The Gist of It: Previously, on X-Men. Ah, that brings back happy childhood memories of the old series, in which nearly every ep opened with a "Previously, on X-Men..." Er, anyhow, yeah, a bunch of clips from Season 3, most of which deal with "Under Lock and Key" and "Self-Possessed".

After the previouslies, we're treated to a shot of a shadowy figure at the Institute. Don't worry, it's not X23 again. In fact, they make it pretty obvious that the shadowy figure is Rogue, since they... show her and stuff. So really, the "shadowy figure" line was pretty pointless. Anywho, Rogue walks in on the sleeping Prof, who's probably not having a good week, what with X23 hitting him on the head with the blinky explosive in the last ep. Poor guy. Anyhow, you can probably guess what she does to him. She then does the same thing to Jean. Meanwhile, Kitty wakes up and hears Scott making some gasping noises, which might indicate that he's... taken "matters" into his own hand. Okay, obviously he's not taking anything into his hands right now, so it's okay that Kitty phases out of her room just as Rogue opens the door, and goes into Scott's room. Kitty, shocked at finding Scott unconscious, backs away from his bed, only to bump into Rogue, who yoinks her of her powers and whatnot. Cue credits.

Next morning, Kitty's alarm goes off, and she wakes up with a nasty hangover from her night with Rogue. She doesn't really recall the events of last night, writing them off as a wonky dream. Anyhow, she goes into Kurt's room to wake him up, telling him that they overslept and such. Cut to naked Rogue in a foggy bathroom-- okay, she's not really naked. She's got a towel on. Anyhow, she also thinks she's had a weird dream. Hmm, the plot thickens, or something.

Anyhow, downstairs, in the kitchen, the kids are all getting ready for their last day of school. We get a little scene of them all using their powers to get the breakfast ready and such. It's kinda cute, but I say this mostly because I love Bobby and Jamie. Anyhow, Rogue sulks in and doesn't really feel all that good, so she passes on breakfast. So, we cut to the school, where the X-Geeks jump out of the X-Van and run into the X-School-- or, rather, Bayville High. They're all "Whee! Last day!" while Rogue continues to sulk. Suddenly! A limo very much like the one Mystique and Destiny tend to ride around in pulls up to the school, and Rogue walks up to it and they leave.

Meanwhile, Scott and Jean walk down the hall, excited about their upcoming graduation. Scott's got a general "good riddance, Bayville" attitude, which is pretty understandable when you take the last season into account. Anyhow, Jean doesn't really feel the same way he does, and admits that she'll be missing high school. Scott makes a comment about not wanting to get a yearbook, and then their banter is cut short by Principal Kelly, who's been lurking malevolently in a doorway, twirling his handlebar mustache and polishing his monocle while cackling about the girl he's tied to the train tracks. Okay, guess which part of that sentence isn't true. You'll get a treat. Anyhow, he tells them not to do anything mutant-like during graduation, as he wants things to go well. While I know he's coming off as a huge-ass jerk, I can kinda understand why he'd be like that. Just look at all the crap that's happened to him or almost happened to him since he became principal of the school. Of course, most of his problems are a result of the BH boys, but hey. Scott tells Principal Kelly to just get their diplomas ready, then puts his arm around Jean, and they walk off.

Cut to: The Brotherhood House! The limo drives by as guys do morning stuff like running around really fast to get the newspaper (I love you, Pietro), throwing out the trash while wearing a bathrobe (ah, lovable Freddy), and uh... jumping! Yep! Rogue approaches the house and sneaks in through the cunning use of ringing the doorbell. That is, she rings the doorbell and the door opens on its own just as Wanda's going up the stairs. Confused and possibly intrigued, Wanda walks over to the door, only to be telekinetically lifted up by Rogue, who leeches her powers. Suddenly, the Imitation!Powerpuff Girls are on screen, fighting that stupid monkey dude, and for a moment, I wonder what's wrong with the TV. Then I realize the BH boys are just watching TV, and all is well in the world. Todd wonders if Wanda's messing around with a door-to-door salesman or something, and Lance walks in munching on cereal and looking like his cute (dumb), Lance-licious self. He spots Wanda lying on the ground and kinda... stands there looking dumb and confused. Oh, Lance, how I missed you. Rogue flies down and Lance is all "Aroo?" while she caresses his chin, knocking him out. She takes the other two boys by surprise, using Freddy's cereal bowl and her other absorbed powers against them. Todd kinda misses out on the action at first, as he has the cereal bowl stuck on his head, and Freddy kinda sits there while Rogue grabs a handful of his face and absorbs his powers. Aww. Todd finally manages to get the bowl off his head, and then he stands there for a moment, not really, uh... doing anything. I guess he's in shock seeing Rogue there taking out Freddy and whatnot. Anyhow, he manages to elude her for a while, but she keeps on using Kurt's powers to catch up with him. Finally, Rogue has him pinned against a wall, and rather then use his slime to spit in her face, Todd just kinda goes "Well, damn" and she knocks him out.

