S tier episode!

Fun fact: In the comics, it’s known that when they Watcher shows up in person, something majorly important is going to happen- and a lot of the time it’s something terrible. So the Watcher showing up in this episode was a warning that something major was about to happen.

Mutants: Having fun at a party The Watcher: "Man, half ya'll aint gonna survive the next 10min, that's crazy"

She chose Gambit but never got to tell him, RIP to the GOAT.

The one time she’s finally able to touch him…”I can’t feel you” That last scene BROKE me. Same goes for "Remember it." Gambit went out like a real warrior. I hope this somehow isn't the end for him.

I can't fucking believe they actually adapted it. Just two weeks ago someone said "wouldn't it be crazy if they adapted E for Extinction?" and I was like "That'd be crazy." Holy shit.

The watcher is Marvels red flag. If he shows up alot of people are dying.

Remember it… hardest line coming from a G 💯

When The Watcher shows up it ain't ever good.

Gambit really put Genosha on his back. Saved the Morlocks AND took out the strongest Sentinel. Give that man a statue.

Sheera still not understanding that Scott never switched up on Madelyn, he acknowledged that she's a clone, because that's WHAT SHE IS, but he still always loved her. His feelings never dropped for her OR for the real Jean. It's a complicated situation all around.

"There is no love without sin. Love is best measured in what we forgive. " -- Nightcrawler Beautiful line. That ending was insane! One of the best of episodes of Marvel Television ever released! X-Men 97 might be my favorite thing Marvel Studios has ever done. Period.

Someone pointed out that the music that was playing in the club right before they got attacked was the same music that Madelyn Pryor heard in the first episode when she had that weird premonition vision. Showrunners got some good ass attention to detail moments.

Rogue's "I can't feel you" line is up there with Spider-Mans "I don't wanna go" line in Infinity War for hardest hitting

The Watcher spectating this episode is creepy as hell, bro loves to spectate tragedy

the jelly with bones is a guy named Glob Herman. he is a relatively popular mutant online for being just being a cool dude. his father was extremely bigoted and he was abused by him nearly every day until his mom stole him and dropped him off at the x-mansion as a bruised and confused kid telling him to never try to try to find or contact them again. as a kid raised like that he was pretty bigoted at the school until softening up and becoming effectively everyones friend, he has a girlfriend that loves him and is registered election official. he is the epitome of everything the x-men are meant to protect.

Roshi: It’s too peaceful X-men ‘97: Bet

Wolverine is the last person to talk about someone moving on he stuck on Jean like fly paper

Sheera Madeleine and Jean are the Same Person, same genetics, appearance, abilities, memory and Personality. The only difference between the two is Jean is Scotts childhood love, while Madeleine is his Wife and the mother of his son. Scott and jean share the same history but Scott and Madeleine share a parental bond and share the same pain losing their child. Scott can't just go back to jean after abandoning Nathan and act like his time with Madeleine didn't happen or matter. Him saying he loved both of them was the correct answer as they are literally the same.

This episode was spectacular. 10/10 Gambit is that dude

There aren't enough comments talking about Magneto trying to save the morlocks. All the pain and rage and sorrow he feels in that moment and he uses his last breath to comfort Leech because he promised he would never be scared again. "...Do not be afraid." 😭

"I wish I could touch you Remy." *the monkey's paw curls*

This is peak idk wtf happened at marvel but they locked in for this show

X-Men '97 creator Beau DeMayo says Episode 5 was just "our warm-up" "Episode 8-10 is my big one:)"❤

I wanna say it's a bit unfair to rag on Scott with the Jean situation. 1 he fell in love with yes, but not only are Jean and Madelynn pretty much the same, but Scott been married and had a kid with her. That's almost a year they've been together happily. And just cause Jean came back those feelings are supposed to suddenly end? So when Scott says he loves them both, i say that's probably the best thing he can say about how he feels, cause they're both Jean. And don't even get me started with her not bringing up that she kissed Logan not long ago

Gambit’s Vegeta moment was GOATED 🫡

This felt like the first episode of Invincible: the majority of it was standard superhero cartoon stuff and the last few minutes were just death, chaos, and "wtf just happened"?

