Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which Excalibur\xa0addresses a number of dangling plot threads,\xa0Britanic finally gets (somewhat) interesting,\xa0Kitty really wants Douglock to be Doug,\xa0Professor Xavier and Moira MacTaggert are the best exes, and the future has peculiar priorities.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe life and death of Jamie Braddock\n \tExcalibur #81\n \tDouglock (more) (again)\n \tInker ambiguity\n \tBritanic and Meggan\u2019s Christmas costumes\n \tThe Excalibur Lighthouse\u2019s sudden and inexplicable resurrection\n \tMo\u2019 time travel, mo\u2019 problems\n \t20,097 rocks on a shoreline\n \tDouglock: overly literal, dryly funny, or just plain thirsty?\n \tThe Emotional Beat of Damocles\n \tThe problems with crunch time\n \tPrincess Diana: Excalibur vs. X-Statix\n \tLanguage and time\n \tExcalibur Annual #2\n \tAppropriately bombastic narration\n \tFashions of the future\n \tPsychic psychotherapy\n \tSibling rivalry\n \tMr. Poo\n \tBraddock moppets\n \tOversimplification vs. ambiguity\n \tSpooling chambers (more)\n \tExcalibur as an X-leftovers book\n \tAir travel: leg-room vs. sorcerous doom\n \tHannibal King: vampire detective and/or penciler\n \tShadowcat and the pain of hope\n \tA Doug\u2019s-eye view of New Mutants\n \tEmma Frost and aging\n \tDazzler and roller derby\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Jay and Seanan McGuire talk villains!\n\n\n\nCheck out the visual companion to this episode\xa0on our blog!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nJay\xa0and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\xa0help support the podcast\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\u2013you can do that\xa0right here!\n\nBuy rad swag at\xa0our TeePublic shop!