Legion Season 2 Finale Ending Scene

[@BorniRich]

I love the moment when he finally snaps out of his empathetic self “Fine... you had your chance.”

[@BorniRich]

Whoops, when he says “I’m done” not “fine”

[@charlesnapoleon9070]

His Id won

[@ursulaschairer6268]

Daniel Rich, first thought that came to my mind was “ Legion, here he is!” Second was “ breaking free”

[@RockBreakerStudios]

The moment of self realization...... what he is and what he will be

[@MrWongWey]

Rock Breaker Studios Hes probably not going to be the world killer they think he's going to be. I hope he tries to prove them wrong as a sort of fuck you, you were wrong kind of thing.

[@tarheel112081]

If I remember correctly, at the very end of one of the narrations, the narrator asks (paraphrasing) "Which is worse: Fear or the frightened?" They're the frightened. They're afraid of what David might do, and their fear turned him into their enemy. From his point of view, they turned on him, and the dude that killed his sister is walking around like everything's cool. What did they think he would do?

[@nidhikih2451]

That's the whole point of it, they all had a delusion regarding David that made them fear him and ended up turning him against them. This was actually explored with Syd throughout episode 10, as Farouk uses Melanie to plant the delusion that David is the bad guy into her mind, making her fully believe it to the point she was willing to kill him, and later she convinced everyone else that David was actually the actual enemy, leading up to this. They basically showed with Syd all the steps of a delusion that were discussed by the narrator, that's the real plot twist after all.

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

I can see both perspectives,certainly they are hypocrites acting out of fear and syd being petty as hell considering she has done worse(to her moms boyfriend) if he wasn't powerful they wouldn't do all this but its fear that made them turn.

[@Dezzyyx]

Can't wait when all the drones actually buying that David is supposed to be the "twist villain" for real, - as if that's what the show has been trying to say all this time - are proved wrong next season. The show has been trying to say that an idea can lead to a delusion.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

I spent some time in institutions myself based on fictional mental disorders and wrote a song about it. It took me a while to come to terms with the fact that the anger they used to tell me i was broken just came from the provocation of someone elses confirmation bias and they were the delusional ones because there was nothing i could do to reason with them. "You take me for a straw man, you dress him up in spades. You give him all these weapons, i'll take you to your grave. I'll be your monster fantasy, i'll be your darklit wish. I'll bite you like you want me to, i'll take the blame for this. I have no reservations, i'll swallow all your lies. And when theres no excuses, i sooner hope you die. You take me for a straw man, from which i do confess: i wear the mask you give me, to frighten you to death". The song is about a resentment for someone who justifies despicable things by forcing an identity on someone and rather than trying to protest their ignorance, embracing it since fear is the only reality they deserve.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

Indeed. The worst part of this Delusion is that it has "proof" with Future David, Making the Delusion Bigger and the frightened creating the very Devil they Fear.

[@DaGroundUnder]

If david is a villain i dont want to be a hero lol

[@thealien8673]

Come join me, let us conquer the world together....😂😂

[@bighurt1494]

He’s more powerful than, Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet.

[@abdirizaqmohammed4975]

@@bighurt1494 not if he gos to thanos universe

[@TaigaXsenpai]

after Injustice 2, we know that even the most noble person can break.... David is human he needs love

[@xesisgood8593]

The irony of this scene is that David is now labelled as the bad guy yet he decided to grant them all a mercy by leaving. He could have went on a rampage and flipped the entire place inside out.......literally.

[@PatGamingApasStyle]

The whole season 2 is based on how an idea can be a delusion. There even was a dialouge saying how 9 out of 10 people being wrong in a room will think they are right when infact the 1 person in the room is the right one but people will label him as wrong/crazy etc. All of these dialouges came to meaning in this scene. 😲

[@damonjones9409]

If all the apples are bruised, it is the unbruised apple that is bad,

[@falloutghoul1]

Case in point, Shadow King using mice to plant ideas in peoples heads.

[@Jeustful]

falloutghoul1 To be fair he didn't seem to. The way the episode was arranged it seem, to me, to imply that Farouk used the mouse to make the blond woman remember what David her forget.

[@kennyjames4679]

yeah, to remember the BS he implanted in her head with his other minions (the old blonde chick who was pissed that flight of the concords left her)

[@VaskoHElenov]

Nobody thought that maybe because of how they treated David he became the “villain”? The narrator was right about delusions and mass hysteria. Self fulfilling prophecy :)

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

yes their fear of his power made their fears a reality.I believe this is what they call a self fulfilled prophecy.

[@TaintedPrinceps]

Yeah i thought this too, the real delusion everyone was fed was that David was the threat. Seems like a big plot by the Shadow King. >Turn D3 and friends against David >Kill David with the help of D3 >Destroy or control D3 >??? >profit

[@PurrincessDiana]

David is has multiple personalities and multiple personas in the comic, he has well over 100 personalities and powers, he is beyond Omega level. He is an anti hero/villian

[@jjjjrrrr4353]

Veys eh I mean he raped her and he is delusional

[@Caelinus]

The sexual assault/rape angle is much more nuanced than I think people are giving it credit for being. If we assume that her default state is loving him, and she was only convinced not by through the influence of mind control, then him using mind control to remove that influence may be justified. But if she was not under mind control, and rather was just convinced by conventional means then he definitely raped her. Most likely the reality in universe is somewhere in the middle, which is even more disturbing, as in that case she is completely victimized by the contest of wills between Farouk and David. Consent and free will have basically been stripped from her entirely. Her whole reality is being shaped by the perceptions of two people who are so vastly more powerful than her that everything she knows about herself can't be trusted. It is like the most extreme form of gaslighting imaginable. Her reality is literally being changed by their whims. I think people focused in so hard on the sexual assault aspect that they miss just how disturbing *everything* else is in her life. That was a single and terrifying example of how much of her autonomy is gone.

[@enricovincente]

What is happening here to David is so unjust. Betrayed by Syd because she saw some videos? Put on trial for crimes he might commit? Closed into a cage while the Shadow King walks freely? This is so unjust. Glad he unleashed all his power.

