the audience to a 'normal life' first. Goodman called Hawley's "visual stamp" essential to the success of the episode. Alex McCown-Levy of The A.V. Club graded the episode a 'B+', finding it dense but also "not shy about exploring odd little tangents and asides that aren't necessarily part of some larger scheme. That playfulness is freeing". The Washington Posts Hank Stuever complained that the series was just another that "indulges in a great deal of jerking back and forth between past and present, as well as real and imaginary", but did feel that the episode told that story "beautifully". David Sims at The Atlantic praised the episode's design and Hawley's directing as striking, saying the choreography was truly cinematic. However, Sims felt this was an example of a "spectacular" pilot that was designed to hide a lack of story, and described the episode's use of an unreliable narrator as "a tiresome viewing experience." Accolades References External links Legion (TV series) episodes 2017 American television episodes American television series premieres Television episodes about schizophrenia Television episodes directed by Noah Hawley Television episodes written by Noah Hawley