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The Best Episodes of X-Men Season 1

Every episode of X-Men Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of X-Men Season 1!

The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Night of the Sentinels (1)" is the best rated episode of "X-Men" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 1932 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Mark Edward Edens, it aired on 10/31/1992. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Night of the Sentinels (2)".

  • Night of the Sentinels (1)
    7.5/101,932 votes

    #1 - Night of the Sentinels (1)

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1992

    A young teenager has been rejecting her mutant powers ever since she discovered them. But when giant robots track her down, it's up to the X-Men to save her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • Night of the Sentinels (2)
    7.7/101,741 votes

    #2 - Night of the Sentinels (2)

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/1992

    Breaking into the Mutant Control Agency's headquarters to destroy the registration files on mutants, the X-Men lose two of their members against the Sentinels, but eventually gain another.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • Enter Magneto
    7.6/101,549 votes

    #3 - Enter Magneto

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/1992

    As the Beast faces an arraignment in court before a mutant-hating public, the X-Men unwillingly take in an old enemy of Wolverine's. Magneto, an old friend turned enemy of Professor Xavier's, attacks a military base in an attempt to unite mutants against humanity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell

  • Deadly Reunions
    7.5/101,459 votes

    #4 - Deadly Reunions

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1993

    Magneto & Professor Xavier come face to face for the first time in years amid an exploding factory, while Sabretooth & Wolverine face off in the mansion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Donald F. Glut

  • Captive Hearts
    7.2/101,398 votes

    #5 - Captive Hearts

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1993

    Wolverine must overcome his feelings for Jean, and Storm must overcome her crippling claustrophobia, when the team journeys into the sewer to rescue Jean Grey & Cyclops from a race of hideously deformed mutants known as Morlocks, and their leader Callisto, who wants to make Scott her king.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg

  • Cold Vengeance
    7.6/101,366 votes

    #6 - Cold Vengeance

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1993

    Having left the X-Men to seek peace in the arctic, Wolverine instead finds himself battling Sabretooth for the safety of an Inuit tribe. Storm, Gambit, and Jubilee investigate an island resort which welcomes mutants, and might be too good to be true.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens

  • Slave Island
    7.5/101,304 votes

    #7 - Slave Island

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1993

    Gambit, Storm, and Jubilee become slave labor on the island resort of Genosha, along with other mutants, forced to help build the new power source for a Sentinel factory. They're given aide in escaping by a mysterious mercenary named Cable.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • The Unstoppable Juggernaut
    7.6/101,263 votes

    #8 - The Unstoppable Juggernaut

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1993

    The X-Men return from Genosha, finding the home destroyed, and Professor Xavier missing. They suspect a super-strong Russian mutant named Colossus, but the real culprit turns out to be someone more human, far tougher, and with deeper ties to the Professor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Julianne Klemm

  • The Cure
    7.6/101,264 votes

    #9 - The Cure

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/1993

    Rogue seeks a scientist who claims to be able to "cure" any mutant of their powers, unaware that neither he, nor his process, are what they appear to be.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens

  • Come the Apocalypse
    7.9/101,263 votes

    #10 - Come the Apocalypse

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: Michael Edens

  • Days of Future Past (1)
    8.5/101,348 votes

    #11 - Days of Future Past (1)

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/1993

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Days of Future Past (2)
    8.5/101,308 votes

    #12 - Days of Future Past (2)

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final Decision
    8.2/101,225 votes

    #13 - The Final Decision

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/1993

    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: N/A

    Writer: Mark Edward Edens