List of X-Men: The Animated Series episodes

This list regards the 1990s X-Men series; for the series starting in 2000, see List of X-Men: Evolution episodes; for the 2011 anime series, see List of Marvel Anime episodes.

The first X-Men animated series debuted on October 31, 1992 on the Fox Network as part of the "Fox Kids" Saturday morning lineup. The plot was loosely adapted from famous storylines and events in the X-Men comics, such as the Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, the Phalanx Covenant, and the Legacy Virus. The show features a team line-up similar to that of the early 1990s X-Men comic books: the lineup largely resembles that of Cyclops' Blue Team, established in the early issues of the second X-Men comic series.

The series' first 13 episodes were notable for being possibly the first time ever that an American animated series had a full season of episodes flow one into the next, creating a single continuing narrative, something the series producers fought heavily for. However, starting with season three, most episodes (except for multi-part stories) were shown in random order.

Each episode was assigned two different numbers internally. One is for Script Order, which indicates the number assigned by the production company. The other is for Production Order, which are the official episode numbers assigned by Fox Children's Network, indicating the order in which they received the episodes. These both vary from the order in which the series actually aired after season three. According to series writer Steven Melching, the Script Order is the "best guide in terms of overall series continuity, as this is how the stories were originally envisioned to flow together."

The X-Men also appeared on Spider-Man in episodes "The Mutant Agenda" and "Mutants' Revenge". Storm later appeared in the three-part episode "Secret Wars" on the good side against the evil side. Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey, and Professor X were featured as the X-Men. In the "Mutant Agenda" episode, Spider-Man's progressing neogenic mutation is making him ill and he seeks the aid of Professor Charles Xavier. In doing so he meets the X-Men but is disappointed to learn that Xavier does not 'cure' mutancy, only helps those born that way to accept and control their abilities. Wolverine in particular took issue with Spider-Man viewing his mutation as a curse. Beast however was more sympathetic to the super-hero's plight and attempted an olive branch towards him. This meeting of heroes was soon followed by a plot by Dr. Herbert Landon and the Hobgoblin to destroy mutants everywhere. But Spider-Man and the X-Men work together to defeat them and end their plot.

As of 2012, the X-Men animated show stands as the longest-running Marvel Comics based TV show, lasting for six years, with five seasons and a total of 76 episodes. The series was canceled after the episode "Graduation Day", which aired on September 20, 1997.

The following list reflects the original air dates and seasons assigned by Fox, but Marvel's official site suggests that X-Men: The Animated Series episodes should instead be viewed according to script order.

Season One (1992-1993)

