X-Men '97 season 2 review: a strong, bolder revival

X-Men '97 returns for a second season, and based on the first four episodes provided to critics the show meets the high bar set by its revival. The season handles the fallout from season 1's cliffhanger and lays groundwork for a more complex narrative, even as the production navigates the messy public firing of original showrunner Beau DeMayo, who receives an executive producer credit this time around.

After Magneto's city-sized space station falls, the X-Men save the planet only by sacrificing their own lives; moments before they die a mysterious force sends them and Magneto across space and time. Half the team lands in Ancient Egypt circa 3000 BC, while the rest arrive in a war-torn 3960 AD.

In the past, Professor X, Magneto, Rogue, Beast, and Nightcrawler encounter En Sabah Nur leading a slave revolt against a technologically armed pharaoh.

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