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The Best Episodes Written By Bob Forward

Every TV Episode Written by Bob Forward Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 8.4/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Shadowed Past

    S1:E10

    Rogue's nightmares seem to show images from Kurt's past, but in them he's far too young to remember. So where did they come from?

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  2. 7.9/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Strategy X

    S1:E1

    Mystique sees an opportunity to get a spy in Xavier's institute when the morally shady Todd Tolanski starts exhibiting mutant powers. Kurt Wagner, Xavier's latest recruit, arrives and tries to familiarize himself with his new life as part of the X-Men.

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    Director:Frank Paur
  3. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Rock and Ride!

    S1:E1

    Throttle, Modo and Vinnie...The Biker Mice from Mars...escape their planet as it it devastated by the fish faced plutarkians. Crashlanding in Chicago, the renegade rodents soon discover the Plutarkians next target: EARTH. Led by his supreme chessiness, Lawrence Limburger, and his devilish cohorts, Greasepit and the fiendish Dr. Karbunkle, the Plutarkians are already undermining the Windy City. It's tail whippin' time 'cause the baddest motorcycle mammajammers in the universe are riding to the rescue.

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  4. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Stuff of Heroes

    S3:E2

    Rogue and Wolverine duck a squad of soldiers when the nationwide alert goes out against mutants, while Storm and Beast go into a meeting of Congress to defend themselves. Meanwhile Juggernaut goes on a rampage and the X-Men feel obliged to take him down.

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    Director:Curt Geda
  5. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Uprising

    S4:E5

    Hate crimes against mutants in Bayville prompt Spyke to return to stop the violence.

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    Director:N/A
  6. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Trial by Fire

    S1:E1

    Due to the line of Kree Sentries - alien robots that have been observing the Fantastic Four - having been destroyed, Johnny is put on trial by Ronan the Accuser against the Kree Empire. Ben and Susan are set to defend him, and Reed is chosen as his lawyer. However, since Johnny is already presumed guilty before the trial starts, it's not going to be easy.

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    Director:Franck Michel
  7. 7.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Operation: Rebirth

    S2:E14

    Magneto steals plans for a top-secret project that produced super soldiers. Wolverine worked on it during World War II.

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    Director:Boyd Kirkland
  8. 7.0/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Code of Conduct

    S1:E17

    To regain his honor, Silver Samurai captures the X-Men and attacks Wolverine.

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    Director:Boyd Kirkland
  9. 6.4/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Speed and Spyke

    S1:E5

    Ororo's nephew starts exhibiting mutant powers, but he's more interested in settling a rivalry with a fellow mutant than hearing about a ""school for freaks"".

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    Director:Gary Graham
  10. 6.2/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Thieves Gambit

    S1:E5

    Wolverine rescues Magma from the Mutant Control Unit and uses a inhibitor collar built by Forge to help control her powers. Meanwhile Gambit is hired to steal that collar from the X-Men.

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  11. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Beast Wars (1)

    S1:E1

    A band of benevolent Maximals follows a pack of power-seeking Predacons to a new planet.

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    Director:N/A
  12. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Beast Wars (2)

    S1:E2

    Dinobot challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but while they fight the Predacons launch an ambush.

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    Director:N/A
  13. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Fallen Comrades

    S1:E7

    One of the Maximal stasis pods, put in orbit before the crash, falls down in the north, and Optimus rushes out to retrieve it. Unfortunately, Megatron anticipates this and sets up an ambush that nearly kills the Maximal leader. Without a flyer, the Maximals race to the pod in hope of getting it before the Predacons reprogram the dormant robot inside.

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    Director:N/A
  14. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Trigger (1)

    S1:E16

    Tigatron discovers a floating island, with a giant obelisk in its center. When the obelisk fries Waspinator and Terrorsaur with a single blast, Megatron decides he wants that power and sends out Scorponok and Blackarachnia to seize it.

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    Director:N/A
  15. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Trigger (2)

    S1:E17

    Optimus and Rattrap race to the island to assist Tigatron and the wounded Airrazor, while Scorponok and Blackarachnia make their way towards the obelisk.

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    Director:N/A
  16. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Call of the Wild

    S1:E19

    The Predacons steal the Maximals' rectifier-coil, leaving the Axalon without Energon shielding. Forced to remain in beastmode, the Maximals' mentality becomes closer and closer to that of their organic counterparts.

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    Director:N/A
  17. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Low Road

    S1:E22

    Tarantulas infects Rhinox with a virus that causes him to sneeze raw energon, rapidly depleting the Maximal's power cells. Optimus sends out Dinobot and Rattrap to look for an antidote, and they end up having to follow the spider into its underground lair...

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    Director:N/A
  18. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Before the Storm

    S1:E24

    Inferno retrieves a golden disk hidden inside a glowing mountain. When Megatron sees it, he decides there are far more important things to worry about than the Maximals, and offers Optimus a truce. Meanwhile, Tarantulas is even more determined to leave the planet than ever.

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    Director:N/A
  19. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Other Voices (1)

    S1:E25

    An alien spacecraft lands and captures Airrazor while she's examining it. Optimus and Rattrap enter to rescue her, while the Predacons stand outside, ready to break the truce at a moment's notice.

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    Director:Colin Davies
  20. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Coming of the Fuzors (1)

    S2:E2

    A new breed of transformer, robots with two animals mixed together when in beast form.

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    Director:N/A
  21. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Coming of the Fuzors (2)

    S2:E3

    Hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot try to keep the Predacons away from the Axalon where Rhinox lies delving deep into the Matrix, pursuing a faint hope...

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    Director:N/A
  22. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Agenda (1)

    S2:E11

    As the transwarp wave generated by the explosion in "Other Voices (2)" nears Cybertron, the Maximals rejoice, thinking the rescue is on its way. But unbeknownst to them, it is intercepted and diverted by the leaders of the Cybertronian Predacon alliance, who view Megatron as a loose cannon and wants to deal with him quietly, by sending one of their covert operatives.

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    Director:N/A
  23. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Agenda (2)

    S2:E12

    Megatron is captured, but the battle used up too much of the cruiser's energon supply for there to be enough for the travel back to Cybertron. While Ravage interrogates Megatron about where they might find more, Primal confronts Silverbolt about his relationship Blackarachnia, leading the Fuzor to go off on his own to find her.

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    Director:Owen Hurley
  24. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Agenda (3)

    S2:E13

    The Maximals manage to take out the transwarp cruiser and fend of the Predacon attack. But the battle is far from over, as Megatron heads for the now uncovered Autobot Ark - containing the heroes and villains who'll shape the Cybertron where the Predacons and Maximals come from.

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    Director:Colin Davies
  25. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Optimal Situation

    S3:E1

    Realizing that without the Maximals she would never have existed, Blackarachnia actives the Ark's defenses and forces Megatron out of the ship. The Maximals start initial repairs and the time storm subsides a bit, but Optimus Prime's life still hangs in the balance - it could swing either way. Megatron rallies his troops to make sure it swings in his favor.

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    Director:N/A

Bob Forward Ratings Summary

"Shadowed Past" is the best rated episode written by Bob Forward. It scored 8.4/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by Steven E. Gordon. It aired on 3/31/2001 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Strategy X".