[@pthespidey5057]

Enrico jusy pissed that he is kept in a cage because if what he could do in a possible future....while shadow king walks freely...everything could have been avoided if they did things differently

[@enricovincente]

Hi Sms! Yes, for sure. I think they have to provide massive explanation in the following season. Because it might still be all a plot of the Shadow King. We saw that the cyber crown that was put on him glitched and made lights. So it is a big possibility that this whole situation is the result of the Shadow King. Pay attention to this: "For what is normal is that upon which nine wise men can agree, leaving the tenth to swing from a hangman's rope. " This was in the text put on the screen before the trial, I didn't pay much attention at that the first time I saw the episode. So yes, It is a big possibility that the Shadow King regain his power, he was able to command the rat after all, and poisoned all the other and David is actually the "tenth to swing from a hangman's rope". The case of Syd is instead more complicated. Because it seems that David tricked her, even if at first I thought he was actually trying to heal her from a spell that Farouk put on her. She shot him with such a cold spirit, if you rewatch the dialogue they had... David is bleeding his heart out and Syd is so cold, we have never seen her like that. So this is either a product of bad writing (evaluation of Syd motivation insufficient) or an intervention of Farouk, that can actually explain why she acted so strangely. But if we take this second path (intervention of Farouk), things become very complicated. Because we can doubt Cary when he said "treachery" if indeed Farouk has control over everybody. And we can even pretend that Farouk himself, in prison, lied to David saying "It's really sick, what you are doing to her... controlling her". But then why David didn't erupt saying: "No Farouk! Fuck you! You were controlling her mind! I freed her!". Even one of David's personalities admits that he was tricking her, so maybe, and this is pure speculation, the Shadow King had a special trick up his sleeve: making a manipulation not seems like a manipulation. So indeed Farouk put a mind spell on Syd, so she had enough motivation to shot (and betray) David, and finally this explain why David couldn't recognize the spell and thought he tricked her (when in reality he freed her). This is just speculation, I'm sure we can all find other reasons, maybe better ones that justify Syd behavior in the desert. But this is what the writers must deal with. Because Syd's behaviour leaves a huge hole. Why she acted in that way in the first place? David is the villain and Farouk the hero? Based on what? Events that might happen? The face that David make? Why all in a sudden she didn't trust his man? Why she shot him so coldly? These are no insignificant questions. I send you a hug Sms! Have a nice day :)

[@enricovincente]

Hi Diego! Nice reference to Days of a future past! :D It is one of my favorite marvel movies! I send you a hug, have a nice day :)

[@tarheel112081]

Well said. When the Shadow King just strolled in the room like he belonged there, I was stunned. He's killed how many? Destroyed how much? Yet David's on trial for something he hasn't even done yet? Are you serious? As soon as SK's trial was over, he was going to leave. Whatever happens now, they've brought it on themselves.

[@777MangaKing7771]

David was helping the Shadow King and let him do terrible things based on something that might happen in future. He only stopped helping him when his sister was killed/transformed into Lenny.

[@LegionOfTheMany]

*This guy deserves an Emmy!*

[@BrimasraGirl]

Fawk yeah!!!

[@williamayers617]

This guy deserves love!!! Lol

Farouk and Lenny as well!!

[@damianstarks3338]

t no shit !

[@MiyagiRyuzo]

Hell yeah.he deserves it!

[@gabe_liu9095]

they had David at their side, and yet they still manage to screwed it up

[@hansgruber5184]

there ain´t no blondie no more

[@midasbelmontttv]

Yeah

[@wander300]

Damn straight, to hell with her. Lenny is way better!

[@sadhumbleflower4159]

@@wander300 true, syd was boring as f#ck

[@RockBreakerStudios]

I'm also a good channel I don't deserve to be ghosted ......I'm a good channel .......You know what I'm Done!

[@nmichael2826]

@@wander300 i never liked syd anyway. She's such a hypocrite

[@jackwilliams1839]

For real He deserves an Emmy it’s just incredible acting

[@500der500]

"You know what, im done!" brutal

[@cyberneticbeast]

You had your chance.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

My question is who is "You" and chance of what exactly?

[@RockBreakerStudios]

"i'm getting out of here, you coming" "SHIT YEAH" you had me at shit yeah

[@daphnes4572]

this is one of the best and most profound tv shows i've ever seen. I'm hoping we get to see professor X in the next season

[@anoginesta5754]

Professor X would be awesome, I was hoping he would pop up this season after Picard said he was up for it.

[@Mrken2786]

Xavier is the worlds only hope at stoping him likely now.. Unless they use Farouk to find and try to stop him...

[@daphnes4572]

yes.. Syd is probably going to try to track him down.. But there's a chance he's not alive in this universe?

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

Shadow king and Professor X chatting it up in season 3 would be cool

[@Plexiscore]

I'm pretty sure Xavier wouldn't be able to do anything to stop him

[@goldenmidas5896]

David and Lenny is a combination I can get by :)

[@mahamuud99]

also because he can actueel impregnate her and by cyd he cant xD like that video snippit you saw when he got long hair

[@dahliaisrael8751]

Except Lenny is gay, so that won't be happening.

[@mahamuud99]

you didnt see flashbacks of david and lenny having sex also in other dimension they had a child toghter she was pregant o.o she loves him so much that after getting captured by farouk she still showed up and helped david out that is PURE 100% LOYALTY so yea she will have hes children and they gonna have sex

[@mahamuud99]

feeling gun also changed her dna otherwise her body would react different on fast change

[@mahamuud99]

if she can fk both genders isnt she bisexuel?

[@mr.dystopian5554]

David and Lenny like Bonny and Clyde.

[@davyjones5079]

Syd is the ultimate hypocrite. She's been doing fucked up things since she was a kid with no demon in her head and she wants to criminalize David for things he hasn't even done. Unbelievable. Also, they keep saying David ends the world, but Oliver says in the beginning the world hasn't 'actually ended'. There's still battles between good and evil, there's still people. Also if Lenny didn't come out of her high, shoot a sniper rifle, and miraculously hit Syd's bullet mid air, Syd would of straight up shot David in the face. Where is her trial? If David can be tried for future crimes, Syd should be able to be tried for failed crimes. Why did Carey ignore that part and just see David do the mind trick? How wasn't Syd trying to kill David the first act of treachery to an outside viewer like Carey was? Syd....you're not a protagonist and you're not a hero.

