Powerful stuff bro, thanks for speaking your perspective.

I'm so sorry.

I am sorry for your loss. I have not had a stillborn, but my wife and I have suffered far too many miscarriages. I instantly recognized Scott’s anger. The well-intentioned and probing questions on a matter that is far too painful to share or Discuss. I know that anger. I can only imagine how much worse it would be in his case or yours.

Condolences 💐

I hear you man. My wife and I are dealing with fertility issues, we've done ivf unsuccessfully several times and my first thought when the reporter asked Scott that question with that hurt still fresh was....oh nooo. Lol totally necessary response. Trying too hold all that in as the leader of the xmen when all this other stuff in your personal life is going on... the dam can only hold so long. He let it out and I felt that.

I honestly hope that moment of self-awareness let’s him pivot and do something other than pine too. I have REALLY enjoyed having Logan step back out of the spotlight so far but I do want to see him do some other things outside he usual love triangle business. With the seeming rise of Rightclops and a possible influx of young mutant refugees, maybe we’ll see a spin on Schism?

​@jasongarrett768 that's what I'm thinking. With cyclops, magento and storm out of commission and cyc potentially going crazy, logan will have to step up

@@jasongarrett768At this point nothing’s off the table. Anything’s possible.

@@jasongarrett768 the mid-season teaser just dropped & Wolverine & Nightcrawler look like they'll be teaming up (and from the looks of it, it's going to be pretty intense)

@@rl-cx6kfcan’t wait to have more nightcrawler in this show man, i love his abilities so much and he’s such a fun character to see in action

Yeah, they got him to display such a degree of heorism, from displaying great emotional maturity regarding his relationship with rogue, to going out as the most heoric x men of all. They nailed the heroic death part.

"Absolutely shafted" Ouch. 😅

Nah fuck that he better not be dead forever don't do this to me.

@@nTryloHe won’t be. Don’t wanna ruin it for you but just stay patient…

​@@pitchking5496ruin it bro, I'm begging

Yeah it’s damn good

Honestly outside of spider verse and avengers emh, it’s definitely one of my favorite pieces of content to come out of marvel!

@InevitableOption-ic2vxA Spectacular Spider-Man in revival is what I’m really hoping for even if TAS is more likely since it connects to this version of the X-Men.

People keep saying superhero shows and movies are dead no, bad superhero movies and shows are dead. X-Men 97 takes license with some of the events for brevity but maintains the essence. In doing so we get some of the best work to come out of Marvel in over a decade. If they made movies like this there would be no complaints.

Same experience with my dad and his comics.

That will be dark lol

Agreed, think you might see Schism when Cyc finds out about Jean and wolverine

I knew at the first episode where Cyclops was portrayed as this awesome leader that is would not last. The Cyclops I know is this angry and bitter guy who needs therapy lol.

@@Sayajin3321 He's angry and bitter with clear mental problems, but he can force through them to be a leader, and a great one at that.

@@projekttaku1 Cyclops the best boy scott archetype. Teetering between Homelander and humanitarian

I was floored with how much class he displayed in that scene. Gambit is the MVP of this episode.

They better have a DAMN good reason for firing DeMayo

@@bellslimes It's just rumors, but from what I've heard, it's kind of a contract breach that got him let go. DeMayo has an Onlyfans, but he posted exclusively non-hardcore and softcore stuff on it, mostly gym selfies for his audience. The day he was announced to be fired, some people pointed out that DeMayo posted something on his Onlyfans the day before, and it was more hardcore and explicitly sexual than his usual stuffs. I'm guessing one of Disney's contractual mandates is that any of their public figures should not do any explicit work while under Disney, and well DeMayo kinda breached that part of the contract, it seems.

I was happily satisfied that he wasn't just pushed around and finally got something huge to do. I think they addressed the drama as tastefully as they could compared to the comics.

​@@runbaa9285ugh, I hope they find a way to get him back, or this will be like Gunn and the delay of Guardians 3, and him finally going to DC. DeMayo is an exceptional talent.

this also makes a lot more sense than scott just abandoning madelyne the way he does in the comics.

@@The_Mad_Titan_007 Yeah, the benefit of writing based on the story, while having the benefit of hindsight, is that you get to see the whole picture, and rethink about what did and didn t work.

