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'Legion' Ends Its Three-Season-Long Strange Trip

FX's surreal, gorgeous, not-quite-a-superhero-show concluded with neither a bang nor a whimper, but instead with time travel, Pink Floyd, forgiveness and an outpouring of empathy.
David (Dan Stevens) got his groove on, in more ways than one, in the final season of <em>Legion</em>.

Warning: This piece discusses events in the series finale of Legion.

When it began, three seasons ago, Legion was a show about a man who possessed the power of telepathy.

By the time it ended last night, Legion had become a show about the power of empathy.

The three-season journey that took not-quite-a-superhero David Haller (Dan Stevens) from reading others' thoughts to feeling others' emotions was one that proved wildly discursive, often frustrating, frequently funny and never less

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