And the opening script page from the X-Men shows season 2 premiere initially suggests theyve succeeded in that quest. But all isnt what it appears. Lenny and Oliver are being used by this character, Amahl Farouk, says executive producer Noah Hawley. FX He wears their faces from time to time. Its his way of hiding himself. I had this thought of, What does Freddy Krueger do during the day? I thought it was interesting, the idea of the downtime of these characters....

The footage itself was just as chaotic as the mind of David Haller. Heres someone who defined herself as normal against her brother, Hawley said. She finds herself being looked at as if she might be crazy, as well. Credit: Chris Large/FX Perhaps she, too, is a mutant, as the showrunner wouldnt rule out that possibility. When the footage ends, we learn theres far more to this story. As I explained, were in this objective reality of David, so its hard for us to tell....

Below we spoke to Hawley about his new series, which premieres Feb. 8. My goal was to find a great show in there that I wanted to make. In a lot of ways, it was more about me than the comics. Credit: Chris Large/FX There are hundreds of characters and stories worth telling. I just wanted to find one that I wanted to tell with characters from this world. There have been so many superhero shows and movies....

The powerful mutant showed up previously in the form of Aubrey Plaza and the Devil with the Yellow Eyes. (Yeah, the finale was a little strange.) During the conversation, surprising secrets from the production ofseason 1came out. Michelle Faye/FX Hawley added the title cards in the editing room, believing the sequence needed something. The question of Professor X’s looming presence came up a number of times. Hawley said he didn’t know which would be funnier....

David and the Shadow King face off. I mean, its stillLegion. Its not going to take the week off for a victory lap, no matter how well its earned. Credit: Michelle Faye/FX And it was a deep level of subversion sweet, sweet, sad subversion. It turns out that Clark has a family. The recovery is long and hard and boring. But something about that organizations history has me doubting that....

But there are more than a few legitimate complaints to lodge against Captain America and his super-associates. The one that comes to mind most readily is the plague of sameyness that has spread through the brands. A Marvel Studios origin story is going to have all of the same beats and generally be pretty good. Credit: Chris Large/FX A DC movie is going to have interesting visuals and incoherent internal logic and will probably be pretty bad....

In Chapter 2, the show dipped into time travel territory with grand results. But this beingLegion, were (thankfully) not talking about literal time travel. This is Memory Work, one of the exercises the mutants at Summerland do to work through their issues. Credit: Michelle Faye/FX (Talk Work comes next.) And David could use the help. Since arriving at the woodsy encampment, David has had a hard time adjusting to life outside Clockworks....

The third chapter ofLegioncontinues the trajectory that started last week. The story is more streamlined, the direction slightly less cinematic. But none of this is necessarily a bad thing. Credit: Michelle Faye/FX The action picks right back up where Chapter 2 left off. Naturally, David wants to go now right now to find her, but theres still work to do. At least Melanie understands that there is some kind of ticking clock....

This is essentially what happened at the big first season reveals ofMr. Once the unreliable narrator card is on the table, it can never come off. Sam Esmail doubled down on the principle in season 2. Credit: Michelle Faye/FX The trick with where we stand withLegionright now is multi-pronged. The fourth episode of the season explicitly deals with Davids manipulation of his own memories. First, theres the bloody audio recorder from Dr....

That is to say, after a startling, great episode of television like Chapter 5. Lets have a go at work through this together. Theres nothing as visually or structurally inventive on TV. Aubrey Plaza as Lenny on ‘Legion’.Credit: Michelle Faye/FX The colors are bright and used in interesting ways. I imagine the colorists for every Marvel Studios movie weeping as they tune in masochistically. (For the record, big fan of Marvel Studios....

David and the gang are back in the hospital, but all is not as it seems. That isnt a Noah Hawley show. That only looks like one. Credit: Michelle Faye/FX For him, the slick surface that sells a show is only good for marketing. Its just like howFargo, especially in its second season, wasnt just a police procedural with funny accents. Theres always an underlying question that he wants to wrestle with....

David and the gang stage an escape from the hospital. (And everyone who has been screaming for weeks about the Shadow King, good for you. Youre so much smarter than everyone else.) Credit: Michelle Faye/FX Lenny/The Devil has Amy, and she/he is asking some very important questions. Also, the Devil with the Yellow Eyes is Amahl Farouk, also known as the Shadow King. The hints were there all along. Farouk has been with David for a very, very long time....

Its Batman Day, which means its time to celebrate your favorite Caped Crusader. ForWill Arnettin the newLego Batman Movieposter, that would be himself. The poster helps mark Batman Day, which launched with the characters 75th anniversary celebrations. Credit: Warner Bros. Arnett voices Batman inThe Lego Batman Movie, a spin-off ofThe Lego Movie. The Lego Batman Movieis set for release on Feb. 10, 2017. Check out the new poster from Warner Bros....