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The Best Episodes of Mutant X Season 2

Every episode of Mutant X Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mutant X Season 2!

Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureMystery
Network:Syndication

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Mutant X" season 2 is "Past as Prologue", rated 6.3/10 from 58 user votes. It was directed by T.J. Scott and written by Howard Chaykin. "Past as Prologue" aired on 10/5/2002 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Power Play".

  • Past as Prologue
    6.3/10 58 votes

    #1 - Past as Prologue

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2002

    Ashlocke revives an ancient Egyptian alchemist in an attempt to preserve his own life.

    Director: T.J. Scott

    Writer: Howard Chaykin

  • Power Play
    5.8/10 55 votes

    #2 - Power Play

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2002

    A military officer lures in Mutant X in a complicated scheme to get at a vital element stored in the core of a power plant.

    Director: Milan Cheylov

    Writer: Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer

  • Time Squared
    6.2/10 55 votes

    #3 - Time Squared

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2002

    Ashlocke gains access to a mutant who can travel through time, and he uses her to go back and alter his own history and cure himself.

    Director: John Bell

    Writer: Elizabeth Keyishian

  • Whose Woods These Are
    5.9/10 53 votes

    #4 - Whose Woods These Are

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2002

    Mutant X investigates a series of deaths in the wilderness that may or may not involve a feral mutant.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Darrell Fetty

  • The Future Revealed
    5.8/10 53 votes

    #5 - The Future Revealed

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2002

    Gabriel gains access to Sanctuary and attempts to force Adam into providing a cure for his fatal condition.

    Director: John Bell

    Writer: Peter Mohan, Mark Amato

  • No Man Left Behind
    6.1/10 53 votes

    #6 - No Man Left Behind

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2002

    A U.S. military plane is shot down and the tem must go in to recover the pilot.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: David Newman

  • Crossroads of the Soul
    6.0/10 51 votes

    #7 - Crossroads of the Soul

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2002

    Brennan is trapped in a strange town without his powers that is sealed off from the outside world, and must deal with the paranoid townspeople who desire to hide their secret.

    Director: Stacey Stewart Curtis

    Writer: Elizabeth Keyishian, Mark Amato

  • Sign from Above
    6.5/10 52 votes

    #8 - Sign from Above

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2002

    Aliens are targeting New Mutants to capture samples to take back with them.

    Director: John Bell

    Writer: Tony Blake

  • Body and Soul
    6.1/10 48 votes

    #9 - Body and Soul

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2002

    A body-jumping New Mutant uses his abilities to gain revenge on Genomex and the three scientists who ""cursed"" him with his powers.

    Director: Brenton Spencer

    Writer: David Newman

  • Understudy
    5.8/10 45 votes

    #10 - Understudy

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2003

    With Shalimar in sickbay, the team recruits a new feral to temporarily take her place, but the feral plans to become a full-time member of the team...any way she can.

    Director: John Bell

    Writer: Darrell Fetty

  • The Grift
    6.2/10 49 votes

    #11 - The Grift

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2003

    A former flame of Brennan's shows up asking for his help...and revealing that her son is Brennan's child.

    Director: Oley Sassone

    Writer: Elizabeth Keyishian

  • At Destiny's End
    6.2/10 45 votes

    #12 - At Destiny's End

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2003

    Emma must go undercover to join a group of eco-terrorists run by another empath.

    Director: Oley Sassone

    Writer: Jeff King

  • Within These Walls
    6.5/10 46 votes

    #13 - Within These Walls

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2003

    A psychotic New Mutant escapes from prison and goes after Adam, seeking revenge.

    Director: Manfred Guthe

    Writer: Peter Mohan

  • Hard Time
    6.2/10 43 votes

    #14 - Hard Time

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2003

    Jesse and Brennan go undercover to investigate a prison gladiatorial scheme.

    Director: Oley Sassone

    Writer: Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer

  • Under the Cloak of War
    5.3/10 50 votes

    #15 - Under the Cloak of War

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2003

    Adam is the target of an assassination league. After their first failure, he sends Shalimar to infiltrate the group but the situation quickly becomes dangerous for her.

    Director: Andrew Potter

    Writer: Nelu Ghiran

  • Once Around
    7.0/10 53 votes

    #16 - Once Around

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2003

    The team must protect a defense witness against a New Mutant who can project his senses through others.

    Director: Bruce Pittman

    Writer: Mark Amato

  • Final Judgment
    6.0/10 43 votes

    #17 - Final Judgment

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/2003

    Adam is put on trail by a mysterious Tribunal for crimes against humanity.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: David Newman

  • Inferno
    6.0/10 40 votes

    #18 - Inferno

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/2003

    The team tracks down a pyromaniac mutant but matters are complicated when Emma is ""possessed"" by the spirit of his most recent victim.

    Director: Andrew Potter

    Writer: Charles Heit

  • One Step Closer
    7.5/10 55 votes

    #19 - One Step Closer

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/2003

    The team must protect a senator's daughter but Brennan's powers grow out of control, endangering the mission.

    Director: Bill Corcoran

    Writer: Freddie Prinze Jr.

  • Reality Check
    6.0/10 46 votes

    #20 - Reality Check

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/2003

    A New Mutant with the ability to manipulate the minds and perceptions of others sets out to locate Sanctuary, and captures Shalimar to do so.

    Director: Jorge Montesi

    Writer: Peter Mohan

  • Reawakening
    5.8/10 47 votes

    #21 - Reawakening

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/2003

    The team travel to an oil rig to fight a protocanth, a prehistoric reanimated humanoid that endangers all humanity.

    Director: T. W. Peacocke

    Writer: Mark Amato

  • Lest He Become
    5.6/10 43 votes

    #22 - Lest He Become

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2003

    Shalimar's father is involevd in secretive genetic research. The team investigates and finds out that the person backing him has plans of their own.

    Director: Jonathan Hackett

    Writer: Peter Mohan