Introducing: Well, Magneto takes his helmet off, and you get to see "Evolved" Cyclops, Havok, Mystique, and Sabretooth.

The Gist of It: Okay, well, first you get to see one of those �Last time, on X-Men: Evolution!� things just to catch you up to what�s going on now in case you missed part one or have the memory of a goldfish. Then, cut to Toad moping on the beach. He talks to himself for a bit, catches flies and has a good ol� Toady time... until Kurt grabs his tongue and forces him to talk about what�s going on. So, Toad does and tells the loser X-Men (Kurt, Evan, and Kitty) about Magneto�s plans. You know, weeding out the best from the worst and all that.

Meanwhile, back on the ranch-- er, I mean, back on Asteroid M, Professor X is all �Why, Scott, why?� and Scott�s like �Because... uh...� and Magneto�s like �Aw, yeah, I�m cool.� Okay, not really. Anyway, Prof gives Scott a mental warning, Magneto senses this because he�s cool like dat, and knocks Professor X into one of those nifty tube thingies that Ororo, Rogue, and Jean are stuck in. Before he goes all sleepy unconscious, Prof telepathically tells Logan to lose the battle. Scott�s like �Hey!� and gets mad, but Alex talks him out of zapping Mags, and Mags removes his helmet, revealing an old guy who looks a bit like Pietro ;P

Meanwhile, in Hawaii or something, Logan�s all like �Huh? O...kay� and lets Sabretooth win. Sabretooth then hops into one of those fun, shiny balls and flies away to the asteroid! Cut to: the Mansion. Oooh. The Losers (as I will now dub Todd, Kurt, Evan, Kitty, and later on, Logan and Mystique) walk in to find the place totaled, much to Todd�s amusement and my own. :D Mystique jumps down and Todd calls her a loser, much to her annoyance. So, Mystique�s pissed that she�s lost and Magneto�s left her behind on earth. She wants revenge. Logan wants to go to the asteroid. They have a little showdown, and she demands to be in charge. Logan responds basically with �Screw you, bitch, I�m leading everyone�. So, she complies and all of the Losers take the X-... er... I don�t remember what it was called but it�s plastic and they take it to the Asteroid.

Scott, on the asteroid, is having sad flashback time. We get to see little Scott and Alex (and their parents) in a plane that�s about to crash. Their parents give them one last hug and send them off the plane. Alex interrupts flashback time. Then flashback times resumes with the two falling through the sky, holding hands, but then they�re separated when Scott�s parachute gets shot. It�s really quite sad... Erm, anyway, back in the present Alex talks about how Magneto�s gonna help them... then Magneto starts giving a speech that makes him sound like a psychopath and he talks about evolving mutants with the gems of Cyttorak. Magneto talks about how he�s already been through it (WHY?!!! I thought his powers were fine as it was!! What�s the big difference between Evolved Magneto and pre-evolved Magneto? His powers are exactly the same and they don�t seem to be more powerful at all!). Erm, anyway, to prove to Scott and Alex that it�s safe, he sends Sabretooth (who seems rather annoyed by it) into the chamber.

Cut back to The Losers! They�re on their way to the asteroid. Uh, and then back to the asteroid, Sabretooth emerges from the chamber looking big and stupid, and so Scott and Alex decide to go through with it because they�re quite stupid like that. Magneto wakes up the tube people, and Jean says �Scott no!!�, and Scott attempts to leave the chamber but is toooooo late. Ooooh.

Scott and Alex are evolved and come out looking like big, middle aged freaks on steroids. But hey, at least they have full control over their powers now! *grumble* I�m so glad Magneto didn�t make the Brotherhood go through the machine. Anyway, something goes �beep beep beep!!� and Sabretooth says �Aircraft!� so Magneto tries to pull the aircraft in, but can�t because it�s metal (however, I have this funny mental image of Wolverine being smacked against the walls of the helicopter thingie repeatedly while Magneto tries to pull it in). Anyway, he tells Scott and Alex to defend him and the Asteroid and so they do. And the Losers emerge from the helicopter (it�s a helicopter, right? I�m not paying much attention to it right now) and a big old fight ensues in which Mystique is knocked into the enhancer and Magneto, stupidly, flies in after her.

As I was saying... big fight scene! Pietro goes against Evan and then Rogue touches him and he�s knocked out veeeeery quickly. Avalanche, Blob, and Toad make their own exit and run off (to the Blackbird?) because, as Lancey says �This rock�s crackin� up!� And so after the fight scene, everybody tries to escape to the Blackbird (Evan�s carrying Pietro, hehehe!!), except for Professor X, Jean, Havok, and Cyke. They talk for a bit, and, disappointed, Professor X and Jean leave the two behind. FINALLY, Cyke comes to his senses and tries to escape just as the Blackbird falls off of the asteroid and on to... Antarctica? Alex and Scott jump down after it and break their fall using their powers. They then use their powers to zap the asteroid into teeny pieces (after two metal spheres, as Lance put it, shot out of the asteroid), and then they return to normal. Jean gives Scott his glasses and they�re all happy. The Brotherhood stands off to the side (sans unconscious Pietro) and wonder what�s going to happen to them, and Lance says that Mystique�ll be back. The X-Men totally ignore the fact that the Brotherhood is there and they talk. And talk. And then stare out blankly for a few minutes.

The End!

Brotherhood Moments: Ohhh boy. Well, even though they're present for about the whole episode, they really only stand in the background most of the time. Todd has quite a bit of screen time in this episode, and he has some good lines, too :P Then there's the fight scene in the end... Lance, Blob, and Pietro are put out of commission pretty quickly, and Todd sort of kicks some ass! Okay, he doesn't really kick ass, but he saves Mystique from getting skewered by metal things sent by Magneto, and he doesn't get knocked out! Wooo!! Then you get to see the Brotherhood at the end wondering about what's gonna happen to them (even though I don't want this to happen, I can't help but wonder if, for some bizarre reason, they're going to be living with the X-Men in the beginning of Season 2 >.<;;)

Episode Highlights: Anything and everything Brotherhood. :D

My Opinion on the Episode: Well, this is definitely not my favorite episode, but it's not the worst, either ("Spykecam"... now THAT was a horrible episode). It was so-so to me. Pretty mediocre. Not nearly as enjoyable as "Survival of the Fittest" or "Shadowed Past" (hmm, I WONDER why I like those eps so much :D).

Hmm... I didn't really have any strong opinions at all while watching the episode, at least up until the big fight scene. When Lance got knocked back near the chamber, I was very much afraid that he was gonna fall in... >.<; I shouted "No, Lance, nooooooo!!" and then... he didn't fall in so I was happy. But Mystique did. ARGH! ARGH ARGH ARGHARGHARGHARGH!!!! I HATE the way she turned out! I HATE Movie-Mystique so much!! I used to think Mystique (in the comics and both cartoons) had this exotic beauty thing going for her, then they just HAD to go and fuck her up and make her the scaly reptile queen from the movie. ARGH!! Well, I'll rant more on that later in the... er... rant. Right now I'm sad because my "Nightmare Before Christmas" tape has been watched to death... now it's all shaky and messed up and I have to buy the DVD :(

Narration Time!
Rating: On a scale of 1 to 5, it'd be a... uh... I don't know right now, lemme think... A 2! Yeah, that's it... 2... and... yeah.