Legion Season 2: Episode 2 Breakdown!

[@GameSpotUniverse]

What's up with those large green hands in the sky?

[@ConfusedNero]

Even though i agree with your interpretation that the green hands are connected with the meaning of the red/green scene, i kinda disagree with your guys deduction that green means bad. You see in that scene we see Oliver teaches a kid (the audience) a delusion. The delusion is that red is good and green is bad and that gets the kid killed. The show is trying to confuse the audience and cast doubt playing with their fundamental basics. Up to this point we knew that we could trust colors in season 1 to tell us what is going on, David was Blue and the Shadow King was Red. So now we don't know if we can trust a delusional thought (that red is good) and therefore we can't trust David and his action, or if we trust our knowledge so far (that red is bad) and therefore David is trying to do his best. Don't forget that in the scene that the green hands are pointing at David, he confesses to Syd his secrets, so i still think that green means good.

[@thepato8197]

Something I found interesting is that the Admiral is seen as a sort of bad guy and Amahl Fourk as the good guy, connecting to the red and green scene.

[@21Jin21]

well said i agree

[@baudeleyre9987]

I love the thoughts here! But ignoring the whole red/green idea, you could interpret the hands as a visual reminder that we don’t really know where we are, we don’t know what’s going on. When is the present? When is the future? Where are we headed? Could this be linked to the maze idea, there is no direction to these hands, no way out, we have to navigate on our own. Maybe they’re pointing us away from something, we should be looking within, what they’re not pointing at (pair that idea with when they’re looking for Farouk and David leads them outside, but Oliver and Lenny were actually in Division 3)

[@billstorie5161]

Glad someone else spotted that mate - as far as I can tell the hands are identical to the flying glove in "Yellow Submarine" and the glove is the chief weapon of the king of the blue meanies so are they hinting that David has become, albeit unknowingly, Farouk's weapon against the rest of the team? David may think he's doing things for the right reasons but the reality is that he's just a puppet - Farouk isn't strong enough to control David in the same way as Oliver but by subtly insinuating that David's choices are his own, especially with regard to the future version of Syd which may not even be real, he gets David to do his bidding. Also, in the movie the flying glove was defeated by the song "all you need is love" so maybe Syd is the key to bringing him back into line? Then again it may just be the writers screwing with us which, given how entertaining this show is, I'm perfectly happy fot them to do!

[@mfninja5190]

We just gonna ignore that fact that this may have been the first time we’ve seen the real Lenny since episode 1?

[@lseul8812]

Ken Harris yes but in season one there were to lenny's and you have things like the drug use which point to the actual lenny being present

[@nkxseal8398]

Pretty sure Lenny was real her mind was just "stolen"

[@nkxseal8398]

Ken Harris Is there proof Lenny is one of his personalities? It seems like she is one of SK absorbed minds.

[@nkxseal8398]

Ken Harris and can absorb another person's psyche into his as an alternate personality and manifest their superhuman abilities when they are dominant. Per your link

[@nkxseal8398]

Ken Harris In the process, he absorbed the mind of the terrorist leader, Jemail Karami, into his own. After accidentally absorbing Karma and trying to protect a little girl called Marci he accidentally absorbed Rogue along and after releasing her he suffered a massive shock to his nervous system I could keep going but you seem to know everything so.

[@tonyberrigan8347]

Has anyone been noticing the little whispers that David’s been hearing? Hopefully they might go the multiple personality route.

[@GreenNightlight]

No mention of the multiple voices David hears? Like the multiple personalities in the comics??

[@zuhairqureshi8635]

Please don't drop this series. I love your breakdown. I love this show.

[@GameSpotUniverse]

We're breaking it down all season!

[@chmaaoges]

I hope so! Unfortunately you did drop Mr Robot & Star Trek Discovery. But plenty of stuff to breakdown in Legion!

[@AlmostAnimixers]

Who can take down David if he becomes the big bad? The Shadow King of course. Future Syd is trying to stop David from killing the Shadow King so that when David does go bad, they still have the Shadow King around to help defeat him. Not the best plan, but who else have they got who can possibly take down David? Of course, Shadow King will almost certainly end up betraying them anyway and then they'll have to big bads that they have to defeat, making things much worse, but what are you going to do? That's my theory anyway.

