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In which we wade into the first arc of the Dark Phoenix Saga, Rachel does not like Sage, the Hellfire Club are the mean girls of the Marvel Universe, Cyclops and Phoenix have a Moment, Mastermind ruins everything, Emma Frost is a force to be reckoned with, Wolverine gets awesome, and we meet the Dark Phoenix.\n\nX-Plained:\n\n \tSage\n \tThe Hellfire Club\n \tThe Inner Circle\n \tJason Wyngarde (again)\n \tSebastian Shaw\n \tHarry Leland\n \tEmma Frost\n \tDonald Pierce\n \tHegemony and social politics of the Hellfire Club\n \t18th Century bondage cosplay\n \tKitty Pryde\n \tThe worst disco ever\n \tAlison Blaire\n \tTiny shorts\n \tHow to make Wolverine work\n \tSexual politics of the Dark Phoenix\n \tWhy Magneto's powers are broken post-AvX\n \tThe P.E.N.I.S. five\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to the episode \u2013 and links to recommended reading \u2013\xa0on our\xa0blog.\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\nNext week:\xa0Showdown on the Moon