Agreed though context is important. Scott in that era had just recently been possessed by Apocalypse and went through some crazy stuff (even for the X-men) that he specifically couldn’t go to Jean about. And Jean wasn’t exactly rejecting skeevy Wolverine either. Emma being Emma, or rather not Gen X but Hellfire White Queen swooped in to play her games. Unfortunately for her she actually really fell for Scott.

@@rubaiyat300 so normal X-Men Soap Opera shenanigans.

@@lvo9197 which when done right gives us better adaptations than the original story itself. I like that tbh.

Held my tongue the entire time watching it with the gf

I started the episode like "Wow, this Genosha depiction is so good, i hope we get some time before it gets attacked"

This was exactly my emotional process

I felt the whole range of the "mr incredible becoming uncanny" meme while watching the episode.

I loved and hated that feeling... the building anxiety of red flags... I had my subwoofers up to the point I FELT those blasts and heartbeats. That episode did things to me.

I feel like radical cyclops is a great way for the show to go

...sounds about right! isn't it tragic that mutants have that many genocides to even combine at all.. and you didn't even mention Days of Futures Past..!

Yeah, Scott was already struggling with his leadership and his place in the world. Now that the genocide in Genosha has followed hot on the heels of his spiraling personal life and his meltdown in front of the TV cameras, he could definitely reach the point of "f**k it. No more mutant deaths, and I don't care what I have to look like in order to make that happen."

And where are "earths mightiest heroes" for each one? Lol​@@rasun316

Super duper intentional

@@somethingwarm yup! The lines gave me chills and tears.

The delivery for that line is...my heart will not recover from it.

Same here. Took me instantly to WandaVision, which is probably my favourite MCU thing ever.

Way better for line for Rogue with Gambit it fits way better with her powers than Wanda and vision.

That Master Mold was also destroyed by a Gambit's power

Night crawler felt a bit off for me, too MCU and less mature and not as Christian

​@@seriousnesstv7902but Nightcrawler always had a playful nature too, so that tracks

@@seriousnesstv7902he was seeing old friends after a while of not seeing them, i’d say he had an emotional reaction and was just happy to see them and catch up, hence the more playful and sly nature. but we know that when push comes to shove, he is fucking busted and a damn force to be reckoned with when his head is fully in the game

@@seriousnesstv7902 Meanwhile I'm seeing Nightcrawler from the perspective of his portrayal in the comics, where his Christianity is a part of his personality, but not the only thing he ever talks about. He's a lot more playful in the comics, and I like that living in Genosha has brought that part of his personality out. In Germany he was dour and serious because he was being actively hunted and mobbed on a regular basis. Now he's had time away from that in a place that welcomes and embraces his differences. This portrayal in the newest episode shows more of the fun side of Nightcrawler in an environment that would have a positive influence on him. Heck, he even makes reference to his faith when he drops the fascinating line about "there is no love without sin, because love is measured by what we forgive."

@@seriousnesstv7902 This was 100% comic-accurate Nightcrawler, who is very different from the Fox movies' take (it's fine those had a different version though)

I would argue the pacing for the first few episodes was a bit rushed but this episode had perfect pacing.

@@kbg12ila Fully agree.

@@kbg12ilaagreed

Most of the episode had zero fighting. Just the different characters' emotional struggles and messy baggage. And in keeping with the best X-Men stories, I completely didn't notice the lack of an action scene until all hell broke loose.

This is where I'm not sure - See, I'm not that familiar with the X-Men and the comics and while I was able to "keep up" with what was happening, it did feel like nothing has time to breathe, like having Madelyn Prior come back as a long time acquaintance even though they introduced her just a couple episodes prior or all the Morlocks and Mr Sinister stuff that I learned how it happened in the comics and here, if you don't already know them, you don't even realize they are a community of their own, marginalized by both humans and mutants alike.

Measured not nurtured I believe

I loved this take of Nightcrawler

Just heard the writer for this episode has been fired a while ago. Supposedly he was difficult to work with.

​@Theywantthedro No they found out he had an Onlyfans account

"THE MCU NEEDS TO HIRE THESE WRITERS FOR THE LIVE-ACTION X-MEN IN THE MCU" Yeah... About the employment status of said writer at Marvel... I've got bad news.

@@loslakers530sounds like a crazy oversimplification if that’s the subject of the reasoning for his being fired. They almost certainly asked him to tidy up his online image and he likely refused despite many opportunities.