[@reganator5000]

Very late reply, but I don't think it's actually Syd's fault- the Shadow King/Faruk is pretty obviously operating the frame job. If David was merely guilty of the accusations, there'd be no reason to let Faruk out. If someone is convicted of murder they don't have to let another convicted murderer out of jail (and we see him use the mouse to re-brainwash Syd after David undoes the manipulation he also definitely used to get Syd to try to shoot david the first time)

[@NoOneGetzOutAlive]

​@@reganator5000she gets sanctimonious on her own too.

[@akatechon5731]

Congratulations, you just made a monster.

[@jjjjrrrr4353]

Akatechon he is actually insane to be fair and raped syd the creator said so so he was already a monster

[@MrWongWey]

Jjjj Rrrr Syd has no right to complain because of what she did to her mother's boyfriend.

[@MrWongWey]

Jjjj Rrrr And because of what she did, by your logic, Syd was a monster long before David.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

@@jjjjrrrr4353 Technically shadow king was the one who put the thoughts in her head that david suppressed, so if anyone raped her it was SK. and he actually did rape her while wearing davids body so... Hypocrites all around

[@MythicaIl]

@@jjjjrrrr4353 it called karma what she did came back to her

[@chrissleeping65]

"There ain't no Blondie no more" damn legion way to kill the love 😭

[@BrimasraGirl]

righttt!!! lol

[@thehumanity0]

Nah that shit was awesome. I'd say it's totally called for when your blonde girlfriend tries to shoot and murder your ass. Personally, I draw the line at stabbing. Syd also tried to gas him too, so I'd say his 'drop the mic' exit was more than a little fair.

[@bencheveryday]

I like how you said Legion and not David.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

In Soviet Russia, love tries to kill YOU

[@INCOGNITO-iq4qy]

She asked for it screw her

[@mad4song01]

The fact that this guy just peaces the f*ck out rather than giving the Thanos treatment to everyone who betrayed him shows an incredible amount of restraint for a crazy person. They done f*cked up.

[@eliasyarnall8099]

I know it seems like he’s the villain in this moment , but I still feel everyone is deluded by the shadow king , like this was his plan overall was to make everyone think he’s the villain, and the one question that was bothering was how do u go from him being on trial sentenced to death to all of a sudden everyone believing he’s the good guy and lets him free , it seems he’s still in control of everyone and making everyone deluded that David is the villain like this is masterplan all along, but can’t wait for next season

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Elias Yarnall I think this is obvious. In fact, having David destroy the world if he loses would be entirely in character for the demon we all know and hate. Let’s just hope the writers themselves know what they’re doing.

[@scottvalenza1607]

John MYOB Doe I believe in them. Legion is technically an antihero and next season could possibly reveal Farouks delusion before David destroys the world or at least completely

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

Also What happens to David is similar to what happened to Fukuyama. Granted what David did was bad, but not enough to make him be a "iredeemable monster" Is not helped that becasue David goes bad in a possible Future, Farouk has a "Delusion" that could arguably be completely given prove. Makin the control even bigger. All the lessons have been forshadowing to this.Mass-Hysteria, delusion, teaching people "red is green green is red". ALL OF IT. David is now the sane man surrounded by crazies, making HIM the crazy by default. Nt helped that David himself really has issues, and A lot of Self-Loathing inside I wouldn't be surprised LEGION World Killer was brn in the other timline by Faraouk giving David a final F&?# and givin g his friends the message "He is worse than me". And Paranoid and Betrayed, they end up making David the devil they believe he will turn and David decides to "If thye believe I am th Devil, FINE I WILL BE THEIR DEVIL"

[@RockBreakerStudios]

No your wrong ... remember the alternate realities when he almost became the richest person on the planet... we got glimpses where the shadow king was in control there so, david doing what he did the end of this season and knowing what I know from comics leads into something new

[@buddhidev7877]

The actor is brilliant- from sad an confused to angry and arrogant. He should win awards. I'm glad David becoming a god-like mutant. They have their chances but they did unjust with him.

[@deadmanslastwish]

This is what happens to all those who love. You are free now David. You are a good person, and you deserve freedom.

[@anoginesta5754]

Good point.

[@datniggakermit5287]

Ehhhhhh

[@maltostado]

deadmanslastwish Good point man

[@AzrulnizamZainal]

After watching Legion, I can't help to think all movies and television dramas with Dan Stevens are alternate realities create by David Haller with his omega level power.

[@ScionStorm1]

Azrulnizam Zainal So I have David to thank for Downton Abbey?

[@AzrulnizamZainal]

Yes. And Matthew "death" is actually David hiding while still monitoring this reality.

[@nailaa1582]

this is relatable, because i just watched beauty and the beast again and all i think is david with his alternate universe because he's bored so he decided to be a beast lol

[@dreadedsage8630]

It's crazy how Syd never thought that pushing him away would be the very thing that causes him to destroy the world

[@571danu]

When Syd and his friends betrayed him, I was hoping David goes rage mode and im so happy he did.

[@c.h.2832]

I’m so grateful that he had at least one person who still stood by him and didn’t care what everyone else believed. Go Lenny! ❤️

[@sasukemoores]

David and Lenny for the win....also Syd really need to stop being a hypocrite. Her mothers BF probably has a few things he would like to say to her :P

[@nataliehill1472]

When I heard that for the first time my jaw dropped. That is actually legitimately rape, no way around it and then she played it off like “ I don’t know how to be normal, bla bla”

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Season 3 makes it even worse, portraying _her_ as the victim just because she didn’t get it _exactly_ how she wanted it. There’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it-moment in the first few episodes in which they say that Syd’s diagnosis is Antisocial Personality Disorder (basically sociopathy). I’m thinking she may actually be a genuine sociopath or somewhere on the Cluster-B spectrum.

[@kylereese5841]

True, but that still doesn't give him the right to rape her.

