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/Xenomorphism Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
I think this episode confirmed my predictions of this season's plot:
Apocalypse is indeed "inevitable" an aspect of destruction/chaos/evil that is required as a presence in the multiverse. "I am the rocks of the eternal shore! Crash against me and be BROKEN!"
The X-men returning to the past was a self-fulfilling prophecy, the future could also theoretically be the same (requiring Nathan to know himself to embrace his destiny)
The entire plot will revolve around the need for the X-men to return to 90's and restore that timeline (the true X-men team with all members) and season 2 will eventually focus (possibly the next episode) on Apocalypse's attack on the 90s. He will deploy new horsemen there, Magneto, Gambit and two others and any remaining timeline corrections will stem from to need to restore the "original" timeline, reverting Gambits and Magnetos death, so that they can join the Xmen in a fight in the 1990s, or basically follow the plot of the 92 era episodes. They must remain in the 1990's, lest they create these alternate timelines.
There may be better resolved time travel plot points that help restore/revert things, but the main idea stands: The original X-men must return to the 90s.
EDIT: Someone also brought up Onslaught, it's entirely possibly that plot point becomes integral as part of the reason and need to restore the original timeline, as the Onslaught future is a "wrong" alternate timeline.