The Best Episodes of X-Men

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   8.5/10(1559 votes)

   #1 - Days of Future Past (1)

   S1:E113/13/1993

   A mutant from more than half a century into the future, named Bishop, arrives in the present, attempting to change history for the better, by stopping an X-Man from committing an assassination. But between being chased by a future breed of Sentinel, and the details of his mission being fuzzy, he's got his work cut out for him.

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   Writer:Unknown

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   8.5/10(1515 votes)

   #2 - Days of Future Past (2)

   S1:E123/20/1993

   Aware of an impending assassination which will create a catastrophic future, the X-Men must deal with threats both outside and within their team.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.3/10(1196 votes)

   #3 - Time Fugitives (2)

   S2:E812/18/1993

   To stablize his own timeline, Cable comes to the present to prevent Bishop from saving mutant-kind from Apocalypse's plague.

   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Elliot S. Maggin

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   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Elliot S. Maggin
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   8.3/10(912 votes)

   #4 - Beyond Good and Evil (4)

   S4:E1111/25/1995

   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.

   Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

   Writer:Dean Stefan

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   Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

   Writer:Dean Stefan
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   8.2/10(1426 votes)

   #5 - The Final Decision

   S1:E133/27/1993

   Prominent anti-mutant and presidential hopeful Senator Kelly is caught in a tug-of-war between Magneto's goal of mutant superiority, the X-Men's dream of peaceful co-existance between mutants and humans, and the mutant-hunting Sentinel robots' goals of global domination.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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   8.2/10(1067 votes)

   #6 - The Phoenix Saga: Child of Light (5)

   S3:E79/9/1994

   Shi'ar Emperor D'Ken's rise to power via the M'Kraan Crystal is causing a universal implosion. The X-Men, Imperial Guard, and Starjammers find themselves overpowered and unable to stop it. Jean Grey must unleash her destiny as the host of the Phoenix, even at a most personal cost.

   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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   8.2/10(983 votes)

   #7 - The Dark Phoenix: The Dark Phoenix (3)

   S3:E1311/19/1994

   As the Dark Phoenix grows increasingly hostile, even destroying an entire star system, the X-Men struggle to figure out a way to stop her without harming their teammate Jean Grey.

   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Larry Parr

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   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Larry Parr
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   8.2/10(981 votes)

   #8 - The Dark Phoenix: The Fate of the Phoenix (4)

   S3:E1411/26/1994

   The X-Men face the Shi'ar Imperial Guard in a trial by combat to spare the life of Jean Grey, though even they begin to question the safety of the universe as long as the Dark Phoenix remains alive inside her.

   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Brooks Wachtel

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   Director:Larry Houston

   Writer:Brooks Wachtel
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   8.2/10(918 votes)

   #9 - One Man's Worth (2)

   S4:E29/16/1995

   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.

   Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

   Writer:Gary Greenfield

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   Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

   Writer:Gary Greenfield
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    8.2/10(905 votes)

    #10 - Graduation Day

    S5:E149/20/1997

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

    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Jim Krieg

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    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Jim Krieg
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    8.1/10(1198 votes)

    #11 - Time Fugitives (1)

    S2:E712/11/1993

    Bishop returns from the future to again attempt to fix his world, this time trying to stop a plague from infecting mutants. But his noble actions lead to a far greater tragedy.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens
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    8.1/10(871 votes)

    #12 - Beyond Good and Evil (2)

    S4:E911/11/1995

    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.

    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Jan Strnad

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    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Jan Strnad
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    8.0/10(982 votes)

    #13 - Nightcrawler

    S3:E185/13/1995

    Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine take a ski trip in Germany. While Gambit and Rogue seem to be enjoying themselves, Wolverine is restless, and longs for some action. When he hears reports of a demon hiding in a local monastery, his investigation reveals not a demon, but a mutant, Nightcrawler, whose devilish appearance is in stark contrast to his peaceful and deeply philosophical nature.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Len Uhley

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Len Uhley
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    8.0/10(895 votes)

    #14 - Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape

    S3:E196/11/1995

    A cryptic postcard unleashes a flood of maddening and painful memories in Wolverine that threaten to drive him insane. To keep his mind from being torn apart, Wolverine and Beast travel to the one location that may hold the answers to his hidden past: the ruins of the top-secret Weapon X lab where Wolverine's bones were laced with adamantium. There he encounters other former 'test subjects'—Sabretooth, Maverick and Silver Fox—who are suffering similar mental breakdowns.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writers:David McDermott, Steven Melching

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writers:David McDermott, Steven Melching
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    8.0/10(921 votes)

    #15 - One Man's Worth (1)

    S4:E19/9/1995

    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.

    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Richard Mueller

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    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Richard Mueller
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    8.0/10(888 votes)

    #16 - Beyond Good and Evil (1)

    S4:E811/4/1995

    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

    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Steve Cuden

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    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Steve Cuden
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    8.0/10(860 votes)

    #17 - Beyond Good and Evil (3)

    S4:E1011/18/1995

    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.

    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Directors:Fred Miller, Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens
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    7.9/10(1465 votes)

    #18 - Come the Apocalypse

    S1:E103/6/1993

    An ancient and immensely powerful mutant, known as Apocalypse, creates four Horsemen to help usher in a new world where survival of the fittest reigns.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Michael Edens
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    7.9/10(1265 votes)

    #19 - Till Death Do Us Part (2)

    S2:E210/30/1993

    As Morph's seeking of revenge on the X-Men begins to run into some snags, Cyclops & Jean Grey get their Honeymoon cut short by the machinations of Mister Sinister and the Nasty Boys.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens
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    7.9/10(1175 votes)

    #20 - A Rogue's Tale

    S2:E91/8/1994

    Haunted by visions of a strange woman, Rogue must come to grips with the dark secrets of her past prior to joining the X-Men.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writers:Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writers:Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg
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    7.9/10(1145 votes)

    #21 - Beauty & the Beast

    S2:E101/15/1994

    Beast falls in love with his patient, a blind woman named Carly, and though the feelings are mutual, her mutant-hating father and anti-mutant sentiment drive a split between the pair. Meanwhile, Wolverine seeks to take down the Friends of Humanity from the inside out.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Stephanie Mathison

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Stephanie Mathison
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    7.9/10(1027 votes)

    #22 - The Phoenix Saga: Cry of the Banshee (3)

    S3:E59/7/1994

    Professor Xavier's claims of the capture of his alien soulmate Lilandra by Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy are met with skepticism.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens
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    7.9/10(961 votes)

    #23 - The Dark Phoenix: The Inner Circle (2)

    S3:E1211/12/1994

    The Circle Club makes the Phoenix-controlled Jean Grey their new Queen, but finds two factors opposing it: her mental bond with Cyclops, and the presumed-dead Wolverine stalking after them.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Steven Levy

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Steven Levy
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    7.8/10(1306 votes)

    #24 - Till Death Do Us Part (1)

    S2:E110/23/1993

    The X-Men are divided and conquered, by none other than a friend they had thought dead.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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    7.8/10(1091 votes)

    #25 - Reunion (2)

    S2:E132/19/1994

    The X-Men find themselves powerless in the Savage Land, and become fodder for Mr. Sinister's experiments. It's up to Wolverine and Ka-Zar to initiate a rescue.

    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Director:Larry Houston

    Writer:Michael Edens