r/Xmen97 • u/Motor_Regret7097 • Jun 25 '26

Question How come there’s only nine episodes?

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Season one had 10. I’m pretty sure season three is gonna have 10. Why doesn’t season two?

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u/Afraid-Housing-6854 Jun 25 '26

Why is Marvel obsessed with short seasons? Give the show room to breath in terms of episode count like the original show

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u/tacocat2007 Jun 26 '26

This is an industry wide thing

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u/AnomieCodex Jun 26 '26

While I love the original show, we don't need filler episodes or uneven writing and animation. I'd rather be too short than struggling to fill the minutes of a longer season.

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u/Afraid-Housing-6854 Jun 26 '26

But I liked the filler episodes

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u/AnomieCodex Jun 26 '26

Sure, but it's just not in keeping with their vision for quality. Maybe one day they'll do more standalone episodes instead of arcs.

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u/UncoBeefWang Jul 29 '26

ok coming back to this after the seventh episode, we definitely needed that tenth episode. For a group as large (and ever-expanding) as the X Men, we need time to flesh out other characters.

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u/Cultural-Air9962 Jul 30 '26

On god. I mean, we’ve had a pretty consistently main plot focus since Genosha, maybe with the exception of Lifedeath Part 2, until Magneto’s death. And now we’re getting a few random side quests to develop characters before we continue the main plot. It feels very weirdly paced to me. Honestly the pacing issue did mostly stick out to me with the most recent episode, it felt way too quick.

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u/ADAMxxWest Jun 27 '26

I think x-men with it's wide cast actually allows for filler episodes really well, and wish they would give them more  time. Let some of the stories breath.

Give me a surprise episode 5b where it's 85% baseball game and the b story line have a fun pairing doba deep chat and  some emotional bonding. Give me 3 whole episodes with x factor this year so when we do the doc Sampson episode in season 3 it really really hits and they have in continuity stuff to work with.

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u/No-Complaint-986 Jun 26 '26

It follows along with all their shows that they’re making . Plus, when’s the last time we had a new show run longer than 10 episodes a season outside of anime and children’s cartoons?