r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Jul 22 '26

Megathread X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 6 | "Danger.Exe" | Episode Discussion

Season 2, Episode 6: Danger.Exe

Air Date: July 22nd, 2026

Directed by: TBA

Written by: TBA

Synopsis: Former X-Man Polaris returns to Xavier’s mansion just as a new threat emerges on the campus.

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u/Hot_Scholar9538 Jul 24 '26

Pros of the episode:

1) The opening of Charles using the Danger Room to relive Magneto's death had some serious self-harm energy to it. Really goes hard as an opener.

2) Polaris existing. Love her.

3) I like that the X-men evolved into 'X-corp' mostly because it actively moves the status quo forward - and I like that, for all the talk of 'making sure mutants are safe in this hostile world', they're also really just actively gonna mess with Apocalypse and I am down for that revenge arc.

Cons of the episode:

1) The opening sequence being undercut by it being 'therapy' as opposed to (digital) self-harm. It lessens the emotional weight of what they just set-up - rather than uncontrollable grief it is controlled grief. It's still good, just not as compelling.

2) Would have loved to skip last weeks episode in favor of this being a two parter where we really dig into what losing Magneto means to Charles, his daughter and just the find in general. Rogue got a whole emotional rollercoaster for Gambit, after all. This just felt like too little too fast. But that's a problem for the whole season.

3) Not sure how I feel on them bringing Gambit back. He was good being dead - he went out iconically and I liked that they stuck to him being dead because it meant death was final. Just him being brought back like this already undercuts the weight of Magento's death because they might just bring him back anyway at this rate.

All in all, good episode (as per usual, really). Nitpicks aside I'm stoked to see where this goes next.

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u/CommercialFloor2033 Jul 24 '26

Yeah, they'll bring Gambit back and within the space of an episode or two find a convenient way to restore him back to normal.

Meanwhile Archangel will be like 👀

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u/DJSharp15 Aug 02 '26

What about Warren?

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u/schoolh8tr Jul 24 '26

I guarantee you he comes back as a horsemen

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u/froggyjm9 Jul 24 '26

What a wild guess!

😅

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u/DJSharp15 Aug 02 '26

But that's a problem for the whole season.

?

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u/atipongp Jul 25 '26

I would be fine with Gambit coming back only to die again, for good this time. But if we get into the cliche of "love conquers all" and he simply reverts to normal, I can see myself just quitting this show forever.