Idiosyncratic and unique, Legion is a clear standout in Marvel’s TV canon. But does it matter that its second season was more difficult to grasp than a plume of smoke?
Whichever way you examine it, Marvel’s television output is a poor cousin. In cinemas, Marvel has perfected the blueprint for incredibly expensive, toweringly magisterial, high-sheen soapy fun. The same cannot be said for its small-screen fare.
Netflix’s various Defenders off-shoots are dour and flabby. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D has never been able to escape its reputation as connective tissue without connection. Inhumans was so dire that mankind appears to have already reached a tacit agreement to pretend that it never happened. New Warriors is lost in limbo without a network. The whole thing is disappointing and small-scale. With one exception.
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