Part of me does, Sarah. But helping you and the children made me realize that there's another place where I belong...where I'm also needed.
Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Main story and flashback) (Leaves and rejoins the X-Men) (Origin revealed)
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier)
- Rogue
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Cameo)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Cameo)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Cameo)
- Jean Grey (Only in flashback)
- Sarah (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Firefist (Rusty Collins) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave) (First appearance)
- Wayne (Killgrave's bodyguard)
Other Characters:
- Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith) (First appearance)
- Skids (Sally Blevins) (First appearance)
- Wiz Kid (Taki Matsuya) (First appearance)
- Governor Barkley (First appearance)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (Photo)
- Phoenix Force (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Abstract Entities (Illusion or holographic simulation)
Locations:
- Earth-92131
- United States of America
- New York State
- Nebraska
- Omaha
- McNiel Orphanage (Destroyed)
- Killgrave's house
- Capitol Building
- Platte River (Mentioned)
- Omaha
- United States of America
Items:
- Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses (Main story and flashback)
- X-Uniforms
- Wiz Kid's wheelchair
- Cerebro
Vehicles:
- Cyclops' car
Synopsis
Cyclops, still in mourning after Phoenix's death, quits the X-Men and returns to the orphanage he grew up in and encounters his friend Sarah. Cyclops suspects foul play of Zebediah Killgrave, Sarah's wealthy benefactor as he begins to adopt mutant children for an unknown purpose.
Notes
- This episode along with "A Deal with the Devil" and "Longshot" were originally scheduled to be part of season three; however, due to animation problems they were held back. Consequently, Jean Grey's resurrection was not properly explained.