[@michalmikulasi5193]

@@kylereese5841 would it really classify as a rape? maybe, but what she did, ruined innocent guy completely, is far, far worse, and we dont think she will destroy the world. His biggest sin in this case is, that he is too powerful, and he just wants to be loved and to be a good person. Meanwhile someone who tortured others for 2000 years and him his whole life, and even killed his sister, is just standing there and looking at him as if he was a fcking good guy. They also accuse him of FUTURE CRIMES! what the fck?!?!?! its like they said: what is worse, fear? or the frightened? they are frightened and most definitely decided to do this horrible thing. just kill him for future crime. holy shit man

[@kylereese5841]

@@michalmikulasi5193 Yes it would, if the person can't consent for any reason, whether they don't know its you or they're not free to make their own decisions, it's r @ p e . You act as if cause she r @ p e d, a guy, she should just be ok with that happening to her. That doesn't excuse his actions, most villains ever just wanna be loved and are way to powerful.

[@williamhenning4700]

I think people need to think long and hard about what constitutes a villain. He had both the power and impetus to disintegrate all of them on the spot but rather then do that he simply opts to be done with their bullshit and peace out.

[@zebras7254]

William Henning they are locking him because *in the future* he will be a villain and destroy the world. As right now david is just confused

[@williamhenning4700]

There actions are likely causing that future.

[@belowaveragegamer95]

Edrien Graham i don’t get what you meant. These actions may well be causing the future. Just like how anakin was basically the cause of his wife’s death, even though he was trying to prevent it

[@williamhenning4700]

You don't think your friends betraying you and attempting to either stow you away in a mental facility or have you killed is going to affect someone unless they're a child? Grow up my dude.

[@belowaveragegamer95]

blarf mcscarf that’s more cuz the shadow king wants David on his side. Good luck doing that by killing all of his friends.

[@LegionOfTheMany]

*This guy can do twice the damage without the Infinity Gauntlet.*

[@therambler3713]

nah, not really. I bet Doctor Strange could school him with nothing but the time stone.

[@Reverse-sg5rn]

The Rambler not even close dude. Legion Transcends time also even if Strang uses time stone he still have to fight David in spirit realm as time is relative to the physical world. Only omega beings are able to stop legion and Dr strange is not one of them

[@therambler3713]

Reverse Flash Doctor Strange lends his powers from omega beings, and using the time stone he would be able to come up with a way to defeat Legion the same way he defeated Dormammu

[@rohitr9400]

The Rambler , no, Strange wasn't even afforded the chance to use the time stone in the fight against Maw.. What can he do against a mind controlling Omega level mutant?

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

He can die instantly.

[@saintvincent8861]

Damn right there ain't no blondie no more!!! LENNY IS THE PERFECT LEGION SIDEKICK ANYWAYS

[@BorniRich]

Can’t wait to see more especially with Plaza on team David 🤘😎🤘

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

Kinda of a weird sexual tension goin on considering she is kinda hybrided with davids sister

[@b0oMan]

@@dabblerdeluxe775 adopted sister *

[@siddbastard]

She so much more sexy, unhinged and funny ... She's perfect.

[@siddbastard]

She always been on his side, day 1. Not like Blondie.

[@user-rl6xq4kf5c]

Just realized is it possible David switched personalitys in this scene? He went from dude in the wheel chair to the dude in his head telling him he was a god?

[@BorniRich]

Yes, I think that’s exactly who he snapped into. I think that’s what the whispers were. He was motivating him to break out and leave these people

[@jillbill7752]

Early man might have mistaken his thoughts to be the voice of the gods

[@williamhenning4700]

Yep. There was a little noise that signaled the switch right before it happened. 1:17

[@ScionStorm1]

He is Legion. He is many. His personas will just keep multiplying from here.

[@user-rl6xq4kf5c]

I know im actually excited about that! I was dissapointed when He started acting cured once the shadow king was out of him!!

[@tashitv8117]

This scene is so crucial, just seeing a man realize how much he was being held back from what he deserves by people who just want to control and make him something he isnt. Happy he noticed that he wasn't the problem everyone else was.

[@williehaller5840]

This is one of my favorite anything of all time

[@pyrogreg8]

same

[@wind-upbird9513]

Definitely one of my favorite shows of all time

[@jasonfrost6947]

This was a good ending since it opens up to the possibility of bringing in events from the comics of X-MEN LEGECY where David/Legion tried to do some good but instead did some bad

[@thehumanity0]

Yeah I sort of see it as the equivalent of David accidentally starting the Age of Apocalypse in the comics since he is starting his own apocalypse here according to future Syd if her story can even be trusted anymore. I think next season is going to allow for David's personalities to massively develop and evolve more though, and they will probably run amok to the point where he will be fighting himself internally a lot. That means we will get to see struggles within David like with Jack Wayne and Time-Sink in the comics. I don't know if Hawley will go as in depth with the personalities seeing as all we know about the ones that he sees are called Divad and DVD so far, but hopefully they will develop into full blown split personalities that have their own personas and unique powers.

[@jasonfrost6947]

The Humanity Totally, the actual whole reason I've watched the show was to see how they were gonna implement that into a live action show. It died out though the more watch it but still captured my attention in superpower scenes. But it was automatically ignited again when they shown David looking exactly like his character design from the comics and when he was in his bedroom arguing with the personalities that are slowly developing within him. It's exciting, isn't it?

[@Ben-rz9cf]

Divad and DVD? where did you get that from?

[@jasonfrost6947]

Ben Hinman I believe the subtitles

[@Kyran1996]

In one of the episodes, they actually show David with the tall hair and wearing the same outfit he had in X-Men Legacy, so I can definitely see them going down that route.

[@MrCamw1]

They turned him into the monster. This is all on Summerland and Division 3 charging him for crimes he had yet to commit. Qlso glad they didnt kill off Shadow King. Him and the David actor deserve emmy's. And Aubrey Plaza was snubbed for an Emmy last season.

[@ScionStorm1]

MrCamw1 This is actually all Syd's fault in the end.

[@MrCamw1]

ScionStorm to go off that Shadow King as well. He controlled Melanie to show Syd what she saw.

