Anti-mutants activist Bolivar Trask abducts Wolverine and introduces him to his newest invention, the Sentinels. Meanwhile, Magneto wants to provoke all-out war between mankind and mutantkind and summons his Acolytes to create mayhem.
Tropes included:
- Foreshadowing: Professor X's attitude throughout the episode seems very Out of Character for him, with the next episode revealing exactly why.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Scott leaves the Xavier Institute both out of off-put by Professor X's behavior and refusing to team up with the Brotherhood.
- Villain Has a Point: During his conversation with Wolverine where he acknowledges that some mutants are indeed good, Trask also notes that regular people are still at risk of being casualties in the ongoing fight between heroic and villainous mutants. Considering how much damage the X-Men and the Brotherhood caused during their clashes in the first season (and how many students from their high school got close to being killed) it's hard to not see a point.
