In which Canada is complicated, the X-Perts join Twitter, Rachel cares about a Wolverine story, Angel had one job, Kitty Pryde is pretty cool, Cyclops gets a hat, neither of us knows how to pronounce "Aleytys," Doctor Doom is a terrible date, and the X-Men have an awful lot of signature moves.

X-Plained:

Department H

Department K

Director X

The Weapon Plus Program

Weapon P.R.I.M.E.

Weapons I-XVI

The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage

The new normal

Stevie Hunter

The Wendigo

Berserker rage

Yard work

Wolverines

Angel's one move

The N'Garai (again)

Lee Forrester

D'Spayre

Magic-Feather villains

Man-Thing

Doctor Doom

Arcade

Why it sucks to be Havok

The X-Perts' relative areas of X-pertise

Cyclops vs. Storm

Signature moves

CORRECTIONS: Lee's dad's house is in Florida, not Louisiana; Doctor Doom is not in Europe but in New England, where has taken over Toad's theme park, because that was definitely a thing.

If you're looking for our coverage of X-Men 141 and 142—"Days of Future Past"—you can find that in Episode 6, "Days of Future Whatever."

You can find a visual companion to the episode – and links to recommended reading – on our blog.

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