​@fewntug3760 there's zero evidence of that being the issue. There were stories of him being difficult from fellow writers on The Witcher. Not, like, difficult with executives, but with peers. He also did OF for years and it didn't seem to be a problem all that time. So we don't know the exact reason but it is most likely to do with unprofessional stuff

2/4 isn't bad. Nice job.

At least she survives

true...im just hoping they dont go fking it up and dedicate an episode to something woketarded like Morph discovering he is "nonbinary"

​@@MalcomMalediction you speak like a twelve year old

@@MalcomMalediction Oh my God. Get over the woke shit. People keep whining about that shit so much they'll become no better than SJWs. Just whining all the time about the scary woke bogeyman.

​@@MalcomMalediction praying for morph/wolverine BL. ☺️☺️

Don't tell Malcom about Destiny and comics Mystique...

Gambit was Claremont’s creation. It makes sense.

"Gambit sees your bet... AND RAISES IT!!!" ... when your character is about to die doing something incredibly brave and worthy of legend... give them the perfect lead up. When I heard him say that, I knew he was going to die. He was all in. The guy everyone thought was just a pair of two's actually had a royal flush.

It has a more cinematic feel to it.

Anime isn't really the best comparison here

@@fightingmedialounge519 Hard disagree. When Cyclops did his big landing with his visor, that was an anime shot.

@@FlyoverStatePark except shots like those aren't exclusive to anime. It's also eyerolling for people to compare any adult animated product to anime.

30 years of pop culture evolution

I got the impression the interview was live.

In the comics, the readers thought Magneto died in the attack on Genosha for several years. I think you're right in how Leech played a part in the scene.

@@BCWasbroughMagneto seeing flashbacks to the Holocaust and going berserk on the Sentinel AND saying in german “Do not be afraid” to Leech right before the impact of the blast was the most insane shit I’ve seen from anything X-Men related for years, and I’m so proud to be a Marvel fan during this show’s revival. This was definitely very needed

One, we didn't see a body which means he's alive in fiction and two the sentinel said gambit was terminated but then he smiled and gave a badass line before destroying it,

@@megaavonaco9954 Yeah. I'm familiar with TV tropes too, and watched the episode as well.

Cable showed up and Exodus was dancing this is an alternative timeline this is going to end up resulting in some temporal changes and professor X will be alive.

Yeah, framing him around the interview with the reporter where we could see that he was really starting to lose his grip on what he had believed did a HUGE job of making his position understandable. They really make the characters feel complex, which I super appreciate in a show with such a massive roster.

Honestly I don't even entirely feel like Cyclops was "wrong" here. This is an incredibly complicated situation full of weird, fraught emotions. He can't be certain of who he was married to and when, for how long. He can't be certain how Jean really feels about him now she's back, and how much of her feelings are real and how much are memories of the past. What he can be certain of is that Madelyn was the mother of his child, and they shared that joy and that trauma together. Of course he's going to want to keep seeing and interacting with her. Especially since they were talking about their son, that's something they can both relate to each other about. And I think having that scene come after his blow up in the interview makes it pretty clear that he reached out to her for support in that, so it's not just "an affair," it's far more emotional than that. And speaking of which, the interview. He definitely spoke from anger there, but at the same time a lot of what he said was true. He's kind of right to feel galled at having to go on TV and "prove" mutants should be allowed to live freely and equally with humans, after everything the X-men have done and are still doing. He put it in the harshest terms, and especially the end was particularly bitter, but I don't think the point he made was wrong.

​@velemamba260 affairs can be pretty emotional.

He hated in his own comment thread though. In retrospect after gushing 😂 What a clown

Tyrone Dumbgnus

wonder why people still watch that parasite

Do yourself a favour and stop any paying attention to incel ragebait KZfaqrs like that.

Can't believe Tyrone Magnus is even still around....

They might have, if Magneto didn't get in the way.

I don't know, BTAS, STAS, JL, JLU, BB, Invincible and more are all really good superhero shows.

Spectacular spiderman, and the 90s spidey are also up there tbh

@@projekttaku1 I’ve seen them all at least a few times and I couldn’t agree more. I love and grew up with each of those shows (besides invincible obviously). I still think X-Men 97 could surpass them IF it keeps up the quality we have seen so far.

