FX’s new show Legion, which is loosely based off a character named Legion from X-Men, gives viewers a unique storyline through the main character David Haller’s faulty perception of the world. The show currently has an 8.8/10 on IMDb. As a young child, David was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the pilot episode opens with him institutionalized at a stereotypical psychiatric hospital, with the patients popping their meds from little cups.

Through the use of effects, Legion shows the audience what is happening inside of David’s mind. Flashbacks and fantasies are woven in to create a fragmented storyline, some of which suggest that David holds powers, like telekinesis and telepathy. As the show progresses, characters suggest that David is not schizophrenic and that his faulty perception is just a manifestation of his powers. Powers which he has supposedly dismissed under the rug as just his craziness for all these years. But, whether he is schizophrenic, or someone who holds superpowers, what is clear is that David is a very troubled individual who struggles with mental instability.  And, as David ventures through his life, paranoid and lost, and using drugs as a way to cope, the audience is taken on a mind trip along with him.