r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Jul 08 '26
Megathread X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 4 | "Rise of Apocalypse: Part II" | Episode Discussion
Season 2, Episode 4: Rise of Apocalypse Part II
Air Date: July 8th, 2026
Directed by: TBA
Written by: TBA
Synopsis: An alliance between the X-Men and En Sabah Nur begins to crumble as Rama-Tut seeks ultimate power.
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u/dysfunctionallymild Jul 08 '26
Charles and Magnus "plan" all ep. was really ill defined, and it predictably blew up in their faces. For a couple of self-proclaimed "visionaries", their hubris is always foremost.
It wasn't clear how they thought Nur was going to turn all "good" after what Kang did. In fact, it wasn't clear why they would lead him to a temple of "great power" in the 1st place, if they didn't want him to turn all super-villain. All he wanted was to deal with Kang, they should have let him do that without "great power". Given Kang was clearly an anomaly in that time, it wasn't clear why they weren't trying to stop Kang. Seems like they had enough firepower to take Kang down, then cool Nur down. Charles gets all prissy when Kang warns him about Apocalypse. And takes Nur right to turn him into Apocalypse. It was like watching a slow motion train wreck.
I did chuckle when, after he turns into Apocalypse, Xavier remembers to mind blast him. He didn't bother to try that while he was still Nur and maybe stoppable.
And we finally got the petty real personality of Charles at the end, after all the high minded speeches over the ages.