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40: Legion – Show Notes

First Segment

  • Legion
    • David Haller
    • Created by Chris Claremont (writer)  Bill Sienkiewicz (artist)
      • First appeared in New Mutants #25 (1985)
      • Bio
      • Name origin in The Bible
    • Powers
      • Telepathy
      • Telekinesis
      • Pyrokenisis
      • Time Travel
      • Reality Warping
      • The list goes on…
    • Confusion over his mental illness
      • Has been described as schizophrenic, is actually dissociative identity disorder
  • Mental Illness in media
    • Schizophrenia’s tough PR
      • What does a Schizophrenia diagnosis entail
    • Does Legion handle mental illness well?

Second Segment

  • Noah Hawley
    • Career before TV
    • Lies and Alibis
    • Pilots
      • Unusuals
      • My Generation
    • Fargo
      • The success of Fargo
    • Work in development
      • Cat’s Cradle, Before the Fall, Man Alive
    • First Conversations About Legion
  • Why David Haller
    • Subjective v objective show
  • Pink Floyd Inspiration
  • Lauren Shuler Donner
    • History
  • The X-Men Franchise in 2015
    • Changing the story
  • Each Mutant Gets Their Own Genre
  • Marvel Entertainment and FOX TV
    • Working with Marvel
  • FX and it’s Track Record

Third Segment

  • Did Legion Think it was Smarter Than it Is?
  • Does This Help Prestige Superhero Shows
  • Can the Fox Universe Compete with Marvel or Even DC by Doing Genre Pieces
  • Hot and cold from episode to episode
  • Can’t Get Enough of Aubrey Plaza
  • Looking Forward to What This Will Inspire