Episodes: 26 Episodes
Episode Length: 45 minutes
- The series is set in the 70s.
- Jean Grey serves as the audience surrogate.
- There is a rivalry between Scott and Warren about leadership of the team, and over the affections of Jean.
- There will be scenes that show the interactions and drama between the team; the rivalry between Scott and Warren, Jean's attempts at controlling her powers, Hank's desire to be "normal", Bobby's conflicts with his family, Alex's attempts at forging a bond with his brother, Lorna's abandonment issues, etc., etc.
- When in space, there's a "blink and you miss it" moment where Jean seems to connect to the Phoenix for a moment, with her eyes showing a hint of flame.
- For episodes that have relevancy, or are needed to be seen in future episodes, there is a small "Previously, on the X-Men..." at the beginning to keep the audience up to date.
Episode I & II: Rise of the X-Men Part 1 & 2
The series begins introducing Jean Grey, a young teen who goes through life, and during an accident at College reveals her telekinetic abilities, outing her as a mutant. Feeling the ostracization by her former friends, and the constant fights between her parents due to her, she immediately agrees when Professor Xavier arrives, shows his own telepathic abilities, and offers an invitation to his institute, where she meets the rest of the team; Scott, Bobby, Hank and Warren. With her joining as the fifth member of what will become the X-Men. (During the episode there are also scenes that show the aforementioned other members and their interactions before meeting Jean). A dark figure is seen walking through the streets, soon displaying a subtle use of his powers of magnetism.
The second episode begins with a flashback between Xavier and Magneto, both of them discussing their views on the mutant issue as well as what may happen in the future. We then move to the current time, where jean Grey is seen training and interacting with the rest of the team. Magneto makes his grand debut as he attacks a U.S. Military Base. Xavier finds out about it, and sends the X-Men to face against him. The team can't seem to face him on their own, needing to use their teamwork to drive him off, but receiving scorn rather than congratulations from the military, and are forced to escape. Magneto goes back to his lair where he is met by other mutants, soon identified as followers of his; Toad, Mastermind, and Havok, who talk about this showing the X-Men's strength, and how they will have to counter it if their plan is to be achieved.
Episode III: Inside the Ring
Professor X has discovered another mutant to join the institute; Freddy Dukes, known by his moniker "The Blob" in the wrestling ring. When confronted however, Fredy proves to be arrogant and dismissive about joining, especially when he hears there's no money in it though he shows an infatuation with jean Grey, trying to gain her affections with presents originally, then coercion when she refuses. At the same time, Hank looks into Freddy0s fights and notices an odd pattern; at every fight there always seems to be a robbery around a jewelry store. Upon closer investigation, the team discovers that Freddy has a partner; fellow wrestler Gunther Bain, who shows his ability to project a forcefield when confronted. Both wrestlers face off against the X-Men when they arrive to rescue Jean, managing to escape, leaving the team to go back on their own.
Episode IV: Come, The Juggernaut!
It's vacation time at the institute, with Warren, Hank and Jean leaving to visit their families, Scott and Bobby remaining behind. Bobby mentions that he has a family, but he's scared of visiting now that he's a mutant, while Scott consoles him and has them spend some time together. Their leisure time is interrupted when a massive, invincible man, calling himself the Juggernaut, strikes the city on the way to the institute. Professor Xavier leads them in the fight while trying to contact the other members. During the fight it is revealed that the Juggernaut is Xavier's brother, Cain Marko, and is here to kill his brother. Eventually, the other three arrive in the nick of time, are told that the Juggernaut's helmet prevents Xavier's powers to work on him, but thanks to Jean's growing control of telekinesis, working alongside the Professor, they manage to remove it, with the Professor putting him in a coma, and taking him to the Institute where he can be taken care of, and hopefully rehabilitated. By the end of the episode, Bobby decides to visit his family, being welcomed by them.
(During the episode, there are scenes of the other three members visiting their families and having their own issues; Jean's parents being in the middle of a divorce, Warren's family being more focused on finding a cure than letting him remain a mutant, and Hank closing himself in his room, looking at his old notes about trying to find a cure for his condition.)