Script #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Airdate	Villain(s)
01	"Night of the Sentinels (Part 1)"	Mark Edward Edens	October 31, 1992 (1992-10-31)	Sentinels
The X-Men discover that the group running the Mutant Registration Program intends to track and eliminate mutants.
02	"Night of the Sentinels (Part 2)"	Mark Edward Edens	November 7, 1992 (1992-11-07)	Henry Gyrich, Bolivar Trask and Sentinels
After destroying the files on mutants, the X-Men escape to the Blackbird, but are stopped by the Sentinels. During the fight with the Sentinels, Morph is shot and presumed dead.
03	"Enter Magneto"	Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell	November 27, 1992 (1992-11-27)	Sabertooth and Magneto
Sabretooth demands that Beast be set free and ends up going into a destructive rage, prompting the guards to shoot and injure him. Cyclops aids Sabretooth and brings him to the Mansions' infirmary, which does not sit well with Wolverine. Later, Magneto attacks a military missile facility.
04	"Deadly Reunions"	Don Glut (last name misspelled "Glutt")	January 23, 1993 (1993-01-23)	Sabertooth and Magneto
Magneto destroys a chemical plant in order to attract the attention of Professor X.
05	"Captive Hearts"	Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg	January 30, 1993 (1993-01-30)	Morlocks
A group of human mutants called the Morlocks capture Jean and Cyclops when they go out on a romantic date, much to Logan's hurt.
06	"Cold Vengeance"	Michael Edens	February 6, 1993 (1993-02-06)	Sabretooth
Wolverine flees to Canada to seek solitude in the Canadian wilderness.
07	"Slave Island"	Mark Edward Edens	February 13, 1993 (1993-02-13)	Sentinel, Master Mold, Henry Gyrich and Bolivar Trask
Gambit, Storm, Jubilee and a host of other mutants are made to work as slaves in Genosha in order to complete a dam which will power a Sentinel factory.
08	"The Unstoppable Juggernaut"	Julianne Klemm	March 6, 1993 (1993-03-06)	Juggernaut
After the X-Men find the X-Mansion destroyed, Wolverine goes looking for the suspect, followed by Storm, Rogue and Jubilee.
09	"The Cure"	Mark Edward Edens	February 20, 1993 (1993-02-20)	Apocalypse, Mystique, Pyro and Avalanche
A doctor at the Muir Island Mutant Research Center claims to have found a cure for the mutant gene.
10	"Come the Apocalypse"	Michael Edens	February 27, 1993 (1993-02-27)	Apocalypse and Mystique
Apocalypse turns mutants who journeyed to Muir Island seeking the fictitious cure into the Horsemen. The Horsemen start destroying everything across the planet.
11	"Days of Future Past (Part 1)"	Julia Jane Lewald	March 13, 1993 (1993-03-13)	Nimrod and Sentinels
Bishop travels through time from 2055 to the present in order to stop a member of the X-Men from assassinating someone.
12	"Days of Future Past (Part 2)"	Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg	March 20, 1993 (1993-03-20)	Mystique, The Blob, Pyro and Avalanche
The X-Men go to Washington, where the Brotherhood of Mutants plan to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly.
13	"The Final Decision"	Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg	March 27, 1993 (1993-03-27)	Magneto, Sentinels, Master Mold, Bolivar Trask and Henry Gyrich
Magneto brings Senator Kelly to a sunken ship to kill him, so that mutants and humans would go to war.

