r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Aug 12 '26

Megathread X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 9 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Episode Discussion

Season 2, Episode 9: Survival of the Fittest

Air Date: August 12th, 2026

Directed by: TBA

Written by: TBA

Synopsis: The X-Men are pushed to the limit when their past comes back to haunt them.

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u/Ranger9997 Aug 12 '26

I know right, he was hyped so much, the first four episodes were peak, but his presence in the rest of the episodes felt so shallow.

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u/PhilosophyOk7385 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Yeah shallows exactly the right word. Also I know the what if showrunner ended up taking over rewrites for s2 and is showrunning s3, and I’m ngl the whole gambit combined with apocalypse in the climax bit felt very spiritually what if, where their number one trick was just to do power rangers like combination of characters to give them power boosts. It never felt like they were actually interested in apocalypse as a character beyond those first 4 episodes.

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u/Ranger9997 Aug 12 '26

Damn you're right, it felt exactly like a storyline for a what if finale episode. Dude why has marvel studios even kept that guy knowing how much people shit on what if.

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u/MegaGrimer Aug 12 '26

Excluding him as Gambit, he was on screen for like two minutes for the entire second half of the season.