The paragraph is getting to long, so now I make a new one. Anyhow, Pietro comes down the stairs and sees his teammates all unconscious and whatnot. Rogue tries to sneak up on him, but Pietro ain't havin' none o' that, and he manages to keep away from her for a while, using his "mad skillz". Eventually, Rogue uses telekinesis to stop Pietro in his tracks, and absorbs his powers. Aww damn. Well, it was fun while it lasted. We cut to the limo outside of the house. Mystique steps out as Rogue walks out of the boarding house, and she helps her into the car. The plot thickens! Dun dun dunnn!

Institute. Rain. Night. Storm watches the rain fall and says that she'll make sure the weather is perfect for graduation tomorrow. Jean wants everything to be perfect for graduation, as her parents are coming to see her. Professor X rolls in and asks Jean about her future plans, stating that she's gotten into a bunch of good colleges. Jean says she's been thinking about a medical career and genetics and whatnot, hinting that she's gonna stick around with the Prof or something.

Back to the Limo of Death. Mystique and Rogue pull up to a building, and Rogue says "The window", in her zombie-like southern drawl. Mystique offers her hand, and Rogue absorbs some of her powers. She turns into a birdie and flies in through said window. Inside the building, Colossus is carrying a big crate. Poor Acolytes, they don't have any civvies or any fun down-time the way the X-Men and the BH do. They just walk around doing menial chores all the time. Anyhow, Rogue takes Colossus out even though he's in metal form, which is kinda, uh... wrong. If I remember correctly, Colossus's metal form protected him from Rogue's powers. At least, I know this was mentioned in the comics, since they kissed when he was all shiny and metal and nothing bad happened (but from what I know, they didn't really follow up on that), but oh well. Evo's a little different and all. Anyhow, yeah, she zaps Colossus and the big crate falls on him. Apart from being unconscious, Piotr is a-okay, as Rogue drags him away. Sabretooth then leaps out and attacks Rogue, brandishing his purty nails with which to rip her face off. She metals up her hand and grabs a hold of his, using it to drain his powers. Uh, hm, here I thought her making her hand do that would have about the same effect as putting on a metal glove, but hey, I could be wrong. In the reflection of her metal hand, Rogue sees fire, and so... PYRO!! Weeeheheheee! Happy happy DANCE! Er, yes, anywho, Pyro says that it's pretty bold of Rogue to come and attack them all alone, or pretty stupid, and he torches her ass. Well, sorta. I mean, he torches her, but she goes all Colossus on him, so all it does is burn most of her clothes off. Anyhow, Rogue grabs him by his face, thus taking his powers, and throws him into some crates. Aww. Oh well, good things can't last forever.

It is then that Gambit and his half-assed Cajun accent come in, and he's all "Heeeey, Rogue's up to no good." Rogue tries to attack him as Gambit continues blah-blahing, and he guesses that Rogue's working with Mystique, and he wonders why. Rogue's all "Guess" or something, then she kisses him, thereby knocking him out. Much like his son, Magneto's the last one out, and he wonders what all the fightin' is about. He sees his boys all unconscious and lying on the ground, and suspects Rogue is up to no good. So, Magneto's all "Rogue, you got 'splainin' to do!", then notices that there are two dead Gambits in the room instead of one. Uh ohhh. The Gambit closest to him gets up and attacks, since, y'know, it's Rogue. Magneto fends her off for about two seconds and is power zapped like the rest of them. Funny, Todd lasted longer than he did.

Next day. Out on the football field, or the soccer field, or the... whatever, there's a sea of maroon as the seniors are all there in their graduation garb. Wow, it's like "Graduation Day" all over again, only there's no giant snakey mayor! Er, okay, I'll refrain from making any more Buffy references. Anyhow, Jean and Scott talk, and then Jean's parents walk up to her and all is happy. Awww. In the bleachers, the other Institute peeps are sitting in the crowd, and the Prof tells Storm that even Principal Kelly must appreciate her powers today, as the weather's all nice and purty. Soon, Principal Kelly walks up to the podium and begins his speech, which has some references to mutants in it, of course. We get shots of various students. Duncan actually had the brains to graduate! Paul is still alive (I missed him)!! Anyhow, as Kelly speechifies and the X-Peeps sit in the audience (with zombified Rogue), Pietro walks in and... walks in. Principal Kelly continues talking, then says "Oh no." People turn around to see what that's about, only to find... the Acolytes and BH walking in with a floating Magneto (he's like a balloon of DEATH! I don't know why I said that). Scott's all "There goes graduation," and we cut to commercials.

