Legion

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Season 3
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 8, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 59
  3. Negative: 6 out of 59
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  1. Qgal5kap
    Oct 13, 2019
    2
    Compared to season two, this was interesting for a little longer, due to the time traveller. Didn't take long for me to lose interest though. It's just nowhere as good as season one. Not worth watching imo.
  2. addict-insane
    Jul 5, 2019
    3
    So, let's just take the show with the best, most experimental premise and tone on mainstream television and make it crap by turning the women into manipulable plot tools.

    How the hell did Syd get convinced by Melanie that David was evil, when she knew she was in Shadow King territory again? Syd and Melanie seem to be the writer's token characters for complaining about the #MeToo    So, let's just take the show with the best, most experimental premise and tone on mainstream television and make it crap by turning the women into manipulable plot tools.

    How the hell did Syd get convinced by Melanie that David was evil, when she knew she was in Shadow King territory again? Syd and Melanie seem to be the writer's token characters for complaining about the #MeToo movement, so I'll just say I don't like crappy writing used for political pandering no matter for what side of the political spectrum it is.

    Melanie was a bore the entirety of last season, Syd is a bore this season, the 'tone poem' sections where the plot stops moving forward for slo-mo/flashback action or dumb music videos are a bore. So I just skip forward those sections when watching this show.

    If I hate it, why do I keep watching it? Well, Navid Negahban being a scene stealer is one reason. On the other hand, the showrunners decided to pander to the Asian crowd, but it's not obnoxious because they luckily found an Asian actress who is INSANELY good and just as well one of the best things in the show.

    Actually, that teenage Asian girl, I can hear no accent from her when she goes from language to language. However, I have no idea why they had Negahban's character speak French so much when the actor pronounces it like **** half of the time.

    S2 E5's discussion of "moral panic" was more than enough for the writer to bring home the fact that today's outrage culture is pure evil incarnate. There was no need to take two fine characters (Melanie and Syd) and have them make the stupidest choices possible just to trash talk the loonies on the far left and to create drama that does NOT feel organic at all.

    Those two tattoos on Syd's wrists this season???!!!! "Me" "First"??!!! Get the F outta here with that sub-par writing trash!    … Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Jun 24, 2019
    25
    Aggressively listless season. ... All of Legion's wannabe weirdness is like that, PowerPoint surrealism hiding a total lack of imagination. [28 Jun 2019, p.54]
  2. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Jun 24, 2019
    90
    It’s difficult enough staying on track having seen the previous two seasons. If you want to make up your loss, go back to the beginning and work your way toward the third season. And be prepared to be challenged. ... What hasn’t changed is that “Legion” remains an intoxicating experience laced with a grand sense of wonder. The humorous touches are every bit as clever as the visual treats. The performances are every bit as compelling as the production team’s command of the narrative.
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  3. Collider
    Reviewed by: Vinnie Mancuso
    Jun 24, 2019
    80
    Hawley’s faithfulness to being as weird and infuriating as possible until the end is admirable. And when it’s working, as it does so often throughout season 3, it’s easy to get swept up in the freewheeling creativity of it all.
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