I’m just rewatching S1 and 2, then S3 for the first time. I don’t think the X-Men exist in the show.
Having rewatched S1 and 2, maybe I missed something, but I don’t think the X-Men or any members were ever mentioned. Then going into S3, I’ve just reached Ep3 (Chapter 22), and watching all of Charles’s early life, I feel as if he never founded the X-Men in this timeline.
- Cerebro is in his own home’s basement.
- His wife (David’s mother) was in an institution, where Charles met her.
- Mutants seem to only have started being discovered recently, with the Divisions only moving to collaborate within David’s adult life.
Perhaps a refuge exists, such as the X-Mansion, that Charles made; but, I feel as-if the X-Men were purposely excluded from the start due to studio restrictions, and then later the writers decided to continue with the narrative they were never founded to avoid confusion.