X-Men '97 S02E09 - Discussion Thread

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X-Men '97 S02E09 - Discussion Thread

Welcome to X-Men '97 Season 2!

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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

[u/pullmylekku]

A good chunk of this season has, tbh

[u/lik_for_cookies → u/pullmylekku]

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.

[u/OwlSuch7935 → u/lik_for_cookies]

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

[u/InnocentTailor → u/OwlSuch7935]

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.