X‑Men ’97 Episode Turns Danger Room Into a Sentient Threat as Season Escalates

Overview

• Episode 6 dramatizes the Danger Room computer gaining a mind of its own, transforming into a physical menace that attacks students and forces the X‑Men to respond.
• Polaris confronts the rogue system and uses her magnetic powers to neutralize the immediate threat, resolving the episode’s central fight while leaving the AI’s future unclear.
• Charles Xavier quietly reveals he had been working with the system and then publicly launches X‑Corp on Genosha, a move that draws swift criticism from X‑Factor and government figure Dr. Valerie Cooper.
• The episode closes with a late, dramatic reveal that signals Apocalypse is preparing for a broader campaign, raising season‑level stakes without resolving who will stand with or against him.
• The story adapts material from Astonishing X‑Men and Grant Morrison’s X‑Corp concept and relies on comic conventions such as resurrections and mind control, so on‑screen outcomes may be reversible in later episodes.