"Chapter 24" is the fifth episode in the third season of Legion, and twenty-fourth episode overall.
Synopsis[]
David wages war.
Plot[]
As the episode begins, we see Clark, talking to Daniel who's on the ground in one of their mobile command stands (an RV). The Vermillions are driving and spot David in the road ahead and immediately prep for attack. David makes short work of the command center and removes any mental barriers that Daniel has in an attempt to find where Switch is. He leaves Daniel in a broken mental state after having removed any and all long term memory, not even leaving him with the memory of what his name is.
David's groupie following has tripled in size and as he returns to the safehouse, he goes to get Lenny to help him rescue Switch, until we see her still broken after last episode. She's still in an emotional and shaken state after her mental experience last episode with her having to lose Salmon and then lose her daughter only moments later. In the middle of David’s attempt to get her to help him, she stabs herself in the neck, causing her to bleed out and die for good this time.
Meanwhile, we see Switch having dinner with her father and are shown various quotes on philosophical musings of time. We soon learn that she's actually asleep, i Cary's lab. We're back on the airship, with the main players meeting, both Cary and Kerry, Farouk, Syd, Ptonomy, and the Vermillions. They devise that to escape any sort of future time loops or David, they can raise their altitude to Low Earth Orbit.
While they're ascending, Farouk reaches out to David, who we see meditating. He seems to bait and antagonize David into mentally following them and projecting himself onto the airship. The Division 3 team arms up and are immediately removed from existence. He approaches Clark, who reaches for his pistol only to find a rubber duck in its place. He is then sent out into the vacuum of space by David, then soon after frozen and dead.
Kerry, who's on high alert, is being stalked by David's projections of his groupie army. They engage Kerry in hand to hand combat, while it initially goes well for her, she is soon outnumbered.
David visits Syd next. She tells him where Switch is being kept, and he tells her that he plans to fix the past with them. He also explains that he doesn't have a problem killing everyone in his way because he's planning on giving everyone a “do over.” Syd explains that one of the reasons why she's so bitter with David is from meeting her future self and watching her being so in love with David. Instigated by Melanie, she admits that she fell for Farouk's manipulation. She finally says that she loves David and reaches out and touches his cheek and like she is about to kiss him but it turns out to be a trick of manipulation. Syd now has swapped bodies with David and is being carried off by Syd.
While trying to get "David" to Farouk, they run into Kerry who finally finishes off the groupies. David struggles to get out, and we finally hear the words uttered. "I am Legion.”
As Kerry is about to strike David's body down, he snaps out of it, and sends Kerry flying. His subconscious is seemingly uniting and fights off Syd's power and returns to his body. He forces Syd out, seemingly killing her physical body in the process.
David, who now knows where Switch is, approaches her and is faced down by Farouk. He stops David mentally, but as the two argue, Switch is set free and opens up a time portal and pushes Farouk through. He's sent to the painting plane that we saw last episode.
A montage plays out depicting the characters having a somber musical number, each character alone in their last remembered states. The episode ends with David telling Switch they must go back once more, implying that what happened will be undone.
The episode leaves us in a sort of way that implies this episode was a showcase of David's power, but won't have a lasting effect, aside from the relationship restoration between David and Syd.
Cast and characters[]
Main Cast[]
- Dan Stevens as David Haller
- Rachel Keller as Sydney Barrett
- Aubrey Plaza as Lenny Busker
- Bill Irwin as Cary Loudermilk
- Navid Negahban as Amahl Farouk
- Jeremie Harris as Ptonomy Wallace
- Amber Midthunder as Kerry Loudermilk
- Lauren Tsai as Jia-Yi
- Hamish Linklater as Clark Debussy
Co-Starring[]
- Keir O'Donnell as Daniel Debussy
- Ben Wang as Xiu
- Dan Cathcart as Dora
- Margaux Brooke as Eloise
- Samantha Cormier as Cynthia
- Rachele Schank as Vermillion #1
- Marikah Cunningham as Vermillion #2
- Ariyan Kassam as Aide #1
- Yukina Takase as Acolyte #1
- Gloria Cole as Acolyte #2
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