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 presented in the comics serve as allegory to modern issues in the real world, such as Lydia Nance suggesting mass mutant deportation. The X-Men exist in the Marvel Universe along with other characters featured in Marvel Comics series. They often meet characters from other series, and the global nature of the mutant concept means the scale of stories can be highly varied. The X-Men's enemies range from mutant thieves to galactic threats. Historically, the X-Men have been based in the Xavier Institute, in the town of Salem, located in Westchester County, New York, and are often portrayed as a family.