Recaps

Henry helped Audrey Hepburn and the others escape a kidnapping attempt, then revealed his powers to the X-Men after they tried to investigate him. Back in New York, he helped Audrey prepare for a banquet and became involved in Tony Stark’s search for answers about the Continental Hotel.

• Henry overheard plans to kidnap Audrey Hepburn, faked an illness to bring her to the vehicles, and helped Brian’s group fight through the ambush and escape toward the airport.
• Brian and Henry discovered the airport tower staff were compromised, forced their way into the control room, and took off under fire with their pursuers close behind.
• After gunfire damaged the plane and it ran out of fuel, Henry held the aircraft steady and helped Captain Luca guide it to an emergency landing in the sand.
• The group kept Henry’s role in the landing secret, and U.S. military helicopters took them to a base before news coverage credited Captain Luca Rizzo.
• Henry accompanied Mystique to Xavier’s School, where Professor X confirmed he lacked the X-gene and then collapsed after Henry overwhelmed his telepathy with calculations.
• Henry fought off the X-Men and challenged their invasion of his mind, then left after Mystique explained that the FBI had asked Professor X to investigate the emergency landing.
• Henry helped Audrey prepare for a banquet by researching guests and building discreet wireless earpieces, then met Tony Stark, who asked about the Continental Hotel.
• Henry advised Tony to investigate whoever had ordered the attack rather than target the assassins or hotel, while Tony pursued his plans discreetly and discussed Reed Richards’s secretive research.

Henry helped Audrey Hepburn with UNICEF work as Howard and Maria Stark’s deaths forced Tony to take control of Stark Industries. After the X-Men’s confrontation with Jean Grey left Mystique and Quicksilver badly injured, Henry warned the team about the consequences and left, while Vuko prepared an operation to capture the cosmic energy Jean had absorbed.

• Henry explained to Tony that powerful interests and patent barriers made it difficult for inventors like Reed Richards to share or profit from advanced technology, then urged Tony to use his abilities responsibly.
• Henry joined Audrey Hepburn and Givenchy for dinner, where he praised Audrey’s performances and the person behind them.
• Henry traveled with Audrey on UNICEF missions and helped with her work until news arrived that Howard and Maria Stark had died in a car accident.
• Henry attended the Starks’ funeral, then drove Tony, Catherine, and Audrey to a restaurant, where Tony asked whether he should give up Stark Industries and Henry challenged him to face his choices.
• Tony reviewed Stark Industries’ finances, confirmed his $3.4 billion estate tax, and planned to restructure the company around defense industries while raising funds through public offerings.
• After returning from UNICEF work with Audrey, Henry saw a strange fiery mass near a space shuttle, then learned the X-Men had rescued the Endeavour astronauts and suspected the incident was linked to Jean Grey.
• Mystique summoned Henry to help the X-Men, and he joined them as they confronted Jean, who defeated the team before blasting Mystique with Phoenix power.
• Henry helped cushion Mystique’s fall, then told the X-Men that Jean needed time to recover and warned them about government consequences before leaving as Vuko discussed capturing the cosmic energy Jean had absorbed.

The X-Men and Magneto’s group joined forces to rescue Qin and fight the Diberians, while Clown-Sup killed Vuko and Jean Grey absorbed the Phoenix Force. Henry returned home, and Charles refused Nick Fury’s request to help locate Jean unless Qin received a pardon.

• Reed Richards and Hank McCoy uncovered evidence of an alien craft observing the Endeavour rescue, while Erik learned from Scott that Qin had fled after the Red Hook battle.
• Storm and Nightcrawler asked Bowery King to help locate Qin, and Mystique tasked Hank with rescuing her without handing her over to Charles or Erik.
• Hank recruited Erik, Red Lotus, Selene, and Clown-Sup, and the groups converged on Qin’s apartment as U.S. soldiers tried to stop them.
• The Diberians attacked the train carrying Qin, forcing the X-Men and Brotherhood to fight together as Magneto led the group toward Jean Grey.
• Vuko defeated the defenders and demanded Qin, but Jean awakened and resisted him while the Diberian warship attacked the battlefield.
• Clown-Sup fought Vuko, whose defeat released the Phoenix Force for Jean to absorb, and Jean used her power against the Diberians and their aircraft.
• Henry escaped from the Diberian warship and returned home, while Charles refused Nick Fury’s demand for help finding Jean unless Qin received a legally binding pardon.
• Henry and Audrey Hepburn discussed UNICEF travel plans and considered requesting permission to visit Wakanda.

Audrey Hepburn’s illness led her from humanitarian work and audiobook recordings to treatment, recovery at home, and her final days with family and friends. After Jean Grey helped Audrey’s sons understand her wishes, Audrey returned to Tolochenaz, where she died and was buried.

• Audrey Hepburn collapsed during UNICEF’s Somalia mission, and Henry arranged for aid to continue while she returned for medical care.
• Audrey recorded children’s stories as audiobooks for charity before doctors diagnosed her with appendiceal cancer and performed surgery.
• Givenchy and the Mellons arranged a modified private jet so Audrey could return to Switzerland after recovering from surgery.
• At home, Henry read to Audrey and translated The Song of Everlasting Sorrow for her as Robert and her family shared her recovery.
• When chemotherapy left Audrey critically ill, Henry brought Jean Grey to connect Audrey’s consciousness with Sean Ferrier and Luca Dotti so they could understand her wishes.
• Audrey asked to spend her final days at home in Tolochenaz, where Jean Grey helped Henry care for her and Henry read her love stories.
• Audrey died on January 20, and her family and friends attended her funeral and buried her at Tolochenaz Cemetery.