[@liya3583]

Nick Ferrazza that was a good one

[@MoMiDeZi]

I like it! Nice!

[@paulinejeann4058]

If Patrick Stewart shows up at the season finale, I'd literally cry!

[@ryanerikpeterson]

Pauline Dubois me too!!

[@helveticalouie]

Imagine if he did!... not as David's dad..but as Picard 😂🤣

[@MrKajithecat]

YES

[@SerenityReceiver]

“It’s not a rights issue or a legal issue, it’s more about corporate synergy," said Hawley. "There are a lot of people with opinions and strategies for franchise development. But I think we’ll be victorious in the end because our hearts are pure.”

[@djsonicc]

not figuratively?

[@fgtypezero0684]

I didn’t catch the shiar name drop. This show deserves to have an insanely massive audience.

[@vimalpournami9931]

F G Type Zero 0 I agree, such an awesome show

[@thehumanity0]

I still can't believe how underrated this show is. I guess people just can't handle the level of mind fuckery involved in the show, or not enough people are willing to give it a chance.

[@murk1828]

It should but most people just like to know what’s going on right away rather then really have to think about it like this show.

[@KingOfMadCows]

I think Farouk's conversation with David was also a message to the audience about putting aside your expectations and preconceived notions, especially from other superhero media. Because in most comics and sci-fi, psychic battles are still often portrayed like physical battles. You have the combatants hitting each other, forming weapon and shield constructs, shooting each other with mind lasers, etc. But if it's all taking place in the mind, then the rules of the physical world don't matter. Who cares if you think of an image of someone getting punched? The pain isn't real. An imaginary sword doesn't have to cut. It doesn't matter what weapons they create or turn into, none of it have to conform to the laws of the real world. Dueling with thoughts, imagination, memories, will power should be completely different than any kind of physical contest. Also, the whole thing with Lenny is very suspect. Don't forget that there were two "Lenny's." When they visited David's old girlfriend, Ptnomy found out that the Lenny David used to get high with was actually a guy named "Benny." And the Shadow King had actually altered David's memories to replace Benny with Lenny. So how much of what we saw of Lenny in season 1 was actually Benny? Was Lenny even a drug addict like Benny? And it was Syd who killed Lenny when she switched bodies with David and lost control of his powers. So was it actually Syd who "absorbed" Lenny's "mind?"

[@lseul8812]

One thing to make sure that is noted is there portrayal of mental warfare. They outlined in a monologue to the audience that humans because of this are the only to go mad. The mental warfare that goes on is realistic in that it is meant to deceptive and manipulation. The psychic abilities only amplifies that in another dimension. Being able to plant memories and thoughts into people.

[@Microfoot]

The minotaur exists to remind us that we’re deep in the labyrinth, slowly going mad as we try to understand what’s happening.

[@deekshaagnihotri4036]

All the other popular channels don't follow this show as it is not your typical superhero show.. I wait for your weekly analysis.. please keep this up!

[@LuchadorBenDejo]

One tidbit I found interesting is the music box left behind by the Shadow King that upset Syd. At first, I thought the music was just another TV reference (“Out of This World” 4EVER), but I thought that while Oliver and Lenny sing the same song, they sing different lyrics. Turns out that it’s also an old Bing Crosby song called “Swinging on a Star,” in which someone asks a kid if they would rather be different types of animals than go to school. This is probably a reference to some traumatic event when Syd accidentally swapped bodies with an animal when she first manifested her powers.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Super good observation

[@93soby]

I think Farouq spoke Farsi, French, Turkish, and some Arabic amongst the many languages he spoke.

[@KingOfMadCows]

When the Shadow King took over David's body to attack Division 3 in season 1, he was also dancing and making a performance out of it. And I think Cary and Kerry splitting might end up being a good thing. Because Kerry doesn't age when she's in Cary. So what would have happen if Cary dies of old age? Now they might be able to share their age.

[@rainbowflair5879]

Hi, I noticed when Oliver grew large it was the same way Apocalypse grew in the 90’s cartoon as well as the X-men movie. They seem to mimic that move of dominance and growth of the villain here in Legion. - Crissy G.

[@avi9974]

Everytime syd uses her powers she uses her left hand and the future syd is losing her left arm does it mean that in future she tries to save david the same way she did in season 1 by allowing shadow king to take her body but this time before the swapping happens someone cuts her arm before it happens.

