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  • The fourth episode of Legion Season 3 featured an unexpected crossover. 1 / 8

  • At a certain point, fans were randomly greeted with footage from FX's The Shield. 2 / 8

    Dan Stevens as David Haller on Legion
  • The Shield ran for seven seasons from 2002 to 2008. 3 / 8

  • The series starred Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey. 4 / 8

  • Legion creator Noah Hawley explained why this peculiar crossover took place. 5 / 8

  • Legion Season 3 deals heavily with time travel. 6 / 8

  • Hawley wanted to make the audience's experience of said time travel a visceral one. 7 / 8

  • "[When] we go back to the show, it's literally like you've traveled through time." 8 / 8

    Dan Stevens as David Haller in Legion