David Heller werd als kind gediagnosticeerd met schizofrenie. Hij vertoeft al jarenlang in verschillende psychiatrische instellingen. Op een dag ontdekt hij dat zijn mentale problemen wel eens een bijzondere gave kunnen zijn.
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Legion Ratings & Reviews
- Pavchris20 juni 2025You know how Andor is a great show without the space wizards and laser swords, but instead uses actual decent writing and characters development? Well this is the same treatment but for the Xmen without the the spandex -or leather jackets- and Wolverine over use.
- parktool6917 maart 2025aubrey plaza was a little freaky gremlin
- Antonio22 april 2025Simply put: It was confusing in the beginning and confusing at times here and there, but the longer you go, the more you understand. Amazing show. Great story. A lot of fun to watch and experience. Great cast and solid performances from everyone. Hands down, one of MY favorite marvel shows out of them all. Nothing like anything else they've put out. Give it a chance if you're on the fence about it, and absolutely see it through.
- harrypoth20 september 2025Looking for something different? This is for you. Absolutely fantastic.
- Danny Potter-Jones10 september 2025Pure madness so much going on he's the son of Professor X from X-Men. If you're not sure about watching it, if you liked Umbrella Academy I'm sure you would like this they're not entirely the same but slightly similar.
- Shaydeknight2 dgn geledenThe first achievement of Legion is performance. Dan Stevens carries an extraordinarily unstable protagonist without becoming a parody. The role requires charm, menace, vulnerability, and desperation, often within the same scene. He makes the fragmentation readable. Around him, the casting is unusually sharp. Aubrey Plaza is absolutely insane. She's unrestrained and unsettling. Amber Midthunder offers a youthful element to contrast the irrepressible Bill Irwin, who balances eccentricity with warmth. Jemaine Clement, the object of many a nerd's worship, goes for broke and dives into theatrical absurdity, while Jean Smart plays against expectation with controlled authority. The ensemble gives the show permission to be strange without collapsing into parody. Together, the amount of raw talent is fnatastic to see. Conceptually, the series is closer to a surrealist adaptation than a conventional superhero drama. It often feels like a hypothetical where Neil Gaiman was handed a Marvel property and the result was filmed with minimal compromise. The storytelling privileges mood, symbol, and psychological reflection over plot clarity. This works best in season one, where the ambiguity serves the plot structure. The final episode of that season shifts the emotional ground in a way that feels punitive rather than revelatory. I hated it, it felt like a betrayal. That tonal decision drained momentum for me, making season two far too diffuse, predicated upon a plot line I simply didn't care for. Season three recovers some focus and at least lands on a coherent ending, but the intensity and discipline of the first season never return. The visual language is distinctive. The "cassette futurism" aesthetic suits the story, creating a world that feels displaced in time and therefore psychologically unstable. Season one uses it as texture. Season two foregrounds it to the point of distraction. Even so, the design consistently supports the theme that reality is about twelve degrees off of where it should be. The influence of Bill Sienkiewicz (Legion is his character, after all) is visible in the willingness to treat the frame as a collage of styles rather than a stable space. Noah Hawley translates that visual chaos into television form with surprising discipline, especially early on. Music is handled with unusual care. Tracks aren't decorative. They anchor memory, identity, or delusion, and the show often stages entire sequences around them. This reverent use of music helps unify episodes that might otherwise feel fragmented. Special effects follow the same principle. Modest budgets are used intelligently, favouring suggestion over spectacle. The result is restrained but effective, more psychological than explosive, though many scenes are indeed visually stunning. In sum, the series begins as one of the most daring superhero adaptations made for television. It privileges concept, performance, and atmosphere over conventional plotting. After a striking first season, structural choices undermined enjoyment of the story for me, making later seasons struggle to justify their own abstraction. The ending is decent and thematically consistent, but the journey is uneven. Even so, the ambition remains notable, and at its best the show demonstrates how far a comic adaptation can push into experimental territory without losing its core.
- Qu4rta29 januari 2026This is the best comic adaptation you'll ever see to date. We have some other great series, but Legion is the best. Great acting by some great actors, amazing storytelling that makes everything fits, the way I've ever imagined how a telepath would fight or use their powers (not that stuff from the movies). It's a must watch for every comic/superhero fan, you won't regret.
- CravanThePugilist5 november 2025Maybe a 4.5... idk, I'd have to rewatch it. I remember not being entirely satisfied with Farouk as the villain in the final season... everything got a bit wacky by then. & I usually love wacky. & some of the wacky was really cool & creative. I SAID IDK I NEED TO WATCH IT ALL AGAIN
- Alex Lora1 oktober 2025Great show to watch.
- kennethj9028 mei 2025I dont know how anyone can stand this show at all. It spends 90% of the time doing stupid psychedelic sequences and is super annoying with the broken mental faculties of the main character which makes everyone take care of him like a child wasting their time and resources. The main character is useless for almost the whole show. Might as well offed him at the start as the show, it would have actually been 10x better.
Legion Trivia
Legion has 3 seasons.
Legion has 27 episodes.
The key characters in Legion are David Haller / Legion (Dan Stevens), Sydney ‘Syd’ Barrett (Rachel Keller), Lenny Busker (Aubrey Plaza).
Legion was directed by John Cameron, Noah Hawley, Tim Mielants, Michael Uppendahl, Charlie McDowell, Dana Gonzales, Dennie Gordon, Arkasha Stevenson, Ana Lily Amirpour, Jeremy Webb, Andrew Stanton, Larysa Kondracki, Carlos López Estrada, Keith Gordon, Sarah Adina Smith, Ellen Kuras, Daniel Kwan, Hiro Murai.
Legion was produced by Craig Yahata, Regis Kimble.
David Heller werd als kind gediagnosticeerd met schizofrenie. Hij vertoeft al jarenlang in verschillende psychiatrische instellingen. Op een dag ontdekt hij dat zijn mentale problemen wel eens een bijzondere gave kunnen zijn.
Legion is rated 12.
Legion is a Drama, Action, Sciencefiction show.
Legion has an audience rating of 8.5 out of 10.
Legion episodes are 50 m long.
No, this show was canceled after 3 seasons.