Chapter 14

This may be the best of the series in what felt like a Pault Thomas Anderson directing of Magnolia at times.

The Many World theories is shown in this episode but not simply as a filler as you would believe. Noah Hawley has never shown a filler episode imo. Every episode has advanced the plot forward AND THIS ADVANCES OUR MINDS to catch up with what MAYBE this show just told us.

It's been said to us to death during this series. Where as in Mr. Robot the question loomed large until the conclusion of season 3 (still may), this series has told us its approach but from different characters.

This episode could be taken literally for what this show is doing. There are many alternate realities that exist with David as he explains with the French fries and THE ONE WE'RE SEEING WAS THE ONE WHERE HE SAT IN THE CAR WITH HIS SISTER. That was a scene that we never saw just before David was committed to Clockworks. Maybe we're going along on this reality. This was anything but filler it was very though proving and had me wondering. They can never go there again imo... the whole he was sick the whole time POV. It's been interpreted to death by now where as in the first season it would have been a twist. This show is too original and unlike anything to do that. I think this was just a mind stimulating episode to make us think about the "Many world theories" which is my personal favorite referring to time.

This episode was divine in the directing the acting by David and the makeup! This was a movie that was under an hour. Imo the second season is better than the first season in its consistent execution of delivering episodes that outshine each other. The experimental and creative risk is astounding because it pays off to its loyal viewers.

This is a show by now for loyal viewers that refuses to hold your hand and assumes you're on board and on the ride of a lifetime with it. I dont want this to stop and anyone who thinks I'm hyping it up, im sorry its because this series is really groundbreaking and so ahead of it's time. Maybe that's why some people dont like it because it doesnt belong today but years from now!

A stand-alone tangent yes. But based on how Chapter 13 ended, it was a lovely look at David's relationship with his sister, and various possible outcomes, based on choices made and not made. So well done, filmed, written and acted. Dan Stevens and Katie Aselton were awesome in this episode, epic-like even.

So why did we have to wait for 5 and 6 for things to get back the the quality of Season 1? Will be interesting to see if they stick with this level of intensity or return to the campy-ness that was Chapters 9-12. The entire season deserves needs to be on par with these last two episodes and sadly the first 4 weren't.

While this story doesn't really add to this season's narrative. For those fans of both the x-verse and mcu it really does a lot, in light of the present theatrical release of Avengers: Infinity War and the sequel coming a year from now. Without a lot of technical jargon, Hawley manages to adequately explain the entire Marvel multiverse with french fries. You will thoroughly enjoy this episode. It is a classic Hawley distraction, a tangent worth taking, similar to those meanderings he does at least once a season in Fargo. BYOK (Bring your own Ketchup).

I absolutely loved season one of Legion, and as much as I wanted season two to be just as good, or even better, I can't say it is. I admit I enjoyed season one more than this season, but it doesn't mean I think season two is bad. This episode, however, I really liked. It's definitely one of my favourite episodes of this season thus far. I would call it a "filler" episode--but I don't mind great filler episodes! Also, I have to point out Dan Stevens' outstanding acting. His range is truly impressive.

I have to admit I've been pretty disappointed with Season 2 so far. It's been pretty straight-up, superheroish, and coarse. I've felt disconnected from the characters I came to care about in Season 1.

This episode changed all that. It brought us right back to the beautiful non-linear, psychological style of the first season, and did it arguably even better.

"YOU decide what is real and what is not. Your will." Immediately after finding out that his sister's body has been hijacked by the Shadow King for Lenny, we have a glimpse into David's mind as he searches through infinite realities to find something better, for him and his beloved sister. The possibilities range from a homeless man to a suburban dad to the most powerful man on earth. Most, if not all, end in tragedy - if not for David, then for those he cares about most. The Shadow King is always there, lurking in the background, turning David's powers against the world.

In the split second that he visits all these realities and lives all these lives, David seems to come to the conclusion that the course he is on is the best one. Like Syd's maze earlier, he's stepped back, taken a look at his life - and all that might have been - and is poised to come up fighting.