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So far the pacing of this season has been spot-on, with new morsels of information dropped consistently throughout each episode in the course of conversations – either you catch it or you don’t, and only occasionally does someone like Octavia repeat a tidbit or two at the end, like she does here with her analysis that the Children of Gabriel aren’t even sure that he’s alive (neither are the Primes). I’m still missing Indra in a big way, although I can see how the writers would want to save her for later, since there’s so much going on already, and it might strain belief if she couldn’t get through to Octavia, or if she didn’t raise enough hell in Sanctum. She and Diyoza meeting up is certainly a good thing, storywise. But it seems she’ll have to take the long way round to redemption. Something about seeing her back in a familiar environment, stripped down of power, protecting someone vulnerable, gave me hope for her path. I was hoping that Rose’s death – seemingly facilitated by Octavia’s own bloodlust – would be the thing that finally got O to really stop and take stock. Bellarke shipping might be a lightning rod for parts of The 100 fandom, but from a storytelling perspective, Raven is right: what’s the difference between Octavia and Clarke? Why reason could he possibly have to forgive one but not the other? Bel sees trying to save someone you love as more sympathetic than being power hungry, sure, and like the rest of this show, does not grant that Octavia making tough choices while trying to keep everyone alive the same way Clarke always has. It’s no coincidence Bellamy’s fight with Echo was juxtaposed with his hashing things out with Clark and seeing her with Cillian. But that doesn’t mean everyone else feels the same way. However uncomfortable he seemed with Clarke apologizing, it has as much to do with his own behavior as it does with hers. I get why Bellamy wants to move forward – as he said, too many sins on his lantern. But it was also far too soon and not his call to decide immediately after her revealing an intense story that it was time to just move forward. She’s right – her life has always been about survival, and Bellamy was incredibly harsh to call her the good little Azgeda spy. I’m glad we finally got to learn something meaningful about Echo’s past. That said, anyone who is currently beefing with Russell seems a-ok in my book.
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He seemed nice enough, though his Prime status was no secret to us, until that cavalier comment about getting her on the list.
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But I’m less certain what to make of Ryker. It’s always good to see Raven Reyes smile, and I imagine it won’t be long till she runs the machine shop. Clarke and Bellamy may have had a beautiful moment of reconciliation, but not everyone is always going to forgive you, Clarke. And as Raven pointed out, this past season in particular, unlike with Mount Weather or the drop ship, Clarke made choices that she can’t really stand by. “Clarke griffin and her impossible choices,” could have been the title of the show. As Bellamy points out, they lost Monty and Harper just three days ago, which means the valley, the torture, and the fighting pit were mere days and weeks before that.Ĭlarke goes on an apology tour to Raven and Bellamy, and after three episodes of Raven’s huffing and puffing, it was so satisfying to hear her tell Clarke off accurately, taking her to task for hurting everyone over and over, making her apologies feel meaningless. Sanctum’s Naming Day – an occasion for making amends – is perfectly timed for our Kru to do some much-needed exploring of their feelings.