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Review And Media by Stu
Episode #17 - Fun And Games Directed By: Frank Paur Music Composed By: William Anderson Guest Starring: Gabe Khouth as Arcade/Webber Torque and Nicole Oliver as Risty Wilde Review: A fun little episode, that helped set up the majority of the second season. The idea of the kids throwing a party screamed �first season clich� to me, but it was pulled off in a believable way, without being too annoying. There was some genuinely cool stuff in here, such as the possibility of Juggernaut being awakened and the final shot of Mystique with Cerebro�s data.Using Arcade in this manner was actually a very logical idea, as the show is pretty grounded in reality in a lot of manners, there�s no time travelling or anything too fantastical about the show, so having Murderworld and a traditional supervillian would�ve been a little too jarring to see on the show and probably wouldn�t have gotten past WB�s �teen� rule. It was great fun to see The X-Men fight The Danger Room, and actually stood as one of the more memorable fights throughout the series. Arcade had featured as a walk on character in a couple of episodes before this one, but he wasn�t seen again afterwards. He�s not really a villain that could have returned, but his presence wasn�t that memorable to begin with. Jean and Scott�s relationship also gets a few interesting twists and turns, as Jean appears to be jealous of Scott�s new would be girlfriend, and the two are played against each other by the younger mutants. The real shocker here was the revelation that Risty was Mystique all along. Whilst I felt that Mystique was practically useless in the opening season, she was used to great effect hereafter. She was behind a whole lot of twists and turns in the series, the best being her appearance in the final 3 outstanding episodes of this season. Another good episode, which really left me wanting to see more. Screenshots: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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