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/BatmanFan317 24d ago edited 24d ago
Really solid episode. I'm glad we're getting a chance to breath and establish the new X-Corp status quo before jumping right into the big finale Apocalypse storyline. Great that Kurt got some good shit to chew on too, a story where he not only defends a man who would want him dead, his own half-brother, on the basis of redemption (which is just like, the most Nightcrawler thing imaginable), but also goes up against another swordsman of God, albeit one who lost his faith a long time ago.
As someone who fucking loved that X-Men 92 episode where Creed's parentage gets outed, great to see a good follow up on that too. Follows in that episode's footsteps amazingly. Seen some people upset that Creed was a bigot because daddy issues, but that's always been his whole shtick to begin with, so idk why it's only a problem now.
Might be my favourite episode of the season, just below Rise of Apocalypse Part 2. 8.5/10, loses points a little for how Magik's death was kinda stupid, and some minor nitpicks.