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| ShortSummary = In 2018 New York City, [[Jean Grey]] resurrects through her [[Phoenix Force (comics)|Phoenix Force]] link after being dead for six years. She visits friend [[Nightcrawler (character)|Kurt Wagner]] and envisions humans and [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutants]] integrated. Decided to succeed, she presents the idea during a [[United Nations]] meeting, in which ambassador Patricia Marbury manifests against Grey's idea before her head blows up unexpectedly. Blamed for Marbury's death, Grey escapes with the help of Wagner and sisters [[X-23|Laura]] and [[Gabby Kinney|Gabrielle Kinney]], and receives asylum in [[Wakanda]]. There, [[Black Panther (character)|King T'Challa]] and resident [[Gentle (character)|Nezhno Abidemi]] help Grey defeat her friend [[Storm (Marvel Comics)|Ororo Monroe]], who attacks Wakanda under the mental control of unknown forces. Grey recruits Wagner, the Kinney sisters, Abidemi, and Monroe to investigate Marbury's assassination, and hides in [[Atlantis (Marvel Comics)|Atlantis]] with the help of King [[Namor|Namor McKenzie]], keeping Monroe unconscious. She suggests to recruit [[A|Shilpa Khatri]], an Indian mutant she has been studying. Elsewhere, an unknown woman{{efn|Identified off-screen as [[Cassandra Nova]].}} holds a piece of [[nanotechnology]]. |
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| DirectedBy = Lorene Scafaria |
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| WrittenBy = Chad Dunbar and [[Sara Hess]] |
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| ShortSummary = Born in 1984 to a Wakandan warrior and a Russian man from whom he inherited his [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|X-Gene]], Abidemi faces a life of persecution due to his outsider father, causing deep psychological trauma. |
| ShortSummary = Born in 1984 to a Wakandan warrior and a Russian man from whom he inherited his [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|X-Gene]], Abidemi faces a life of persecution due to his outsider father, causing deep psychological trauma. In 1997, at age 13, his body is covered with [[Vibranium]] to prevent him from over-exerting due to his superhuman abilities. He is sent by T'Challa, by Storm's advise, to [[Professor X|Charles Xavier]]'s Institute for Higher Learning. Finding other students from the Institute distracting, Abidemi turns into meditating and a focused lifestyle. His pacifist nature gives him the codename Gentle while fighting in Storm's squad. In 2010, Grey helps Abidemi with his constant nightmares and scary visions. She understands his pain is a subconscious mechanism to prevent himself from using his powers after suffering physical violence from his mother. In 2018, Abidemi meditates as Grey asks for his help to rescue Khatri in India. In a [[post-credits scene]], [[Gambit (Marvel Comics)|Gambit]] fails to stop a crazed man from killing a mutant as Cassandra watches from afar. |
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| WrittenBy = Chad Dunbar and [[Andrew Chambliss]] |
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| ShortSummary = Born in 1999, Shilpa Khatri has the ability to control all forms of technology and faces prejudice from her family and school colleagues. Despite this, she grows to cherish and improve her powers. In 2018, she transfers money from 25 Indian CEOs to the accounts of every working Indian woman. Khatri's father finds out and reports her. Before being caught and imprisoned by the Indian Mutant Defense Force (IMDF), she sends a voice message to Grey for help. Grey, Abidemi, and Namor rescue her, and Khatri takes control of a [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinel]] deployed by IMDF to escape the facility. Khatri decides to join Grey's team. Back in Atlantis, she is able to identify and remove the Nano-Sentinel, a mind-controlling device, from Storm's brain. Meanwhile, Gambit is informed that David Bushell, responsible for killing mutant Cara Beckham, has been contained and arrested. Aware of Storm's similar recent attack in Wakanda, Gambit calls Grey to update her. As they talk, Grey and the team's base |
| ShortSummary = Born in 1999, Shilpa Khatri has the ability to control all forms of technology and faces prejudice from her family and school colleagues. Despite this, she grows to cherish and improve her powers. In 2018, she transfers money from 25 Indian CEOs to the accounts of every working Indian woman. Khatri's father finds out and reports her. Before being caught and imprisoned by the Indian Mutant Defense Force (IMDF), she sends a voice message to Grey for help. Grey, Abidemi, and Namor rescue her, and Khatri takes control of a [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinel]] deployed by IMDF to escape the facility. Khatri decides to join Grey's team. Back in Atlantis, she is able to identify and remove the Nano-Sentinel, a mind-controlling device, from Storm's brain. Meanwhile, Gambit is informed that David Bushell, responsible for killing mutant Cara Beckham, has been contained and arrested. Aware of Storm's similar recent attack in Wakanda, Gambit calls Grey to update her. As they talk, Grey and the team's base is attacked by [[Teen Abomination]]. |
