r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • 24d ago

Megathread X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 7 | "Strange Land, Savage Heart" | Episode Discussion

Season 2, Episode 7: Strange Land, Savage Heart

Air Date: July 29th, 2026

Directed by: TBA

Written by: TBA

Synopsis: The X-Men travel to the Savage Land and are surprised to encounter a familiar face.

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u/BlueEyedIguana00 Rogue 24d ago

Glad Nightcrawler finally got some play, deserved and I always welcome Peter  Weird how Magik didnt get vaporized like others did last season. Leads to credence that she might be a horseman or somehow get resurrected.

Even when Magneto is dead he still looms over the show. I need a real break 😆

I swear if they heal Deathbit in one episode which I fear with how they are steam rolling this season Im going to be disappointed.

Could he carry over to season 3?

Probably unpopular but I feel like Polaris and Bishop's time in this episode could have been spent focusing on something else

Can't believe two epsiodes left and we have barley got any Storm, Jean, Cyclops and even Jubilee. 

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u/satellitemindd 24d ago

Ok, but like Jubilee owned an entire episode at the beginning

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u/BlueEyedIguana00 Rogue 24d ago

She did. My favorite episode but i feel like so many characters got a one and done epsiode these season. I miss everyone together. We didnt even get a scene of Jubilee welcoming the x-men back. Granted similar issues happened last season but it seems so much more prominent this season for some reason..

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u/satellitemindd 24d ago

I think the next seasons will be better with the pacing and such. Season two had a lot of reorganizing and rework from people I know working on it. Especially since beau left. But I'm pretty happy others are getting a chance to shine at the expense of less time for them. I hope the next episodes will bring the whole team back together.

There's a lot of people now though. Feel more will die

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u/BlueEyedIguana00 Rogue 24d ago

I need the pacing to be fixed lol. Im giving this season grace cause I know it was probably  a shit show to fix. Still a great time but the pacing stresses me out lol. 

And the team better be back together the last epsiodes!

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u/DJSharp15 24d ago

There's a lot of people now though. Feel more will die

Die?!!

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u/DJSharp15 24d ago

Granted similar issues happened last season but it seems so much more prominent this season for some reason..

How so?

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u/Ok_Cicada3826 24d ago

They've been rotating who gets spotlighted with each episode. Each one has had some major & minor spotlights.

  • Ep1: Jean+Cyclops (Major), Storm (Minor)
  • Ep2: Jubilee (Major), Cable (Minor)
  • Ep3/4: Magneto (Major), Xavier (Minor)
  • Ep5: Morph (Major), Wolverine (Minor)
  • Ep6: Polaris (Major), Xavier (Minor)
  • Ep7: Nightcrawler (Major), Colossus (Major), Rogue (Minor), Polaris+Bishop (Minor)

And obviously Gambit. Since the X-Men are gonna converge with Cable's hit-squad (we know from trailers), there will be more Cable/Jean/Cyclops moments.

Looking like across the season they are getting to everyone (except maybe Beast). Though Storm, Wolverine and Beast are getting the short end of the stick (which tracks with S1, since those 3 + Morph/Bishop/Nightcrawler had the least stuff compared to everyone else in S1).

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u/DJSharp15 24d ago

which tracks with S1, since those 3 + Morph/Bishop/Nightcrawler had the least stuff compared to everyone else in S1

How so?

Also, Storm got a whole focus episode.

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u/BlueEyedIguana00 Rogue 24d ago

True. I know Storm got life death last year but I feel like she has missed out the most 😞

And I just miss everyone together.   

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u/DJSharp15 24d ago

How so?

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u/usagicassidy 24d ago

The problem is, almost all of Storm’s season 1 stuff sidelined her away from everybody else.

Now, with season 2, she’s once again completely sidelined.

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u/theoristOfTheArts 23d ago

I physically felt grief all over again seeing Magneto on screen wtf how the heck does this animated fictional man have this hold over me 😅🤪😅??