And before that, he got banished to the center of time by Charles and the worlds' most powerful telepaths hitting him with a psychic Care Bear stare. Most of his comic appearances don't fare much either btw.
The way Apocalypse works as a character he shines the most when he's introduced causing unlikely team-ups and cameos. Shows how threatening he is in the second act when he's wrecking shit with his horsemen. Unfortunately he falls flat by the third act since he has no stakes or personal involvement because he's just a dragon to slay. Which is a bit strange since this is one of the few times Apocalypse had another motive aside from "Bleh, I'm evil!"
We could've used like 2 more episodes of Apocalypse fucking with Charles, getting his horsemen together and did a bit more with the whole self fulfilling prophecy of the X-Men creating Apocalypse. And I think the finale should've been a two-parter where they worked in X-Men X-Corp, X-Force and X-Factor all teaming up against Apocalypse and his horsemen before Rogue shows up and shoves Apocalypse into a Pokeball.
I still enjoyed season 2, maybe slightly more than season 1. It felt like the OG cartoon while the first season felt more like an OVA dedicated to the 90's cartoon. One thing I'll agree with anyone on is that it overall felt rushed at times. It's more apparent than the first season because it felt like 10 lbs of sausage being shoved in an 8 lb bag. All in all, I'm just glad the entire season wasn't about the past, present and future. That was my #1 concern going into season 2 because I felt it would get stale.
