Dan Stevens returns as a freshly confused David Haller.

Legions season 2 premiere, Chapter 9, is a thorough refresher course on the series.

Why did a weird orb beam David away from Summerland?

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are wound up in a net of new questions to re-tangle a narrative knot that had nearly been untied.

Lenny poses what would normally be a simple question to Oliver: Is it Tuesday?

But there are no simple questions onLegion.

This is a conversation about time, Oliver responds.

I try never to have conversations about time.

Whenever it is for the two of them, Lenny and Oliver are trapped.

Cue an appropriately timed narration on the nature of madness as a mental maze.

Nearby is a room full of victims of a teeth-chattering psychological infection.

and, Why are [the armed guards] children?

For the first question, the answer is sort of yes, but hes not really just a guy.

As the only eyewitness to Davids orb abduction, Syd is justifiably eager for some answers.

When David isnt able to explain where hes been, Syd settles for a quick makeout session instead.

He also fills David in on some of the intel D3 has gathered on Farouk.

Just as bizarre is the revelation that comes after the dance scene.

During his first night back with Syd, David recalls some of what happened to him in the orb.

Within the orbs endless abyss, David met a disheveled version of Syd.

Orb Syd, unable to speak for some reason, used a light wand to draw pictures for David.