene was brilliant, even more when juxtaposed with the silent movie scenes after. Don't know who exactly is responsible for the episode and how those scenes worked out but show creator Noah Hawley is a brilliant brilliant man.
"Sweetheart it's over, I won.. give me some sug-har"
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So it's the Shadow King, "an entity of pure psychic energy which feeds on a hatred of humanity, manifesting itself by possessing the bodies of humans." Seems so obvious when you think of it. Just goes to show it's been awhile since I've read my X-Men
(Shadow King was also the big bad in Claremonts last X-men story.)
Did anyone else know that season 2 started yesterday? I just saw something online and had no idea that season 2 had just started. Is it me or was there a lack of promotion for the start of season 2? Now I have to go hunt the first episode online.
Not sure I am going to stick with this show. It is heavy on artistic flare, the music is great, the acting is top notch. Visually all around it is fantastic. But the story, there really isn't any to speak of. The lines are forever blurred between reality and....whatever realms the characters happen to be in, or not. Put simply there is far too little context given.
I re-watched the entirety of Season 1 when FX marathoned it on the weekend, and enjoyed it a lot more than my first viewing, which I found a bit too chaotic.
I'm looking forward to season 2, but will wait at least a couple of weeks so I can watch multiple episodes in succession, rather that 1 hour per week.
It feels more self-indulgently weird than the first season, and the novelty has somewhat ran out. But I'm still enjoying it, at least so far. It's nice to have something so unique on TV.
Haven't seen nearly as much Legion talk for Season 3, either here or other places I frequent online. It's been a great continuation of the series and it's heading for a great big finale. I wonder if people skipped out on it because they know it's the final season, and very unlikely to ever be acknowledged in the larger MCU canon (like the similar reason Dark Phoenix was largely ignored in theatres this summer)?