1 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:41,348 Try to remember, Jean. 2 00:01:41,348 --> 00:01:44,056 You were possessed by the Phoenix. 3 00:01:44,056 --> 00:01:47,640 You took the M'Kraan Crystal into the sun. 4 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,348 What happened to you, Jean, inside the sun? 5 00:01:51,348 --> 00:01:53,348 Why hasn't the Phoenix left you? 6 00:01:55,598 --> 00:01:58,723 Jean, it's Charles. You're going to be all right. 7 00:01:58,723 --> 00:02:01,098 We are here with you on Muir Island. 8 00:02:01,098 --> 00:02:03,348 So am I. 9 00:02:03,348 --> 00:02:05,890 Phoenix, why do you still inhabit Jean's body? Your work is done. 10 00:02:05,890 --> 00:02:07,890 You do her harm by remaining! 11 00:02:26,348 --> 00:02:31,390 I'm sorry, Charles. I've done all I know to do for her. 12 00:02:32,015 --> 00:02:37,390 The psycho-neural therapy calms her, but the root problem remains. 13 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:39,515 It's time to take her home. 14 00:02:42,181 --> 00:02:43,598 Help me, Scott. 15 00:02:51,890 --> 00:02:56,140 Hey, Cyke, loosen up. How about that Dazzler, huh? 16 00:02:56,140 --> 00:02:58,473 Didn't I tell you she's something? 17 00:03:06,390 --> 00:03:07,515 Help me, Scott. 18 00:03:08,723 --> 00:03:09,848 What's wrong? 19 00:03:09,848 --> 00:03:11,473 It's Jean. 20 00:03:11,473 --> 00:03:13,515 I can feel it. She needs my help. 21 00:03:13,515 --> 00:03:15,348 I have to put in a call to Muir Island. 22 00:03:15,348 --> 00:03:17,140 It's all in your head. 23 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:20,348 If there was trouble, Xavier'd be contacting us. 24 00:03:20,348 --> 00:03:24,723 You've been worrying too hard about Jean. You need to relax. 25 00:03:24,723 --> 00:03:27,306 You're probably right, but I need to be sure. 26 00:03:27,306 --> 00:03:29,890 Go back and enjoy the rest of the show. 27 00:03:32,598 --> 00:03:34,473 There she is! Grab her! 28 00:03:34,473 --> 00:03:37,473 (GRUNTING) Let go of me! 29 00:03:37,473 --> 00:03:39,598 Get her in the car! Hurry! 30 00:03:41,598 --> 00:03:43,348 Hands off the lady. 31 00:03:45,598 --> 00:03:47,140 Meddling fool! 32 00:03:49,348 --> 00:03:50,598 Don't you know who you're dealing with? 33 00:03:51,765 --> 00:03:53,473 No, should I? 34 00:03:58,890 --> 00:04:00,223 Whoa! 35 00:04:01,598 --> 00:04:03,348 Not bad shooting. 36 00:04:04,598 --> 00:04:06,348 But not good enough! 37 00:04:09,598 --> 00:04:10,640 Goodbye! 38 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:13,973 I'm blind! 39 00:04:15,723 --> 00:04:17,056 Are you all right? 40 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:18,765 I'm fine. 41 00:04:18,765 --> 00:04:20,723 Thank you for saving me. 42 00:04:20,723 --> 00:04:21,765 I should be thanking you. 43 00:04:25,723 --> 00:04:27,473 Who was he? 44 00:04:27,473 --> 00:04:30,765 Some big shot who won't take no for an answer. 45 00:04:30,765 --> 00:04:32,848 I hope you'll be here tomorrow night, 46 00:04:32,848 --> 00:04:34,390 in case they come back. 47 00:04:34,390 --> 00:04:35,890 Well, I... 48 00:04:35,890 --> 00:04:38,390 Looks like my car has seen better days. 49 00:04:38,390 --> 00:04:41,848 I would like to talk to you about your mutant powers. 50 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:44,598 Tomorrow night then. It's a date. 51 00:04:45,473 --> 00:04:49,056 Where's that blasted salami? I can smell it! 52 00:04:49,598 --> 00:04:50,640 Ah! 53 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,765 All it needs is slicing! 54 00:04:54,265 --> 00:04:56,640 While you're at it, fix one for me. 55 00:04:58,890 --> 00:05:02,348 Looks like you've been having fun without me. Where's the Cajun? 56 00:05:02,348 --> 00:05:04,390 He's still back at the club. 57 00:05:06,181 --> 00:05:08,348 I met an interesting woman there, a mutant... 58 00:05:08,348 --> 00:05:11,765 Save it. I must be seeing things! 