Warning: Spoilers for X-Men ‘97 episode 5!
X-Men ‘97 season one episode 5 to be honest, I wasn’t ready for this one.
People who have fallen through the cracks.
Desperate to belong."
Genosha is a beautiful, almostDisneyWorld-esque place where mutant kiddos play and laugh.
And that’s when I knew something terrible was about to happen.
But once act three kicks in, the Sentinels arrive…and all hell breaks loose.
“I’m sorry, Mom,” he says, before disappearing.
Cue the emotional and physical devastation.
In the live-action world of Marvel, no one dies permanently…not really (i.e.
The Blip and “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good”).
X-Men: The Animated Series, however, wasn’t afraid to kill off Charles Xavier for good.
And it looks like its sequel series isn’t afraid to do the same.
We end on Rogue holding Gambit, gloves off, for the very first time.
“Sugar,” she says, as the screen cuts to black.
“I can’t feel you.”
And I don’t know how a revival season can kill off two of its most important characters.
The first four episodes of X-Men ‘97 are available now, with the remaining episodes set to drop weekly.
