SDCC 2018 – “The Gifted” Season 2 Trailer : Dawn of the Mutant Age

“What About Mutant on Mutant Crime?” Not to be forgotten in the Comic Con hype, Fox and Marvel dropped the first promo for the second season of the The Gifted.  Like Legion, the series exists in its own timeline that has yet to make explicit references to the X-Men cinematic continuity, aside from the familial connections of Polaris (Magneto’s daughter), and the introduction of the Cuckoos and the Hellfire Club. Although it strays far from the floppy book source material, the spirit of the X-Men exists at the core of the series as it delves into allegorical melodrama through the focus on family and usual political nods to the Civil Rights & Human Rights movements of both yesterday and today. The previous season ended with a rift in the Mutant Underground after they are infiltrated by Esme Frost, one of the famous Cuckoos created by Grant Morrison in his early 2000’s New X-Men run. Tired of running and being hunted by humans, half of the Underground members join the reemerged Hellfire Club. Polaris, Sage, and Andy Strucker defect, leaving Eclipse, Thunderbird, Blink, and Lauren Strucker as the only members of the Underground with any combat-useful powers. (Where’s the Danger Room when you need it?) “The Mutant Age,” the tagline for this season, appears to be one of division when the new season begins. Polaris, embracing her heritage as the “Mistress of Mangnetism,” begins the season pregnant and experiencing violent energy surges. The Struker family is torn as Andy follows…