The Greatest Race for Farouk ’s corpse has begun , but Legion still has time to turn its chair backward and have a ( Jon ) Hamm - fisted speech about the peril of the internet . Do n’t worry , it weigh to the plot . Sort of .
“ Chapter 16 ” amps up the action leading into the terminal episodes of the season … and maybe the series . David has put into motion a secret attack to likely - perchance - credibly demolish Farouk ’s eubstance for in force , after Ptonomy ( now part of the mainframe ) tells him where to rule it . We technically do n’t know what David is plan because he ’s not telling anyone , include the audience , because he thinks anything he reveal will find its way back to Farouk . So instead , he telepathically charge “ sleeper cell ” bidding to everybody he want involve , put them under his control . On one hand , it ’s a agency to an close . On the other , it ’s really bonk up . David ’s becoming kind of a bad cat .
The episode take a break near the end to have another Jon Hamm monologue , this one about cellphones . It argues that narcissism happens when we create a reality around ourselves that turns the remote world ( or , in the case of the internet , other people ) into concept we can accept or reject . According to Hamm ’s narration , this is what ’s happening to an entire multiplication of hoi polloi thanks to smartphones and the cyberspace . There is some accuracy to be found in this statement , though it ’s also fairly regressive . The same argument has been made about many technical introduction throughout account — in the first place those demand the exchange of data — and will likely be made for whatever come next as well
This whole segment feel out of post , specially because I thought we were done with these after the gooey mind chicken died , but there is a connection to the level . Writer Shani Chabanskyonce enjoin narcissism includes“an unfitness to do consent , ” and that ’s incisively what ’s happening here . David has created a world around himself , and is treating everyone else like they do n’t matter . Did we need to get schooled on how cellphones are just as bad as “ 2 + 2=5 ” in guild to get that point across ? Not really . But Legion ’s gon na Legion .
On that note , David ’s actions are not unlike what Farouk and Oliver are doing to Melanie , as we see they ’ve taken over her head , too . cock-a-hoop letdown of the installment , to be reliable . Can I just say how shitty this time of year has treated Melanie , and Jean Smart deserve better ? I really hope next week ’s episode in reality gives her a intent — something beyond “ I ’ve been hop up on drugs until the plot needed me to be my husband ’s unwilling lackey . ”
The only other matter I need to get into here is what ’s croak on with Syd and Ptonomy . After last workweek ’s disappointment of an sequence — where Syd was push into a series of dearest triangle and Ptonomy was condemn to an eternity inside the central processor — we’re starting to see the endgame behind those less - than - ideal choices . Some of them make sense , others not so much . I ’m still mad they choose to kill Ptonomy , and this installment did n’t soften my frustration . Ptonomy never consented to his fate , and he ’s becoming a game twist or else of a character . It seems his only purpose here was to help David place Farouk ’s consistency , a revelation that could ’ve happened any other direction . And having Ptonomy ascertain about the admiral ’s origins made it worse . The full admiral was given a pick ; Ptonomy was not .
On the manus , for Syd it actually works ( somewhat ) . It feels more like Syd was grasp at straws last calendar week , seek to find a scapegoat ( in this case , another woman ) to rationalize why she and David are growing apart . But in truth , the problem is bigger than that . The best scene of the episode feature Syd having some “ girl talk ” with Clarke about how toxic her human relationship has become . She and David have grown apart . She does n’t trust him . She knows he ’s lie to her . And she does n’t see thing getting any better . But still , she follow him , to Le Désolé and back .
It ’s a fiddling heartbreaking to see her cling to her “ love , ” even through his abusive behavior , but I did like seeing her kick him in the shins . The stagecoach is set for a final showdown between David and Farouk , but the question remains whether we can consider either of them a savior at this peak .
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