59 00:05:11,765 --> 00:05:13,056 Jean! 60 00:05:16,515 --> 00:05:19,098 I... How are you? 61 00:05:19,098 --> 00:05:22,515 The therapy helped. I'm better. 62 00:05:22,515 --> 00:05:25,598 Scott, the trip has tired her. 63 00:05:25,598 --> 00:05:28,181 Jean will be better after some rest. 64 00:05:28,181 --> 00:05:31,390 Storm, will you take her back to her room? 65 00:05:31,390 --> 00:05:34,515 Professor Xavier is right, Jean. 66 00:05:34,515 --> 00:05:37,890 You and Scott can have a long talk in the morning. 67 00:05:37,890 --> 00:05:42,015 Jean seems so distant, Professor. What can I do? 68 00:05:42,015 --> 00:05:45,265 All those weeks of therapy and she still isn't any better! 69 00:05:45,265 --> 00:05:49,098 The Phoenix is still inside her, that's the problem. 70 00:05:49,098 --> 00:05:52,848 Moira thought it best to continue her treatment here. 71 00:05:52,848 --> 00:05:55,140 What treatment? It's hopeless! 72 00:05:55,140 --> 00:05:57,765 How can anyone live possessed by another being? 73 00:05:57,765 --> 00:06:00,473 Especially one with the power of the Phoenix! 74 00:06:00,473 --> 00:06:03,765 I will continue to do what I can, Scott. 75 00:06:03,765 --> 00:06:07,348 But if Jean is to have any chance of survival, 76 00:06:07,348 --> 00:06:10,598 she needs to draw strength from you. 77 00:06:10,598 --> 00:06:15,265 Through your unique psychic rapport, you may be her only hope. 78 00:06:22,598 --> 00:06:24,765 She was not right for us. 79 00:06:24,765 --> 00:06:27,265 Through the centuries, only the most gifted and the most powerful 80 00:06:27,265 --> 00:06:29,765 have been allowed to join the Inner Circle! 81 00:06:30,848 --> 00:06:32,723 Excuses! 82 00:06:32,723 --> 00:06:35,848 So, Pierce, your failure with Dazzler makes me wonder. 83 00:06:35,848 --> 00:06:39,723 Were you trying to recruit her for the Inner Circle or for yourself? 84 00:06:39,723 --> 00:06:41,473 I warned you, Shaw, 85 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,973 not to send a cyborg to do a man's job. 86 00:06:47,848 --> 00:06:51,098 Being half machine makes me no less a man, Leland. 87 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:59,640 I'll see you never lift that hand against me again! 88 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,765 Leland! Save it for our enemies. 89 00:07:02,765 --> 00:07:06,056 You have sworn an oath of allegiance to this club and all its members. 90 00:07:06,056 --> 00:07:09,056 Remember it. As for you, Pierce, 91 00:07:09,056 --> 00:07:12,390 the cost of that crystal will be added to next quarter's dues! 92 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:14,473 Forget Dazzler, Shaw! 93 00:07:14,473 --> 00:07:17,056 A far greater prize awaits recruitment to our circle! 94 00:07:17,056 --> 00:07:20,723 My psychic abilities have discovered a creature with more power 95 00:07:20,723 --> 00:07:23,306 than even you can imagine! 96 00:07:24,765 --> 00:07:26,306 Do tell. 97 00:07:26,306 --> 00:07:29,056 They call her the Phoenix. 98 00:07:29,890 --> 00:07:34,348 She was the guardian of the fantastically powerful M'Kraan Crystal. 99 00:07:40,890 --> 00:07:44,765 To protect the crystal, she inhabited the body of Jean Grey. 100 00:07:52,890 --> 00:07:55,890 I must hold on! 101 00:08:04,890 --> 00:08:08,223 With her energy focused by Jean's empathic abilities, 102 00:08:08,223 --> 00:08:12,723 the Phoenix flew with the crystal into the burning heart of the sun! 103 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:20,848 (GASPING) The light! 104 00:08:23,973 --> 00:08:28,223 Oh, Scott, if only you could see it. 105 00:08:29,306 --> 00:08:32,140 The Phoenix destroyed herself? 106 00:08:32,140 --> 00:08:34,181 No! It lived! 107 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:40,973 After depositing the crystal in the sun, this primal force returned to Earth. 108 00:08:53,765 --> 00:08:56,306 There, a still-possessed Jean Grey 109 00:08:56,306 --> 00:09:00,723 was found by Professor Charles Xavier, her mentor, 110 00:09:00,723 --> 00:09:02,765 and leader of the X-Men. 111 00:09:15,723 --> 00:09:19,973 How is it you know so much about these matters, Frost? 