jean is introduced in the first film as a doctor at professor xavier's school for the gifted, as well as a speaker for mutants' rights. she unsuccessfully campaigns against senator robert kelly's mutant registration act. at the mansion, she is introduced to logan/wolverine who shows an attraction to her, which she seems to reciprocate, if slightly, due to her relationship with scott summers/cyclops. she analyses logan's skeleton and attempts to read his mind to uncover some of the memories. later in the film, she treats kelly himself after he is transformed into a mutant by magneto's machine, though he dies soon after. she also fixes cerebro, after mystique sabotages it to injure xavier, and makes the fateful choice to use the machine herself to find rogue, though the experience drains her. in the film's climactic battle against the brotherhood of mutants, jean and storm battle toad, though jean is incapacitated when toad spits solid slime in her face. she nearly suffocates but is saved by cyclops. she later telepathically aids cyclops in regaining his visor to defeat sabretooth, and uses her telekinesis to guide wolverine to magneto's machine, freeing rogue moments before brotherhood's plan was accomplished. after magneto's machine is destroyed, jean appears to be visibly "shaken" by the energy emitted from it. following the battle, while treating logan again, logan admits feelings for her; she attempts to turn them down politely, but logan quickly changes the subject, while kissing her hand.