Top tier show. The writing is immaculate

The Sentinel attack had nothing to do with Magneto, it was just about Genosha getting accepted into the United Nations. It was about there being a mutant nation and it being a threat to "normal people"

New Magneto becoming a bit more like Charles Scott is becoming more like old magneto

The parallel with WandaVision for that "I can't feel you" line is 1000x more painful. My man Gambit went out like a G. Cable or Bishop or whoever better fix this 😭😭😭

“The name’s Gambit, mon ami. Remember it.” We always will 😢

That "Sugar...I can't feel you" had the same effect as the "I thought...I thought you were stronger" line from Mark. Just friggin gut wrenching and soul crushing😰

I somehow didnt process the Watcher the first time i saw the episode. Looking back, that shit is SCARY.

its always cool to see the watcher watching until you realize oh god no the watcher is watching

Beau DeMayo wasn't messing around in this episode!

sheera talking over the most emotional line of the whole episode

Oh storm lose her powers then gambit dies?!! Oh I’m writing a strong ass letter to marvel tonight!!!

Shogun and X-Men competing for best show of the year.

“The names Gambit……………remember it…. “

Sheera's ability to talk over emotional scenes is unparalleled.

03:44 The green guy is Leech, his power is that he can nullify mutant powers for a limited time. This episode hit like a truck.

Man Rogues VA deserves an award for that last line

Roshi brought up a good point “she lost both her love interests” she danced between both being indecisive and lost both of em.

18:13 Bruh the real demon is this editor. Dude is outrageous 😂

The most shocking and heartbreaking episode of tv since The Red Wedding in Game Of Thrones for me. When Magneto not only tried to comfort Leech but did so in his native language, knife to the heart. Then they twist the knife with the last line “I can’t feel you”!😭😭😭😭😭 This is officially the best Marvel the show ever made!

When Cable suddenly shows up telling you to get out, you get the fuck out.

Seeing Cable(Future Nathan) got me intrigued,I gotta see an episode from his perspective on saving Genosha,Gambit can't gone bro! 💯💯

Sheera cant read the room when she makes corny jokes

Yes, Genosha is in Africa. It's a island north of Madagascar, off the coast of Africa. Regarding Magneto & Rogue's relationship, in the comics Magneto was de aged. So even though he's mentally in his 50s-60s+, in the original stories, biologically he's in his 30s.

That interview blowup with Cyclops is giving me massive “Cyclops is right” vibes. Revolutionary Cyclops, and the road to that version, was such a great era. It seems that this show is slowly building up to that development. I thought it was a good choice to have Scott lose control during the interview as it sets up the later events of the decimation of Genosha. Mutants have to try and appease humans time and time again, yet they are never truly accepted as an equal sapient being. It was honestly quite hard to watch the attack on Genosha as it felt like a real terrorist attack. So many feels and emotions. And I also loved adapting the Scott/Emma mind palace cheating story with Madelyne instead as it feels so at home given this story. Scott and Madelyne share a son and lost him together. That shared parental bond and trauma is hard to replace. Especially since Scott was abandoned by his father. And Magneto speaking german to Leech as they were about to die and Gambit’s “Remember it” callback then Rogue finally being able to touch him because he’s dead in her arms 😭😭😭 This is some of the best work that Marvel has put out and hopefully the MCU can handle the X-Men like this. Can’t wait for the next episode.

14:13 It's crazy because the music, Cable saying, "I'm sorry" was all part of Madeline's vision in episode one! Insanely good writing! 🙏🏽💪

Gambit was originally an omega level mutant he unfortunately never met Professor Xavier when his powers first manifest. Mr. sinister offered to help him control his powers so he performed brain surgery on Gambit, fucking with the part of the brain that controls his powers which greatly reduced his capabilities because originally Gambit could just blow things up just by looking at them.

"You're Jean Grey and he's Scott Summers. Those are the rules, you just forgot them for a sec" For Wolverine to walk away from an emotionally vulnerable jean Grey who kissed him of her own accord...His character is impeccable. I would've woken up next to her with a sense of satisfaction and self loathing

The Watcher eating space popcorn while the world burns. this episode was GLORIOUS and SUPREMELY heartbreaking. love it.

Yooooo! They gotta bring the showrunner back. He's killing every episode so far and it's not even close

Jean had the nerve to get mad at scott after she JUST kissed logan, rogue playing with gambit in his face, to go back to magneto in front of the world, to go back to gambit smh im disgusted. Magneto and gambit paying the ultimate price on top of everything that happpened was the last straw. Them two specifically need JUSTICE. They aint had peace throughout my whole lifetime 😭

So Jean just gonna act like ain’t just kiss Logan??? Naw she tripping. This the love triangle episode I see

This is partly based on a comic story called E is for Extinction, but also a story called Hellfire Gala: Fall of X (Fall of X is quite recent, last three years).