Episode V: A Vanishing Thought
Interpol Agent Sean Cassidy is on the trail of a master criminal known only as "The Vanisher" as he always seems to disappear just before he can catch him. During his investigation he crosses paths with the X-Men, who are aware of the Vanisher and how he's been able to escape; using his mutant powers to disappear. Sean tries to keep them out as they are still teens and are not licensed for this kind of work either. During the investigation it's also revealed that Sean is a mutant as he uses his powers to escape a trap, with the Vanisher eventually being captured by the X-Men, and Cassidy given an offer to join Xavier, which he refuses. Later on, as he is taking the Vanisher to containment, both are ambushed by Unus and the Blob, taking them to a secret location where they are met with the "Mutant Master", the leader of an extremist group who aims to take over America.
Episode VI: Factor Three
A series of terrorist attacks around the world have put both great powers in high alert, each side blaming the other, unaware that this is the actions of a new group known as "Factor Three" under the command of the "Mutant Master" who is framing both sides to have WWIII begin. The X-Men are also being framed thanks to his robots to have the government go after them, while also launching an attack on the Institute, freeing the Juggernaut and having him join his side. The X-Men are now in a race against time as they find the secret base, but also have to face the Vanisher, the Juggernaut, Unus the Untouchable, The Blob, and the Banshee, who has been brainwashed. During the fight, they manage to reveal that Mutant Master is an alien who is trying to conquer the Earth, with both the X-Men and Factor Three joining sides to defeat him.
Once the deception has been revealed, the X-Men go back home, Banshee returns to Interpol, The Blob and Unus are scouted and join Magneto, while the Juggernaut is launched into space during the fight. From the depths of Space, the aliens who had been monitoring "Mutant Master" confer about the fight, and whom they'll face in the future.
Episode VII: Brothers
This is a flashback episode. It is the anniversary of Scott's family's death, and he goers to their graves to visit. While there, a flashback of his life with his parents is shown, before they went on a plane ride where an accident killed them, giving their last parachute to him and his brother, Alex. Yet, even there, they fell into a river where Scott and Alex were separated, living him alone and raised in an orphanage, where he had to endure constant abuse and bullying until his powers were activated, nearly destroyed the entire building, and was eventually taken in by Professor X, where he found a family once more. At the end, it is revealed that Alex is alive, known as Havok, a member of Magneto's Brotherhood.
Episode VIII: No Rest For The Wicked
After the fight with Factor Three, the X-Men are trying to enjoy the peace the best they can, even getting new costumes to celebrate their latest victory, though it's difficult when all news talk about the latest "Mutant Conspiracy" and fear is growing in the streets. The group try to enjoy an outing at a mall when the place is attacked by "The Warlock", who turns the entire place into a temple for the Hyberian God "Kukulcan", using his powers of illusion and Mind Control to take over the minds of everyone, including the X-Men save Jean who managed to protect her mind. She has to sneak and skulk through the Mall, avoiding the Warlock's new minions in order to break his spell and stop his ritual.
Episode IX: The Calm Before The Storm
A calm episode that nonetheless if filled with tensions as Professor X tries to find out an anomaly through Cerebro, while the X-Men are nervous about Graduation Day and what will they do afterwards; if they will remain together as a team or will they go their own ways. A group infiltrates the mansion, with the team going on to stop them, taking their minds out of the situation. The enemy is able to outsmart them at every turn, using their own weaknesses against them, which the team soon realizes and show how they've been able to overcome them or use lateral thinking to win. At the end, it's discovered that these were robots programmed and controlled by Professor X since, as he put it, all graduations need to have a bit of challenge beforehand. The team is in higher spirits now that they've overcome it and are given their new costumes by both Jean and the professor. None of them however ae aware of the look of concern in the professor's face.
