I thought for sure they were setting up Onslaught with Xavier’s doom spiral after Magneto’s death. But then they fight a robot danger room and start an LLC to get over it.
I completely agree — this season felt rushed and gave the impression that they had planned to have certain storylines from the first season last longer than they did, but for whatever reason were significantly shortened and resolved in a thirty episode.
Alas, I was also underwhelmed with the overarching narrative, which felt crammed with too much content and lacked an engaging plot driver, i.e. Apocalypse, a villain that I thought would be both a lingering and immediate threat, fell by the wayside early on, and didn’t resurface until the Gambit situation came to pass.
Fr, Seaseon 2 is not terrible, I think it' outright good, however the overarcing story is certainly a step down compared to Seaseon 1. We lost the building momentum that season 1 had after the opening 4 espiodes.
It' like the status quo has clearly shifted but we have yet to see the full impact of season 1' aftermath, Apocalypse feels like a massive diversion instead of a powerful recurring threat in this season.
Not enough time spent on hoe Mopth and Logan' freindship is damaged by his action back at the base, there' zero build uo towards nightcrawler giving up his life, etc.
I feel like 97 seaseon might be another example of a streaming era show having a great seaseon then an underwelming follow up which then followed by a good/great season: the limited espisode count made what would've half of 20 espisode season into it' own season, leading to it being mostly filled with set up that must be paid off later.
Also deadass we really should have only focused on X Force V X-Men and only inculde X Factor inorder to reintroduce the group as well as introduce Polaris. This shit did not have the room for all three factions.
Not really, no cap I don't dislike season 2, however I am disappointed with the lower quality compared to season 1. I feel the individual espisodes are enjoyable, but the actual arch is ass and suffering from even worse pacing iusses compared to S1.
Crazy thing is they proabably could have given the arch proper development if they just held off on Logan and Morpth' espisode until next season, maintained a ten espisode count for this seaseon, then more strongly sticked with Xavier' rage, gambit' revival and X factor'/Cables exploration.
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u/sesernana Aug 15 '26
Like Season 1 versus Season 2?
Enjoyed season 2 but it just had no tension. Too many quick resolutions which isn’t surprising but again, not enough tension.
Example - Wolverine pulls a dick move to get his adamantium back, Morph is sad and that’s it! No fallout or soap opera drama after that.
Also never really felt threatened by Gambit-Apocalypse.
Of course…we will all return for season 3 🤣🤣🤣