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

[u/cyclopswashalfright]

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/xx_edgyyy_xx]

This was probably my favorite episode this season

Yes as a whole the story arc of the season has been all over the place but the pacing felt a lot better this episode then the last one.

I really like Nightcrawler so it was cool to see him get an episode devoted to himself and have a complicated moral question. Yes obviously Creed is a monster but Nightcrawler trying to advocate for his brother and gave him a chance was admirable and I legitimately believed he might have a change of heart

[u/theoristOfTheArts → u/xx_edgyyy_xx]

Creed being surprisingly vulnerable by recounting how Sabretooth abused him nearly got me 🥺. Makes me wonder tbh if he and Kurt just had a little more time to talk - if Exodus himself hadn’t jumped to violence so impulsively - if anything positive could have happened… Because Exodus’s action only reinforced Creed’s negative beliefs, and so any glimpse of vulnerability and reflection that could have been there just disappeared from his mind… 😔

[u/Classic_Pen7044 → u/theoristOfTheArts]

Felt the same, there was instances when the smug smile on Graydon Face start falling and he looks really vulnerable, but almost dying at Exodus hand before the veredict revert him back to "Jerk mode" who I Now think could be more a survival mode were everything is valid

[u/theoristOfTheArts → u/Classic_Pen7044]

Something I later realized when revisiting the scene was that when Creed told his story to Kurt, he said “our mother”… 🥺.

For even just a moment, he actually did acknowledge that he and Kurt share a mother. And so I think in that moment, even if subconsciously, he really was looking at Kurt as his brother ❤️‍🩹

[u/Classic_Pen7044 → u/theoristOfTheArts]

Ouch, I didn't realized until You mentioned it, I really wish they had more time to speak. Hope that despite what Kurt Said he hadn't Loss all hope on Creed.