The series follows Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, who is recruited by an insurrectionary anarchist known as "Mr.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.542 million household viewers and gained a 0.2 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Upon learning this, Zhang (BD Wong) assigns Leon (Joey Badass) to protect Elliot while he gets the Dark Army to work on getting him released.
Cisco (Michael Drayer) also provides the Dark Army with firmware, which Tyrell uses to engineer Stage 2.
After learning of Joanna's affair, Tyrell decides to ignore Irving's warning and leaves the area.
The officer taking him to FBI custody is killed by Santiago (Omar Metwally), who is revealed to be working for the Dark Army.
Irving tells Tyrell that he must work in order to finally provide for his family, revealing that he wishes to reunite with his children someday.
He also tells Tyrell that he will get to meet Elliot in a taxi, but that he will have to wait at a Dark Army-controlled hotel to avoid detection.
[2] This was a 4% increase in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by an estimated 0.519 million household viewers with a 0.2 in the 18-49 demographics.
It's the history of Tyrell's journey, filling in the gaps of our central narrative while also providing more information on Irving.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx wrote, "It looked great, like usual, and the more we learn about Irving the more fascinated I am with him, but my impatience grew throughout the hour.
"[7] Jeremy Egner of The New York Times wrote, "While this was necessary to bring the story up to speed, it also asked viewers to invest in the quandaries of a character we haven't been conditioned to care much about, on an emotional level.
It's competent, it features a couple of nice music cues, and contains one good scene, courtesy of legendary actor Wallace Shawn.
"[9] Alec Bojalad of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Ultimately, the entirety of 'Legacy' is like Wallace Shawn as Mr Williams, himself.