Season Two (1993-1994)

The second season saw a parallel narrative featuring Magneto and Professor X lost in the Savage Land interwoven throughout. Many of the stories dealt with the X-Men dealing with the professor's absence, as well as increasing the backstory of many of the X-Men, particularly Rogue and Wolverine.

Script #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Airdate	Villain(s)
14	"Till Death Do Us Part (Part 1)"	Mark Edward Edens	October 23, 1993 (1993-10-23)	Mister Sinister, Morph, Graydon Creed
Mister Sinister uses a brainwashed Morph to lay traps to destroy the X-Men one by one.
15	"Till Death Do Us Part (Part 2)"	Michael Edens	October 30, 1993 (1993-10-30)	Mister Sinister, Morph, Graydon Creed
Mister Sinister and his Nasty Boys kidnap Cyclops and Jean Grey, while the X-Men battle Morph at the mansion.
16	"Whatever It Takes"	Julia Jane Lewald	November 6, 1993 (1993-11-06)	Shadow King, Morph
The Shadow King lures Storm home to Mt. Kilimanjaro by 'possessing' her young spiritual son Mjnari, so Rogue and Storm travel to Africa to stop the Shadow King.
17	"Red Dawn"	Francis Moss & Ted Pedersen	November 13, 1993 (1993-11-13)	Omega Red
Omega Red is resuscitated by three corrupt generals who want to reclaim and rule the crumbling old Soviet empire. Colossus goes to the X-Men for help to save his country and its fragile freedom from these forces of tyranny.
18	"Repo Man"	Len Wein	November 20, 1993 (1993-11-20)	Vindicator, Alpha Flight
19	"X-Ternally Yours"	Julianne Klemm	December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04)	Bella Donna, X-Ternal
Gambit is forced to return to his southern roots by an ancient tithe, an old family feud and the kidnapping of his brother, Bobby.
20	"Time Fugitives (Part 1)"	Michael Edens	December 11, 1993 (1993-12-11)	Graydon Creed, Apocalypse
Cable uses his time device and sees that Bishop traveled from 2055 AD to the present to stop a plague, which Apocalypse started.
21	"Time Fugitives (Part 2)"	Elliot S. Maggin	December 18, 1993 (1993-12-18)	Apocalypse
Cable comes to the present to stop Bishop and save his own future world.
22	"A Rogue's Tale"	Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg	January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)	Mystique, Mister Sinister, Pyro, Avalanche, The Blob, Ms. Marvel
Mystique, Rogue's foster mother, forces her to revisit her own past.
23	"Beauty & the Beast"	Stephanie Mathison	January 15, 1994 (1994-01-15)	Graydon Creed, Sabretooth
Beast falls in love with Carly, a blind patient of his. Carly's father is a rampant mutant hater until the Friends of Humanity thugs kidnap Carly.
24	"Mojovision"	Brooks Wachtel	February 5, 1994 (1994-02-05)	Mojo, Sauron
An alien, Mojo, kidnaps and casts the X-Men as his latest all-galaxy television hit.
25	"Reunion (Part 1)"	Len Wein	February 12, 1994 (1994-02-12)	Mister Sinister, Sauron
Xavier and Magneto are the bait as Mister Sinister lures the other X-Men to his fortress in the Savage Land.
26	"Reunion (Part 2)"	Michael Edens	February 19, 1994 (1994-02-19)	Mister Sinister, Sauron
Upon touchdown in the Savage Land, the X-Men's mutant powers have been neutralized by Sinister's machines and they are immediately captured by the Nasty Boys and Mutates.