[@ScionStorm1]

MrCamw1 But if you track back, you'd see that this began when future Syd kidnapped him, lied and manipulated him into helping with her plan to obtain a "weapon" that could kill him. She created the entire situation and was the engine of the entire season. Current Syd kept insisting she was not that other Syd all season only to prove to easily become that Syd at the end.

[@MrCamw1]

ScionStorm alright I buy that.

[@Jeustful]

They didn't turn him into a monster. They gave him a strong push in that direction.

[@Godzilla52]

Part of the genius of this ending is that it plays into the Mass Hysteria theme that Hawley had built up throughout this season. Essentially everyone else is as much a villain as David is by the end because of they're blanket overreaction to a presumed threat. It doesn't make David any better, but it shows that both sides are flawed and that both are right and wrong depending on your interpretation.

[@IconicPotionz]

This was the best ending. Sad but the best.

[@mieki1]

OMFG I literally froze when he said "I'm a good person and I deserve love" inside and then he realized that was a part "the other David" showed him before. He realized he was right, everything was true.

[@GenXMetal_Head]

Love this direction ! David will become the world killer Legion !!!

[@lwgoinghome]

not smart d3. You just messed with the wrong mutant!

[@RockBreakerStudios]

NO they did not kill the right mutant... ohhhh 1996?

[@RockBreakerStudios]

it could have been 1994 i honestly dont remember

[@LegionOfTheMany]

@@RockBreakerStudios Great reference.

[@flexpape]

This TV show was pure ART

[@the_frog_army]

After the show is over, it seems like we and they all had one simple delusion that ultimately lead the entire show. There's no villain. There are people who had a chance to be good, and people who didn't.

[@trism500]

Such an iconic scene. This was such a horribly amazing ending. I'm so glad the writers went in this direction. About time he realizes what he is 😈 The nostalgia is kicking in. I need season 3!

[@RanVibes]

And know we have it!

[@brianbrush5107]

when I heard the song at the end I thought "They BETTER not go with it was all a dream!"

[@OP-rb8oi]

brian brush it was the gas bruv it knocked him out

[@farfromsensibletv]

There've always been subtle insinuations of things not being real throughout the show, even back to series 1 episode 1's "Is this real? Are you real?". The show is an exploration of mental illness and delusions ofc

[@brianbrush5107]

farfromsensible Yes that's partially why I am worried. This ending was great so retconning it would be a mistake in my opinion

[@farfromsensibletv]

brian brush I believe it is more an exploration of the shows unrealness (physical creatures for ideas, the many other symbolic things throughout) and David's own feeling of uncertainty rather than the whole thing being a dream

[@brianbrush5107]

farfromsensible okay

[@ScionStorm1]

This is all Syd's fault. Can't believe she thinks she is the hero/good guy.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

She does not think much

[@nmichael2826]

I never liked syd from the beginning. She's a hypocrite. Hero my assssssss

[@1milvies]

I am gonna have to disagree. Good people aren't good people depending on how one person treats them. Let's not forget David raped her. That is not what a good person does.

[@parkerboy795]

@@1milvies Uh, she's not exactly one to take the moral high ground with that subject. Remember her mothers boyfriend? Not to mention, David, correctly, assumed she was being manipulated by Faurok.

[@Defiring]

@@1milvies She did the same, plus she tried to murder him

[@LegionOfTheMany]

Technically, he used time dilation to his advantage to break out of that tachyonic force field. When they tried to gas him to sleep, he regained control using elastic consciousness. Damn, he really is the God-Mutant.

[@owenb9779]

When did they say what type of force field it was I don't remember that

[@thehumanity0]

+guy person - He's just guessing because he think's The Flash qualifies you to talk about super powers and tachyon particles. David is definitely powerful as all fuck though. He for sure is way more powerful than Farouk, but Farouk gets the jump on him using his tricky strategies and manipulative nature by using David's vulnerabilities to his advantage like how David cares about his close friends and how his powers make his mind super unstable.

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

if i recall the comics(been years) wasn't Farouk just the first human host of the "Shadow king" a entity from beyond?

[@Nukerunin]

Cosmo Joe He was one of the early mutants originally. Eventually he lost that body and lived in the spirit realm or some shit for a long time, slowly multiplying his power and morphing his visage into this kinda creepy, giant, black demon looking thing. He randomly possesses powerful people from then on (He seems to have a hard-on for powerful psychic hosts,) but yeah he's basically an incorporeal entity that can possess people across the multiverse. So he's kind of like a planetary Phoenix Force, except no good comes from being enslaved by him.

[@PersonificationofNight1]

Does this classify him as an omega level or beyond omega level?

[@MrGrownman455]

What's happening here has so many layers to it. The people who claim to love David wants to take his power away in order for them to feel comfortable. So David has two choices either live in a bubble all of his life so the people he loves will love him back or develop self love and leave the bubble. Self love vs submission to a collective or some type of family unit because of the belief you will finally be loved. I would have done the samething David did and leave the bubble.

[@abu_yousef_7]

-What about the Blondie? -There ain't no blondie no more. 😤

[@nightgodd7865]

This ending is appropriate in so many ways. 1. David dropping the whole love delusion was brilliant 2. Everyone is now fully aware David can destroy the world 3. Everyone is now fully aware David can't be contained 4. Feruk still thinking he has a chance lmao 5. That jesus pose 6! OH THANK GOD HE DIDN'T FORGET THE BAE

[@trevincarroll5978]

Legion is born!!!

[@dani-el9534]

The irony in this whole story is that was actually their fear of David become a monster that turned him into a monster

[@nathanhenderson4699]

Legion is so strong in the comics he wipes out the elder gods then the multiverse and then he tries to wipe himself from existence but he can't cause himself wont let him erase himself he just pops back into existence thats way OP

[@TyreII]

Its interesting though sadly not surprising that most of the headlines about the end of the season 2 focus on how David betrays sydney and doesn't touch on the fact that she betrayed him first and literally tried to kill him which is a worse crime than what he did. She knew entering into this relationship that he was a broken person and is tricked so easily into killing him it's kind of silly.

