- Bankrolled by (an unaware) Warren Worthington Sr., reconstruction on the X-Mansion begins; Logan's four-man group is joined by Forge, helping out with the tech. They are then approached by everyone's favourite telepathic bitch-goddess, Emma Frost, the White Queen.
- Emma announces she'll be joining the X-Men; Wolverine (who is seemingly the only one who knows who she is) says no way. Emma says she can find Prof. and Jean if they let her use Cerebro; Logan thinks this is a trick to get access for herself. Eventually, Logan and Hank relent, and let her in. She finds Professor X in Genosha.
- This information is enough to get Cyclops to come out of emo-retirement, though he keeps asking Emma whether she could find Jean too; Emma says yes, so long as he uses his influence to stop Wolverine from kicking her out. The X-Men stealth-fly to Genosha to raid Magneto's fortress, which doesn't go so well. Big M schools them all fairly easily...and then makes them apologize for breaking into his house, releases them, and gives them Xavier, saying Logan should just have asked.
- Professor X apparently just appeared on Genosha's shores some months earlier; Magneto looked after him, but he has no brain activity. When they get him home and put him in a Zordon-esque setup, Xavier's big floating head appears from the Evil Future (think "Days of Future Past"). Apparently, he stays in a coma for 20 years, and woke up to find that everyone was dead. He tells the X-Men that they have to stick together, and that Logan must lead them; Cyclops storms out at this, but Prof. X begs his "son" not to give up on the team.
We're finally past the point where the trailer heavily spoiled the plot, which I imagine will heavily boost my enjoyment of future episodes of the show.
As we stand, things are very solid; the characters are all down pretty well, though this version of Cyclops, while totally in line with his portrayal in certain periods in X-history, is not the version usually put forward (admittedly, that's a consequence of the very premise; it's totally believable that he'd be like his if his surrogate dad and girlfriend mysteriously vanished). This episode introduces two new characters; Forge seems like a cameo (he's not even in the credits), or else supporting character, in the role he's best suited for, although this sort of comic bumbling characterization is a bit different from his normal super-competent version (though given how the character's huge abilities make him really hard to use, this may be a good addition). Then, of course, there's Emma; she's about as Emma as works for a cartoon for youngish people, with a good voice. I'm not sure if we're meant to take her modified backstory at face value or not, but neither Logan nor Scott (seemingly the only two guys who know who she is, which is a bit strange) seem to see her as a supervillain.
The sequence with Magneto was very well done as well; the voice and the face are very McKellen-like, albeit with the comics costume (complete with the purple cape that is always rising off his shoulders for some reason). He's got the right feel to him; dangerous but at the same time he seems reasonable, even wise.
- Emma announces she'll be joining the X-Men; Wolverine (who is seemingly the only one who knows who she is) says no way. Emma says she can find Prof. and Jean if they let her use Cerebro; Logan thinks this is a trick to get access for herself. Eventually, Logan and Hank relent, and let her in. She finds Professor X in Genosha.
- This information is enough to get Cyclops to come out of emo-retirement, though he keeps asking Emma whether she could find Jean too; Emma says yes, so long as he uses his influence to stop Wolverine from kicking her out. The X-Men stealth-fly to Genosha to raid Magneto's fortress, which doesn't go so well. Big M schools them all fairly easily...and then makes them apologize for breaking into his house, releases them, and gives them Xavier, saying Logan should just have asked.
- Professor X apparently just appeared on Genosha's shores some months earlier; Magneto looked after him, but he has no brain activity. When they get him home and put him in a Zordon-esque setup, Xavier's big floating head appears from the Evil Future (think "Days of Future Past"). Apparently, he stays in a coma for 20 years, and woke up to find that everyone was dead. He tells the X-Men that they have to stick together, and that Logan must lead them; Cyclops storms out at this, but Prof. X begs his "son" not to give up on the team.
We're finally past the point where the trailer heavily spoiled the plot, which I imagine will heavily boost my enjoyment of future episodes of the show.
As we stand, things are very solid; the characters are all down pretty well, though this version of Cyclops, while totally in line with his portrayal in certain periods in X-history, is not the version usually put forward (admittedly, that's a consequence of the very premise; it's totally believable that he'd be like his if his surrogate dad and girlfriend mysteriously vanished). This episode introduces two new characters; Forge seems like a cameo (he's not even in the credits), or else supporting character, in the role he's best suited for, although this sort of comic bumbling characterization is a bit different from his normal super-competent version (though given how the character's huge abilities make him really hard to use, this may be a good addition). Then, of course, there's Emma; she's about as Emma as works for a cartoon for youngish people, with a good voice. I'm not sure if we're meant to take her modified backstory at face value or not, but neither Logan nor Scott (seemingly the only two guys who know who she is, which is a bit strange) seem to see her as a supervillain.
The sequence with Magneto was very well done as well; the voice and the face are very McKellen-like, albeit with the comics costume (complete with the purple cape that is always rising off his shoulders for some reason). He's got the right feel to him; dangerous but at the same time he seems reasonable, even wise.
