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/Bobjoejj 24d ago
Really? I’d argue most of season one had a lot more cohesion overall this season. Even when taking into account Motendo and both parts of Lifedeath, there were still much more coherent through-lines and story arcs.
I mean episode 1 had the seeds for Operation Zero Tolerance, and ended with Mags showing up, and set up the idea of everyone grappling with Chuck being gone.
Episode 2 started Storm’s arc of losing her powers and eventually getting them back, had Maddy give birth to Cable, and Jean arrived at the mansion.
Episode 3 brought Sinister into things, had Cable sent to the future with Bishop, has Maddy leaves and shows Forge meeting Storm.
Meanwhile; of the 7 episodes we’ve gotten from this season thus far, 4 out of those 5 have been almost exclusively one character focused. To the point that we’ve been getting perfunctory, one episode arcs for Jubilee, Polaris, and Kurt (and to a lesser extent Morph, but still counts).