A mysterious orb trapped Haller, needing his abilities. Farouk uses this conditions to start his plan of control the world but not in the presence of Division III which cooperate with Summerland allies to stop him.
It's almost all set-up and no story, and even the larger emotional point it's making about the importance of Amy to David's life gets lost in the jumping from one reality to another.
Chapter 14 is an off-kilter, oddly beautiful look at all of the different ways your life can go and how much free will or fate pushes you in one direction or another.
This is the first episode of the season written solely by Noah Hawley, and it's a strange, ambitious chapter that takes a dynamic approach to the idea of multiple realities all existing at the same time.
"Chapter 14" is Pretty Great Television. The sense of risk-taking and rule-breaking is still there. And yet, I miss the playfulness of the first few episodes. I miss the Jon Hamm interludes. And I desperately want to see where this is all heading.
Legion used all of its tricks, elliptical meandering avenues of narrative, and bold stylistic embrace of spectacle this episode, all in service of the smallest and most human of tales.
This episode invites us to wonder about all the branching decisions it would take to come to the future version of Syd we've seen in previous episodes, and to a future where their battles are manageable.
The conceit of "Chapter 14" is a multiverse exploration that Legion, usually so proudly self-aware in its outlandishness, plays with misplaced earnestness.
Without relying on any of the supporting cast, Dan Stevens does an amazing job portraying different versions of the same character. This season is really outdoing itself so far and I can't wait to see what comes next!
