When he was a teenager, he was contacted by Division 3 in acting as a keeper from secrets, with his brain surgery serving as some sort of machine that would prevent telepaths from reading minds and discovering vital information.
Hacking into the Mainframe, Ptonomy contacts David (Dan Stevens) through a Vermillion, saying that he has found the location of Farouk's (Navid Negahban) body in a desert known as "Le Désolé".
In May 2018, it was reported that the eighth episode of the season would be titled "Chapter 16", and was to be directed by Jeremy Webb and written by series creator Noah Hawley and Jordan Crair.
[1] In its original American broadcast, "Chapter 16" was seen by an estimated 0.409 million household viewers and gained a 0.2 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Club gave the episode a "B" grade and wrote, "The show is kicking into high gear, and it's unspooling in a bracingly engaging and effective manner.
"[7] Evan Lewis of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "'Chapter 16', like Legion in general, doesn't quite stick every landing in terms of tone, but it's a routine with so many tricks at such a high degree of difficulty that it's easy to overlook a little sidestep here and there.
"[9] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "'Chapter 16' is successful because of all of these character developments, but it's as always bolstered by Legion's impeccable sense of style.
Those dissected frames, pushing each other in and out are immediately alluring, as are the vast desert shots of Farouk and Oliver raising toward the body and the binary-obscured view from inside the mainframe.