In which Dr. Andrea Letamendi of Arkham Sessions joins us to analyze some analysis; Doc Samson has major scope-of-practice issues; Ren & Stimpy references continue to fail to age well; it's hard to be Quicksilver; Val Cooper is not your friend; Polaris pretty much always deserves better; Charles Xavier should not be allowed to inhabit positions of power; and labels are often not the best tools for good representations of mental illness and neurodivergence.

X-PLAINED:

A very high-stakes 3-D puzzle

X-Factor #87

Doc Samson

Making talking heads interesting

Wolfsbane's relationship to pop culture

Appropriate boundaries

Several remarkable fashion choices

Pietro Maximoff in perspective

Therapeutic assessment vs. intervention

The extremely tragic backstory of Jamie Madrox

Imposter syndrome

A brief history of Polaris's brushes with possession

A really poorly planned and presented sequence

Consequences of armchair diagnosis

Interactions of telepathy and psychology

Legion as a portrayal of mental illness

Writing mental illness in fiction

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