TAGGED AS: Comic Book, FX, Marvel, Superheroes, X-Men
This week’s Legion answered a big question about Lenny (Aubrey Plaza), but of course the answer only raised more questions. This is Legion after all.
SPOILERS AHEAD!
STOP HERE IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN EPISODE 4 OF LEGION.
Plaza herself told Rotten Tomatoes that the character of Lenny was originally written as a 50-year-old man. In “Chapter 4,” Syd (Rachel Keller), Ptonomy (Jeremie Harris) and Kerry (Amber Midthunder) learn that David (Dan Stevens) didn’t have a female friend named Lenny. He had a friend named Benny, who looks about the way Plaza originally described Lenny. Needless to say, fans were blindsided.
Well, good luck topping that, everything else on TV this year. #LegionFX
— Scott Mills (@Scottym27) March 2, 2017
#LegionFX is for fans of #MrRobot who get annoyed when that show occasionally makes a bit of sense.
— Ben (@melbtvfan) March 2, 2017
Just when you think you've figured out what's going on #LegionFX reminds you that you know nothing
— Amanda Cinerari (@MandyCin26) March 2, 2017
I'm delighted, alarmed, confused, a little horrified, and impressed all at once. #LegionFX
— Nee-Ann (@NeeeAnn) March 2, 2017
Lenny was a guy?! David's mind is a minefield of fake memories #LegionFX
— TheNerdyGirlExpress (@thenerdygirlexp) March 2, 2017
Lenny I don't know wtf to think of you anymore. #LegionFX
— C.C. (@CammieColtMTV) March 2, 2017
It was hard enough getting over the fact that a major star like Plaza was killed in the first episode of her new series. But she kept coming back in David’s head, so life and death are a little flexible in Legion. But to learn she’s not a she? Some fans were able to express their confusion in GIF form!
Wayment. Lenny is Benny?? My head #LegionFX pic.twitter.com/UWNcTJ7RsX
— baklavskii (@BronsonClub_) March 2, 2017
Lenny is actually a guy?! #LegionFX pic.twitter.com/KxceqecuDK
— Joseph Golden (@CCstar1138) March 2, 2017
Me finding out Lenny didn't exist #LegionFX pic.twitter.com/v3XpzzYJO5
— Gwen Stacy (@designergwen) March 2, 2017
Even before the episode ended, fans started coming up with theories about why David remembered Benny as Lenny. This isn’t the first time David has seen someone — or something — else in place of one of his friends. He often sees a figure dubbed the Devil With Yellow Eyes, and some think Lenny/Benny might be the same as that other vision plaguing David’s mind.
So, is Lenny/Benny actually the Devil with the Yellow Eyes? #LegionFX
— Krista (@Kemmybelle) March 2, 2017
Sid became David. Benny became Lenny. Are they all David?#LegionFX
— Jay Enn (@Auroraknite) March 2, 2017
Figured he was yellow ? #LegionFX
— Chief Cannon (@ChiefCannon) March 2, 2017
Of course, others just have questions.
#LegionFX Why would he conflate two persons in his memories?
— Nick Payne (@NicholasBPayne) March 2, 2017
So did Lenny ever exist? #LegionFX
— Batroman (@Batroman) March 2, 2017
Was Lenny even real in Clockworks? #LegionFX
— Annie (@BadgrGrl21) March 2, 2017
Sometimes the simplest reaction gets right to the point.
#LegionFX WHAT
— Katie Brun (@kate_wowa) March 2, 2017
Sometimes politics seep into comic-book TV show discussions.
#LegionFX "Who know mental health care could be so complicated?" #Legion #Trumpisms
— Andrew Tobey (@AndrewTobey) March 2, 2017
Sometimes your comic-book TV show drops an Easter Egg! If Anthony Falcon here is right, then Dr. Poole is an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D. (we can neither confirm nor deny the validity of this speculation — sometimes an octopus is just an octopus).
Is that a Hydra symbol on Dr. Poole door?? Or is that just me?? #LegionFX
— Anthony M. Falcon (@FalcoLaFlame) March 2, 2017
Legion had more than just Lenny’s big secret to unload this week. After a prolonged battle with The Eye’s troops, Kerry took a bullet for David. The fans are all praying it’s only a flesh wound.
Damn it. Poor Kerry, but she did put up a good fight. #LegionFX
— Jeremy (@lmEating) March 2, 2017
She took all the hits for the team, DAMN! #LegionFX
— Chief Cannon (@ChiefCannon) March 2, 2017
@LegionFX I hope that was a shoulder wound.?#LegionFX
— Ealasaid (@Ealasaid1743) March 2, 2017
Judging by the teaser for next week’s episode, it looks like Kerry is going to be OK.
#LegionFX
Kerry/Carry is in the next episode. SHE LIIIIIVES— Alan ? (@AlanG770) March 2, 2017
By the way, did you notice the exact minute the episode ended? FX frequently exceeds the one-hour time block, but Legion has people analyzing everything!
#LegionFX ending at 11:11 wonder if there is a specific reason…
— Dee Dee in DC (@NerdyDoubleD) March 2, 2017
Legion airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. on FX.