Episode X: The Brotherhood of Mutants: Graduation Day
The day has arrived for the team's graduation day, yet the team can't seem to find the Professor anywhere, nor is there any signs of any violent break in aside from the previous fake one. The team search through the Professor's notes and his previous actions, finding that he'd been working on searching a blind spot or anomaly through Cerebro for the last months, and he'd just recently found it and gone to deal with it. As they prepare to launch a search, they are caught off guard when a group of mutants calling themselves the "Brotherhood of Mutants" attack the mansion, along with magneto as their leader. Though they put a good struggle, they are eventually captured and taken prisoner as Magento prepares for the next step.
Episode XI: The Brotherhood of Mutants: Santo Marco
Magneto and his Brotherhood launch an invasion of the South American nation of Santo Marco, working to make it a new haven for Mutants and an eventual launching of point for an invasion of the rest of the world. The X-Men are held prisoner in the meanwhile, though they are eventually visited and released by Havok, who having seen how far Magneto has gone, he no longer feels that this is the right path. During their talks he discovers that he and Scott are siblings, yet the reunion is cut short when they are discovered by the rest of the Brotherhood, leading to another fight between them. The fight is still ongoing and hanging by a thread when the camera turns to Professor X, regaining consciousness, and finding himself trapped by an Alien being, the Vanguard of an incoming invasion.
Episode XII: The Brotherhood of Mutants: The Z'nox Invasion
The aliens, known as the Z'nox, are preparing their own strike against Earth in order to create a beachhead for the incoming invasion. Professor X is able to contact Jean and let her know of his location, as well as the incoming invasion. The team splits in order to rescue the Professor while the rest tries to keep the Brotherhood in place. Magneto manages to follow the X-Men, along with Unus and Toad, to the location of the Z'nox Vanguard, where a fight against them begins before they are all transported to Space, inside the main battleship, facing the Z'nox Emperor face to face.
Episode XIII: The Brotherhood of Mutants: Death in the Family
With he X-Men in space having to deal with the Z'nox Emperor, the group on Earth, now with the Brotherhood defeated, has to face against the Z'nox Vanguard. Professor X and Magneto, having been captured begin arguing as the latter would have the Z'nox destroy humanity then lead a counter with the mutant population, before Xavier manages to talk him out of it and cooperate against the Main ships. With Scott and Alex's help the Professor has Magneto lead a breakout to the escape pods, while he and Jean begin using their telepathy powers to bring chaos to the fleet. Before they can escape, a surprise ambush has both the Professor and Magneto remain behind as Jean, Scott and Alex escape on the pod, seeing the Battleship explode, along with the rest of the fleet. There are no signs of Magneto or Professor X.
Episode XIV: End of the X-Men
The team mourns the death of Professor X as they are hit with the entire situation all at once; after the funeral Scott is visited by Agent Gyrich of the government, who tells him that the government wants them to disband. Jean sees and hears the hate and disgust that the people have against mutants, wondering just why are they even fighting for. Bobby and Warren are thinking on going back home to their families, while Beast speaks with Alex about the latter's powers and capabilities for the future. Meanwhile, through the episode, there are signs of a new enemy, The Mimic, who can take different forms and uses it to terrorize the city, with the X-Men fighting it off. At the end, the team is victorious thanks to the increase in power, and Alex's support. Seeing that despite the hate there are some who see them with gratitude, the team decides to remain loyal to Xavier's dream, and fight in his honor.
Episode XV: Teething Pains
The X-Men are in their first mission with Alex, where they face and capture the remnants of the Brotherhood; The Blob, Unus and Toad, showing their powers and teamwork, though Alex is having some trouble getting used to fight with them and causes some mistakes. Though most of the team is understanding, Bobby is not, and is more hostile than one would expect. As the story continues, we see Alex interacting with the rest of the X-Men, with Hank analyzing his powers with great interest, and then looking at a new serum he's created with great consideration. We also see Bobby who's been having some trouble with his family lately, with his little brother now disgusted with him for being a "Dirty Mutie" and his parents being concerned that they might be attacked by association. He lets this anger out on Alex, who fights back, their confrontation eventually stopped by Scott, though nothing is resolved in the end, as both sides dislike each other.