[@dawngrrrl]

Good catch! I think you're right.

[@Skitz0frenix]

What about future Syd not directly answering David's question if he's dead in the future, but that he's a lot more different. I'm guessing David has become evil in that timeline and switched bodies with someone because she also said something like "I never thought I'd see you again like this"

[@milkmanman]

Kula Productions thats why they think david is gonna be the big bad they did discuss this in the review

[@steveelegant803]

Could Syd have stolen David’s body, and David is talking to himself?

[@KyleLatebeer]

Best show on tv atm

[@wendyking2769]

I have the same twin peaks feelings and I love it.

[@Luchyi24]

Guys! You forgot to talk about Lenny and Farouk's talk. Lenny is also trapped, like Oliver. I think if something happens to Farouk, they don't want to take out Audrey (Lenny) 'cause well... she's awesome ♥

[@drifter_d]

So I'm guessing they need to help Farouk to prevent him from dying because he's the only one who can stop David who is gonna turn bad and destroy everything.

[@scottsummers4234]

Amal Farouk is incredible!

[@wheretoplaygames]

The Assault on division 3 is a reference to Hudson Hawk. Since we are dealing with time, I believe it was inserted as the thieves use the song swing from a star as ewe to time their infiltration of a museum

[@bobbielilly504]

When Lenny and Oliver start their song, it reminds me of that scene in Hudson Hawk. Same song and same way of being sneaky, love it.

[@mallek1989]

I don't think any of what has happened in season 2, or maybe even the entire show, has been real. David is powerful enough to create entire universes. I feel like they definitely toyed with that idea in season 1 when Syd appeared in Davids room after the door swung open and, seemingly, no one walked in. And again when David appeared in Syds room. But season 2 is just a complete mind fuck of misdirection, and even the overall tone is more reminiscent of the time spent on the astral plane in season 1. And now that Farouk is out of Davids head, Davids multiple personalities are starting to form appearing as the voices in his head. There's one thing that you always have to keep in mind when empathizing with Davids character. David is fucking crazy! No matter how hard the show tries to get you to believe that he's just a victim of Farouk, and that he's somewhat stable when he's lucid and in control. He's not. David is one the most delusional characters ever created. If the producers wanted to, they could easily have this season end by revealing that season 2s reality isn't real, and having David be responsible for creating it in order to deal with the emotional loss of losing the Shadow King. Future Syd, the orb, and everything else might be his own delusions birthed by the idea that he can't live without Farouk. His subconscious may have easily created a new reality in order to convince his ego to reunite with Farouk. That's how insane David is. And that's what I love about this show. The clever misdirections that force the audience to form their own ideas about what's going on is what makes this show amazing!

[@mhn3]

mallek1989 I was thinking the same after 2nd episode that what if its all happening in David's head or most of it atleast.

[@BoToGo1]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that got the Twin Peaks reference when David and future Syd talked!

[@TheAzulon]

In episode one if you pause at the right moment (Around 38:16) you can see the minotaur face clearly, facing the camera. Right after David enters the boosting isolation chamber and goes into the astral plane there is one frame in which he faces the camera with his eyes white in a blueish background. If you pause in this frame you can see the minotaur clearly in the background.

[@TheAzulon]

He also reminds me a lot of the Goblin from Hellboy 2, the one that takes Red and Liz to the angel of death.

[@elsiemon]

Also I think future Syd is now apart of Vermillion because her voice is slightly modulated and electronic than it is naturally, her mind on the astral plane can’t speak, and she is always wearing a scarf or turtleneck to disguise or cover up her ring of blue light and the circular vocoder box all the androids have.

[@punkfloyd]

Eliot Simon I completely agree

[@annalol6128]

Wow that's so clever...

[@pyromaniac407]

I think it was really cool that they confirmed that Lenny was actually in there with Farouk and not just a mask for him to use. And Farouks conversation with her about mortality was one of my favorite parts of the episode

[@karlsingh9076]

This has been a psychic battle of epic proportions

[@elsiemon]

I think green and the green hands, might actually represent judgment, shame or paranoia. I noticed in the scene between Syd and David that every shot you see represents where judgement or blame is going in the scene. So when David blames himself or feels the world is blaming him, the point toward him from without or within. But when he accuses her or she accuses him they point away at the other person. And Syd’s tend to be blurrier because she’s less sure of who to blame or accuse for the situation.