And so, people begin to run away from the slowly walking mutants in funny clothes. Kelly tries to get everybody to stay calm, but graduation's pretty much ruined. The mutants all meet at the center of the field, and Pietro grabs zombified Rogue and brings her out to the middle. Magneto floats some chairs around her as he explains the situation to Professor X. Essentially, Mesmero (who's lurking in the bleachers) is controlling Rogue, having her absorb everybody's powers and then mindwipe them so they forget, yadda yadda, and the only reason he knows about this is because he saw the attack on his surveilance tapes. Stuff. Rogue throws the chairs around with Magneto's powers or telekinesis (either or, they both work), and one of them flies at Principal Kelly (the man just has this thing where projectiles fly right at him), who ducks down and declares that mutants are evil and must be stopped! Anyhow, she flies away, and Logan's about to go after her when Magneto tells Sabretooth and Gambit to go, too. Logan's all "Fuck dat shit, yo," but the Prof tells them to get along.

And so, we cut to a scene of Sabes and Wolvie riding their motorcycles side by side, glaring and whatnot at each other, while Gambit's riding behind them and saying something like "This'll be fun."

Meanwhile, the Prof and Mags discuss their plan of action. First, they've gotta stop Rogue from getting the final key. If they fail, they have to find Apocalypse's whereabouts and defend the door so that it can't be opened. Oooh. The Prof says that he's gonna have to place mental blocks on everyone to keep Mesmero out, and Mags is all "Okay, sure." They walk to the computer room, where Beast is searching for the possible whereabouts of Apoc, but isn't having too much luck. Mags tells him to search under Apoc's real name, En Sabah Nur.

Back to the thrilling trio, Wolvie slashes into Mystique's abandoned limo, and he and Sabes sniff it out, catching Rogue and Mesmero's scent. Then, they fight. Gambit splits 'em up and tells them that they've gotta look for Rogue, suggesting that she took a plane, since a plane goes right by them.

Back to the computers. En Sabah Nur ruled in Giza about 5,000 years ago. Beast doesn't know where he's buried, though. Mags says that Mesmero may be the only one who does. It is then that the Prof is like "Oh, wait, I mind blasted him once. Heh, it seems I had the information in my head the whole time!" and uses Cerebro to extract the whereabouts of the tomb. The Blackbird flies off, followed by Magneto's shiny balls. Hehe.

At the airport, the tremendous trio continue to sniff out Rogue. Sabes deduces that Rogue's been there, and Logan's all "Duh, idiot", and blah. Gambit looks at the radar and they talk about the jet Rogue and Mesmero stole going over California and to the Pacific. Dun dun dunnn.

Meanwhile, the Blackbird and the metal balls fly to Egypt, where they land at Apoc's tomb. Everybody steps out of their vehicles and group up. Kitty phases into the sand and goes down into the ground util she lands in Apoc's tomb. She bumps into a statue of his ugly mug and gets a little freaked by the place. There's a stone knob in a door, so she pushes it, and the outside of the tomb opens up to everybody else.

Safari Chuck and Magneto float in, followed by the others. Pyro lights the way, because he's so snazzy-- er, and because he's the only one with fire powers. Kurt and Kitty are creeped out by the place, as well they should be, since the statues of various Egyptian deities start to have glowy eyes and such. The doors close and all of the fire flickers out (which isn't really a problem, I guess, since Pyro's got his trusty flame thrower). Dun dun dunnnn. To be continued.

Brotherhood Moments: The scene at the house where Rogue takes them all out, and then the brief graduation scene, where they don't really do anything.

My Opinion: I liked it. I mean, Rogue taking out everybody the way she did was... okay, with the X-Men, it was conceivable, since they were all asleep. With the Brotherhood, I was a bit-- well, I dunno. Sure, they were taken by surprise, but for the most part, all they did was stand there! Freddy saw Rogue flip around, and he made no effort to move. Yeah, yeah, I guess you could call it shock or something. Ah well. I know I was all eager to be like "Stupid X23!!! She took out EVERYBODY!! I HATE HER!" in the last episode, and I'm making excuses for Rogue now, but... well, I'm in a good mood because there was BH fun and Pyro goodness. A happy Rosiel is a Rosiel who'll make up excuses to continue being happy. Ah well... PYRO!! *does a dance* He speaks more! Also, Gambit amuses me. As long as I steer clear from obsessive Gambit fangirls (well, the rabid ones, anyway), I can continue not hating him. :D Oh yes, and... PIETRO! LANCE! TODD! FREDDY! WANDA! I love you all. Loooove. Happy today.

Rating (out of 5): 4. The ep was great, I guess, but not so great that I'd give it a 5 or anything. I mean, it was more like "A New Hope" is to "Empire Strikes Back", a build-up to a really great story, but not a build-up I'd watch over and over again. Okay, sure, I don't know how great the next ep is gonna be, if it truly will be "Empire" quality compared to this one, but I'm keeping my hopes high.

BH Babble: I'd write it now, but I've gotta get dressed and have Spooky over so she can watch the ep. So... later! (I know I always say "later" and rarely follow through with it, and I'm sorry)