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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - The Phalanx Covenant (1)
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E1

    Rushing to investigate a disturbance downtown, the X-Men find Sabretooth on the rampage again, but realize too late that it isn't really Sabretooth at all. It is the Phalanx, a voracious alien life-form that can assume the guise of anything or anyone. Before long, the X-Men are all captured, except for Beast, who must find a way to stop the alien horror from devouring the entire Earth.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - The Phalanx Covenant (2)
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E2

    Snatched from the jaws of the Phalanx by the villainous Mr. Sinister, Beast and Forge search for allies to help them battle the alien threat. Gathering assistance from such unlikely sources as Magneto and Sinister himself, they embark upon a daring and risky plan to free the planet from the clutches of the Phalanx by traveling straight into the belly of the beast.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 6 - Bloodlines
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    S5:E6

    Nightcrawler gets a mysterious message. He is informed that his birth mother (whom he never knew) is in trouble. He turns to the X-Men for assistance. Jubilee is baffled that Nightcrawler wants to help the mother who abandoned him -- she has never known her birth parents and feels pretty hostile toward them, whoever they are. Nightcrawler admits there has been pain, but his faith in God has helped him overcome her rejection. The plot thickens when one of the team members recognizes Nightcrawler's mother's voice.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Beyond Good and Evil (3)
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    S4:E10

    After swiping the government's own time machine, Cable ends up recruiting the X-Men on his mission to destroy Apocalypse's source of immortality at its creation.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 11 - Beyond Good and Evil (4)
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    S4:E11

    Two of Apocalypse's former evil allies, the captive Wolverine, the loose cannon Cable, and the exiled Bishop, come together to free the kidnapped psychics and save reality from being rewritten.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - The Lotus and the Steel
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    S4:E13

    Finding himself continually losing control, Wolverine takes a sabbatical to Japan, in an effort to find inner peace in temple-building. Instead, he faces a village under siege by a group of bandits, and struggles to help them without compromising his search for his true nature.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 5 Episode 14 - Graduation Day
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    S5:E14

    At a Mutant/Human Relations Summit, Henry Peter Gyrich attacks.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Proteus (1)
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    S4:E4

    The long hidden secret patient of Muir Island, a reality-warping mutant teen known as Proteus, escapes from his 15 year long captivity, and wreaks havoc across Scotland searching out his father.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Xavier Remembers
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    S4:E16

    Trapped on the astral plane after suffering a concussion, Professor Xavier is at the mercy of the Shadow King, and in desperate need of help from his X-Men, who are unable to hear him.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - No Mutant Is an Island
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    S5:E4

    Cyclops, still in mourning after Jean Grey's "death", quits the X-men and returns to his orphanage home and encounters his friend Sarah. She tells him that a wealthy man has decided to adopt all the mutant children, especially Rusty, but his intentions are to make them his army to destroy all humans in the world so that mutants are accepted. It's up to Cyclops to stop him and save the mutant children.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Sanctuary (1)
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    S4:E6

    Magneto builds a home strictly for mutants on the orbiting base known as Asteroid M. The message goes out worldwide of initial exodus, and he finds just as many eager to join him, as those anxious to destroy him.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Sanctuary (2)
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    S4:E7

    With Magneto seemingly dead, Fabian Cortez takes over Asteroid M, and initiates a nuclear war with Earth. The X-Men attempt to sabotage his warhead stockpile, and rescue Gambit, finding assistance in the most unlikely of places.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Beyond Good and Evil (1)
    6.3/10(11 votes)

    S4:E8

    Apocalypse steals Cable's computer in the year 3999, allowing him to time travel to the past, where he schemes to bring an end to his struggle against inferior mutants once and for all. This leads to Bishop becoming trapped amid the timestream, and brings

    Director:Fred Miller
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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Beyond Good and Evil (2)
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    S4:E9

    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 & Shard in the middle of a scuffle between Archangel and a ninja named Psylocke.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - One Man's Worth (1)
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    S4:E1

    Bishop & Shard recruit Wolverine & Storm for a time travel mission to save Professor Xavier's life. Except they're from the parallel timeline where he died before founding the X-Men, a world where humans and mutants are in a constant war with one another. Not only do they pair lack a connection to him, but correcting history may put an end to their marriage.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 17 - Family Ties
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    S4:E17

    X-Factor's Quicksilver, and his sister, the Avenger called Scarlet Witch, seek revenge against Magneto when they learn that he was responsible for their birth mother's death. But the trio is unaware of the common bond between them, nor the true purposes of the mysterious man who brought them all together.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - One Man's Worth (2)
    6.2/10(13 votes)

    S4:E2

    Bishop, Shard, and the alternate-present versions of Wolverine & Storm, will have one more chance to save Xavier from being killed before he founded the X-Men... if they can survive the alternate-future ruled entirely unopposed by Mastermold.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Courage
    6.2/10(12 votes)

    S4:E3

    Morph feels he's finally ready to return to the X-Men. But his homecoming is interrupted by the return of the Sentinels, the robotic mutant-hunters who nearly killed him the last time he faced them. Will history repeat itself?

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - Old Soldiers
    6.2/10(12 votes)

    S5:E11

    Wolverine thinks back to the time when he fought during World War II and teamed up with Captain America.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 5 Episode 3 - A Deal with the Devil
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    S5:E3

    The former Soviet Union's living weapon, Omega Red, is thawed out by the US Military to deal with an abandoned Soviet nuclear submarine near Hawaii. He asks for his old enemy, Wolverine, and the woman responsible for freezing him most recently, Storm, to accompany him on the mission. Omega Red is offered restored humanity, but once aboard the warhead-filled sub, he reveals his true, deadly intentions.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 10 - The Fifth Horseman
    6.0/10(12 votes)

    S5:E10

    Fabian Cortez helps Apocalypse escape from the astral plane.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Proteus (2)
    5.9/10(12 votes)

    S4:E5

    Tracking down his father, who is now a candidate for Secretary of State, Proteus continues threatening lives with his uncontrolable powers. It's up to Professor X alone to try to stop the boy who brought even Wolverine to his knees.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  23. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Love in Vain
    5.9/10(11 votes)

    S4:E14

    In a New Mexico desert, Wolverine witnesses the crash of a spaceship carrying horrific, alien bug-like creatures—the Family—which overwhelm him. Rogue reunites with her first boyfriend, Cody, who ends up being a part of the Family's plot to have Rogue become their new leader.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  24. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - Descent
    5.9/10(12 votes)

    S5:E12

    The origin of Mr. Sinister is revealed.

    Director:Fred Miller
    Writer:N/A

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Secrets, Not Long Buried
    5.8/10(13 votes)

    S4:E15

    Cyclops heads solo to the desert town of Skull Mesa, where humans and mutants live in harmony, to visit an old mentor from his youth. But he not only finds himself powerless when he arrives, but discovers the place under the rule of a maniacal mutant, with none of the citizens willing to take a stand.

    Director:Fred Miller
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Fred Miller Ratings Summary

"The Phalanx Covenant (1)" is the best rated episode directed by Fred Miller. It scored 7/10 based on 13 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 9/7/1996 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Phalanx Covenant (2)".