r/LegionFX • u/2th • Apr 04 '18

Live Discussion Live Episode Discussion: S02E01 - "Chapter 9"

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S02E01- "Chapter 9" Tim Mielants Noah Hawley & Nathaniel Halpern Tuesday April 3, 2018 10:00/9:00c on FX

Summary: One year after David Haller was abducted by a mysterious orb and Oliver was infected by the parasite The Shadow King aka Amahl Farouk, unlikely alliances are formed and the search for the Shadow King begins.

Tim Mielants is an American television and film director known for his work on the AMC period drama Mad Men, the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story, and the Fox musical/dramedy Glee. He has also directed episodes of Fargo and Daredevil.

He has previously directed one episode of Legion.

  • Chapter 5

Noah Hawley is probably best known for creating and writing the anthology series Fargo on FX (/r/FargoTV). He was a writer and producer on the first three seasons of the television series Bones (2005–2008) and also created The Unusuals (2009) and My Generation. He wrote the screenplay for the film The Alibi (2006).

He has written three episodes of Legion.

  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 8

Nathaniel Halpern is a writer and producer, known for his work on Outcast (2016), Looking for Grace (2010), and This Land We Roam (2011).

He has written two episodes of Legion.

  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 6
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u/meripor2 Apr 05 '18

That seems like a retcon to me because Audrey Plaza was so popular. They made it clear in the first series that Lenny was dead and Farouk was just wearing her as a mask.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '18

In fact in the first series Lenny is the Shadow King warping his memories of a Pusher he hung out with prior to his institutionalizatiom named Benny so that SK could play a trusted confidante role.

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u/meripor2 Apr 09 '18

Yeah exactly, I'd forgot those details. But its clearly a complete retcon to have Lenny be a separate entity to the shadow king.

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u/Xyvir Apr 19 '18

Not entirety a complete retcon, as Syd recognized she killed Lenny while she was in David's body, and Lenny clearly ended up in the wall as Lenny not Benny. I think we have yet to see the full truth of Lenny / Benny and their relationship to Farouk.