[@baudeleyre9987]

The whole “She lives in the future you are trying to change, and when you do she will cease to exist” speech from Farouk in the preview is giving me David/Ruth in Legacy vibes. In fact, since the first ep of this season that kinda element and idea of time and futures and fates changing has been on my brain. Not sure how significant the influence of that comic storyline will be this season. But it’s something to think about... When Future!Syd was talking in this episode something she said immediately made me go ‘mindworm!’ but I’m a bit hazy on that aspect as it’s been a while since I read the Legacy series.

[@ricardo9681]

hi guys big fan here, frist of all, Thank for the videos. The scene that they invade the hive singing is a tribute to the movie Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello, in the movie they time their robberies with old songs, and when they're putting the bombs in the headquarters of an evil organization they sing that song.

[@richealokorie8733]

@GameSpot Universe I thought that meant that she was finally aging (6:53) because in season 1 they mentioned that she only ages outside male Cary's body , so maybe her age is catching up to her???

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

From what i recall isn't the shadow king the actual being and amal farouk was just a mutant psychic which was the first to connect with him "what did the stars say" as was teased in season 1

[@jeremypsychrock]

Really love you guys; you're both asking all the right questions. Some of what you've covered starts discussions in my nerd circles, ty!

[@GameSpotUniverse]

Thank YOU for watching!!

[@gyulakasa5524]

Any thoughts on when the score for Season 2 will drop? Really enjoying it so far.

[@MrJellybear]

The song Oliver and Lenny are singing as they break into division 3 is from a scene in the movie Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis. Bruce Willis and his partner sing the same song as they are breaking into a museum.

[@JayCaramante]

Possible clue (or a stretch), but when David leaves the boat cafe to meet Farouk in the astral plane, as he sits we see that his socks are green and red striped...exactly the colors/pattern of Freddy Krueger's sweater in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Freddy is an evil "Dream Master"...it could be a subtle clue to what you were saying about David being the big bad...that he's manipulating everyone's minds like Freddy does in dreams. Could be nothing, but interesting (and subtle enough) that the wardrobe dept. would choose that exact color scheme/pattern for his socks.

[@marian3nene45]

I absolutely LOVE all you guys for your videos...I subbed to your channel when y'all started the Twin Peaks breakdowns, and now you're doing Legion...I'm so blessed! Keep up the amazing work, can't wait for the breakdown of ep. 3!!! Cheers

[@tiltedhaze]

I finally got around to binge watching the first season of legion right before the premier of season 2. The first thing I thought of was Twin Peaks. I was thinking a while back what a marvel property would look like directed by David Lynch. This is it! I absolutely love it! If you look up the directors of legion episodes you will see that some of them are in fact inspired by Lynch.

[@morrissey07]

Thank you for posting videos on Legion. I feel like other comic loving channels really dropped the ball on this.

[@liamsmith4482]

I think Farouk will be the hero of this season. After all, going in with the trailers we were told to forget everything we thought we knew.

[@lordsxman]

They can totally get Patrick Stewart and not have to back up the brinks truck to do so. Stewart is currently voicing a character on American Dad on TBS so he's not above doing TV. I think it is up to Noah Hawley to decide if Professor X can fit into his vision of the Legion narrative.

[@andypham1451]

If Patrick Stewart is up for it, then this will boost ratings even higher.

[@dawngrrrl]

I'd love to see Patrick Stewart in this and I agree, he's gettable and he's already expressed interest a few times. What if Professor X is dead at this point and David goes back in time via the bath to get his advice and that's how he appears?

[@pensftmfw]

Patrick Stewart and Dan Stevens (David) were both guests on a talk show last year and when asked if he (Stewart) would ever consider appearing on Legion he said without hesitation "absolutely" :)

[@andypham1451]

Even though he died in Logan, but honestly, as long Patrick gives his 100% on his performance in Legion like he did in Logan, then I am going to cheer for him to come back. If anyone can control David from breaking bad and defeat the Shadow King again, it's Professor X.

