In which we reach the beginning of an end; Jay totally forgot Gambit was there; we’re all living in the Mary Purcelliverse; the X-Men split the party; and we explore The Bay Area’s Bohemian Hotbed of Student Anarchy.

X-PLAINED:

• Mary Purcell (sort of)
• The re-defaulting of the X-Men
• Uncanny X-Men #362-323
• X-Men #82
• Nebraska
• Pyro (Saint John Allerdyce) and his endless illness
• Legacy Virus variations
• Going home again
• Running back and forth in quarries
• Marrow, who’s come a long way
• The two forms of fire: skeleton monsters and sexy ladies
• Cerebro (the evil one)
• San Francisco and Tajikinistan
• Asphalt ball pits
• A topsy-turvy nonsensical impossible hell
• Nina the Mannite
• Desire, love, loss, and fear
• Skulls and spines
• The New (New) Brotherhood of Mutants
• Cerebrites Alpha and Beta
• A lost, smelly fish
• Ambiguous art
• Blood, sweat, and fears
• Which mutants would cause the most chaos at holiday gatherings
• Hopes for post-Fall society

NEXT EPISODE: 2 Hunt 2 Xavier

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