Like The Animated Series that X-Men 97 acts as a sequel to, “Fire Made Flesh” adapts a classic story from the comics: Inferno and the saga of Madelyne Pryor. The second episode in the series ...

Madelyne Pryor is a clone of Jean Grey and, more importantly, the mother of Nathan Charles Summers. Yeah, in the comics, she’s the canonical mother of the baby that we just saw be born in Episode 2.

Madelyne is then nearly killed by the Marauders, but rescued and brought back into the fold of the X-Men. Eventually, Madelyne learns that Jean is alive, and is driven to madness by the demon S’ym.

We do know, however, that if that's the real Jean Grey at the end of episode 2...the Jean Grey in X-Men: The Animated Series has been Madelyne Pryor since at least season 3 episode 14 – when the ...

Madelyne Pryor was resurrected when Nate Grey, the “Age of Apocalypse” version of Cable, somehow pulled her back together psionically when coming to Earth-616 through the M’Kraan Crystal.