They gave Rogue and Gambit the “Death of Superman” scene.

I need cable to fuck with the time-line the same way the flash does and fix this. 😢

The only other X-Men project that showed just how scary sentinels actually are was X-Men days of future past

6:28 My man Wolverine!!!! I respect him for being the mature one! 🙏🏽💪

The known characters that died at least from what I counted are Banshee, Madelyne Prior, Sebastian Shaw, Dazzler, Marrow, Moira mctarget, callisto and the morlocks, Magneto and Gambit. It was a whole genocide thats crazy

Another fun fact: Gambit can use his powers to negate Rouge's touch too but he had Mr. Sinister surgically limit his powers because Gambit saw in another timeline, he beat the Phoenix and then used its power to destroy everything 🙃

The Watcher: “damn you guys don’t got a captain carter I can summon? Guess you guys are on your own.”

11:50 had me weaaaak “bald ass head” 💀

Even though this ep was really sad, I'm just glad glob got some love.

X3MA you didn't.... that watcher edit is nearly illegal😂😂😂

The moment we saw The Watcher show up, you just knew it was going to get ugly. Holy shit.

Gambit is literally HIM

Now every time I watch the old show I’m gonna be thinking Magneto and Rouge were smashing before

Uatu the Watcher showing up was lowkey a giveaway that s**t was about to go down.

Ep 5 went hard AF🙌🏻…upcoming 3-part finale gonna cook real nice🔥

Went from X-Men to Invincible real quick lmaoo

Ya’ll missed the best line of the show because you wouldn’t shut up. 😂

Roshi : it's to happy and peaceful A few seconds later Roshi: What da hell happen 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Glad they use the best quips and lines from the OG series 🔥 "remember it"

Good catch on The Watcher, Roshi. It might not mean he interacts with the story, but The Watcher usually is there to witness pivotal events

Its crazy how fast the switch up was in the episode. Bodies

If y’all didn’t notice, the Watcher makes a cameo right before Genosha gets attacked, that’s how you know shit was about to go down.

Gambit went out like a G.😭💔 Storm stuck in a damn pocket dimension and gonna come back to all this chaos... 😩

According to the showrunner this isnt even the high point of the season. The 3 episode finale is gonna be crazier. This might be better than anything an xmen movie will do.

4:32 Incredible Nightcrawler fight scene of all time! 🙏🏽💪

These writers need to be protected, the writing for everything is goated

If the watcher was there that means that shit was not surposed to happened because he would have stopped cable. Which mean cable is about to redo it all.

Man, adding the watcher in the sky was crazy, they were telling us something big was about to go down, and it did 💀

Best bit about this is that even if they do time travel and save their own timeline, they have set up a timeline where it looks like a real Days of Future past narrative happened.

12:28 It's pretty cool to see both Emma Frost and Sébastien Shaw in the same room with Magento. I don't recall them ever interacting in the original series! 🙏🏽💪

Cyke: **HOW MANY DAMNIT??!?!** 😢

So Jean gets a pass for cheating in reality with a different person, but Scott gets your spite for cheating with a clone mentally? Lmao, make it make sense. 🤣

18:12 "Perfect!" 😂I almost died

Omg this episode was insane. This show is straight HEAT

Other than Sheera's excessive need to talk and make a point nobody asked for , ruined Rouge's final line. But on the positive side, you are the only channel that spotted the Watcher. That was impressive.

First half of the ep: 😊❤ Second half: 💀💀

That haunting music when Jean gets that signal in her head 🔥🔥🔥

So everyone not knowing what this sentinel isn. Its called a wild sentinel , its way way more dangerouse then a master mold , and plus its an adaptive sentinal , it adapts to what ever or whoever its trying to kill , and it uses the resources it may have near it to its advantage , and again ill leave this name " cassandra nova "

Genosha is an island in Africa so kinda Wakanda… but for mutants. It was introduced in the comics kind of like a standin for Apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s. And yes, it was destroyed in the comics as well where 16 millions mutants were killed. The two you guys were talking about were Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw, the White Queen and Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. They’re really important in the comics and Emma Frost became an X-Men so I doubt they killed them off along with Moira and Banshee. If the ever do the Krakoan era, Moira, Shaw and Frost are very important. Specially Moira, or rather Moira X.

I also got confused when I watched this episode. The theme of Genosha sounds African because Genosha is North from Madagascar, East coast of Africa. So the music makes sense.

Regarding your comment at minute 4:00, Genosha is an island nation off the coast of Africa.