The Best Episodes of X-Men Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.7/10(2282 votes)

   #1 - Night of the Sentinels (1)

   S1:E110/31/1992

   A young teenager has been rejecting her mutant powers ever since she discovered them. But when giant robots track her down, it's up to the X-Men to save her.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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   6.9/10(2062 votes)

   #2 - Night of the Sentinels (2)

   S1:E211/7/1992

   Breaking into the Mutant Control Agency's headquarters to destroy the registration files on mutants, the X-Men lose two of their members against the Sentinels, but eventually gain another.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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   Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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   7.4/10(1857 votes)

   #3 - Enter Magneto

   S1:E311/27/1992

   As the Beast faces an arraignment in court before a mutant-hating public, the X-Men unwillingly take in an old enemy of Wolverine's. Magneto, an old friend turned enemy of Professor Xavier's, attacks a military base in an attempt to unite mutants against humanity.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell

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   Writers:Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell
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   7.0/10(1746 votes)

   #4 - Deadly Reunions

   S1:E41/23/1993

   Magneto & Professor Xavier come face to face for the first time in years amid an exploding factory, while Sabretooth & Wolverine face off in the mansion.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Donald F. Glut

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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Donald F. Glut
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   6.8/10(1673 votes)

   #5 - Captive Hearts

   S1:E51/30/1993

   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.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg

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   Writers:Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg
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   7.1/10(1637 votes)

   #6 - Cold Vengeance

   S1:E62/6/1993

   Having left the X-Men to seek peace in the arctic, Wolverine instead finds himself battling Sabretooth for the safety of an Inuit tribe. Storm, Gambit, and Jubilee investigate an island resort which welcomes mutants, and might be too good to be true.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Michael Edens

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   Writer:Michael Edens
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   6.8/10(1568 votes)

   #7 - Slave Island

   S1:E72/13/1993

   Gambit, Storm, and Jubilee become slave labor on the island resort of Genosha, along with other mutants, forced to help build the new power source for a Sentinel factory. They're given aide in escaping by a mysterious mercenary named Cable.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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   Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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   7.1/10(1528 votes)

   #8 - The Unstoppable Juggernaut

   S1:E82/20/1993

   The X-Men return from Genosha, finding the home destroyed, and Professor Xavier missing. They suspect a super-strong Russian mutant named Colossus, but the real culprit turns out to be someone more human, far tougher, and with deeper ties to the Professor.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Julianne Klemm

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   Writer:Julianne Klemm
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   6.8/10(1527 votes)

   #9 - The Cure

   S1:E92/27/1993

   Rogue seeks a scientist who claims to be able to "cure" any mutant of their powers, unaware that neither he, nor his process, are what they appear to be.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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   Writer:Mark Edward Edens
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    7.0/10(1529 votes)

    #10 - Come the Apocalypse

    S1:E103/6/1993

    An ancient and immensely powerful mutant, known as Apocalypse, creates four Horsemen to help usher in a new world where survival of the fittest reigns.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Michael Edens

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    Writer:Michael Edens
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    7.5/10(1634 votes)

    #11 - Days of Future Past (1)

    S1:E113/13/1993

    A mutant from more than half a century into the future, named Bishop, arrives in the present, attempting to change history for the better, by stopping an X-Man from committing an assassination. But between being chased by a future breed of Sentinel, and the details of his mission being fuzzy, he's got his work cut out for him.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.3/10(1591 votes)

    #12 - Days of Future Past (2)

    S1:E123/20/1993

    Aware of an impending assassination which will create a catastrophic future, the X-Men must deal with threats both outside and within their team.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.0/10(1504 votes)

    #13 - The Final Decision

    S1:E133/27/1993

    Prominent anti-mutant and presidential hopeful Senator Kelly is caught in a tug-of-war between Magneto's goal of mutant superiority, the X-Men's dream of peaceful co-existance between mutants and humans, and the mutant-hunting Sentinel robots' goals of global domination.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Mark Edward Edens

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    Writer:Mark Edward Edens