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| ShortSummary = In 1994, failing to recreate the [[Weapon X]] experiment, Dr. Martin Sutter recruits geneticist Dr. Sarah Kinney, who suggests the creation of a female clone. She succeeds by mixing her own DNA with [[Wolverine (character)|James Howlett]]'s, the original Weapon X subject. Kinney is forced by Dr. [[Zander Rice]], Sutter's protégé, to surrogate the birth and raise the child, named Laura. In the following years, Laura is submitted to intense training and experiments, which ultimately leads to her hatred against herself and others. In 2006, at age 11, Laura kills Sutter and Rice and manages to escape after being injected with chemical |
| ShortSummary = In 1994, failing to recreate the [[Weapon X]] experiment, Dr. Martin Sutter recruits geneticist Dr. Sarah Kinney, who suggests the creation of a female clone. She succeeds by mixing her own DNA with [[Wolverine (character)|James Howlett]]'s, the original Weapon X subject. Kinney is forced by Dr. [[Zander Rice]], Sutter's protégé, to surrogate the birth and raise the child, named Laura. In the following years, Laura is submitted to intense training and experiments, which ultimately leads to her hatred against herself and others. In 2006, at age 11, Laura kills Sutter and Rice and manages to escape after being injected with chemical compound Trigger 42. Laura grows up surviving the streets and swearing revenge against her creators. In 2008, she discovers several other female clones, with one of them, [[Gabby Kinney|Gabrielle]], being still alive. The two team up and kill Robert Chandler, responsible for Trigger 42 and Gabrielle's creation. Shortly after, they decide to live in the Institute and become close to Xavier. In a post-credits scene, Cassandra has a nightmare. |
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| ⚫ | | ShortSummary = In 1990, living in a German village under the alias of a married noblewoman, [[Mystique (character)|Mystique]] falls in love and becomes pregnant of the mysterious [[Azazel (Marvel Comics)|Azazel]]. During difficult delivery, her true form is revealed. A torch-wielding mob chase Mystique and passes out after putting baby Kurt inside a chest in a lake. The child is raised by [[Margali Szardos]], a Romani [[Fortune-telling|fortune teller]] and circus member, and lives happily in the circus despite its owner, Max Getmann. Kurt grows close to Stephan and Jimaine, Margali's biological children, and promises to Stephan to kill him if he ever kills someone. In 2000, Stephan murders three circus-goers and Kurt accidentally kills him.Chased by another furious mob including Getmann, Kurt is rescued by a priest, whose church is burned down by the mob. Before Getmann gets to kill Kurt, Charles Xavier appears and rescues him, programming the mob to remember Kurt dying. In a post-credits scene set in 1997, Xavier talks to a young Abidemi before finding a photo of himself alongside Cassandra in their child years. |
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Revision as of 13:46, 20 July 2022
The first season of X-Men: Red Team, an American superhero drama television series based on based on Marvel Comics' series X-Men Red, was released by Disney+ between August 30 and November 1, 2023, comprising 10 episodes. The season follows a resurrected Jean Grey as she attempts to categorize mutants as part of the United Nations and forms a team of mutants to confront the mind-controller Cassandra Nova. The ensemble cast consists of Jessica Rothe, Ella Balinska, Anna Diop, Storm Reid, Stephan James, Tristan Lake Leabu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Alexander Dreymon, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Carey Mulligan.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Jean Grey Returns" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar | August 30, 2023 | |
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In 2018 New York City, Jean Grey resurrects through her Phoenix Force link after being dead for six years. She visits friend Kurt Wagner and envisions humans and mutants integrated. Decided to succeed, she presents the idea during a United Nations meeting, in which ambassador Patricia Marbury manifests against Grey's idea before her head blows up unexpectedly. Blamed for Marbury's death, Grey escapes with the help of Wagner and sisters Laura and Gabrielle Kinney, and receives asylum in Wakanda. There, King T'Challa and resident Nezhno Abidemi help Grey defeat her friend Ororo Monroe, who attacks Wakanda under the mental control of unknown forces. Grey recruits Wagner, the Kinney sisters, Abidemi, and Monroe to investigate Marbury's assassination, and hides in Atlantis with the help of King Namor McKenzie, keeping Monroe unconscious. She suggests to recruit Shilpa Khatri, an Indian mutant she has been studying. Elsewhere, an unknown woman[a] holds a piece of nanotechnology. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Scars in Body and Mind" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar and Sara Hess | September 6, 2023 | |
