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The Worst Episodes of X-Men

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The Worst Episodes of X-Men

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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  1. Background image for Jubilee's Fairytale Theatre
    5.3/10(794 votes)

    #1 - Jubilee's Fairytale Theatre

    S5:E9

    Jubilee tells children her own fairy tale having herself, her fellow X-Men and their greatest enemies be the characters in it.

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  2. Background image for Mojovision
    5.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #2 - Mojovision

    S2:E11

    An alien being named Mojo abducts the X-Men to use as forced action stars of television programming.

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  3. Background image for Longshot
    6.1/10(829 votes)

    #3 - Longshot

    S5:E5

    Longshot, a rebel from another world, tumbles into this world with no memory and a murderous gang led by the six-armed woman warrior Spiral hot on his trail. It turns out that Longshot is on the run from Mojo, maniacal inter-dimensional TV executive. Using Jubilee as the 'prize', Mojo and his minions lure Longshot and the X-Men into a deadly contest which Mojo broadcasts 'live' to up his ratings.

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  4. Background image for Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas
    6.3/10(817 votes)

    #4 - Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas

    S4:E12

    Jubilee's first Christmas with the X-Men doesn't go exactly as she expected, when she, Storm, and Wolverine become involved with a mission to save the Morlock child known as Leech.

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  5. Background image for Hidden Agendas
    6.4/10(748 votes)

    #5 - Hidden Agendas

    S5:E13

    When the army learns of Sam Guthrie's cannonball power, they try to enlist him in their ranks.

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  6. Background image for Love in Vain
    6.5/10(808 votes)

    #6 - Love in Vain

    S4:E14

    In a New Mexico desert, Wolverine witnesses the crash of a spaceship carrying horrific, alien bug-like creatures—the Family—which overwhelm him. Rogue reunites with her first boyfriend, Cody, who ends up being a part of the Family's plot to have Rogue become their new leader.

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  8. Background image for Secrets, Not Long Buried
    6.6/10(771 votes)

    #7 - Secrets, Not Long Buried

    S4:E15

    Cyclops heads solo to the desert town of Skull Mesa, where humans and mutants live in harmony, to visit an old mentor from his youth. But he not only finds himself powerless when he arrives, but discovers the place under the rule of a maniacal mutant, with none of the citizens willing to take a stand.

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  9. Background image for Storm Front (1)
    6.6/10(759 votes)

    #8 - Storm Front (1)

    S5:E7

    The dashing alien, Arkon, unleashes terrible weather conditions over Washington D.C. to get Storm's attention. It works, he begs her to return with him to his planet, Corsus, to save it from meteorological chaos which threatens his people.

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  10. Background image for X-Ternally Yours
    6.8/10(1.1k votes)

    #9 - X-Ternally Yours

    S2:E6

    Gambit must come face to face with the past he's been running from for years, as he returns to Louisiana to save his brother from the woman he left at the altar.

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  11. Background image for Xavier Remembers
    6.8/10(773 votes)

    #10 - Xavier Remembers

    S4:E16

    Trapped on the astral plane after suffering a concussion, Professor Xavier is at the mercy of the Shadow King, and in desperate need of help from his X-Men, who are unable to hear him.

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  12. Background image for Storm Front (2)
    6.8/10(757 votes)

    #11 - Storm Front (2)

    S5:E8

    Spectacular preparations for Storm's wedding to Arkon proceed quickly. But as Jubilee helps Storm, the new queen, prepare for the wedding, Jubilee can't help notice how badly the palace workers are treated. Meanwhile, Wolverine, Cyclops and Beast discover there are fleet ships bringing slaves from the neighboring planet.

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  13. Background image for Savage Land, Strange Heart (1)
    6.9/10(892 votes)

    #12 - Savage Land, Strange Heart (1)

    S3:E8

    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.

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  14. Background image for No Mutant Is an Island
    6.9/10(821 votes)

    #13 - No Mutant Is an Island

    S5:E4

    Cyclops, still in mourning after Jean Grey's "death", quits the X-men and returns to his orphanage home and encounters his friend Sarah. She tells him that a wealthy man has decided to adopt all the mutant children, especially Rusty, but his intentions are to make them his army to destroy all humans in the world so that mutants are accepted. It's up to Cyclops to stop him and save the mutant children.

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  15. Background image for The Fifth Horseman
    6.9/10(774 votes)

    #14 - The Fifth Horseman

    S5:E10

    Fabian Cortez helps Apocalypse escape from the astral plane.

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  16. Background image for Whatever It Takes
    7.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #15 - Whatever It Takes

    S2:E3

    Storm returns to her village in Africa, and must choose between her life and that of her godson when a powerful evil overtakes him. Meanwhile, Wolverine tracks down Morph in the Amazon, and Professor Xavier & Magneto find their situation going from bad to worse as they end up in a hidden land.

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  17. Background image for Savage Land, Strange Heart (2)
    7.0/10(888 votes)

    #16 - Savage Land, Strange Heart (2)

    S3:E9

    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.

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  18. Background image for The Juggernaut Returns
    7.0/10(856 votes)

    #17 - The Juggernaut Returns

    S3:E17

    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.

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  19. Background image for Orphan's End
    7.1/10(861 votes)

    #18 - Orphan's End

    S3:E16

    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?

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    Director:Larry Houston
    Writer:Doug Booth
  20. Background image for A Deal with the Devil
    7.1/10(785 votes)

    #19 - A Deal with the Devil

    S5:E3

    The former Soviet Union's living weapon, Omega Red, is thawed out by the US Military to deal with an abandoned Soviet nuclear submarine near Hawaii. He asks for his old enemy, Wolverine, and the woman responsible for freezing him most recently, Storm, to accompany him on the mission. Omega Red is offered restored humanity, but once aboard the warhead-filled sub, he reveals his true, deadly intentions.

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  21. Background image for Captive Hearts
    7.2/10(1.5k votes)

    #20 - Captive Hearts

    S1:E5

    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.

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  22. Background image for Red Dawn
    7.2/10(1.1k votes)

    #21 - Red Dawn

    S2:E4

    Jubilee joins Colossus as he returns to his homeland of Russia, and helps him face an unbeatable menace from the Cold War, who wishes to restore the former Soviet Union, and has a history with Wolverine.

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  23. Background image for Proteus (1)
    7.2/10(802 votes)

    #22 - Proteus (1)

    S4:E4

    The long hidden secret patient of Muir Island, a reality-warping mutant teen known as Proteus, escapes from his 15 year long captivity, and wreaks havoc across Scotland searching out his father.

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  24. Background image for Proteus (2)
    7.2/10(799 votes)

    #23 - Proteus (2)

    S4:E5

    Tracking down his father, who is now a candidate for Secretary of State, Proteus continues threatening lives with his uncontrolable powers. It's up to Professor X alone to try to stop the boy who brought even Wolverine to his knees.

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  25. Background image for Out of the Past (2)
    7.3/10(978 votes)

    #24 - Out of the Past (2)

    S3:E2

    An alien being called the Spirit Drinker drains the life-force of Jubilee and the Reavers, making strained allies of Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike.

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    Director:Larry Houston
    Writer:Len Wein
  26. Background image for Out of the Past (1)
    7.4/10(996 votes)

    #25 - Out of the Past (1)

    S3:E1

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Jubilee's Fairytale Theatre" is the worst rated episode of "X-Men". It scored 5.3/10 based on 794 votes. Directed by Fred Miller, Larry Houston and written by Brooks Wachtel, it aired on 11/16/1996. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mojovision".