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Review and Media by Stu
Episode #36 - X-Treme Measures Written By: Jules Dennis, Greg Johnson Directed By: Frank Paur Music Composed By: William Anderson Guest Starring: Tony Sampson as Berzerker and Saffron Henderson as Callisto Review: Whilst the title would suggest otherwise, we don’t return to the first season standard here, because, believe it or not, this is one episode that most have been anticipating since Speed And The Spyke, as Spyke departs the show after countless complaints about the annoyance of the characters.I don’t hate Spyke as much as most, but I feel this was the right move, for several reasons in fact. At this point in the show, his role had been replaced by the much more interesting Iceman and his return appearance really was better than all of his other efforts put together. One can’t help but remember African Storm, when we’re given no reason to want Spyke to stay and he also doesn’t really seem to give a crap as he straight up tells Kurt they aren’t friends. The Power8 drink subplot was never really used to it’s full potential and was left on an intriguing cliffhanger, but a lack of remaining episodes meant it all amounted to nothing. No use crying over spilt milk, but the sheer number of times things like this happened really did begin to bug me by the time the fourth season ended. Given how popular the show was and how much potential was left, it was disappointing to see that it couldn’t pass the 52 episode mark. WB’s idiotic standards strike again. I’ve never been a massive fan of The Morlocks and this episode didn’t do anything to change/add to my disdain of them. To me they’ve always just been there, which is disappointing in itself, as the potential for having mutants who can’t blend in because of their appearance has the makings for a classic story. If you’ve seen the FOX KIDS’ Beauty And The Beast episode of X-Men, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Overall, not a bad episode, not a great episode, but the show is now Spyke--less. Screenshots: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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