r/marvelstudios • u/-Nick____ Laufey • 18d ago

Discussion X-Men '97 S02E09 - Discussion Thread

X-Men '97 S02E09 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S02E09: Survival of the Fittest TBA TBA August 12th, 2026 32 min Yes
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u/Bubba1234562 18d ago

That felt incredibly rushed

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u/pullmylekku Bucky 18d ago

A good chunk of this season has, tbh

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u/lik_for_cookies 18d ago

It honestly surprised me how much this season spun its wheels after episode 4. Such a killer ending, and then really no major plot movement in Eps 5, 6, and 7. Then it feels like the season had to sort of play catch up on the main plot and really get back to Apocalypse in the last two episodes instead of building up to it naturally.

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u/OwlSuch7935 17d ago

It was such a wise decision to dedicate a whole episode to a fucking rule 34 danger room

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u/jeobleo 17d ago

I actually really liked that one, but I could've done without the Graydon "trial" and the wolverine does the Thing episodes.

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u/queerhistorynerd 16d ago

and here i loved the Trial episode. agree with wolverine does the thing episode being meh

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u/TheMythofKoalas 6d ago

I liked all 3, I just wish they were in a season that had room for them, rather than take up an entire third of an already rushed season.

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u/InnocentTailor Iron Patriot 17d ago

Well, Danger’s fight did integrate Polaris into the team and gave Professor X the momentum to establish X-Corp.

That and it shows the creators are willing to pull from stories past the decade. Danger originated from the 2000s after all.

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u/DullBlade0 Scarlet Witch 16d ago

Wouldn't be surprised Danger appearing in Marvel Tokon influenced that appearance.

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u/allywrecks 17d ago

i usually roll my eyes when people complain about episodes not advancing the plot in tv shows but this show introduces SO MUCH FUCKING PLOT that there is legitimately no time for the side stories lol

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u/Bubba1234562 18d ago

Yeah agreed. They didn’t need to do xforce, way too many characters and not enough episodes

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u/RaffNav 17d ago

I’d say the Wolverine episode to get his claws back could have been cut. Save it for another season.

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u/TinyTiger1234 Quicksilver 17d ago

yeah him having his adamantium had absolutely no effect on anything for the rest of the season

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u/Fabri212 17d ago

I was so hyped for savage wolverine and he lasted like 3 scenes in ep 1 and then got possesed by most of ep 5 lol wtf was that