The essential episodes of X-Men
Watch these 15 in order and you've got X-Men — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Breaking into the Mutant Control Agency's headquarters to destroy the registration files on mutants, the X-Men lose two of their members against the Sentinels, but eventually gain another.
- 02
A mutant from more than half a century into the future, named Bishop, arrives in the present, attempting to change history for the better, by stopping an X-Man from committing an assassination. But between being chased by a future breed of Sentinel, and the details of his mission being fuzzy, he's got his work cut out for him.
- 03
Aware of an impending assassination which will create a catastrophic future, the X-Men must deal with threats both outside and within their team.
- 04
Prominent anti-mutant and presidential hopeful Senator Kelly is caught in a tug-of-war between Magneto's goal of mutant superiority, the X-Men's dream of peaceful co-existance between mutants and humans, and the mutant-hunting Sentinel robots' goals of global domination.
- 05
Till Death Do Us Part Part One
Cyclops and Jean get married and Senator Kelly becomes president. Creed spreads anti-mutant protests throughout the country, focusing his interests on the recently pardoned Beast. Morph seeks revenge on the X-Men for leaving him to die. He fakes a distress call, sending Professor Xavier to help Magneto in Antarctica. Morph transforms into various members of the X-Men to cause confusion among themselves as more anti-mutant protests rise.
- 06
The Dark Phoenix - Part IV The Fate of the Phoenix
Xavier reads Lilandra's mind and challenges her guard to the Duel of Honor that Lilandra cannot refuse for Jean Grey's life.
- 07
Former X-Man Bobby 'Iceman' Drake is caught breaking into a top-secret government installation.
- 08
Cyclops and Storm respond to a call for assistance from Commander Raknar, only to discover the man he is trying to capture is Scott's father, Christopher Summers, who claims he has been framed.
- 09
In the year 3999, Apocalypse steals Cable's computer and time-travels to the past in order to end his struggle against inferior mutants permanently.
- 10
When Oracle, the psychic member of the Imperial Guard is kidnapped by Apocalypse, Professor Xavier deduces his scheme involves capturing mutants with telepathic abilities. The X-Men are split up to track them down before the villains can, which puts Wolverine and Shard in the middle of a scuffle between Archangel and a ninja named Psylocke.
- 11
Cable & the X-Men destroy the Lazarus Chamber. They then use Cable's computer and Cerebro to track a homing device on the Professor to the control axis where Apocalypse reveals his plan to use the psychics to destroy all time, and recreate a universe, where he will rule unchallenged. Feeling that he was deceived by Apocalypse, Magneto attacks him when Cable arrives and joins the attack. Apocalypse begins draining the psychics which causes time and history to start to disappear. Bishop sees this and releases the psychics. Sinister and the Nasty Boys retreat. Apocalypse and his Horsemen are defeated by the heroes. Using Cable's time-spaceship, everyone else is returned to present time at the X-Mansion. Cable then travels back to his own time.
- 12
Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Magneto are lured and captured by the High Evolutionary and his New Men. They imprison them along with Wolverine, who was spying on Magneto. The Evolutionary reveals that he wants to use their genetics & powers to create a new breed of beings, which he demonstrates by transforming Wolverine into a werewolf. He also reveals that Magneto is Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's father. Magneto admits to the twins Quicksilver & Scarlet that he regrets abandoning their mother, his wife Magda. Beast and Professor X locate them as Magneto breaks the others free when the High Evolutionary escapes. Wolverine reverts back, and the twins walk away from Magneto despite his effort to reconcile with them.
- 13
The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. The alien Warlock allies with Beast, Forge, and Mr. Sinister to defeat the Phalanx.
- 14
While visiting the grave of a friend in an Army Cemetary in France, Wolverine remembers a mission he did for him, while battling the Nazis and Red Skull with none other than Captain America on his side.
- 15
On the verge of Magneto's final stand against humans, the X-Men request him to save a dying Professor X. What choice will he make?
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