[@forcryinoutloud]

You're talking like Syd was a perfectly healthy person mentally herself - she wasn't. She was fucked up too. Frankly, they shouldn't have been anywhere NEAR each other because of their issues. And of course it focuses on what David did - HE is the MAIN character, not Syd.

[@TyreII]

@@forcryinoutloud I don't think I insinuated she was perfectly healthy so not sure how I was "talking" like she was stable. Your second point actually proves my point more he IS the main character and he was betrayed so you'd think more of the discussion would be about that. How weak Syd truly turned out to be to have been manipulated and maneuvered into trying to kill David so easily. I'm not down playing his mistake but at least I'm acknowledging hers.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

The worst part is that Not only everyone betrayed David (maybe Shadow King also manipulted them), EVEN DAVID HIMSELF thinks he is a monster and NOBODY shows true faith in him (the David's talking to him are clearly Self-Loathing and Egomania)

[@MrUFCFan12345]

I dont think hes the villain he didn't hurt anyone. He just wants to be loved

[@Jeduthunn]

ydh unknwn He's not. This is what Farouk wants; he simply implanted the idea that David is evil in Syd's head, showing her all the negatives instead of all the positives... allowing her to spread that knowledge. Not only that, but he also killed David's sister, which can be easily forgotten because of how briefly she was shown as apart of Lenny. Farouk basically had a plan for everything.

[@INCOGNITO-iq4qy]

Web Assassin manipulation or not if they could easily turn on David like this then fuck them. Lenny is MVP for David.

[@GoldenHay1]

Web Assassin you got it. farouk is behind all this. he still fucks with them and they don't realize it.

[@marusapenic]

Robert Mitchell because he didn’t, he didn’t manipulate anyone, he gave an idea, and that idea grew. They could have left it at that, but no, they started thinking of all the outcomes and got scared. They brought it on themselves, Farouk is only partially to blame.

[@MrWongWey]

Marusa Penic Technically future Syd gave King the idea. But FAROUK just put the idea on steroids and force fed it to a whole bunch of idiots.

[@takeuchi5760]

That "Now we pray" at the end was fantastic.

[@haksikdaksik1713]

For me David is the real victim here. At the beginning of the episode Sid wanted to end his life. In David mind Sid was manipulated by the Shadow king, so he tried to erase her memory. He didn't know that it wasn't a Shadow King manipulation...

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

“The field should hold.” Yeah, if the laws of physics remain constant. Kind of a bad bet for holding a being that can alter reality itself though.

[@tyant834]

The thing is he didn't really do anything worthy of being called a villain in this episode. What did he do? He freed himself from being caged if they really wanted to paint him as a villain in this episode he could have literally snapped his fingers and killed everyone that was in that room and he could have done the same to the soldiers who were shooting at lenny and himself. Melanie was the one who showed all those memories to Syd and she had an entire episode dedicated to her to show how the Shadow King had her under his control.

[@bustercall5744]

Brendan Milburn He did not date rape her...He actually thought she was being manipulated. That was thrown in there by the shadow king to unbalance David.

[@Jeduthunn]

Brendan Milburn I see you've fallen for the delusion as well.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

What David did was rape, sure, but still just because of that, ALL believe he is worse than Farouk. Even Though Farouk did worse things than that (in fact he technically speaking raped, both Oliver, Lenny, and what he did to many people of Division 3 and not to mention what he did to Amy). They felt for the Fear, the Delusion, and the Hysteria and Paranoia, and are in the path of making David the very Devil they fear. So far, if David just decides tonever come back, and go to "is farm" good, but even if David only wants that they will keep hunting him, causing him to think "YOU WANT ME TO BE THE DEVIL. FINE, I WILL BE THE WORST DEVIL YOU EVER MET". David is still in a potential of becoming or not becoming LEGION The Worldkiller, but Farouk is certainly shaping up that future t set it into stone. That's the scary thing. Even Farouk is deluded into thinking "He is the Hero, David is the villain" just because of what Future Syd ended up causing

[@adamsmithhomie9490]

that's not rape.

[@biocapsule7311]

As much as I did not like what he did. Technically it's not rape, because he didn't change her mind into something she isn't. He reverse her memories to before. If he basically reverse all of time and not simply her memory, she wouldn't have a problem with it at all & you wouldn't see it as rape because it would technically never had happen. And he did that because there's nothing to worked out... she intent on killing him base on what a known mind manipulator show her, it's apparently that easy for her. That was an even bigger betray than what he did. Which is technically no surprise... what she did to her mother's boyfriend, that is way way worst. He is at worst emotionally unstable but she is outright monstrous.

[@LegionOfTheMany]

*Who's here after the finale?*

[@EP591]

You can't pray to God when you were the ones that turned against him.

[@videogamemaster7201]

Farouk : OH shoot, he's about to break out. Better stand there and take in the sites.

[@aaronscottjockers4490]

He's a good person and he deserves love!

[@roachdoggjr722]

Such an “Aw shit” moment. They done FUCKED UP!

[@RainingBlood_Cay]

To be honest, after following his tale of torment throughout this and the previous season, it was only a matter of time before he completely snapped.

[@thaisata]

This is a good ending. It deserves love.

[@DoctorLeeches]

The gas!!! Loved it, cannot wait to see where next season goes...

[@Met-cx9uj]

Could be a shot in the dark but my theory is that his “true self” aka Legion personality frees David and others personalities kinda help but aren’t powerful enough. Not sure who says “I’m done.. You had your chance” (Could have just been David but not all powerful just yet) but imo when we see David’s eyes close up, at first he looks up and struggles, you can kinda see he sorts through his powers slash personalities? But soon after David’s eyes point directly at the camera. I think this was true Legion who sorta manifested due to David coming in terms with his other personalities and was able go use all his powers since all of his personalities including the main one we see do not want to be drugged or killed.

[@LegionOfTheMany]

Season 01: *I am pretty. I am loved.* Season 02 Finale: *I am a good man. I deserve love.*

[@CustomMade88]

This is how you create a villain

[@INCOGNITO-iq4qy]

Orlando Williams they're idiots they're lucky he didn't just obliterate them right this moment.

