7.1/10258 votes#1 - Growing Pains
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2001
When Cyclops and Nightcrawler save people from a car crash they question Xavier's desire to keep their identities a secret. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood terrorize people in a crowded stadium.
Director: Frank Paur
Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark
6.9/10246 votes#2 - Bada-Bing Bada-Boom
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2001
Nightcrawler has a crush on a new student. The wild girl is grounded for breaking the rules, but things get worse when her father arrives and asks that she help him in a bank robbery.
Director: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Greg Johnson
7.5/10260 votes#3 - 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
7.0/10243 votes#4 - Fun and Games
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2001
The young X-Men are left alone in the mansion when the adults respond to a jailbreak, and they throw a party that doesn't end well.
Director: Frank Paur
Writer: Brian Swenlin
7.1/10238 votes#5 - The Beast of Bayville
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2001
The serum Hank McCoy uses to control his mutation no longer works, and his students are afraid of his angry outbursts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10238 votes#6 - Adrift
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2001
Havok is swept out to sea while surfing in Hawaii, and Scott saves him, but they both end up stranded and have to work together to survive.
Director: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Greg Johnson
6.3/10232 votes#7 - African Storm
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2001
The X-Men help Storm when her abilities are threatened by a visiting African witch doctor who attempts to steal her powers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10229 votes#8 - Joyride
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2001
Avalanche wants to join the Institute, but has trouble being accepted by the others, especially after he's accused of taking joyrides on the X-vehicles at night.
Director: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark
7.4/10242 votes#9 - 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
7.3/10225 votes#10 - Mindbender
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/2002
Jean is possessed by a mutant with telepathic powers, which he uses to control the students and have them help him in his plot to release the imprisoned Apocalypse, a mutant who wishes to enslave the human race.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10223 votes#11 - Shadow Dance
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/2/2002
Forge invents a teleporter, and Nightcrawler uses it to travel large distances, but inadvertently opens a portal that allows strange creatures to follow him back to the school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10215 votes#12 - Retreat
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/16/2002
Beast is mistaken for Bigfoot by hunters while he's on a camping trip with the students.
Director: Frank Paur
Writer: Michael Merton
6.6/10235 votes#13 - Walk on the Wild Side
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/2/2002
The women form a team of crime fighters after Jean and Amara are teased for having weaker powers, and they call themselves the Bayville Sirens.
Director: Frank Paur
Writer: Steve Granat, Cydne Clark
7.7/10228 votes#14 - 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
7.6/10226 votes#15 - 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
8.0/10227 votes#16 - 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
8.5/10253 votes#17 - 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
The Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution Season 2
Every episode of X-Men: Evolution Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution Season 2!
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
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Growing Pains" is the best rated episode of "X-Men: Evolution" season 2. It scored 7.1/10 based on 258 votes. Directed by Frank Paur and written by Steve Granat, Cydne Clark, it aired on 9/29/2001. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Bada-Bing Bada-Boom".