Season Three (1994-1995)

After the "Phoenix Saga," episodes were aired in a more random sequence. Also, due to animation problems with a few episodes, several would not appear until the fourth or even fifth season.

Script #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Airdate	Villain(s)
27	"Out of the Past (Part 1)"	Michael Edens	July 29, 1994 (1994-07-29)	Yuriko, Reavers
Wolverine's former sweetheart and girlfriend, a pretty Japanese woman named Yuriko, hesitantly lures Wolverine into the Morlocks' tunnels with Gambit and Jubilee tailing behind Wolverine.
28	"Out of the Past (Part 2)"	Len Wein	August 5, 1994 (1994-08-05)	Yuriko, M'Kraan Spirit Drinker
Yuriko's alien discovery — a Shi'ar vessel — turns out to be a prison cell containing a voracious, gaseous prisoner, the Spirit Drinker.
29	"Phoenix Saga (Part 1): Sacrifice"	Michael Edens	September 5, 1994 (1994-09-05)	Erik the Red
An emissary of the alien race the Shi'ar, Erik the Red takes over the Eagle One space station.
30	"Phoenix Saga (Part 2): The Dark Shroud"	Mark Edward Edens	September 6, 1994 (1994-09-06)	Juggernaut, Black Tom Cassidy
The space shuttle crash-lands in Jamaica Bay. Though the other X-Men are unscathed, Jean Grey's fate is unknown, until she flies into the air, displaying powers and a new costume she has never used before, and proclaims herself "The Phoenix" before collapsing, suffering from confusion, memory loss, and vast new powers.
31	"Phoenix Saga (Part 3): The Cry of the Banshee"	Michael Edens	September 7, 1994 (1994-09-07)	Juggernaut, Black Tom Cassidy, Gladiator
The X-Men and Banshee go to save Lilandra. Jean Grey continues to exhibit inexplicable symptoms.
32	"Phoenix Saga (Part 4): The Starjammers"	Mark Edward Edens	September 8, 1994 (1994-09-08)	Starjammers, D'Ken
Phoenix transports most of the X-Men to Lilandra's ship (excluding Storm and Jubilee), where she has hidden the M'Kraan Crystal. A group of space pirates called the Starjammers attack and steal the M'Kraan Crystal from the X-Men.
33	"Phoenix Saga (Part 5): Child of Light"	Mark Edward Edens	September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09)	D'Ken
D'Ken gets pulled into the Crystal, and becomes one with the universe inside it.
38	"Savage Land, Strange Heart (Part 1)"	Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg	September 10, 1994 (1994-09-10)	Sauron, Zaladane, Garokk
Sauron kidnaps Storm to the Savage Land in order to feed from her mutant energy.
39	"Savage Land, Strange Heart (Part 2)"	Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg	September 17, 1994 (1994-09-17)	Sauron, Zaladane, Garokk
Garokk fuses with the island's volcano and the surging planetary force below it.
35	"Obsession"	Adam Gilad	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)	Apocalypse
Archangel has become obsessed with destroying Apocalypse, who he blames for ruining his life.
40	"The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 1): Dazzled"	Jan Strnad	November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)	Phoenix, Mastermind, Inner Circle Club
The Phoenix continues to inhabit Jean's body. Jean is beginning to lose control, and the Phoenix begins to brazenly take over at will. When the Inner Circle Club learn of the Phoenix's power, they use Jason Wyngarde to create a new history in the mind of the confused Jean/Phoenix.
41	"The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 2): The Inner Circle"	Steven Levi	November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)	Inner Circle Club, Phoenix
As Professor X and Emma Frost battle for psychic control of Jean, the Inner Circle members quarrel over how to dispose of their prisoners, the X-Men.
42	"The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 3): The Dark Phoenix"	Larry Parr	November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)	Phoenix, Lilandra
When the X-Men confront the Phoenix and ask it to give up Jean's body, Dark Phoenix vows to destroy the team, defeating them easily.
43	"The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 4): The Fate of the Phoenix"	Brooks Wachtel	November 26, 1994 (1994-11-26)	Lilandra, Phoenix
In the Shi'ar court, Lilandra reveals Phoenix's destruction of the D'Bari solar system and declared that Phoenix has transformed into the Destroyer of legend and must die.
37	"Cold Comfort"	Len Uhley	February 4, 1995 (1995-02-04)	Iceman, X-Factor
Former X-Man Bobby 'Iceman' Drake is caught breaking into a top-secret government installation.
44	"Orphan's End"	Doug Booth	February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)	Shi'Ar
Cyclops discovers that Corsair may be his father. Corsair is on the run from Shi'Ar authorities, who demand that Cyclops turn him over to them.
46	"The Juggernaut Returns[b]"	Julianne Klemm	May 6, 1995 (1995-05-06)	Juggernaut
Juggernaut's life is at risk when someone else uncovers the Ruby of Cyttorak and claims the powers of Juggernaut for himself, wanting to pick up girls.
53	"Nightcrawler[b]"	Len Uhley	May 13, 1995 (1995-05-13)	Mystique, Brother Reinhardt
Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine take a ski trip in Germany. While Gambit and Rogue seem to be largely enjoying each other's company and time together, 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. Later the townsfolk attack and burn the monastery. The X-Men convince the townsfolk not to fear what they do not understand, Wolverine, too, learns something about the nature of faith.
61	"Weapon X, Lies, and Videotape[b]"	David McDermott & Steven Melching	June 11, 1995 (1995-06-11)	Sabretooth
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. Later they find out that many of their memories were implanted, and their true memories are destroyed with the lab.

Season Four (1995-1996)

Some of the Season 4 episodes were aired during Season 3 to compensate for episodes in that season being pushed back.