Episode XVI: A Beast is Born!
In the last few weeks there's been sightings of a beast type monster through the entire city, with Scott thinking that it might be a mutant. jean mentions that she's tried using Cerebro, but since it was calibrated to the Professor's mind she's not been having the best success in it. Hank seems to be a bit distracted during the meeting, but waves it off as being a bit too engrossed in his experiment. The mansion is visited by Agent Gyrich once more, who reproaches Scott for not disbanding the team, and warning them that the Government will deal with this "Beast" and for them not to interfere. Hank is seen trembling as he rushes through his lab, grabbing the serum he'd been watching before and drinking it, his twitches subsiding as he works to make more of it. As time passes, Hank's condition deteriorates, causing many conflicts in the Mansion until eventually he loses control and the serum does not work. His body mutates even more, turning more bestial and growing blue fur. Escaping the mansion, he rushes to the city, as Scott and the rest of the team (sans Jean) rush to stop Hank, while Jean once more tries to use Cerebro to reach him. Agent Gyrich has been chasing after Hank and cornering him to take him down, but the X-men arrive which once more has Hank escape. As both sides race to catch him again, Jean manages to connect with Hank mentally, speaking to him about what happened, helping him regain control and accept his more wild side, which eventually has Hank regain full control of himself, though with his body not returning to normal.
Episode XVII: Sins of the Father: The Under-World
In a hidden base, shadowed figures are looking at images through a monitor as they discuss about the "upcoming plan" as well as if the message had been sent to all relevant parties. An image of the X-Men appears as the figures mention how they would not be able to stop their plans. Later on, the X-Men are discussing their latest endeavors. It's been six months since the death of the professor, and they've been trying to fill the void he left, though it's difficult. Hank immediately calls all of them to watch the TV where it's shown that a huge Earthquake just hit in California. The X-Men see the report, as well as the news about a massive exodus of mutants to the city of San Francisco for unknowable reasons. The team finds it odd and decide to investigate, splitting the teams as Scott, Warren and Jean talking to the mutants, while Alex, Bobby and Hank will talk with Dr. Hunt, the seismologist who predicted that even more earthquakes would hit the state.
The team talking to the mutants soon finds out that many are non-responsive or outright ignoring them, trying to find out more information about them. During an interaction Jean finds that she cannot read the thoughts of none of them, Warren bumping into another finds that their body is metallic, all concluding that they are not mutants but robots made to look like mutants. Meanwhile, Hank tries to speak with Dr. Hunt but it goes nowhere as Dr. Hunt either refuses to have anything to do with him, or outright dismisses his credentials. Bobby and Alex have to investigate, and during one of their rows they manage to find the secret room that leads to the underground of the city, where they discover an odd device. Calling Hank to let him know, they are suddenly attacked by robots, while Hank is suddenly attacked by Dr. Hunt as well, and in defending himself he finds that he's also a robot, breaking him. All the robots who were peaceful at the moment suddenly turn murderous as they move to attack Scott, Jean and Warren.
Episode XVIII: Sins of the Father: Rise, The Demi-Men!
Hank, Bobby and Alex face off against the Robots in the underground, destroying the device they found at the same time, which Hank ascertains must be the cause for the quakes but also that there must be more, so they go deeper underground to find where they must be. On the topside, Warren has been badly hurt, Scott can barely keep the robots from them and Jean is trying to find out the mastermind for the plot, eventually finding a mind and leading them all to the location. Both teams soon come closer to a futuristic underground base, whose technology is unlike anything they've seen.
Hank's team soon reaches a laboratory where they find a massive computer and monitors all around showing the robots attacking everyone around. Said computer soon activates and speaks to them, calling itself "Quasi-Modo", the AI in control of the "Demi-Men", revealing how they are a fusion of machinery and biological material, keeping them distracted as it brings the remaining security Demi-Men to take them down after being worn down. Scott's team was captured quickly in the meanwhile, both being reunited as they are brought forth to the presence of the leader of them all; the self-proclaimed "Daughter of Magneto", Polaris, along with the remaining members of the Brotherhood at her side.
