With their support, David finally unlocked a deeply suppressed truth - he had been haunted his entire life by a malicious parasite of unimaginable power. Together, they helped David to recognize and harness his hidden powers. Syd led David to 'Melanie Bird' (Jean Smart) a demanding but nurturing therapist who heads a team of specialists - 'Ptonomy' (Jeremie Harris) 'Kerry' (Amber Midthunder) and 'Cary' (Bill Irwin) - each of whom possesses a unique and extraordinary gift. She and her team of specialists - Ptonomy (Jeremie Harris) Kerry (Amber Midthunder) and Cary (Bill Irwin) - open David's eyes to an extraordinary new world of possibilities.īased on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion is the story of 'David Haller' (Dan Stevens), a man who believed himself to be schizophrenic only to discover that he may actually be the most powerful mutant the world has ever seen.įrom childhood, David shuffled from one psychiatric institution to the next until, in his early 30s, he met and fell in love with a beautiful and troubled fellow patient named 'Syd' (Rachel Keller) after Syd and David shared a startling encounter, he was forced to confront the shocking possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees may actually be real. But Amy's concern for her brother is trumped by her desire to protect the picture perfect suburban life she's built for herself.Įventually, Syd guides David to Melanie Bird (Jean Smart) a nurturing but demanding therapist with a sharp mind and unconventional methods. A haunted man, David escapes from the hospital and seeks shelter with his sister Amy (Katie Aselton). The pleasant numbness of David's routine is completely upended with the arrival of a beautiful and troubled new patient named Syd (Rachel Keller) inexplicably drawn to one another, David and Syd share a startling encounter, after which David must confront the shocking possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees may actually be real. David spends the rest of his time in companionable silence alongside his chatterbox friend Lenny (Aubrey Plaza) a fellow patient whose life-long drug and alcohol addiction has done nothing to quell her boundless optimism that her luck is about to change. Now in his early 30s and institutionalized once again, David loses himself in the rhythm of the structured regimen of life in the hospital: breakfast, lunch, dinner, therapy, medications, sleep. Diagnosed as schizophrenic as a child, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. Legion, based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, is the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens) a troubled young man who may be more than human.

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