7.4/10883 votes#1 - Out of the Past (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/29/1994
A group of cyborg mercenaries, led by a woman from Wolverine's past, seek his forced help in unlocking the secrets of a long buried alien spacecraft.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Michael Edens
7.3/10864 votes#2 - Out of the Past (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/5/1994
An alien being called the Spirit Drinker drains the life-force of Jubilee and the Reavers, making strained allies of Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Len Wein
7.7/10879 votes#3 - The Phoenix Saga: Sacrifice (1)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/1994
Following visions from recent dreams, Professor Xavier sends his X-Men on a mission to the Eagle One Space-Station, putting them in the middle of an interstellar conflict.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Michael Edens
7.6/10871 votes#4 - The Phoenix Saga: The Dark Shroud (2)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/6/1994
The X-Men barely survive their return trip from space, Jean Grey discovering herself changed by the experience. Professor Xavier's dark half is given form, and proceeds to attack his students.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
7.9/10864 votes#5 - The Phoenix Saga: Cry of the Banshee (3)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/7/1994
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
7.8/10861 votes#6 - The Phoenix Saga: The Starjammers (4)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/1994
Lilandra seeks to protect the M'Kraan Crystal from her wicked brother, the Emperor D'Ken. But the interstellar pirates known as the Starjammers capture it, and Cyclops, in an effort to enact their own revenge scheme on the emperor.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Mark Edward Edens
8.2/10899 votes#7 - The Phoenix Saga: Child of Light (5)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/1994
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
6.9/10790 votes#8 - Savage Land, Strange Heart (1)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/10/1994
Mutant-draining, pterodactyl-man Sauron is persuaded into capturing Storm by Zaladane, the high priestess of Savage Land Sun God Garokk, unaware of her ulterior motives for unleashing the mutant's full potential.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Marty Isenberg
7.0/10786 votes#9 - Savage Land, Strange Heart (2)
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/17/1994
Storm's unfettered weather-fury continues setting the stage for the rise of Garokk. Even if Storm can be brought back under control, the Sun God's geothermal rejuvenation will spell an end to the Antarctic paradise known as the Savage Land.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Marty Isenberg
7.7/10828 votes#10 - Obsession
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/1994
Fueled on by his desire to seek vengeance against the immortal mutant that changed him into a weapon of evil, Archangel persaudes Rogue into helping him hunt down and destroy Apocalypse.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Adam Gilad
7.6/10810 votes#11 - The Dark Phoenix: Dazzled (1)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/1994
The flirtation between Cyclops and a mutant singer named Dazzler exacerbates the Phoenix-controlled side of Jean Grey, leaving her open for manipulation by a secret sect of mutants coveting her immense powers for their own evil designs.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Jan Strnad
7.9/10811 votes#12 - The Dark Phoenix: The Inner Circle (2)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/12/1994
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
8.2/10827 votes#13 - The Dark Phoenix: The Dark Phoenix (3)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/19/1994
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
8.2/10825 votes#14 - The Dark Phoenix: The Fate of the Phoenix (4)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 11/26/1994
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
7.6/10813 votes#15 - Cold Comfort
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1995
A founding member of the X-Men, named Iceman, breaks into a government facility. He refuses to trust his former teammates about his reasons for doing so, but when Jubilee aids him in his quest, it leads to the team going up against another group of mutants, known as X-Factor.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Len Uhley
7.1/10753 votes#16 - Orphan's End
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1995
Cyclops discovers that Corsair, the leader of the interstellar band of pirates known as the Starjammers, is his father. He's a fugitive on the run from the Shi'ar empire, and seeks his help in proving his innocence. But can the man who abandoned him as a child truly be trusted?
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Doug Booth
7.0/10752 votes#17 - The Juggernaut Returns
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 5/6/1995
Professor Xavier's step-brother, and sworn enemy, the Juggernaut loses his powers to a bumbling archeologist. He must overcome the pain of their childhood together, and have the powers restored to him to save his life.
Director: Larry Houston
Writer: Julianne Klemm
8.0/10824 votes#18 - Nightcrawler
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/13/1995
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
8.0/10743 votes#19 - Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 6/11/1995
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
Writer: Steven Melching, David McDermott
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Out of the Past (1)" is the best rated episode of "X-Men" season 3. It scored 7.4/10 based on 883 votes. Directed by Larry Houston and written by Michael Edens, it aired on 7/29/1994. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Out of the Past (2)".