<P> The second season of the American cable television series Legion is based on the Marvel Comics character David Haller / Legion, a mutant diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age . The season is connected to the X-Men film series, and is produced by FX Productions in association with Marvel Television . Noah Hawley serves as showrunner . </P> <P> Dan Stevens stars as Haller, with Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder and Jean Smart also returning from the first season to star . They are joined by Jemaine Clement and Hamish Linklater, promoted from guest roles in the first season, and Navid Negahban . A second season of Legion was ordered by FX in March 2017, with filming for the season relocating from Vancouver to California, to take advantage of tax incentives . Production began in September 2017, with practical effects again a priority for the series' crew . The season features the parasitic villain Amahl Farouk / Shadow King, portrayed by Negahban, searching for his original body after being forced out of Haller's mind at the end of the first season . </P> <P> The season premeiered in Los Angeles on April 2, 2018, before its FX debut on April 3 . It will run for 10 episodes . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Chapter 9" </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Noah Hawley & Nathaniel Halpern </Td> <Td> April 3, 2018 (2018 - 04 - 03) </Td> <Td> XLN02001 </Td> <Td> 0.67 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> <P> A year after Amahl Farouk / Shadow King escaped in the body of Oliver Bird, and David Haller was kidnapped by a strange orb, the mutants of Summerland and the government agency Division 3 search for Farouk's original body . Farouk infects people with a mental "virus", the Catalyst, that freezes their bodies but causes their teeth to continuously chatter, while searching for his body himself . It would allow him to unleash his full powers . Haller appears in a nightclub, claiming that only hours have passed since his kidnapping . He tries to find Farouk telepathically using a device created by scientist Cary Loudermilk to increase the range of his abilities, but instead relives a memory from the nightclub of a strange monk and a dance battle with Bird and Lenny Busker . Haller gives his girlfriend Syd Barrett a compass that will always lead her to him, and promises not to keep secrets from her, but does not tell her of the future version of her that sent the orb, and told him to help Farouk find his body . That night, Haller's mind meets with Bird and Busker in the "nightclub". </P> The Narrator explains how ideas lead to madness and delusions . He recounts the story of Zhuang Zhou and compares ideas to eggs: a rational idea is a healthy chick, which a dark creature, a delusion, feeds on . The Narrator gives the example of Albert A, a man who cannot ignore the idea that his own leg is not his, to the point that he saws it off . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Chapter 10" </Td> <Td> Ana Lily Amirpour </Td> <Td> Noah Hawley & Nathaniel Halpern </Td> <Td> April 10, 2018 (2018 - 04 - 10) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Chapter 11" </Td> <Td> Sarah Adina Smith </Td> <Td> Noah Hawley & Nathaniel Halpern </Td> <Td> April 17, 2018 (2018 - 04 - 17) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Chapter 12" </Td> <Td> Ellen Kuras </Td> <Td> Noah Hawley & Nathaniel Halpern </Td> <Td> April 24, 2018 (2018 - 04 - 24) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 13" </Td> <Td> Tim Mielants </Td> <Td> Noah Hawley & Nathaniel Halpern </Td> <Td> May 1, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 01) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 14" </Td> <Td> John Cameron </Td> <Td> Noah Hawley </Td> <Td> May 8, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 08) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 15" </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> May 15, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 15) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 16" </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> May 22, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 22) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Chapter 17" </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> May 29, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 29) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> June 5, 2018 (2018 - 06 - 05) </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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