[@ankitpurohit800]

Damm right

[@abcun17]

This scene was as heartbreaking as it was powerful! Love this show! To me the betrayal they speak of in this episode is that of David by everyone else around him...😞😖

[@giancarlodr.iodice1701]

great season, Thanks FX, thank you for take this out so wisely.....here Italy, ciao

[@xtensionxward3659]

to be honest they did have their chance ...

[@sinaimuse6562]

Plenty

[@c.h.2832]

Damn I loved this ending! It also made me laugh how the Shadow King kinda gave me the impression at 1:47 that he was like "Oh shit! This dude gonna break free... I'm so impressed!" x`D And I love how this ending is so much different to all the other shows, like finally, the "good guy" becomes the villain.

[@DrArthurCGarp]

He's probably really impressed. David might be stronger raw power wise, but he lacks the focus and skill that SK does. SK does love David in a brotherly way, he's the only other omega level mutant he's seen reach near the top of their power in centuries.

[@gilbertonieves9310]

Never been established who's more powerful between Franklin Richards and Legion, both are Omega level or beyond mutants and both have performed incredible feats with their powers. One thing limiting David is his mental instability and one thing limiting Franklin is his young age.

[@TheSkepticalIdealist]

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

[@Ambaryerno]

I think this is all a part of Farouk's plan. He knew he would be killed by David in the desert, so manipulated Syd into stopping him. And yet he also knew he likely wouldn't survive long once he was in Division 3's hands. So he's driving David mad and turning the Summerlanders and Division 3 against him to act as a distraction. Meanwhile, he ingratiates himself by "helping" them reveal the truth of what David did to Syd, showing that he's on his way to becoming Legion. This gives Division 3 a reason to keep him alive, and allows him to establish a power base to further his own plans while the others are forced to contend with David. David's plan to kill him was brilliant, but Farouk was still a step ahead.

[@marcoviola6741]

That's a good point, but I'm not so sure that Farouk is to blame for this all. Shadow king is a selfish, sadistic knave, but he would never let the world be destroyed. He's basically an hedonist and he wants to live and enjoy unrestrained pleasure. He doesn't take fun in destruction for the sake of it, because this world is basically his playground and he would never smash his toy, as David could do just because...he's insane. That's why he could be actually on the same league with D3.

[@Ambaryerno]

Oh, he's certainly going to genuinely assist them with stopping him. But as I said, it's ultimately a part of his own plan to walk away with his body and freedom in the aftermath.

[@callumm1770]

Yeah but what did the cow mean?

[@yousephkarouni9540]

or the pod that kidnapped David for that matter . . .

[@thehumanity0]

+Youseph Karouni - They explained the pod this episode more in depth. David said that it was future Syd that kidnapped him in the pod that was built by future Cary (aka Glasses McLabcoat). The Vermilion later eluded to the pod when they were accusing David and suggesting the pod was 98% likely made by future Cary. Basically what happened is that the Syd sends back the pod to capture David, where she takes him to the future so she can simply tell him to find Farouk's body and then i guess she dumps him off a year later, which might've been purposefully because it seemed like future Syd was trying her best to fuck things up between past David and past Syd and Syd's first real problem with David occurred when she claims "David left her", when in reality, it was future Syd who is the blame for it.

[@derangedcrouton1864]

Youseph Karouni they explained the pod. The cow not so much at all

[@Ben-rz9cf]

Yeah i'm still confused about the cow

[@yugifan96]

maybe is about herd mentality and how a delusion spreads to weak minded individuals

[@hallrr11]

after this episode legion became my fav tv show. s3 was the final season. I miss david and everything about legion...Best show ever!!!!

[@franciscojacobolonginosmor9986]

Could the song at the end be a clue? The "this Is not real" might mean something since this show uses different resources to tell its story.

[@Miss_Matched]

If this song had continued a little longer then next lyric would've been "you bet it is".

[@rexarc2477]

AceBean27 damn the detail

[@ConnorMcCartney95]

It is, just more of a shock reaction for everyone left in there.

[@weslymubanga9867]

They turned poor David into Legion the world ender

[@vmaninc.761]

I just finished watching season 2 finale and I am absolutely disgusted with everyone involved from Melanie on down to Syd everyone turning on David believing he's going to be the world killer when the threat to the world is really in front of them all along: Farouk the shadow king! and he's deceived them and trick them and manipulated them so well; syd saying that David drugged her and had sex with her was really way out of line if anything he was trying to undo the poison that Farouk put in her head and was trying to re-establish the love they have for each other it's also very hypocritical of her to say that when she used her power of body switching to sleep with her mother's boyfriend a disgusting act which ultimately destroyed his life as well as her mother yet he never once judged her or held that against her and crazy part about that is he would have been completely justified, so I'm so disgusted with what they did with him I'm hoping he gets his Justice in the end.

[@Aart87]

I subscribed just for your description XD And because I love Legion :)

[@eagle3676]

I think David's other persona took over. When he said "you had your chance", my theory is he was talking to the prime David that was in control until then. The real David is still stuck in the delusion of "I'm a good person, I deserve love" even though his actions are to the contrary like torturing Oliver and enjoying it

[@williamhenning4700]

Eagle 367 He didn't know it was Oliver, he thought it was The Shadow King he was torturing. While that definitely not a good act, it's an understandable and human one.

[@eagle3676]

William Henning I think he didn't care because he could've used his powers to find out

[@pokeman2905]

Haha funny you know shit. Stop talking ty

[@GhostRareHunters]

Edrien Graham Do you really think that? He forgave Lenny because he knows what it was like to be manipulated by the Shadow King, why would he not feel the same way about Oliver?

[@mikestauffer7033]

maybe someone could help me to understand but , they decided he was a traitor because Syd decided to kill him after Melanie told her to , the same melanie who knocked Clark ? doesnt it feel odd ? besides they allow Farouk , the same Farouk who killed hundreds of their soldiers to sit there with them ? what is wrong with all of them?

