Episode #50 - Ghost Of A Chance
Original Airdate October 11th, 2003

Kitty discovers a mutant in need of help but no one else believes her. Is it all in her head?

Credits
Written By: Greg Johnson
Directed By: Gary Graham
Music Composed By: William Anderson

Review: Water trickles down the walls of a hallway. Our young heroine steps pensively until she is surprised by an azure, cadaverous figure. Suddenly our heroine wakes and the phone rings, she picks up the receiver and a soft voice whispers, �See Kitty Pryde in The Ring.�

This episode aped the horror-flick formula but the trick ending didn�t work. To enjoy the episode, you must believe that the first act, after Kitty�s crash, was a dream sequence. But events occur in the second act�Sam and Logan�s race�that are dependent on the first act being real. If considered at any length, the episode�s logic falls apart.

Despite an incongruous plot, there are still bits worth appreciating. By this time in Evolution�s run, the animation was consistently splendid. The �worst nightmare� sequences were effective (even if they only happened in Kitty�s mind. And why would Danielle project those images in to Kitty�s mind to make Kitty search for her? And why did Xavier not notice that another telepath was� oh, never mind. I�m griping, aren�t I?)

Doing a Danielle Moonstar-horror episode is a good concept, but the execution didn�t hold up.

The motocross subplot was amusing and it gave Sam a moment to shine. I figure with one episode under his belt, Cannonball did about as well in Evo as he did in TAS.