Episode XIX: Sins of the Father: The Prodigal Daughter
Polaris, the self-proclaimed "Daughter of Magneto" demands the X-Men to bow to them and join in her new crusade to take over the Earth and create a new land for all mutants like her father before had tried to do. The X-Men are confused as to how Magneto could have a daughter, yet her powers over magnetism are similar. The X-Men refuse and are sent to be "repurposed" into more of the "Demi-Men" to fuel her conquest. On the way, Havok causes the Demi-Men to shoot him, absorbing the energy and turning it against them. Once the team escapes, Hank leads them to Quasi-Modo's main Hub to destroy it.
In the meantime, Polaris is ordering Quasi-Modo to increase the speed for the invasion, and ordering the Brotherhood to look after the X-Men when she hears of their escape. meanwhile the X-Men are trying to avoid the patrols, moving from location to location, avoiding fighting when they can, going even deeper into the base. During one of their fights, they break off one of the rooms where they find the cell rooms, and looking inside it, they find Professor X, alive and well. Once they free him, he warns them that he is not the only one here, leading them to another cell where they find a bound Magneto.
Episode XX: Sins of the Father: Twilight Of The Mutants
Though they protest against it, Xavier has the X-Men free Magneto, and explains what happened to them as they move to hide while he recovers; in the confrontation in the battleship, both him and Magneto were about to die when they were captured by a being calling himself the "High Evolutionary" who performed experiments and research on their powers. During one of their many absences, they managed to escape using one of his ships, but ingrained Ship AI, Quasi-Modo, tried to stop them. It failed, but managed to subdue them during the crash on Earth, though its matrix was damaged, and as such now thinks that he needs to conquer the entire Earth. Keeping him and Magneto alive is a remnant of his previous programming.
When asked about Polaris, Magneto claims he has no daughter, she is just another mutant that Quasi-Modo manage to dupe and trick into following its order, impersonating him. The group splits in two to face down Quasi-Modo and Polaris respectively. Polaris and the Brotherhood are faced by Magneto who denounces Polaris as being nothing but a pawn used by Quasi-Modo, and revealing a traitor within; Mastermind, who had modified her memories to work along with the AI. This divides the group, causing infighting and Polaris to break down, going on a berserk spree, fighting Magneto and his brotherhood against her, Mastermind, and the remaining Demi-Men.
Hank and his group manages to reach the main Hub and destroy it, which along with the fight destroys the base/ship. Magneto flees, taking the Brotherhood with him, and leaving Polaris with the X-Men. The remaining rampaging Demi-Men shut down without the signal from the Main Hub, turning the invasion into a failure. Polaris is taken by the X-Men back to the Institute, along with Professor X.
Episode XXI: The New Paradigm
Professor X adjusts to life in the institute once more, though there are many changes he has to deal with, his team has technically graduated and have managed to become independent, Hank has mutated even more, Havok has joined the X-Men, Jean has managed to use Cerebro as good as he has, and now, a new mutant would be joining their ranks; Lorna Dane, aka Polaris, is an orphan who lived in the streets after running from her foster home, before being found by Quasi-Modo and Mastermind, being manipulated into becoming the new leader for what would be the conquest of Earth. Lorna is very skittish and lacks trust in the team, though at the same time wants to try and find some connection that she can call her own.
Interactions with different members of the team abound, with professor X learning of everything that went on during his abduction. Both he and Lorna talk about feeling fish out of water, not knowing what to do though the professor talks her into staying for as long as she needs, and perhaps finding herself, just as he will, with his dream still motivating him and pushing him forwards. Professor X gains a new pupil, and the team celebrates his return and their new member.