[@pensftmfw]

Good point, but Logan definitely takes place in the relatively distant future so Prof X could very well be alive during the events of the Legion series. Moreover, Legion has been very vague about its own timeline, so I'm saying it's still possible for Xavier to make an appearance. Regardless I would love to see it happen.

[@feranoks]

In the conversation of David with future Syd. Syd mentions she hasn't seen him like this for a long time. Maybe she means a "good" David. Maybe David is indeed the big evil thing in the future and Syd is misleading him by getting him to help Farouk. She knows David beat Farouk, so she wants him to help Farouk get stronger so Farouk can defeat David while he is stronger. Also small thought: The orb being reused doesn't make sense. Since this would mean they are mixing two time travel principles. If it's all a loop and the orb gets reused over and over, then Syd comming from the future would be void since she can't avoid it and she would know this because she would probably asks Cary to use/build it. Also since future Syd doens't know David could thelepaticly contact her in the future. It seems reasonable to assume there are already two different timelines and not a loop.

[@benjaminbroestl4351]

Fantastic job breaking this down dude, keep up the awesome

[@songofwhales]

I think the assault scene was lifted from the film Hudson hawk.They sing "Swinging on a star" while pulling off a heist

[@SC-mq1eh]

cat/syd absolutely rocks!!

[@ZEvans50]

I think Syd was surprised to see future David because it was still David. On Marvel wiki it states that his 5th persona is his head is the Legion persona. Maybe he transform into Legion solely and David is then a persona in his body.

[@ZEvans50]

It's also stated that there's a personality that is a centaur, but no specific ability. Hopefully this season shows how David can absorb a persona or a real person consciousness. Legion in the comic has the ability that The Shadow King has where he can absorb someone, as where Pharuuk had Lennys mind inside of his.

[@XMachete]

Regard the Orb: There's a series on Netflix, Dark, that hinges on this idea of the future influencing the past and has this exact sort of mechanism, where an inventor is presented with an old broken version of machine he'd given up on. It becomes obvious to him it is his machine, but it's aged. But it also has some differences. He incorporates these differences into his version and voila, he's got a working machine.

[@alarcon99]

i LOVE this show. and i LOVE your breakdown of it. where the guards in the compound that Farouk let go, children? and why did he let them go?

[@ryanerikpeterson]

Thanks so much! I think there are a couple factors - they don't want to make Farouk a completely evil villain, he needs some nuance and moral code. Plus, it might not be a good look to kill children on cable TV or even allude to that. At this point, Farouk is bad sure, but he's also charismatic and mysterious. We want to find out more on his motivations!

[@baudeleyre9987]

I think you should take a look at the Fuke-shu/kumuso monks, which is what Fukuyama’s look is inspired by. I also think reading about sunyata, a Buddhist concept of emptiness, is worthwhile as a possible influence on this season.

[@carolyncordero1276]

in the part where future Syd tells David that he is dead in someway, maybe she is talking about how he become so evil that he is ''dead inside'', or something like that, and maybe ''the thing that kills everything'' is David after he killed Farouk

[@MrRAH6889]

I know its late but ive noticed the imagery persists, but have you guys noticed the projections around the show? The best i can discribe it is in the later half of seaoson one, inside of d3, all of the monitors were projections screens regardless of wether they had projectors.

[@iancpowell]

John Hamm seems to be reading Oliver Saks verbatim. Although I may be confusing things, Most of the John Hamm parts are so familiar texturally to Stuff i've heard Saks do for NPR prior to his passing.

[@factotums]

I'm interested in the future version of Syd that David visits via the daiquiri tank. She makes some vague reference to having to use the Shadow King because of a greater evil that kills everyone which seems to be referencing Apocalypse considering that Legion is involved with the Age of Apocalypse story as well as the future, along with what could be more deadly than the Shadow King, along with some vague reference to Domino...Anyway that's just my read at the moment.

