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Does <i>Legion</i> Have a Soul?

FX’s psychedelic superhero show becomes entertainingly lucid in Season 2, but its exploration of psychology remains hollow.
Source: Suzanne Tenner / FX

This article contains mild spoilers through Season 2, Episode 3 of Legion.

In the first few minutes of ’s second-season premiere, a sushi-bar mini-boat delivers a plate of waffles, a human licks her wrists as if she’s a cat grooming herself, and some creature wearing a basket over its head communicates through the robotic voices of what appear to be girls with mustaches. Yet the gosh-wow, what-am-I-looking-at pinnacle of the episode isn’t till midway through, when the

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