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Born in 1984 to a Wakandan warrior and a Russian man from whom he inherited his X-Gene, Abidemi faces a life of persecution due to his outsider father, causing deep psychological trauma. In 1997, at age 13, his body is covered with Vibranium to prevent him from over-exerting due to his superhuman abilities. He is sent by T'Challa, by Storm's advise, to Charles Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning. Finding other students from the Institute distracting, Abidemi turns into meditating and a focused lifestyle. His pacifist nature gives him the codename Gentle while fighting in Storm's squad. In 2010, Grey helps Abidemi with his constant nightmares and scary visions. She understands his pain is a subconscious mechanism to prevent himself from using his powers after suffering physical violence from his mother. In 2018, Abidemi meditates as Grey asks for his help to rescue Khatri in India. In a post-credits scene, Gambit fails to stop a crazed man from killing a mutant as Cassandra watches from afar. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "We've All Got Baggage" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar and Andrew Chambliss | September 13, 2023 | |
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Born in 1999, Shilpa Khatri has the ability to control all forms of technology and faces prejudice from her family and school colleagues. Despite this, she grows to cherish and improve her powers. In 2018, she transfers money from 25 Indian CEOs to the accounts of every working Indian woman. Khatri's father finds out and reports her. Before being caught and imprisoned by the Indian Mutant Defense Force (IMDF), she sends a voice message to Grey for help. Grey, Abidemi, and Namor rescue her, and Khatri takes control of a Sentinel deployed by IMDF to escape the facility. Khatri decides to join Grey's team. Back in Atlantis, she is able to identify and remove the Nano-Sentinel, a mind-controlling device, from Storm's brain. Meanwhile, Gambit is informed that David Bushell, responsible for killing mutant Cara Beckham, has been contained and arrested. Aware of Storm's similar recent attack in Wakanda, Gambit calls Grey to update her. As they talk, Grey and the team's base is attacked by Teen Abomination. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Kinney Sisters" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar | September 20, 2023 | |
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In 1994, failing to recreate the Weapon X experiment, Dr. Martin Sutter recruits geneticist Dr. Sarah Kinney, who suggests the creation of a female clone. She succeeds by mixing her own DNA with James Howlett's, the original Weapon X subject. Kinney is forced by Dr. Zander Rice, Sutter's protégé, to surrogate the birth and raise the child, named Laura. In the following years, Laura is submitted to intense training and experiments, which ultimately leads to her hatred against herself and others. In 2006, at age 11, Laura kills Sutter and Rice and manages to escape after being injected with chemical compound Trigger 42. Laura grows up surviving the streets and swearing revenge against her creators. In 2008, she discovers several other female clones, with one of them, Gabrielle, being still alive. The two team up and kill Robert Chandler, responsible for Trigger 42 and Gabrielle's creation. Shortly after, they decide to live in the Institute and become close to Xavier. In a post-credits scene, Cassandra has a nightmare. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Avenging Child" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar | September 27, 2023 | |
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In 1922, Atlantean princess Fen acquires info on humans through Leonard McKenzie, a sailor who was instructed to find Vibranium in the Antarctic Ocean and befriended her. They fall in love and Fen decides to live with Leonard after getting pregnant. Her father, Thakorr, kills Leonard. Fen resents Thakorr and names her child Namor, which means "avenging son". Due to being an Atlantean Homo mermanus and also having the X-Gene, Namor presents superhuman strength, speed and durability, as well as water-related abilities. It is shown that, in his youth, Namor battled in the World War II alongside Steve Rogers and befriended and helped Grey in various missions. In 2018, Teen Abomination is subdued by Namor and Trinary finds a Nano-Sentinel in his brain. Connected to Grey's powers, Trinary manages to locate the device's origin, a warehouse in New York. There, Grey, Gambit, and Storm find proof of Cassandra Nova's activies and are interrupted when Cassandra herself shows up. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Crawling Nights" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar and Michael Waldron | October 4, 2023 | |