[@calsaver]

I think Farouk has created the reality David is currently in and that the Admiral is Farouk. My reasons mostly have to do with the beehive pattern, which is throughout Division 3 and when David meets Farouk in the astral plane, he is wearing hive-shaped glasses. If you look closely at the Admiral through his tengai hat in the scenes with the Vermilion, it looks like he has glasses and when they are fighting, Farouk puts on a samurai outfit...I thought that was suspicious. Furthermore, the idea of the delusion is a constant theme and I found it interesting that they are sitting at a Fortune Teller booth. Fortune Tellers are often seen with suspicion because they take what they know about a customer and manipulate information to seem as if they somehow know more than they do or "predict" a future for the customer. Following that line then, I still think future Cyd (Cid? Syd? whatever) is just a way to manipulate David and does not exist at all. In this episode, one of the background scenes when he meets Cyd shows Chernobyl when she is saying that the world is destroyed. It may be nothing or could be a clue of something not being quite right. Completely outside of this, I believe in the Legion X-Men Legacy comics, David actually traps his personalities in a maze inside his mind to keep them contained until he is in need of accessing them. Which brings up: is anyone at Division 3 real? or are they all just David? I still wonder that, especially certain characters who do not ever seem to be around when he isnt or know things that are happening even when they are not around physically. Maybe this beehive is just the mind and he is stuck inside himself? Komusō, which are the zen monks who wear the type of hat the Admiral wears; wore the hats to "contain their ego" and 虚無僧 (komusō) means "priest of nothingness" or "monk of emptiness" or "false." I am probably reading into this all way too much, but I think the writers are trying to be clever. Long rant, sorry. LOL

[@punkfloyd]

Future Syd is a vermillion-esque robot. Consider the way she speaks to David when he shows up: she says “...possible...not possible...for you to be here...” David tries to read her mind but cannot. When she is about to explain why he cannot read her mind, by saying “because I’m...” David interrupts her and says “from the future, yeah.” But she doesn’t bother to correct him because David and the audience aren’t meant to know why exactly he can’t read her mind but I’ll bet it doesn’t have to do with being from the future, it’s something else.

[@KristenWillsher]

I can't believe there was no talk of Faruk's conversation with Lenny! I totally thought Lenny was just the Shadow King's projection. But I didn't realize she's her own entity hanging out with the Shadow King. I don't even know how I feel about that.

[@kismete6921]

Did you notice that future sid was missing an arm?

[@dawngrrrl]

I'm loving these breakdowns just like I loved your Twin Peaks breakdowns - keep up the good work!

[@ryanng754]

Screen shoot at high and ground, make use of angle to be in a story resemble a message.

[@steveelegant803]

The song they sing in the assault reminds me of A Clockwork Orange in that they both represent a home invasion.

[@Keram47]

I also think that David is the big bad in the future. For example future Sit said to him, that the Relationsship between them in the future is complicated. That's also why i think, that future Sit wants to help Faroug get his body. So that he can stop David.

[@pinopino1385]

I also think that Legion himself is the big bad guy / the delusion is one of his personalities which takes over and kills everyone. I think the delusion ( Minotaur ) came to be think thanks to Farouk inhabiting Davids body and messing with his psychology which led to its spawn. Probably after David killed Farouk like Sid said the delusion somehow takes over Davids mind and then all hell breaks loose, but yeah lets see how this turns out. Loving the second season so far :)

[@steveelegant803]

Did anyone else notice that it said Part Delusion Five. Or that every time the intercom lists a new symptom, we see someone do what it says.

[@B818-SFV]

You guys are doing a great job

[@MrMukunth92]

The spoon Carey holds reference to "The Matrix"- there is no spoon 😎

[@jeffbonner3718]

When David first approaches the booth, from the front he sits down on the left, but when the camera shows him from behind the booth he is sitting on the left, not the right.

[@frankenzion0001]

I was surprised you didn't mention the conversation between Lenny and Farouk.

[@rainbowflair5879]

Hi! David’s shirt is red and green with a point at the top of this symbol pointing to him. And the monk looks to be dressed in a red scarf with a green/olive type of outfit on. - Crissy G.

[@craigavondark9830]

i think that john haim is jack wayne one of davids main personalitys cause when he says there in the maze it even sounds like john haim

[@NicoKaioh]

Farouk is disguised as Fukyama !!!

[@johnnysdrivein7616]

Legion is really confusing... Glad you guys know what's up.

[@CrossingTheStreetArt]

The fortune ball/stand/idea makes me think the shadow king implanted a false memory in him of future Sid to insert the idea that he could become a powerful monster since crystal balls show the future or other hidden things.

[@TheNMR1989]

Hey guys, great video, thanks! Im wondering if that scene where The Shadow King is assaulting D3 with 'swinging on a star' might be a nod to a Bruce Willis movie - Hudson Hawk. I love that movie and loved the heist scenes where they dance - heisted to some golden oldie tunes.

