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X-Men92 414 Love in Vain-Still
Series X-Men
Release Date February 10, 1996
Season Number 14 of 17
Episode Number 59
Writer Martha Moran
Director Larry Houston
Fred Miller

Rogue's old boyfriend, who she put into a coma, arrives and now seems immune to her powers. What connection does he have to a race of aliens Wolverine encounters in the desert?

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A giant creature, resembling a whale, crashes from space onto Earth, just behind Wolverine, who is meditating. He goes to investigate the crash and finds himself encountering the Colony. Elsewhere, at Xavier's Mansion, Rogue relaxes in her room when she gets a visit from Gambit. Just then, she gets a call from Cody Robbins, who has woken from his coma that Rogue put him in when they kissed, and wants to meet up with her in Manhattan.

Meeting up with Cody, he tells Rogue that he has found a way for them to touch without Rogue's powers affecting him. Rogue passes out and when she awakes, Cody asks her to go on a weekend away with him. Rogue flies back home to tell the others that she will be away.

In the desert, Wolverine searches the creature that the Colony came out of and finds out they plan to take over the planet by infecting all the population with parasites, turning them into reptiles. He manages to contact the rest of the X-Men who get ready to set off when Rogue arrives and tells the team that she is going on vacation, despite Wolverine's situation.

It is revealed that Cody was working for the Colony all along and was leading Rogue into a trap. She reunites with the team in the desert, just as Wolverine begins to change reptilian, having been infected. Cody and Rogue start to change as well, and the Colony Queen reveals that she just planned to only recruit her. However, Wolverine is revealed to have survived the infection intact, due to his healing powers, and he allows Rogue to absorb them so she can cure herself. The rest of the X-Men there are cured and Professor X telepathically talks with the giant whale the Colony were using and it lets out a high pitched squeal to defeat the Colony while the team retreat. Tragically, however, Cody remains with the Colony, much to Rogue’s heartbreak, while Wolverine and Gambit both try to console her.

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  • All of the X-Men that go out to the desert get hit by the same blasts, but only Wolverine and Rogue are affected.

Continuity[]

  • The Colony seen here are different from the Brood's classic xenomorphic design. In particular, they make use of mechanical exoskeletons and arms, which could be safely sliced without censorship issues, and infect using a simple energy beam rather than visibly implanting eggs.

Background[]

Although taking place during the third season it did not air until the fourth season.

The Colony is based off the Brood. The design seen in "Mojovision" was more faithful to the comics. Larry Houston said of the episode, "You have to remember, we had no confirmation we'd have a pickup of the series from year to year back then, especially year one. Adding the Easter eggs/cameos placement and the amount were strategic for me, because each year of the X-Men was never a guarantee. Each year we knew we thirteen episodes, on average, to work with, so my cameo decisions were based upon only what we knew we had to work with. The redesign of the Brood in their own episode "Love in Vain" was partially due to their previous appearance, yes, and partially the desire by character designers Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis, and myself wanting to make them a little more distinctive and a little bit more animator-friendly."

The episode was originally titled "The Brood" and later "A Time to Brood" before setting on this one.[1]

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