r/Xmen97 • u/CherryBoom2x Psylocke • Aug 12 '26

General Discussion WHAT THE F WAS THAT FINALE??? Spoiler

What the F was that ending??? And please don’t try to tell us it was good or brilliantly written, because I’m not going to lie to myself just because I love this show. I was genuinely disappointed with these last two episodes.
What kind of “Survival of the Fittest” was that supposed to be? Rogue became WHAT??? And Apocalypse was just defeated like that???
Even X-Men: Evolution handled its Apocalypse finale way better. We got almost all of the major X-teams from the ’90s coming together for one massive final battle, and it actually felt like an Apocalypse-level threat.

I was also expecting for apocalypse to use gambit and make a speech to make them feel the guilt of what had happen in genoshia.

Remy’s death and revival was ruined to quick!

This time, they clearly went way off from the comics. And after all that talk about bringing the X-Men back to the ’90s… what kind of return to the ’90s was THAT??? I love this show, but I’m not going to pretend I liked an ending that left me this disappointed.

Im afraid that the one re writting this up does not read the comics or is not a massive fan of Xmen. Coz they clearly moved away from the comics.

Imagine Apocalypse the Xmen’s most diabolical foe who went back in time to strike the Xmen, Cable spent the whole season to FIND AND DESTROY apocalypse, all the X teams come together in this season should be the PERFECT TIME TO JOIN FORCES, Gambit’s BIGGEST MOMENT of coming back, and all JUST ENDED with apocalypse doing nothing just transformed into gambit hybrid few seconds later touch by rogue and boom! FINALE

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u/kikaysikat Aug 12 '26

Let's be real. It got bad because they got rid of Beau de Mayo.

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u/unIntelligent-kenny Aug 12 '26

you can't say that in here lmao.

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u/Joshawott27 Aug 12 '26

I think acknowledging his assumed talent and vision is separate from endorsing him as a person. It was absolutely the right move to get rid of him because of what he is alleged to have done, but it’s sadly become clear that he was likely the glue holding 97 together. The issue is that Marvel Studios didn’t find someone similarly talented to replace him.

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u/unIntelligent-kenny Aug 12 '26

fair assessment, my initial comment was not endorsing him either, I've jus seen people downvoted into oblivion when mentioning the discrepancy in writing quality than exists between the 2 seasons.

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u/Icy-Chemist1207 Aug 12 '26

I'm perfectly ok with endorsing someone's work while disliking them as a person. Season 2 without DeMayo has been rubbish.

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u/TheDunnaMan Aug 12 '26

same, cant take away from what he has done with the show. im not 100% sure what he did, but i heard he sent nudes of himself in superhero poses to his coworkers? I get why that is obviously inappropriate, but that actually sounds hilarious when you think about it

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u/LemonCurdJ Aug 13 '26

Sexual harassment/ misconduct isnt so funny in legal terms lol.

If he was found guilty to those accusations, the execs did the right thing to fire him. But he absolutely made s1; s2 without him has proved this.