The 100 lastly gave us what we wished — Bellamy Blake (Bob Morley) alive and nicely and returned to his buddies — however there’s an enormous catch. After a harrowing journey, Bellamy’s allegiance now lies with the Shepherd and his Disciples fairly than his buddies.
In an impressively character-driven episode, The 100 centered in on Bellamy, who has been absent most of this season because of Bob Morley’s request to take some time away from the show. This episode, nevertheless, made up for all that misplaced time whereas additionally including just a few very fascinating new layers to a personality all of us thought we knew just like the again of our hand.
Stranded on a brand new planet with an injured Disciple of Bardo as his solely ally to assist him attain a mountaintop (and the Anomaly Stone that resided there), Bellamy went by a fairly large transformation. At first, Bellamy reluctantly sorted his new companion, understanding he may by no means climb that vast mountain alone. Over the course of their months collectively although, Conductor (Jonathan Scarfe) turned his trusted (if slightly antagonistic) good friend and tried to transform Bellamy to the Shepherd’s teachings. Bellamy clearly put up an excessive amount of resistance, particularly when he found Cadogan (John Pyper-Ferguson) was the Shepherd, however over the course of their journey, he began to take heed to what Conductor needed to say.
The Disciples’ creed preached selflessness and the nice of the numerous over the one, and searching again on his life, Bellamy needed to admit that almost all of sorrow and bloodshed he’d been by was due to his egocentric love for his family and friends. On prime of that, Bellamy acquired a imaginative and prescient of Cadogan and his long-deceased mom in a cave the Disciples thought-about a holy place, which appeared to make an vital impression on him.
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Ultimately, his newfound religion within the Shepherd allowed him to not solely save Conductor’s life however take a leap of religion off the highest of the mountain proper into the wormhole that returned him to Bardo. Upon arriving, he was a real convert and dropped to his knees in entrance of Cadogan, his new Shepherd. That religion apparently now supersedes even his love of Octavia (Marie Avgeropoulos), Echo (Tasya Teles), and Clarke (Eliza Taylor). When he was reunited with them and came upon they’d been mendacity to Cadogan about Clarke having the Flame, he instantly revealed their deception to Cadogan, a lot to everybody’s shock.
Bellamy has formally drunk the Kool-Help, y’all.
This surprising flip of occasions will not be everlasting, however till Bellamy involves his senses, his buddies are in critical hazard. Stranded on Bardo with no Flame to cut price with, Clarke and the gang have formally turn out to be disposable. Even worse, Bellamy is aware of that Madi (Lola Flanery) was the final one to have the Flame in her head, and if he tells Cadogan of her existence, he might march his Disciple military to Sanctum to retrieve her. Although actually, that may very well be a superb factor contemplating she’s most likely in determined want of a rescue from Sheidheda’s (JR Bourne) wrath…
The 100 airs Wednesday at 8/7c on The CW.
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