Warning: This review contains full spoilers for X-Men '97 Season 2, Episode 9! At this point, it's officially safe to say that X-Men '97 Season 2 doesn't live up to the standard set by the first. X-Men '97 Season 2 Trailer Stills View 5 ImagesSo it is that when Apocalypse finally resurfaces to confront Professor Xavier (Marquand) and the X-Men in the finale, that reunion falls a little flat. All the momentum Season 2 built up around Apocalypse in those first four episodes has faded. Perhaps it's best that the series simply wipe its hands of Apocalypse and try to start fresh in Season 3.