I’ll admit that there were multiple parts of the week’s episode of X-Men ’97 that I had to rewind to watch again. I couldn’t believe what I was watching in “Remember It”. This was an incredible episode of television.

I’m absolutely convinced that this was the best episode of Marvel animation that I’ve ever seen. It was absolutely tremendous and unexpected in so many ways. It was also, at least to me, incredibly violent for a Marvel cartoon?

There was so much going on in this episode. It was so dramatic. It was so chaotic. I loved it.

Cyclops/Scott and Jean are on shaky ground. It makes total sense that they would be, but Scott seemingly losing it in the interview with the reporter was wild. Then, Jean kissed Logan, and I about lost my mind. THEN, Jean caught Scott telepathically communicating with Madelyne Pryor.

Over on Genosha, they want Magneto to be their new ruler as they gear up to join the UN. And Rogue had to be his queen? But, what about Gambit and his feelings?

All of this set-up felt like the most dramatic soap opera ever. Cable shows up from the future and briefly speaks with Madelyne where she realizes that is Nathan, her and Scott’s son all grown up, and he disappears.

Then, the sky exploded.

The robot/Sentinel/Master Mold? mash-up always and starts slaughtering mutants. Magneto appears to perish protecting the Morlocks. Gambit finally sacrifices himself killing the Sentinel, dying in the process.

This episode was absolutely insane, and I don’t know how to react right now. So much craziness happened. This was great.