[@Dr_Congo_WoW]

He's not a traitor, he's just going off the deep end. He mentally manipulates several people and straight up date-rapes Syd/wipes her memory because she stopped seeing him as a good person. That's dangerous. Farouk's just there to keep up the illusion that it's a trial for him, and not for David.

[@mikestauffer7033]

well , he is basically sentenced to death ... what about melanie who knocked one of them , i mean everyone has been doing weird stuff , including their japan master , ( im not sure about the rape thought , he waked up her love for him , doesnt mean he forced her to have sex with him , and he wasnt even in the room so )

[@Dr_Congo_WoW]

He wiped her memories of her basically saying "yeah we're done" and then proceeded to replace those memories with fake ones of her still loving him. It's not waking up love, especially when he proceeded to have sex with her. She clearly didnt want to before he messed with her mind. If he's messing with people's minds, they cant trust anything he says anymore. Especially since the future timeline versions of our characters said he was going to be a bad dude. Melanie can be excused from her actions since she wasn't exactly in her right mind, but David knew exactly what he was doing.

[@mikestauffer7033]

im not sure about the rightfulness of the trial of even the charges , lets not forget its all about futurs and timelines , what if he becomes the one they are afraid of , because of this ?

[@Dr_Congo_WoW]

Let's not also forget that he tortured Oliver for several hours psychically. Another aspect is something the show plays with a lot; What we're seeing isn't nescessarily what's happening. For all we know, David could've done a hell of a lot of worse stuff and we wouldn't know. Or maybe they didnt try to kill him, but since he's such a paranoid schizophrenic, his mind makes him jump to that conclusion and he lashes out.

[@qwintonmoore8933]

I know I'm late to the party, but for those of you who say David is the villain and can't be redeemed because of the whole blurry sexual assault situation. Don't forget that Syd did almost the exact same thing with her mothers boyfriend. Both she and David deprived their partners of information that they knew would result in their partners not giving consent. While I can't really call David a "good person." You can't claim Syd is either. They both had their reasons for it. And I'd argue Davids motivation (while definitely not justified) was far more relatable than Syds were. From the beginning of the season we had all this talk about "love being what we have to save." And that's what he was trying to do. But he didn't think that just because he could do it the way he did, didn't mean he should'lve done it. While Syd on the other hand simply craved the physical affection she'd been unable to have her whole life, so she abused her power to put herself in a situation where she could get that. Even though odds were she knew it would end badly for the guy. They were both naive in the moment of their decisions, not thinking their actions through. Plus the fact that their powers allowed them to so easily bypass the obstacles that would usually stop them, made them even less observant of the ethics of their actions

[@RoninTheLightSkin]

I feel like when david escape he not becoming a villain but is handling certain things that's in his own view of mind just like magneto

[@christianbh]

I love that big smile he gets right before he breaks the force field thing

[@Uhdksurvhunter]

What annoyed me is Syd's hypocrisy, claiming David raped her. She did more or less the same with her mothers boyfriend. Ruined his life in fact. Even if she is mindcontrolled.

[@Uhdksurvhunter]

Also i didnt notice the music during the ending but maybe there is something to the lyrics? "This is not real, this is not real, this is not really happening." Foreshadowing?

[@jiminhong95]

I just felt so good watching this scene. David tried so hard to be loved, to be good person but everyone betrayed him. And this is what show is all about!!! It's Legion finally!!!

[@gregthebaritone]

Love his impersonation of the Vetruvian Man

[@alexwinchester157]

What they don't realize is that the course of action they took is what turned him.

[@MegaRayland]

In the comics I believe he is a character that wavers between villain and anti-hero. Apparently he ends up being the villain every time he tries to do some good. In this show his allies believe he is the only responsible for destroying the world in the future, so they made him to be the villain by this scene.

[@alexwinchester157]

He's a chaotic neutral, I think

[@Berronax]

You are a good person, and you do deserve love Let's hope in season 3 these d3 idiots come to their senses and realize that their irrational fear of something that MIGHT happen, is what actually caused it to happen, admit they're wrong and being manipulated by farouk.. But for now after betraying david like this, they deserve everything that might come to them.

[@ricardocastro6320]

Yeah no Syd isn’t a victim. Let’s remember her moms boyfriend. And the boy she used to beat her bullies and then cowardly let him take the wrap for it.

[@alexoelkers2292]

The song at the end is called "cornflake girl"

[@biocapsule7311]

This essentially is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@kennyjames4679]

If the writers are playing the game where david is actually more 'evil' and a 'villain' then they need to explain why all of his friends would try to kill him for a crime that hasn't even been committed yet let the shadow king off scott free when they know he's murdered countless people and then claim that they tricked the audience into thinking David was the hero when he was a villain all along (that would be very lame). It makes more sense that the shadow king is manipulating everyone and that manipulation may end up turning david to villainy.

[@tanishacanida3586]

Did anyone catch how he said "ain't" in his last sentence??!! That's exactly how he starts talking when his Jack Wayne personality takes over who, by the way, controls David's telekinesis to do things like bust out of a cage and stop bullets. Not to mention, Jack has been known to use that power to the extreme to even bend space so that's how he got to Lennys cell. I hope that's what's happening bc I've been waiting since he discovered he had powers for these personalities to manifest. I've been waiting for at the very least the first 3; Jamail, Jack, and Cyndi. Give us something Noah!!!

[@Ddarke11]

Farouk not exactly jumping in to stop him.

Because he knows he would get rekt, although he kinda seem, not happy, but interested about David's display of power

[@scarletskeuomorphic4295]

He’s not really there if you notice, only David notices him and he doesn’t have any injuries. It’s just his projection like the one David made earlier in the episode. The real Farouk is still in the cell

[@Heisoka]

thats an interessting point

[@OP-rb8oi]

Why would he he created the monster why would he destroy it

[@INCOGNITO-iq4qy]

Scarlet Skeuomorphic why did he back off when David started breaking out

[@anoginesta5754]

They just forced him to level the fuck-up! If he wasn't a villain before...well, he might be now.

[@GottiPrime]

David is NOT the bad guy here. It's either the Shadow King alone or him and future Syd are in this together and messing with everyone.Excellent episode,especially the ending.Can't wait for season 3!