Script #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Airdate	Villain(s)
54	"One Man's Worth (Part 1)"	Richard Mueller	September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)	Master Mold, Bantam, Trevor Fitzroy, Nimrod
Trevor Fitzroy and Bantam travel back in time to 1959 and kill Professor X as Master Mold ordered them. This creates an alternate present time-line, where a human-mutant war has destroyed everything. Bishop and Shard arrive in 'alternate present,' where humans battle violently against 'The Leader' Magneto, and his followers who include husband and wife Wolverine and Storm. Bishop and Shard recruit Wolverine and Storm to help stop Fitzroy, but they fail.
55	"One Man's Worth (Part 2)"	Gary Greenfield	September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16)	Master Mold, Bantam, Trevor Fitzroy, Nimrod
Failing to stop the assassination of Xavier, Bishop, Shard, Storm and Wolverine travel forward to the future, a future changed so much that Forge's time travel machine has never been tested, and Forge has no idea who these four time travelers are. After they convince Forge, they go back a few minutes before Xavier died and save him. Everything reverts to normal.
51	"Courage"	Michael Edens & Sandy Scesny	September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23)	Master Mold, Sentinels, Henry Gyrich, Bolivar Trask
The day Morph rejoins the X-Men, terrorists attack a top-secret, high-tech weapons factory; the alert interrupts his homecoming party.
56	"Proteus (Part 1)"	Bruce Reid Schaefer	September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)	Proteus
Moira MacTaggert is trying to help her son Kevin (Proteus), but when he escapes from Muir Island she calls on the X-Men for help. Proteus who has never been off the island is wreaking havoc while trying to find his father.
57	"Proteus (Part 2)"	Luanne Crocker	October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)	Proteus
When Proteus discovers that his deadbeat dad is a prominent politician, he storms the Union Hall right in the middle of his dad's campaign speech on 'family values.' Proteus tells his father that he is his son, his father denies it and runs off in horror, crying for help. Angered at his father's reaction, Proteus creates havoc, but Professor X later calms him down, and he stops the rampage. Then he goes back to Muir Island with Moira MacTaggert.
48	"Sanctuary (Part 1)"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	October 21, 1995 (1995-10-21)	Magneto, Fabian Cortez
Weary of battling for mutant supremacy, Magneto offers to transport all mutants to an orbiting asteroid named Asteroid M where they can live peaceful and human-free lives; however, Fabian Cortez tricks Magneto into an escape pod and launches him into space.
49	"Sanctuary (Part 2)"	Jeff Saylor	October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28)	Fabian Cortez, Apocalypse
As Magneto plummets helplessly to Earth, Fabian Cortez assumes control of Asteroid M and sends hundreds of missiles towards Earth. Meanwhile, Rogue goes to help the X-Men and tries to find a missing Gambit. Magneto frees himself and returns in time to destroy both the missiles and Asteroid M. Everyone escapes before the asteroid is destroyed and they all return home (Gambit included!) Meanwhile, Cortez is rescued from the descending asteroid by Deathbird... and Apocalypse!
63	"Beyond Good and Evil (Part 1): The End of Time"	Steve Cuden	November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04)	Apocalypse, Mister Sinister
In 3999 Apocalypse tricks Cable and steals Cable's time device and goes back in time, but he accidentally falls in the axis of Time. Apocalypse hires Mister Sinister to kidnap psychics all across the universe. Meanwhile, Jean and Scott try to get married again.
64	"Beyond Good and Evil (Part 2): Promise of Apocalypse"	Jan Strnad	November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)	Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, Magneto, Mystique, Sabretooth
