The first episode of the X-Men'97 finale, Tolerance is Extinction- Part 1 is here and as we speculated with episode 7, this episode brought in the Prime Sentinels attacking the X-Men in a very zombie apocalypse way. These sentries were created by Bastion in coordination with other supervillains using Mr. Sinister's Techno-Organic Virus. In this episode, we saw mutant-hating humans participate in Bastion's plan, transforming themselves into sleeping Sentinels to kill every mutant they encountered. So did X-Men '97 Episode 8 prove Magneto right about humans? Let's find out.
X-Men 97 episode 8 proves once and for all… Magneto was right
Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers for X-Men '97 Episode 8: Tolerance is Extinction – Part 1.
X-Men '97 episode 8 was by far the most action packed episode we saw in season one. This episode tells us that Cable has been trying to prevent the destruction of Genosha by going back in time over and over again. When this was revealed, Beast referenced the training site of Doctor Strange Kamar-Taj and mentioned that their texts suggest that certain events are immutable in time and perhaps the destruction of Genosha is one.
Not long after this we saw more and more people start to turn into Prime Sentinels, people the X-Men trusted and loved turned out to hate them. X-Men'97 Episode 8 gave us an insane action sequence performed by Wolverine and Nightcrawler where they were heavily outnumbered and yet were enough to tear apart the Sentinels. We also got to witness "The Summers", i.e. Cyclops, Jean and Cable perform an amazing sequence where they fight the Prime Sentinels while driving around in a Porche 911.