[@rainbowflair5879]

Hi, I think some kind of parallel is going on either with the universe or two David’s, or even two roads for him to take or be on because stripes are everywhere. David’s shirt, the fortune telling booth etc... and they don’t intersect. - Crissy G.

[@jenl6642]

Hey guys! If you watch episodes 1 and 2 of season 2 with subtitles, it reveals that there are two Davids (1 and 2) in his head. And neither are British, so this could show his personality splitting.

[@cameronphillips8746]

When David goes to that purple room to talk to "Future" Syd, he tries to read her mind. He can't and she says I don't think you can do that because I'm from.....then David finishes her sentence and says "the future, I know". I think there is something to this.

[@msfl54]

Did anyone notice the fortune tellers' ring. The symbol is the same as Sinister's third eye from the comics.

[@MrKajithecat]

Holy sh*t the Shiar reference!! This show is so beyond FX.

[@Ningnomaningnong]

I loved that song when I was wee

[@crsmyth4428]

If Prof X shows up this season it will be at the end. Its a perfect cliffhanger opportunity

[@shadyseeker9080]

I don’t think David will end up being the big bad this season but the last season possibly, because I remember hearing before the show first aired that it was going to be like the Breaking Bad of the superhero world, so far I haven’t seen the comparison but if it follows the decent Walter went through then I could see that play out with David in a similar fashion all be it different

[@kerimoore8392]

I think, to add to your comment about David being untrustworthy and the green hands, that David is heading towards developing split personalities like in the comics. There are moments were you hear his internal dialog and over the past 2 episodes it has become more like a conversation/argument between multiple people than a string of thoughts. This also could tie into David’s conversation with future Sid where she mentions that his is dead/not around, I think she could be talking about this how ‘this’ David is gone and another of his personality is there instead and he is using his powers to his full extent, almost like the shadow king has pulled this personality out of him so he becomes the big bad of the season.

[@osovagabundo1]

All I want is an episode set in Pink Floyd Echoes. All of it in real time reflecting whole story in the episode without a break

[@subhrajyoti1]

"you were so sweet " .... bang on guy with glasses , david is the villain

[@zillaking1000]

When Shadow king was talking to David, he kinda hinted the future of legion how David is more stronger than he think he is and how he could tap in his inner most stronger personality name Legion “bigger than Jesus”

[@elsiemon]

Yeah Shadow King says “endlich, wir tanzen” which is “At last, we dance” in German

[@giancarlodr.iodice1701]

Fantastic show, Amazing take at superhero genre I would love if this show would cross on the big screen...dream on

[@edwinmrivero449]

Hudson Hawk reference for the assault on the compound.

[@mrwhiskers4555]

It's possible that the shadow king is trying to find the monk but everytime he looses a fight with him it makes the people around them go mad.

[@traviscadle7590]

Why didn't you; mention that Lenny is revealed as a seemingly different entity from the Shadow King himself? It is revealed that she was possibly absorbed when Syd killed her while switched into David's body. That was what I thought was the largest reveal of the episode and I was waiting for your take on it but you guys did not speak a word of it. Please address it in the next video!

[@dantingey4579]

Jon Hamm playing the older version of the boy talking to Oliver? Perhaps he's stuck in the ethereal plain in that form.

[@kyleellingsworth9387]

In Episode 1, David gives Syd a compass that will always point to him. The arrow was Red. Is this of any significance?

[@luluwalead8771]

there's something that I don' understand, in the first season shadow king didn't want to get out of David's mind and the whole season was about that, and now in this season shadow king is dying to find his body, why didn't he look for his body from the beginning.

[@ryansaver]

I think in this episode we had a glimpse of Oliver’s powers. I’m calling it incinerate, like Bioshock.

[@CM_Solnero]

Ryan are you Jimmy Fallon's undercover brother? It's a bit Uncanny how your voice, appearance, demeaner, and annunciation are so similar. Anyway the show is awesome. I'm a new big fan and follow up every episode of Legion with your show to see your take on that episode. Great work guys!

[@renanfalcao912]

i got the strong feeling about this season david is going to become the main villain of the Season and they re trying to get farouk to help then save future David and themselves