Hey there, listeners! Maggie and I will not have an episode of Legion for you next week, as I will be traveling to see family, so hopefully this one will tide you over. I will miss you!

This chapter of the story was one of those pieces of the puzzle that feels like it should be more meaningful than it is. The bits where John Hamm narrates factoids about the nature of reality and the history of societal manipulation are interesting, for sure, but they don't necessarily feel like they're actually relevant to what's happening on-screen. There's a suggestion here that the weird historical instances of people all taking on the same physical tic are the same as the teeth-chattering psychic virus that the Mi-Go order monk causes in people...except that he's not affected by this virus. He's obviously inflicting it on purpose. It's a superpower. So why try to undermine that?

Then there's what could have been a fascinating look into the minds of those who are infected, but they're not very satisfying. Ptonomy's "brain-maze" is set up like it's going to be this intricate search, but then David and Cary are dropped right into the middle of the maze where Ptonomy is without having to even search for him really, and David wakes him with literally one tap of a finger. Melanie's starts off really promising with her attempt to control the world, but then it falls apart with the lameness of David's message to her.

I don't know if this season could possibly live up to the first one when we get right down to it, but so far it's not looking good.