112 00:09:19,973 --> 00:09:22,890 What is the source of your information? 113 00:09:22,890 --> 00:09:25,598 Xavier's own computer! 114 00:09:26,140 --> 00:09:29,640 (LAUGHS) Impossible! 115 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,015 Leland is right, for once. 116 00:09:32,015 --> 00:09:35,890 Even your psychic powers are no match for Xavier. 117 00:09:35,890 --> 00:09:38,015 I wish I could tell you more. 118 00:09:38,015 --> 00:09:41,181 But the visions I have seen these past days, 119 00:09:41,181 --> 00:09:44,848 make me feel as if I'm losing control. 120 00:09:44,848 --> 00:09:48,640 Even I don't know what they mean. 121 00:09:54,140 --> 00:09:57,765 Phoenix, now we are one! 122 00:10:00,890 --> 00:10:03,515 Jean Grey's plight has put Xavier under great pressure. 123 00:10:03,515 --> 00:10:08,098 Some sort of transformation has taken place that none of us yet understands. 124 00:10:09,056 --> 00:10:10,848 He's been distracted. 125 00:10:13,015 --> 00:10:16,348 Until I regain control of my subconscious, 126 00:10:16,348 --> 00:10:18,473 my orders cannot be trusted. 127 00:10:19,098 --> 00:10:21,223 And he's been away for weeks. 128 00:10:21,223 --> 00:10:24,890 Now, if you'll show me my quarters, Moira, I need to rest. 129 00:10:25,765 --> 00:10:28,098 I've not seen him like this, Sean. 130 00:10:28,098 --> 00:10:30,056 It may be even worse than he told me! 131 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,515 You are driving me insane! 132 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:43,098 Still, it took great skill to breach his computer's security 133 00:10:43,098 --> 00:10:45,348 and remain undetected. 134 00:10:45,348 --> 00:10:47,265 Shaw, listen to me. 135 00:10:47,265 --> 00:10:50,098 The Phoenix could be the source of limitless power! 136 00:10:50,098 --> 00:10:53,890 Tradition demands that such power be wielded by us, 137 00:10:56,473 --> 00:10:58,473 the Inner Circle. 138 00:10:58,473 --> 00:11:00,890 If this Phoenix is so powerful, 139 00:11:00,890 --> 00:11:03,140 how can she be brought under our control? 140 00:11:04,265 --> 00:11:06,348 Tell them, Wyngarde. 141 00:11:06,348 --> 00:11:09,765 The Phoenix is only as strong as the mind that controls her. 142 00:11:09,765 --> 00:11:13,015 The mind is the place to attack. 143 00:11:13,015 --> 00:11:15,348 Tell us about the Phoenix, Jean. 144 00:11:15,348 --> 00:11:19,473 What does she want, now that the M'Kraan Crystal is safe? 145 00:11:19,473 --> 00:11:22,140 Phoenix hungers! 146 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:24,140 Yes! I hunger! 147 00:11:26,056 --> 00:11:27,848 Professor, help her! 148 00:11:29,765 --> 00:11:33,765 Control her, Jean. Control the Phoenix! 149 00:11:35,140 --> 00:11:36,390 Professor... 150 00:11:36,390 --> 00:11:39,140 Relax, it's over. 151 00:11:40,598 --> 00:11:42,181 Relax. 152 00:11:46,765 --> 00:11:50,515 What is it, Professor? What did you see in Jean's mind? 153 00:11:50,515 --> 00:11:54,848 It's not what I saw, Beast. But what I felt. 154 00:11:54,848 --> 00:11:57,973 Phoenix's mind is becoming dominant. 155 00:11:57,973 --> 00:12:03,348 There is turmoil, frustration, anger, yet an excitement. 156 00:12:03,348 --> 00:12:09,181 Perhaps through Jean's body, the Phoenix is experiencing sensations 157 00:12:09,181 --> 00:12:13,473 she has never felt before. That may be why she refuses to leave. 158 00:12:13,973 --> 00:12:17,390 The man who tried to kidnap that mutant Dazzler might return. 159 00:12:17,390 --> 00:12:20,181 I have to go back to that club tonight. 160 00:12:20,181 --> 00:12:23,390 You would leave me to be with another woman? Go then! 161 00:12:23,390 --> 00:12:26,223 Jean! There is nothing to be jealous of! 162 00:12:26,223 --> 00:12:29,223 Maybe you'll have to protect her from me! 163 00:12:29,223 --> 00:12:31,181 You don't mean that. 164 00:12:32,056 --> 00:12:36,598 No, of course not. But I'm afraid the Phoenix does. 165 00:12:36,598 --> 00:12:39,890 Don't worry, my darling! I'll stay a while longer. 