8.5/10253 votesLoading...#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
8.5/10262 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10238 votesLoading...#3 - 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
8.2/10230 votesLoading...#4 - 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
8.1/10222 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10227 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10229 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10232 votesLoading...#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
7.9/10223 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10283 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10228 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10219 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.6/10302 votesLoading...#13 - 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
7.6/10288 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.6/10281 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.6/10226 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.6/10236 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10221 votesLoading...#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
7.5/10339 votesLoading...#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
7.5/10260 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10292 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10242 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10214 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10228 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10218 votesLoading...#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
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
Best Episodes Summary
"Day of Reckoning (2)" is the best rated episode of "X-Men: Evolution". It scored 8.5/10 based on 253 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)".