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The Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution

Every episode of X-Men: Evolution ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution!

Teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Spike fight for a world that fears and hates them.
Genres:KidsAnimationSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:The WB
Episodes
52
Avg. Rating
7.3
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.1
7.1
8.0
7.6
7.0
6.9
8.0
7.0
7.5
7.5
7.4
7.2

Best Episodes Summary

"Day of Reckoning (2)" is the best rated episode of "X-Men: Evolution". It scored 8.5/10 based on 257 votes. Directed by Boyd Kirkland, Steven E. Gordon, Frank Paur and written by Steve Granat, Cydne Clark, it aired on 5/11/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ascension (2)".

  • Day of Reckoning (2)
    8.5/10(257)
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    #1 - Day of Reckoning (2)

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 5/11/2002

    A traitor in the battle threatens the efforts of the X-Men and the Brotherhood against Magneto, who has another secret weapon -- the Sentinel robot.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland, Steven E. Gordon, Frank Paur

    Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark

  • Ascension (2)
    8.5/10(265)
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    #2 - Ascension (2)

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 10/25/2003

    The battle against Apocalypse rages as X-Men, the Brotherhood, and Acolytes join forces to stop him from turning all humans into mutants.

    Director: Frank Paur

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Dark Horizon (2)
    8.3/10(234)
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    #3 - Dark Horizon (2)

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 8/16/2003

    As all the monsters in the tomb attack, the teammates fight to survive and find a way out.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur

    Writer: Craig Kyle

  • Self Possessed
    8.2/10(240)
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    #4 - Self Possessed

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 11/16/2002

    Rogue begins to lose control of all the people she's ever absorbed as they fight to take over. She discovers unsettling information about Mystique. Scott and Jean go on a date... or do they?

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Ascension (1)
    8.1/10(224)
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    #5 - Ascension (1)

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 10/18/2003

    Xavier finds Apocalypse in Egypt, and Apocalypse unleashes four horsemen, who battle the X-Men.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Day of Reckoning (1)
    8.0/10(230)
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    #6 - Day of Reckoning (1)

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 5/11/2002

    At Xavier's urging, the Brotherhood and the X-Men unite to battle Magneto; and the Institute begins to self-destruct while students are trapped in the mansion.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland, Steven E. Gordon, Frank Paur

    Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark

  • Day of Recovery
    8.0/10(232)
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    #7 - Day of Recovery

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/14/2002

    X-Men and the Brotherhood deal with the aftermath of the world finding out about mutants. The Institute is blown up, and Mystique posed as Prof. X to blow it up. Some of the X-Men and Brotherhood are captured, leaving the mutants that escaped to find them and the Professor.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland

    Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark

  • The Stuff of Heroes
    8.0/10(236)
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    #8 - The Stuff of Heroes

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 9/21/2002

    Rogue and Wolverine duck a squad of soldiers when the nationwide alert goes out against mutants, while Storm and Beast go into a meeting of Congress to defend themselves. Meanwhile Juggernaut goes on a rampage and the X-Men feel obliged to take him down.

    Director: Curt Geda

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Dark Horizon (1)
    7.9/10(226)
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    #9 - Dark Horizon (1)

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 8/9/2003

    As Jean's and Scott's graduation day approaches, Rogue suddenly leaves the mansion.

    Director: Curt Geda, Frank Paur

    Writer: Craig Kyle, Christopher L. Yost

  • The Cauldron (2)
    7.7/10(286)
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    #10 - The Cauldron (2)

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 5/12/2001

    Magneto reveals the his plans for the winners of his challenge - to fully unlock their powers with a machine he has built. Back at the mansion, those left behind regroup, and decide to pay Magneto a little visit.

    Director: Steven E. Gordon

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Operation: Rebirth
    7.7/10(231)
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    #11 - Operation: Rebirth

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 3/30/2002

    Magneto steals plans for a top-secret project that produced super soldiers. Wolverine worked on it during World War II.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • The HeX Factor
    7.7/10(229)
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    #12 - The HeX Factor

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 4/20/2002

    Mystique frees a mutant called the Scarlet Witch from an asylum, hoping she'll help the Brotherhood, but Mystique doesn't know the witch is seeking revenge on Quicksilver and Magneto.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark

  • Under Lock and Key
    7.7/10(221)
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    #13 - Under Lock and Key

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 11/30/2002

    Mesmero mentally controls Gambit into stealing half of the Spider Stone from Angel.