Episode XXII: Only The Beginning
Hank is analyzing Alex's powers as after absorbing the energy from the Demi-Men they seem to be getting out of control. During one of the training sessions he nearly blasted everyone around without meaning to, and he has been benched until further notice. The professor speaks to the team about Cerebro finding an unusual signature near the Museum where a new exhibition is set to be displayed from Egypt. Alex, Hank and Bobby are to remain behind while Scott, Jean and Lorna go to see what may be going on. The situation in the institute gets out of hand due to the ongoing antagonism between Bobby and Alex, with the latter eventually leaving to join the mission. The rest of the team see the mummy exhibition, though are not aware that the Living Pharaoh can absorb their energy and use it to re-animate once more, wrecking Havok through the exhibition.
As the team tries to stop him, Alex arrives and seeing the amount of energy on hand, the Living Pharaoh makes sure to absorb it all, fully regenerating and enhancing his body, becoming the Living Monolith as he grows in size, towering over the city and taking Jean and Lorna as hostages. The rest of the team arrives to help, but they can't do anything to the Living Monolith, until an injured Alex is able to sneak and using the same trick as before, he begins absorbing the energy from the Living Monolith, causing him to shrink once more to be sealed in the sarcophagus forever.
Episode XXIII: Old Wounds
On a celebration for Peace in Washington DC, Shiro Yoshida, an Ultra-Nationalist, yells at his father for daring to try and stand for peace after what the Americans did to their family in Hiroshima. His father however reprimands him for his vengeful ways, saying how this was what caused Japan to go on a dark path of death and destruction. Shiro is angry and spurred on by his uncle to use the powers he attained after the Atom Bomb was launched when he was a child and destroy the Americans. The X-Men move to stop him, but they are preoccupied by trying to rescued the president while he is being held hostage by Shiro's uncle, who is revealed to be instead the "Star Spawn", the last Z'nox who managed to manipulate Shiro for his own ends. Shiro's father tries to rescue the President, but is killed in the crossfire, with Shiro killing the Star Spawn, and vowing to his father to abandon his prejudiced ways.
Episode XXIV: Blast From The Past
It is Christmas time and Alex is feeling down lately, what with the many curb balls that have occurred lately. After another bad argument with Bobby, he decide to walk off the institute and wander through the city. As he moves through the streets he feels he's being watched, eventually leading his would-be pursuers onto an abandoned lot. There, The Blob, Unus and Toad appear once more in front, and offer the chance to reform the Brotherhood with Alex as the leader, since Magneto just up and left. Alex accepts, though he is still unsure as if this is the right thing to do. Scott, worried about his brother, goes to look for him, eventually finding him, and pleading for him to return to the X-Men. Alex is conflicted, but as he Brotherhood moves to attack, he stands with his brother against them, both fighting together until the rest of the team arrives. Keeping what happened between them, they go back to the Institute.
Episode XXV: Krakoa: The Living Island Part 1
Professor Xavier uses Cerebro to find more mutants who may need help when his mind is assaulted by a powerful, and inexplicable mind. Sending the -Men to explore and find it, they arrive at an Island in the Pacific where rumors have it that Nuclear Testing occurred. The X-Men explore the island, finding odd creatures and traps that at first seem mild, but get deadlier as they go further, until they find an underground base inside an odd temple, which has been reclaimed by the wild. Seeking shelter there, they look over the documents from previous occupants, as well as previous recordings where a grim picture forms; the mind does not belong to any person living in the Island, the mind is the island who has come to life after the nuclear experiments.
Episode XXVI: Krakoa: The Living Island Part 2
The X-Men try to contact the Professor as the vegetation and monsters around the island lay siege to the compound they're hiding in, but the signal is unable to reach him. They begin hearing a voice all around them; the voice of the Island itself, Krakoa, who taunts and threatens them for daring to invade his self. Scott and the rest try to communicate, find a way to leave peacefully, yet the island refuses. Many waves of monsters, and different forms of attack are barely pushed back. In the end, the group have to try and make a rush back to the Jet, but the group is picked apart one by one, until eventually only Scott is left, yet the island taunts him, telling him that he only escaped because it allowed him to do so, in order to bring more victims in.