Apocalypse kidnaps Psylocke, Jean Grey and Professor X. Meanwhile Bishop also gets trapped in the axis of time. Also, Cable and his son break into a government base to steal a time-device.
65	"Beyond Good and Evil (Part 3): The Lazarus Chamber"	Michael Edens	November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)	Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, Magneto, Mystique, Sabretooth
Cable also uses another time-machine and comes to the present to get the X-Men's help in destroying Apocalypse's Lazarus Chamber. They go back in time to ancient Cairo and destroy the chamber. Apocalypse plans to use the psychics to destroy all time, and recreate a universe, where he will rule unchallenged.
66	"Beyond Good and Evil (Part 4): End and Beginning"	Dean Stefan	November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25)	Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, Magneto, Mystique
As the true and terrifying nature of Apocalypse's final plan emerges, several in his band team up with the X-Men to stop him. With Bishop's help the psychics are freed. At the end the psychics move Apocalypse to the Astral Plane, so he could age without the help of his chamber.
62	"Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas"	Eric Lewald & Larry Parr	December 23, 1995 (1995-12-23)	N/A
As all of the X-Men prepare for a festive Christmas, foster child Jubilee is thrilled. She, Storm, and grouchy humbug Wolverine go last-minute shopping in Manhattan, only to be caught in a life-or-death crisis involving Leech, the littlest Morlock. Leech needs blood transfusion, so Wolverine's blood is given and then Leech gets better. Additionally Storm agrees to give back to Callisto her title as the Morlock's official leader.
60	"The Lotus and the Steel"	Ted Pedersen & Francis Moss	February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03)	Silver Samurai
Wolverine, losing control, quits the X-Men and returns to the rural Japan of his younger days, in an effort to find himself. He works peacefully with a former spiritual teacher, the monk Oku, to build a temple. But the neighboring village is about to be attacked by bandits, led by the merciless Silver Samurai, unless payment is made. Some of the villagers want to resist, and ask Wolverine for help. Wolverine is torn. This is just the sort of thing he had wanted to leave behind. Wolverine bests the Samurai in single combat by taking advantage of Samurai's habit of teleporting in behind him: Wolverine anticipates the move and disables the teleportation device, humiliating Samurai.
45	"Love in Vain"	Martha Moran	February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10)	Family
Wolverine witnesses the crash of a spaceship carrying horrific, alien bug-like creatures—the Family—which overwhelm him.
52	"Secrets, Not Long Buried"	Mark Onspaugh	February 17, 1996 (1996-02-17)	Children of the Shadow
When Cyclops flies solo to a tiny, western, desert community to see an old friend, his plane is blasted out of the sky. Injured and unable to use his powers, he struggles into town, only to discover his friend is missing and the town is caught in the grips of a militant, mutant-only, anti-human hate group: the Children of the Shadow.
50	"Xavier Remembers"	Stephanie Mathison	April 27, 1996 (1996-04-27)	Shadow King
When Professor X suffers a slight concussion, his powerful psychic mind is suddenly open to manipulation. The Shadow King takes advantage of this and takes possession of Xavier, leaving his mind trapped on the Astral Plane.
58	"Family Ties"	Marley Clark	May 4, 1996 (1996-05-04)	Magneto, High Evolutionary
Shortly after Magneto breaks into the X-Mansion, High Evolutionary and his New Men capture him, Quicksilver, Beast, Wolverine and Scarlet Witch, to do experiments on them. He also reveals that Magneto is Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's father. The other X-Men later defeat High Evolutionary and His New Men, and save the captured mutants. During this episode, High Evolutionary transformed Wolverine into a werewolf.