    Director: Frank Paur

    Writer: Sean Roche

  • Turn of the Rogue
    7.6/10(305)
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    #14 - Turn of the Rogue

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 2/3/2001

    Scott and Rogue end up on a geology club field trip together. Scott tries to be friendly to her, but it turns out Mystique has other plans...

    Director: Boyd Kirkland

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Shadowed Past
    7.6/10(291)
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    #15 - Shadowed Past

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 3/31/2001

    Rogue's nightmares seem to show images from Kurt's past, but in them he's far too young to remember. So where did they come from?

    Director: Steven E. Gordon

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • The Cauldron (1)
    7.6/10(284)
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    #16 - The Cauldron (1)

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 5/5/2001

    As mysterious metal pods appear, picking up the mutants one at a time, Cerebro detects a new mutant in Hawaii: Alex Summers - Scott's believed to be deceased brother.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • X23
    7.6/10(239)
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    #17 - X23

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 8/2/2003

    A mysterious female assassin terrorizes the X-Mansion, knocking out the X-Men one by one. Wolverine finds out that it is his clone, created by the Dr. Deborah Risman and raised without love by HYDRA, and she wants to kill him because she holds him responsible for her miserable life. Wolverine and X-23, as she is called, square off in a battle that Wolverine does not want to win.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark, Craig Kyle

  • Impact
    7.6/10(223)
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    #18 - Impact

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 8/30/2003

    The X-Men pursue Apocalypse in Mexico, hoping to find and overcome him before Magneto finds him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Greg Johnson

  • Rogue Recruit
    7.5/10(345)
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    #19 - Rogue Recruit

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 11/18/2000

    After being kept in the dark about her powers for years, a young female mutant touches a fellow student and absorbs his strength, his memories - his life. Afraid and confused, and unable to differentiate her memories from the absorbed ones she runs away - straight in to the hands of Mystique.

    Director: Steven E. Gordon

    Writer: N/A

  • Power Surge
    7.5/10(263)
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    #20 - Power Surge

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/13/2001

    Jean's telepathy changes, arriving in surges she can't control; and Hank McCoy joins the faculty as a science-and-gym teacher.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Survival of the Fittest
    7.4/10(295)
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    #21 - Survival of the Fittest

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 3/3/2001

    While the X-Men are at a summer camp, learning survival training, Mystique releases Cain Marko - the unstoppable Juggernaut - in hopes of getting his help in obtaining Xavier's mutant location system.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy

  • On Angel's Wings
    7.4/10(245)
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    #22 - On Angel's Wings

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 12/15/2001

    Xavier suspects that a flying "angel" seen above New York is a mutant, and he sends Cyclops and Rogue to find him before Magneto does.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mainstream
    7.4/10(217)
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    #23 - Mainstream

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 9/28/2002

    During the rebuilding of the manor, Kitty and Kurt intercept a bunch of graffiti artists disguised as monsters. The older students get to go back to Bayville High for one day before attending a hearing to determine their ultimate fate, while they are banned from using their powers.

    Director: Frank Paur

    Writer: Michael Merton

  • Blind Alley
    7.4/10(230)
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    #24 - Blind Alley

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 10/19/2002

    Mystique escapes from imprisonment while the X-Men repair and rebuild the Institute. Disguised as Alex, she lures Scott into a trap - leaving him stranded in the middle of the Mexican desert without his glasses.

    Director: Boyd Kirkland, Curt Geda

    Writer: N/A

  • Cajun Spice
    7.4/10(220)
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    #25 - Cajun Spice

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 10/4/2003

    Rogue is kidnapped by Gambit, who says he's there to help her; and the X-Men search for her, led by Wolverine.

    Director: Frank Paur

    Writer: Michael Merton, Greg Johnson