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JUNE 23 - 29, 2019 staradvertiser.com MIND- BENDING Dan Stevens returns as powerful mutant David Haller, who teams up with another mutant to try to repair the damage he’s caused in the new season of Legion. The series is based on the Marvel Comics character known as Legion, who is the son of Prof. Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men. Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza and Navid Negahban also star. Premiering Monday, June 24, on FX. JUST FOR STUDENTS! ¶ŌLELO’S JUNIOR ACADEMY FOR MEDIA SUMMER MEDIA CAMP | JULY 8 JULY 26 ¶Ōlelo’s Junior Academy for Media (JAM) is a fun and interactive yearlong media program that engages youth through hands-on learning and media training. There’s even room to advance to Graduate and Master classes once basic courses olelo.org are complete! For more information, visit olelo.org/JAM ON THE COVER | LEGION Mutants in wonderland ‘Legion’ travels through time explained why it made sense to end the show, cause of their introduction of an iconic X-Men despite its popularity and acclaim. character. “Game of Thrones” alum Harry Lloyd, in Season 3 “I feel like where we left him at the end of best known for his role as Viserys Targaryen the second season, again at his lowest point, in the HBO hit, has been cast as Prof. Xavier, By Kyla Brewer there’s only two ways that he can go — he can whom viewers see in flashbacks in “Legion’s” TV Media either get back to a healthy place, or he can early Season 3 teasers. Haller’s mother will go off the bottom of the map,” Hawley said. be portrayed by Danish actress Stephanie he battle between good and evil has “Obviously it’s bittersweet, but a story has no Corneliussen (“Mr. Robot”). Also new to Season been raging in prime time for decades, meaning without its ending.” 3 is Lauren Tsai (“Terrace House: Aloha State”), T but one particular series blurs the lines In the first season of the show, Haller who joins the cast as Switch, a mutant whose between hero and villain. FX’s “Legion” has was brought to a mutant facility known as time-traveling abilities are key to Haller’s ulti- captivated TV viewers, and fans have one more Summerland, where he learned to control his mate plan to undo the damage he’s done. chance to enjoy the show before it’s over for mutant powers. He soon discovered that his Fans of “Legion” will be happy to see several good. mind was infected with a parasitic mutant familiar faces from the first two seasons of known as the Shadow King/Amahl Farouk Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”) returns the show. Favorite Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and (Navid Negahban, “24”). All the while, his new as dangerously troubled mutant David Haller Recreation”) returns as Lenny Busker, Haller’s allies tried to protect him from Division 3, a in the season premiere of “Legion,” airing best friend. Though she died in Season 1, heavily funded anti-mutant government agen- Monday, June 24, on FX. Diagnosed with Farouk later gave her a new body. Rachel Keller cy. However, in Season 2, the Summerland schizophrenia at a young age, Haller had no portrays Haller’s girlfriend, Syd Barrett, a mu- staff had teamed up with Division 3 to take on idea that he was actually a mutant until a fate- tant with the unique ability to switch bodies the Shadow King. ful encounter with a fellow psychiatric patient with others by touching them. Keller was cast The visually stunning series intentionally revealed the truth. The show is based on the in “Legion” after her breakout role in Hawley’s mixes 1960s style with modern elements, pre- character from the Marvel Comics Universe, “Fargo,” which also starred fellow “Legion” cast sumably to reflect Haller’s twisted perception an extremely powerful being who’s the of reality. There’s a time-traveling aspect member Jean Smart (“Designing Women”). son of X-Men leader to the new season, which Smart played Melanie Bird, a demanding psy- Charles Xavier. will only add to the already chiatric therapist at Summerland, for the first This marks the psychedelic visuals. What’s two seasons of the show. third and final season more, previews for Season 3 The supporting cast also includes Bill Irwin of the show, much to feature references to “Alice (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) as Cary the chagrin of fans. in Wonderland,” promising Loudermilk, a mutant scientist and one of the During a “Legion” a whole new level of trippy founders of Summerland. He and fellow mutant Season 3 panel storytelling. Kerry Loudermilk (Amber Midthunder, “Roswell, at this year’s Season 3 trailers also New Mexico”) co-exist within the same body WonderCon in have viewers in a tizzy be- most of the time. While they can take separate San Francisco in physical forms when they need to, Kerry only March, creator Navid Negahban as ages when outside of Cary’s body, leaving her seen in “Legion” Noah Hawley much younger than her counterpart. 2 STAR CHANNELS June 23 - 29, 2019 BEST BETS Sunday Tuesday throw a curveball at the contestants half-way through the challenge. Alessandra Ambrosio The Good Fight The Detour guest stars. KGMB 8 p.m. TBS 7:30 p.m. Barbara (Erica Tazel) and Adrian (Delroy Lindo) After a breakthrough, the Parker fam- Thursday face a hard realization about a high-profile ily returns to Syracuse, New York, Hero Ink client in this new episode. Meanwhile, as they continue the search for A&E 7 p.m. Lucca (Cush Jumbo) has her work cut Delilah (Ashley Gerasimovich) in Tattoo artists create meaningful tattoos for out for her when she’s second chair to this new episode. The comedy more first responders in this new episode. Diane (Christine Baranski) on a case. follows the misadventures of a Police Chief Ronald Sanchez honors the Monday dysfunctional family. memory of three fellow officers who were am- Wednesday bushed several years ago. A paramedic-turned- Legion cop also shares his story. FX 7 p.m. MasterChef David (Dan Stevens) has at- KHON 7 p.m. Friday tracted a following in this sea- The remaining home Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives son premiere. Based on the cooks compete FOOD 6 p.m. character from Marvel Comics, in a Mystery Box Guy Fieri invites viewers to tag along as he this series chronicles the life of Challenge for im- visits some of his favorite hometown haunts in David Haller, a powerful mutant munity in this this new episode. He pops into a Mexican res- who happens to be the son of new episode. taurant in his Santa Rosa, California, neighbor- X-Men leader Charles Xavier Things get tense hood, where he samples the pozole. (Harry Lloyd). when the judges Saturday Tuesday The Kitchen TNT 6 p.m. FOOD 8 a.m. As Independence Day approaches, the co- Animal Kingdom hosts celebrate by whipping up a show-stop- The saga of the Cody crime family continues as matriarch Smurf (Ellen Barkin) ping, star-spangled spread in this new episode. oversees their wheelings and dealings in a new episode of “Animal Kingdom,” airing Jeff cooks up a grilled triple decker hot dog Tuesday, June 25, on TNT. 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Besides being executive produced virus. The job is no easy one, however, as the NEW ON AMAZON PRIME: by Steven Spielberg, it counts Jeff Bridges residents of the secluded community they’re “The Spy Who Dumped Me” (2018) (“The Big Lebowski,” 1998), Matt Damon (“The working in reject modern medicine, putting Martian,” 2015) and Josh Brolin (“No Country their faith instead in an enigmatic healer who “Saturday Night Live” darling Kate McKinnon for Old Men,” 2007) among its stars, as well has a supernatural ability to cure disease.