Season Five (1996-1997)

"Beyond Good and Evil" was meant to be an ending to the series, until Fox bought a few more episodes at the last minute. As such, the final six episodes have a different animation style. Saban hired a studio in the Philippines (simply called the Philippine Animation Studio, which also worked on the second season of the 1994 Fantastic Four series) because the animation studio AKOM (the company that did the previous four seasons) was unavailable due to other projects in their pipeline.

Script #	Title	Writer(s)	Original Airdate	Villain(s)
67	"The Phalanx Covenant (Part 1)"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07)	Phalanx
The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. The alien Warlock allies with Beast, Forge, and Mr. Sinister to defeat the Phalanx.
68	"The Phalanx Covenant (Part 2)"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07)	Phalanx
The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. Warlock, Beast, Forge and Mr. Sinister are trying to find help but Magneto at first sees this as his chance to watch humanity go down until he learns his son Quicksilver has been captured by the Phalanx.
47	"A Deal with the Devil[a]"	Eric Lewald	September 14, 1996 (1996-09-14)	Omega Red
Omega Red, the destruction machine from the former Soviet Union and a sworn enemy of Wolverine, is thawed and sent two miles beneath the ocean to salvage a disabled, toxic nuclear submarine threatening to break up near Hawaii. His only condition: Wolverine and Storm go down with him as insurance.
34	"No Mutant Is an Island[a]"	Sandy Scesny	September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21)	Kilgrave
Cyclops, still in mourning after Phoenix's death, quits the X-Men and returns to the orphanage he grew up in and encounters his friend Sarah.
35	"Longshot[a]"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	October 5, 1996 (1996-10-05)	Mojo
Longshot, rebel from another world, tumbles into this world with no memory.
59	"Bloodlines"	Len Uhley	October 26, 1996 (1996-10-26)	Graydon Creed, Mystique, Sabretooth
Nightcrawler gets a mysterious message. He is informed that his birth mother (whom he never knew) is in trouble. He turns to the X-Men for assistance. Jubilee is baffled that Nightcrawler wants to help the mother who abandoned him. Nightcrawler admits there has been pain, but his faith in God has helped him overcome her rejection. The plot thickens when one of the team members recognizes Nightcrawler's mother's voice.
69	"Storm Front (Part 1)"	Mirith Colao	November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)	Robots
The alien Arkon comes to Earth and begs Storm to return with him to his planet, to save it from meteorological chaos which threatens his people. After much pleading, Storm agrees, but leaves a clue for the other X-Men to follow. Once successful, Storm is proclaimed savior throughout this universe. Then Arkon asks her to marry him.
70	"Storm Front (Part 2)"	Brooks Wachtel	November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09)	Arkon
Spectacular preparations for Storm's wedding to Arkon proceed quickly. Meanwhile the X-Men discover that Arkon is a ruthless tyrant.
72	"Jubilee's Fairytale Theatre"	Brooks Wachtel	November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)	Magneto, Sabretooth
Jubilee leads a group of school children on tour of a cave on Mansion property, only to be caught in a cave-in. As the water in the cave rises, she keeps the kids calm by spinning a medieval fairy tale of knights, princesses, trolls and dragons. Some of these characters might just seem to resemble the X-Men. As she tells the kids the stories, the real X-Men arrive and save them.
71	"The Fifth Horseman"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08)	Fabian Cortez, Apocalypse
Fabian Cortez kidnaps Jubilee because Apocalypse is trapped in the Astral Plane and needs a host body. Cortez brings her to a temple, but Beast comes and rescues Jubilee and destroys the temple. At the end, when Apocalypse comes out of a portal, he takes over Cortez's body, transforming it into his form and banishing Cortez from it.
73	"Old Soldiers"	Len Wein	February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22)	Red Skull
Wolverine thinks back to the time when he fought during World War II and teamed up with Captain America. Wolverine and Captain America must break into a Nazi establishment to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and fight the Red Skull.
74	"Hidden Agendas"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	September 6, 1997 (1997-09-06)	Army officials
Sam Guthrie's parents have contacted Professor Xavier about their son's mutant powers. Rogue goes back to the South to check things out and finds Sam living the life she never had. Family and friends support the young Cannonball, but Rogue must teach him how the rest of the world lives when shadowy Army officials attempt to use the youthful mutant.
75	"Descent"	Steven Melching & David McDermott	September 13, 1997 (1997-09-13)	Mister Sinister
In London, England's Victorian era, two scientists, Dr. James Xavier and Dr. Nathaniel Essex, hotly debate Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Essex believes mutants are the next genetic step forward and begins a bizarre experiment involving mutant evolution. The origin of Mr. Sinister is revealed, as Dr. Xavier attempts to stop Essex before he goes too far.
76	"Graduation Day"	James Krieg	September 20, 1997 (1997-09-20)	Magneto, Henry Gyrich
It's the final episode for the X-Men. At a Mutant/Human Relations Summit, Henry Peter Gyrich attacks and cripples Professor Xavier with an energy disruptor. The X-Men and Moira MacTaggert try to save Xavier, but all seems lost. Lilandra comes and has a cure, but Professor Xavier must leave and go with her to the Shi'Ar Empire to be cured. Meanwhile, Magneto makes final preparations to take over the world with his mutant army, but on the eve of the invasion Cyclops, Wolverine, and Jean Grey infiltrate Genosha to tell Magneto that Xavier is dying. He halts the assault on humankind out of respect for his greatest enemy, equal, and only friend. The final scene of the show depicts a lasting moment as all of the X-Men and Magneto stand outside the X-Mansion and say goodbye to Xavier as he leaves with Lilandra and her ship to the Shi'Ar home world.

Footnotes

• ^a No Mutant Is an Island, A Deal with the Devil, and Longshot episodes were originally part of season three; however, due to animation problems they were held back for two years; and consequently, Jean Grey's resurrection was not properly explained.
• ^b The Juggernaut Returns, Nightcrawler, and Weapon X, Lies, & Videotape episodes were originally a part of season four; however, they were pushed up to the third season to make up for No Mutant Is an Island, A Deal with the Devil, and Longshot episodes being pushed back.

References

General

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• "List of episodes directed and produced by Larry Huston". TV.com. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
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