@@dre3824 Agreed both are bangers. Spectacular Spider-Man is low key my favorite depiction of Peter Parker and Spider-Man and I still think X-Men 97 could be better if it keeps this up.

@@joshtimmins6629 I guess but I don't know if it could match up to JLU's Cadmus arc, which had the backing of the entire DCAU and all those series behind it, or BTAS's atmosphere and character exploration, STAS's simple yet iconic reworking of the most famous superhero ever, or BB masterful use of a studio mandated concept (teenage Batman). By comparison, X-Men 97' is just fun.

You're not the only one. It's a plausible theory.

How would removing his power to help that situation

@@chefdh the sentinel can no longer detect him

@@Supermonistic yeah but he was getting blasted by the trisentinel, if leech removed his powers Magneto would be disintegrated or at least killed.

@@Blimbus-Blombo number 1 rule. No body = not dead

side note we are actually getting FIVE MORE episodes wtff this is about to get insane😂

Its actually not trisentinel. Its the wild sentinel that attacked Genosha which had 3 heads as well. At one point it even used the same eye beam attack vs Gambit.

The bit about this meaning to evoke what 9/11 and other catastrophes felt like to 90’s kids made this cut even deeper. Honestly hyped for what’s coming.

Im guessing we'll see Cable more often in the next episodes, because he tried to prevent the Godzilla Sentinel situation from happening and was abruptly thrown back to the other time period.

They need to bring him back. ASAP.

It hit HARD.

This is the best thing marvel has done period this is PEAK

Slow down there, GOTG3 and NWH beat it out easily.

Slow down there, GOTG3 and NWH beat it out easily.

Loki Season 2 and GOTG3 were terrific but I do think this is much better than almost everything else they've done in years.

It's such a fucking treat to have back to back episodes for both of these series for at least a couple more weeks in a row.

Also, ironically this week's episode of Bad Batch wasn't at all heavy, emotionally. Just a action-heavy prison break episode while Omega learns more about the operation on Tantis. Really glad I watched it before I watched the X-Men. :/

i got lucky, i watched bad batch first, then i watched x-men and was so devastated i dont think i could have watched bad batch after

I think what most viewers should do in cases like this is to make your own watching block like what Fox Kids/Disney Afternoon/Kids WB used to do when they were around: Make it an event for yourselves where right after you finish one show go straight to the next one. That way it’s less of a question of, “Which do I watch?” And more of “Which do I watch first?”

Holy shit I would have never guessed. I heard the voice and just knew it was him so I never bothered to look.

He confirmed it was him on Twitter

@@wolfhowl_ Can you link this. I don't see it on his page

It's kinda pirate-y ain't it?

@@my2randomcentsit’s like they put a Glaswegian woman on a pirate ship yeah

I’m sorry lbstudio13, but as and actual non-scottish person, the actual scottish accent is (normally) HORRIFIC.

The Irish one was not much better 💔💔💔 I couldn’t tell the Scottish one was meant to be Scottish for ages 😂

After considering this thoroughly, I can see that. It started out one way and then becomes gut wrenching and epic at the end. And, since Hardhome is my all time favorite episode, I agree.

@@number1chiefROKKA Hardhome was the episode that I would say is the best of that series. And if it ended before the dogs started barking, it would have still been the best episode in season 5. But man, when those dogs start losing it, does shit pick up fast.

The Emma Frost beats work so well. They get to have her comment on Jean and Maddy doing her Scott affair while at the same time shoving several years of heroism leading up to the X-Men into her limited screentime set up. Earlier they even have Gambit joke about which one of his mutant powers he's not allowed to use during basketball (a callback to a comic scene where he uses superhuman agility to sink a basketball over his shoulder into a broken hoop). So we'll probably see secondary mutations incoming. And also tons of Phoenix stuff leading into it.

also it will tie to Cyclops's first words in this series when Sunspot asked him "good guy or bad guy?" "definitely a good guy"

I'm not sure. No matter what you think of beau de mayo the man sounds like a Real fan who wants to stay true to the original material. It was the same on the witcher and one of the reasons he left. So if he's out of marvel i'm not sure the quality of the writing will stay the same

It really was hard to watch. They did maybe too good a job portraying it. I couldn't move when the episode ended. Just sat there staring and trying to process.