166 00:12:39,890 --> 00:12:42,223 We will find a way to help you. 167 00:12:49,015 --> 00:12:51,140 Hmm? 168 00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:54,890 Cyclops, it's late. You should be going. I'll stay with her. 169 00:12:55,765 --> 00:12:57,265 Thank you, Storm. 170 00:13:01,223 --> 00:13:02,848 I'll be back soon. 171 00:13:12,265 --> 00:13:17,765 She's asleep. I'm in her mind. Her defenses are down. 172 00:13:17,765 --> 00:13:19,640 You may now enter. 173 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,890 And once I'm in her mind, 174 00:13:21,890 --> 00:13:26,473 I can use my power of illusion to create whatever reality I choose. 175 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:30,890 I believe you will find her very susceptible. 176 00:13:33,015 --> 00:13:34,265 Jean. 177 00:13:39,306 --> 00:13:40,723 Jean. 178 00:13:58,598 --> 00:14:01,306 This is all wrong! 179 00:14:02,348 --> 00:14:04,306 I don't belong here! 180 00:14:04,306 --> 00:14:08,140 Shh. Darling, you're safe. That's all that matters. 181 00:14:08,140 --> 00:14:11,723 But this isn't my time, my world. 182 00:14:11,723 --> 00:14:15,848 Of course it is. But you're upset. You nearly drowned. 183 00:14:18,515 --> 00:14:21,306 Rest, my Venus. All is well now. 184 00:14:30,223 --> 00:14:32,723 You don't remember stowing aboard my ship, 185 00:14:32,723 --> 00:14:34,765 desperate to sail to America? 186 00:14:34,765 --> 00:14:36,640 My thoughts are all jumbled. 187 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,473 I seem to remember another life, a strange one, 188 00:14:46,473 --> 00:14:52,015 full of unusual people who were somehow my friends. 189 00:14:52,015 --> 00:14:55,056 It was a dream, nothing more. 190 00:14:55,056 --> 00:14:58,265 Don't you remember how frightened you were when I found you? 191 00:14:58,265 --> 00:15:00,348 And I took you in my arms... 192 00:15:00,348 --> 00:15:04,848 And you told me how beautiful I looked! Yes, yes, I do remember! 193 00:15:04,848 --> 00:15:08,515 Don't let those dreams of another life trouble you. 194 00:15:08,515 --> 00:15:12,348 Remember, my sweet, I will always be here when you wake. 195 00:15:18,848 --> 00:15:21,015 What is it, Jean? A nightmare? 196 00:15:21,015 --> 00:15:23,598 No, just a dream. 197 00:15:24,140 --> 00:15:29,265 It's just that it felt so real. I'd love a glass of water. 198 00:15:29,265 --> 00:15:30,348 Could you... 199 00:15:30,348 --> 00:15:31,598 Of course. 200 00:15:41,265 --> 00:15:43,056 It was not enough! 201 00:15:45,015 --> 00:15:47,015 This is a delicate business. 202 00:15:47,015 --> 00:15:50,890 I had to break contact. Someone began to intrude. 203 00:15:50,890 --> 00:15:54,015 There is one with whom she has a psychic rapport. 204 00:15:54,015 --> 00:15:58,390 Jean's troubled mind may reflexively seek his protection. 205 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:00,348 In my presence, 206 00:16:00,348 --> 00:16:03,723 she will succumb to my illusion, despite her protector. 207 00:16:03,723 --> 00:16:06,056 Hurry! We must find her tonight! 208 00:16:10,473 --> 00:16:12,140 Jean, I hope this... 209 00:16:17,598 --> 00:16:20,473 Jean! Jean! 210 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,890 No! Stay back! 211 00:16:49,473 --> 00:16:53,890 Scott, am I here looking for you? 212 00:16:54,598 --> 00:16:56,348 I knew you'd be back. 213 00:16:58,223 --> 00:16:59,181 No! 214 00:17:00,890 --> 00:17:03,473 Jean Grey is inside. And I... 215 00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:08,973 That's odd. Her mood suddenly shifted dramatically! 216 00:17:08,973 --> 00:17:13,348 That's because her mind has drifted into my world, to be with me. 217 00:17:14,598 --> 00:17:19,140 Jean, let me introduce you to, to Dazzler. 218 00:17:19,140 --> 00:17:23,140 Who's that? The inevitable girlfriend? 