X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: Which Major Character Dies and What Is Weapon X?

X-Men ’97 Season 2 premiere cut its best episode, Rise of Apocalypse, into two parts, offering us only the first part during the July 1 premiere. Rise of Apocalypse: Part 2 is now out, following the X-Men’s time-travel journey into the past, where they meet En Sabah Nur, the future Apocalypse. At the beginning of the episode, we learn that Rama-Tut’s attack has left Baal dead and Nur very angry.

However, Charles convinces Nur that they are not the enemy, and Nur agrees to give them a chance, especially since they survived the Pharaoh’s attack when no one else besides him did. Charles also convinces Nur to allow him to probe his mind to find the temple that he earlier discovered in Logos’s mind.

X-Men ’97 Season 2	Details
Voice Cast	Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, J. P. Karliak, Lenore Zann, George Buza, A. J. LoCascio, Holly Chou, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Matthew Waterson, Ross Marquand, and Adrian Hough
Release Date	July 1, 2026
Episodes	9
RT Score (As of July 8, 2026)	100% | 90%
Streaming on	Disney+

They find this temple, and it almost appears that Magneto‘s attempt to steer him towards a kinder future actually works. However, it backfires in devastating fashion when they discover that the temple is actually one of Apocalypse‘s ships from the future. Nur discovers that the group’s intention was to stop him from ascending to power. The events lead to a major death that might just reshape the whole series.

And the episode also caps things off with a jaw-dropping post-credits scene that finally cracks open Wolverine’s Weapon X origins.

X-Men ’97 Season 2 Just Killed Off Iconic Mutant Character

In the new episode, Magneto’s plan to change the future was flawed from the start, and he was too blinded to see it. Charles gets the warning from Rama-Tut, aka Kang, but decides to go into the temple with En Sabah Nur anyway. Once they reach the temple and make the discovery that it was Apocalypse’s ship, it is too late.

Nur had figured out his destiny from the ancient scriptures on the walls of the ship. He immediately turns against the team and isn’t bothered to hear what Charles has to say about not treading this evil path. The X-Men are unable to stop him, and he draws on the Celestial technology from within the pyramid to turn into Apocalypse.

While the team wants to stay and stop him from causing further devastation, Magneto takes matters into his own hands. He tells them it is his mess to clean up and forcibly sends them back to the present, but Charles manages to stay back. The two of them watch as Apocalypse commands the ship to destroy the city.

In a last attempt, Magneto manages to throw the villain off the ship. He also safely removes Charles from the ship. While he can’t stop the ship, he uses every bit of his power to seal the black hole the villain has opened, fully expecting the effort to end him. A weakened Magneto falls in front of Charles, where he is seized by Apocalypse. Charles is forced to watch Apocalypse kill his friend.

The villain leaves Charles behind even as the Professor taunts him. Bishop comes back and takes Charles to the present. This death is no ordinary fake-out. The Master of Magnetism has already survived two separate death fake-outs across the show’s run, but this one feels far more permanent.

What Happens to En Sabah Nur and Rama-Tut?

En Sabah Nur’s transformation was inevitable. In this Egyptian timeline, he hasn’t yet claimed the Apocalypse mantle, and for a while, Magneto’s outreach seems like it might actually take hold. The turning point comes when En Sabah Nur finally reads the prophecies laid out in the scriptures and discovers his own destiny.

The X-Men led him to this discovery, becoming a reason for his Apocalypse turn. En Sabah Nur was always fated to become the single most powerful mutant across every timeline. The robotic Apocalypse has none of the features that made Nur human. After killing Magneto, he leaves behind Charles, even taunting him that he doesn’t kill ants.

As for Rama-Tut, he warns Charles of these exact events and even proposes that he will be able to stop Nur if Charles leads him to the temple. He even introduces himself to Charles as Kang. When Apocalypse’s ship approaches his palace, he simply leaves, saying, “This time is no longer mine to conquer.”

Before he takes on the classic appearance of Kang the Conqueror, he also prophesies about Apocalypse: “For his power can only be challenged by a force that is external,” adding, “Only time will tell.”

The Episode Brings Major Cameos With a Weapon X Twist

We get a surprising post-credits scene in this episode, where Wolverine travels to Paris and reunites with two Marvel heroes. Captain America, who previously featured in Season 1, appears alongside Black Widow, who makes her debut in the series.

After the trio trade brief memories of working together half a century earlier, Cap hands Logan a dossier stamped ‘Weapon X’. It teases next week’s episode, which is titled Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs.

In the comics, Weapon X is the brutal program that fused adamantium to Wolverine’s skeleton and gave him his claws. The twist is that X is number 10, indicating that Logan was the tenth subject of the broader Weapon Plus initiative. And Captain America himself was Weapon I.

So, what does the end credits scene mean? Is it hinting at the arrival of Weapon XIII, aka Fantomex? Or even the Winter Soldier? It strongly hints at Wolverine pursuing Weapon X to reclaim his lost adamantium. With the shocking death, the new season remains the best X-Men adaptation ever, a compliment shared by Callie Hanna of FW in our review of X-Men ’97 Season 2.

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The fourth episode of X-Men ’97 Season 2 is now available for streaming on Disney+.