Air Date: Aug 12, 2026
Synopsis: The X-Men are pushed to their limits as their past comes back to haunt them.
Stream: Disney+
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frostypanda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 28d
The whole time I kept hoping Mystique would pop up. So that ending made me very, very happy. Val Cooper failed to kill her son-in-law. Really, how did Val not see this coming?
This season wasn't as fun as the first for me. It was still pretty great visually. But I could honestly have passed on any of the stories to do with Apocalypse or Gambit. The Apocalypse parts especially were terrible to me, whereas Gambit was more of a personal preference problem (though I didn't appreciate how most of Rogue's storyline effectively revolved around him). I've never been a fan of Apocalypse in the first place. But I don't think the Apocalypse plot is good regardless. It was a waste of space when they had nine episodes.
Really, it's symptomatic of these lower episode count seasons. This is more like a half season. If they had 13-18 episodes, these episodes would be less of a miss for me. But I become far more critical with lower episode counts as I'm expecting each episode to knock it out of the park.
The real surprise for me was Betsy. I've never been a post-Claremont Psylocke fan, but she was really fun here. I'd love to see more of her. Jubilee was criminally underused, but her moments this season were great! I'm also really loving Polaris.
I'm still looking forward to the next season, but as someone who doesn't like 90s X-Men, and who is not a huge fan of where that Mystique plot ends up, I'm dreading what that end reveal might be leading to. I hope they'll change things up and subvert expectations.
Also, please. One episode with barely any Emma Frost is not enough. I want to see her in one of these seasons. She's such a fun character.
But the one character they need to add is Laura (X-23/Wolverine). She is heavily connected to Wolverine (obviously), Jubilee, and Gambit. And in this series, presumably Morph would be a big part of her life too. They could do a lot with her in this show, and they're entering the time period that she entered the comics.
Finally, R.I.P. Kurt <3