219 00:17:23,140 --> 00:17:24,765 Hello, my dear. 220 00:17:28,140 --> 00:17:29,473 Darling. 221 00:17:31,015 --> 00:17:33,765 I don't believe it! 222 00:17:33,765 --> 00:17:36,515 Looks like ex-girlfriend now. 223 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:40,056 Something's wrong. I'm going after them! 224 00:17:40,056 --> 00:17:42,890 Some guys just can't take a hint! 225 00:17:45,015 --> 00:17:46,473 Jean! Jean! 226 00:17:52,015 --> 00:17:53,140 Thanks, Dazzler. 227 00:17:54,015 --> 00:17:57,056 Those are the same guys who tried to kidnap me! 228 00:17:58,973 --> 00:18:00,765 Are you sure 229 00:18:00,765 --> 00:18:01,890 this is where they've taken her, Wolverine? 230 00:18:04,015 --> 00:18:08,765 The nose knows, tough guy. I don't make mistakes about Jean. 231 00:18:08,765 --> 00:18:13,056 It still bothers me that Professor Xavier wasn't able to find Jean telepathically. 232 00:18:13,056 --> 00:18:15,640 Is her mind altered beyond recognition? 233 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,973 It pains me to say this, Cyclops, 234 00:18:17,973 --> 00:18:21,348 but perhaps Jean does not want to be found. 235 00:18:21,348 --> 00:18:24,306 What are we all waiting for? Invitations? 236 00:18:25,848 --> 00:18:28,848 I got invitations right here. 237 00:18:28,848 --> 00:18:30,640 Enough for everybody! 238 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,265 Wait a minute! 239 00:18:32,265 --> 00:18:34,056 We can't just charge in the front door! 240 00:18:34,056 --> 00:18:36,098 There may be innocent bystanders. 241 00:18:36,098 --> 00:18:39,848 Rogue, see if there's any way we can get in quietly. 242 00:18:39,848 --> 00:18:41,640 My pleasure, sugar! 243 00:18:46,723 --> 00:18:50,973 Well, well. What do we have here? 244 00:18:50,973 --> 00:18:55,973 And do you, Jean, take Jason as your lawfully wedded husband, 245 00:18:55,973 --> 00:18:57,765 till death do you part? 246 00:18:57,765 --> 00:18:59,890 I do. 247 00:18:59,890 --> 00:19:04,265 I now pronounce you man and wife! You may kiss the bride. 248 00:19:05,098 --> 00:19:07,890 Storm! Get us up there, quick! 249 00:19:07,890 --> 00:19:12,098 Swirl, mighty winds, and carry us to Jean! 250 00:19:13,098 --> 00:19:16,765 Snap out of it, darling! They got you hypnotized or something? 251 00:19:16,765 --> 00:19:18,640 Forget it, X-Man! 252 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,140 She's in a world where you're nothing but a dream! 253 00:19:21,140 --> 00:19:23,473 I'll send you off to dreamland! 254 00:19:23,473 --> 00:19:25,473 Go ahead! 255 00:19:25,473 --> 00:19:28,306 My mutant power absorbs the energy you use against me! 256 00:19:28,306 --> 00:19:31,890 The more you fight, the stronger I become! 257 00:19:31,890 --> 00:19:33,015 Hey! 258 00:19:34,390 --> 00:19:36,140 Good work, Shaw! 259 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:46,223 Just flipped your last ace, ace! 260 00:19:46,223 --> 00:19:48,056 Everyone a comedian! 261 00:19:48,056 --> 00:19:49,348 Drop him! 262 00:19:49,348 --> 00:19:50,890 Gladly! 263 00:19:52,015 --> 00:19:53,056 Next? 264 00:19:54,181 --> 00:19:58,348 I hope you're into recycling. 265 00:20:00,515 --> 00:20:04,181 My arm! Blast you! 266 00:20:04,181 --> 00:20:08,181 I believe that pleasure is mine! 267 00:20:12,098 --> 00:20:16,348 The bigger they are, the more pieces they make. 268 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:18,973 What? What's happening? 269 00:20:28,598 --> 00:20:31,473 Thanks for the recharge, Cyclops! 270 00:20:36,223 --> 00:20:37,598 Cyclops! 271 00:20:39,223 --> 00:20:42,348 Begone! 272 00:20:42,348 --> 00:20:46,056 I summon the cold of the Arctic winds! 273 00:20:53,223 --> 00:20:56,765 No! Jean! Why? 274 00:20:56,765 --> 00:21:01,223 Not Jean. Only her body. 275 00:21:01,765 --> 00:21:05,640 Only her delicious senses! 276 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,348 I am Phoenix! 277 00:21:08,973 --> 00:21:11,848 Good work, my love. 278 00:21:11,848 --> 00:21:15,140 Thank you, my husband!