Aubrey Plaza's 'Legion' Twist Had Twitter Shook
Lenny had some impactful scenes.

The highly anticipated Legion premiered to mixed reactions from Twitter last night. Loosely based in the X-Men, Legion follows a young man named David Haller who thinks he’s mentally ill but is actually superpowered. While David (Dan Stevens) himself had many fans talking, his best friend Lenny (Aubrey Plaza) stole the show. At least, she did according to Twitter.
Spoilers for the premiere below.
Legion is already messing with people’s minds. Lenny’s accidental death had people shook, and psychic resurrection even more so. Either people loved it or hated the premiere, but the killer cast is definitely what will keep fans coming back for the next episode.
#LegionFX is pretty trippy
— LEGEarl (@ER_NoTR) February 9, 2017
i didn't know what the hell was going on but #LegionFX was amazing
— ExposedCheese (@szarin13) February 9, 2017
#LegionFX pic.twitter.com/lvSuMeDDo7
— kely👹 (@khalil63) February 9, 2017
Not even sure what just happened but I like it #LegionFX
— Λrkham 🌑 (@Arkhxm) February 9, 2017
feeling a bit crazier after @LegionFX first episode #blownaway
— Anastasia (@m0derN) February 9, 2017
What did you think of #LegionFX ?
— Brad Beale (@TheBradBeale) February 9, 2017
I was back and forth then the last 10 minutes happened pic.twitter.com/kR7yO5JTMh
Me the entire time throughout #LegionFX pic.twitter.com/9k6ptFlh3B
— Tayler Haynes (@TaylerWright2) February 9, 2017
this show is truly messing with my brain #LegionFX pic.twitter.com/iVhGn8cSw0
— jo (@avengingheroes) February 9, 2017
Plaza’s Lenny, though, was the real winner of the night, making a splash in the premiere with, well, her death and blowing fans away with her performance.
@LegionFX was mind bending. Aubrey Plaza is brilliant and its like Orphan Blacks craziness meets Inception meets X Men. Sheer brilliance
— Timothy Webb (@timothywebb93) February 9, 2017
.@LegionFX finally starts tonight! Judging by Aubrey this show is clearly INSANE 👀😈🙌🏼😜❤ pic.twitter.com/dzroWOotWx
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) February 9, 2017
WAIT NO IS LENNY DEAD. PLEASE RESURRECT HER #Legion
— kit (@heybrittrob) February 9, 2017
Even her co-star Dan Stevens chimed in.
#LegionFX Fact: as a tribute to Lenny we renamed that square of the set Aubrey Plaza. @legion_fx
— Dan Stevens (@thatdanstevens) February 9, 2017
#LegionFX AlternativeFact: Aubrey Plaza was 1991 Delaware Junior Tricycle champion.
— Dan Stevens (@thatdanstevens) February 9, 2017
Aubrey Plaza is amazing as always. She's basically infallible in my book
— (((Jeff Carroll))) (@jeffcarroll) February 9, 2017
well I'm grateful to #Legion for putting Aubrey Plaza back in my life anyways pic.twitter.com/G00sPxMUUl
— ChristopheRrrr (@CarlosDanger420) February 9, 2017
Hey, World. Aubrey Plaza in @LegionFX is my favorite thing on television. 💊�������� #Lenny #MOXIE
— Lauren Ho (@Elle_Ho) February 9, 2017
Every shot of Aubrey Plaza in Legion is just YES
— Nadia (@AngNadi) February 9, 2017
Legion is like 12 Monkeys sorta trippy. The fact that it's linked to X-Men and Aubrey Plaza is in it makes it even better.
— MitchB (@MitchhhB) February 9, 2017
Must watch.
Have to say thought Aubrey Plaza was brilliant in that first episode of Legion.
— Marc Ramage (@Mondo_Chaos) February 9, 2017
WATCH LEGION!!! AUBREY PLAZA KILLIN THE GENDER ROLE!!!
— Lex. (@cassiansrebel) February 9, 2017
Stay tuned for more insanity as Legion Season 1 continues on FX.