Legion Creator Noah Hawley Explains Why He’s Ending the Show in Season 3

TV Line recently spoke to Legion creator and showrunner Noah Hawley at the TCA Winter Press Tour. During the event, Hawley discussed the show’s upcoming third and final season, and he explained why he’s ending the show now. Below are some highlights. The final season of Legion, featuring Harry Lloyd as David’s father Prof. Charles Xavier, debuts on FX later in June.

Noah Hawley on why he’s ending the show: “I think endings are what give stories meaning. I always thought about this as a complete story with a beginning, middle and end, and it felt like a three-act story, and so this just felt like the natural place to end it. [On Season 3] For me, it was always that… I feel like the most powerful version of the story is the most concise version of the story.”

Hawley on why David has joined a commune: “He has gone to a place to get what he needs, which is positive affirmation coming at him. But he does it by feeding off the positive energy of his acolytes, and he gets all this positive energy by implanting that positivity in their minds. So he’s in this feedback loop. He’s no healthier, actually, psychologically, than he was before. He’s just insulated… and that insulation doesn’t last for very long.”

Hawley on the new mutant David meets named Switch (Lauren Tsai): “She has this ability to travel in time, so she finds her way to David. [David] has a plan that he needs a time traveler for, and that’s basically our jumping-off point for Season 3.”