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In 1990, living in a German village under the alias of a married noblewoman, Mystique falls in love and becomes pregnant of the mysterious Azazel. During difficult delivery, her true form is revealed. A torch-wielding mob chase Mystique and passes out after putting baby Kurt inside a chest in a lake. The child is raised by Margali Szardos, a Romani fortune teller and circus member, and lives happily in the circus despite its owner, Max Getmann. Kurt grows close to Stephan and Jimaine, Margali's biological children, and promises to Stephan to kill him if he ever kills someone. In 2000, Stephan murders three circus-goers and Kurt accidentally kills him.Chased by another furious mob including Getmann, Kurt is rescued by a priest, whose church is burned down by the mob. Before Getmann gets to kill Kurt, Charles Xavier appears and rescues him, programming the mob to remember Kurt dying. In a post-credits scene set in 1997, Xavier talks to a young Abidemi before finding a photo of himself alongside Cassandra in their child years. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | TBA | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar | October 11, 2023 | |
| 8 | 8 | "The Almighty Storm" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar | October 18, 2023 | |
| 9 | 9 | "A Tale of Two Estranged Twins" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar | October 25, 2023 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Just like Magic" | Lorene Scafaria | Chad Dunbar and Sara Hess | November 1, 2023 | |
"Get Off My Mind" "We've All Got Baggage" "Somebody to Control"
Cast and characters
Main
- Jessica Rothe as Jean Grey (1, 3–5, 7–10)
- Ella Balinska as Laura Kinney / X-23 (1–2, 5)
- Anna Diop as Ororo Monroe / Storm (1, 3, 5)
- Storm Reid as Gabrielle Kinney / Honey Badger (1–2, 5)
- Stephan James as Nezhno Abidemi / Gentle (1, 3–)
- Tristan Lake Leabu as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (1, 5–6)
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Shilpa Khatri / Trinary (1, 4)
- Alexander Dreymon as Remy LeBeau / Gambit (3–5)
- Kingsley Ben-Adir as Namor McKenzie (1, 4–5)
- Carey Mulligan as Cassandra Nova (1, 5–6)
Recurring
- Omari Hardwick as King T'Challa / Black Panther, the king of Wakanda and Grey and Monroe's close friend (1, 3, 7)
- Harry Lloyd as Professor Charles Xavier, a pacifist telepath and founder of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning (2–3, 9–10)
- Booboo Stewart as Jamie Carlson / Teen Abomination, sent by Cassandra to attack the Red Team in Atlantis (4–5, 7)
Guest
- Lily Allen as Patricia Marbury, a British United Nations ambassador killed by Cassandra to incriminate Jean Grey
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Dr. Sarah Kinney, Laura's surrogate mother and responsible for her creation
- Roark Critchlow as Dr. Martin Sutter, head of the Facility top-secret program
- James Marsden as Robert Chandler, creator of Trigger 42
- Julian Morris as Dr. Zander Rice, Sutter's protégé
- Dante Brown as 13-years-old Nezhno Abidemi
- Simona Brown as Abidemi's mother, a Wakandan warrior
- Tom Wlaschiha as Abidemi's Russian father
- Eli Goree as Q'Lako, Abidemi's mother's friend, who mocked her son
- Mohan Kapur as Miko Khatri, Shilpa's traitor father
- Jeremy Bobb as David Bushell, an ordinary citizen who, under Cassandra's control, kills a mutant named Cara
- Erin Moriarty as Cara Beckham, a mutant killed by David Bushell
- Karla Souza as Fen, an Atlantean princess
- Fawad Khan as Leonard McKenzie, a sailor sent to the Antarctic Ocean to retrieve Vibranium
- Zahn McClarnon as Thakorr, former emperor of Atlantis and Fen's father
- Jonathan Groff as Steve Rogers / Captain America, a physically-enhanced World War II veteran
- Ana de Armas as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique, a charming mutant with shape-shifting abilities and Wagner's mother
- Ben Foster as Azazel, a powerful mutant with demonic appearance and Wagner's father
- Petr Kotlár as Stephan Szardos, Margali's biological older son
- Edyta Górniak as Margali Szardos, a Romani fortune teller and member of Getmann's circus who adopts Wagner
- Ever Anderson as Jimaine Szardos, Margali's biological younger daughter
- Viggo Mortensen as Max Getmann, a ruthless and violent circus owner who profits off mutants
To be ordered
- Odeya Rush as Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat
- Alden Ehrenreich as Scott Summers / Cyclops
- Maya Hawke as Rachel Summers / Prestige
- Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, a version of the character previously featured in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series
- Jackson Robert Scott as young Charles Xavier
- Raegan Revord as young Cassandra Nova
- Laura Leighton as Sharon Xavier, Charles and Cassandra's mother, Brian's wife
- Chad Lowe as Dr. Brian Xavier, Charles and Cassandra's father, Sharon's husband
Critical response
X-Men: Red Team (season 1) (2023): Percentage of positive critics' reviews tracked by the website Rotten Tomatoes[1] |
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8/10, based on 327 reviews. The critical consensus reads, "A delightful distraction of what Marvel Comics adaptations have been in the past years, X-Men: Red Team presents old and new characters with a powerful world-building storytelling." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 87 out of 100 based on 50 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Notes
- ^ Identified off-screen as Cassandra Nova.