Captive Hearts (X-Men) their romantic date. The episode has been reviewed to be somewhat "dull" and one of the poorest of the series, notably as of the Morlocks and Storm's character. The scene that featured a lightsaber fight has been criticized. However, it has been praised for Cyclops's fake death, and Wolverine's attack on him, as well as Gambit's reaction to the Morlocks plague. Captive Hearts (X-Men) Captive Hearts is the fifth episode from the first season of "X-Men: The Animated Series". Fox Kids broadcast the episode on January 30, 1993. It introduced the "Morlocks" to the series. The episode is loosely based
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men atmospheric compression totally burned up his suit. While the X-Men give Kitty open credit for her efforts, Wolverine insists that Kitty is not a member of the X-Men—at least, not yet. The reaction from fans to the pilot is generally mixed. Although praised for its high quality animation, fans simply felt that the pilot for the most part, came across as too campy for a comic (especially under the guidance of John Byrne and Chris Claremont) with often dark and adult oriented themes like "X-Men". The on-screen action sequences had to be severely curtailed for a children's cartoon show, and