Simply as issues are getting fascinating, all of the sudden all the things is slowing down as soon as extra.
The storylines on The 100 might be sturdy, however they must have room to develop. As a substitute, the present hits the accelerator solely to hit the brake as soon as the story begins to move someplace essential.
Throughout The 100 Season 7 Episode 6, the group on Nakara needed to discover the stone to get them to Bardo. However their journey bought difficult after they find yourself in a creature that wasn’t precisely pleasant.
In the meantime, Sanctum is falling aside, with everybody on the lookout for a option to tear it aside. Nelson needs justice for what occurred to his individuals. Nikki needs revenge for Hatch getting killed by Raven’s lies. And Sheiheda simply needs to seek out somebody to play chess with whereas in Sanctum.
There was a shake-up in Bardo when the group bought extra important, however their motivations get scattered. Gabriel was compelled to knock everybody out for his or her security, surrendering to Bardo within the course of.
“Nakara,” written by Erica Meredith, was a quicksand strategy to stretching a narrative that The 100 will not be speeding to inform. The energy of the episode, although, was the way it highlighted the lads speaking about taking energy, all whereas the ladies round them really bought that energy.
It additionally highlighted that extra episodes in a season do not imply there needs to be extra filler episodes in-between. There’s extra room to ramp issues up, nevertheless it retains coming at a standstill on the worst moments within the narrative.
Every episode proves the potential that exists in all these scattered tales that The 100 needs to inform, however they then must effortlessly comply with these threads for the curiosity to remain the identical.
The 100 would not appear to be clear on what story they’re making an attempt to inform, which does not work this deep right into a remaining season.
The Bardo Bummer
Diyoza is the one one allowed to resolve issues. Her energy, her ability, her persistence.
We actually lucked out with Diyoza in our lives and, we should always simply be grateful that we’re allowed to maintain spending time together with her.
There was nothing extra predictable than the truth that Diyoza would not simply give Bardo all the things they wished, however she went above and past to show that that they had no thought who they have been coping with after they captured her.
That opening together with her preventing torture and selecting up on each little element that might set her free was exceptional. It was an honor to go on that journey together with her as an observer.
Very like Indra, Diyoza did not wait round for energy to come back her manner. She took it not as a result of she wished it however as a result of nobody else may get the job performed as she may.
Nevertheless it additionally made me want that this was what we had extra of on the present. Diyoza is used, however she is not used almost sufficient. Identical to Indra, she screams energy, and but she would not have the possibility to guide.
Additionally it is unusual that this remaining season gave Diyoza’s daughter the reigns after they by no means invested the identical period of time in Diyoza. Why?
Murphy: Can we not less than watch?
Indra: No.
Murphy: I’ma watch …
It is not to say that Shelby Flannery would not provide one thing actually distinctive with Hope.
She is likely one of the scene-stealing characters which might be value investing time and vitality in.
However why cannot Hope and Diyoza be afforded extra screentime?
If The 100 can discover time to throw out extra villains than there are scenes to spend with all of them, it will make sense to as a substitute commerce that point in for extra concentrate on the various, many characters they’ve launched to date.
A personality cannot simply be good; they’ve for use and never put within the nook when a brand new shiny character is written in. How about ensuring you’ve a superb deal with in your current characters earlier than extra are added?
Regardless, Diyoza appeared, and so did the vitality the Bardo group wanted to discover a manner out.
Besides issues are by no means straightforward, and that shortly grew to become lifeless ends combined with lifeless weights pulling all of it aside.
We knew it was going to finish up this manner, and but there was nonetheless that tiny little bit of hope that perhaps it will likely be totally different.
However the comfortable trio needed to come to this, particularly since Echo is killing individuals left and proper.
She actually could not wait to show everybody proper about her true nature; she is not even ready for the Bellamy mud to settle.
As a substitute, she would not take the win after they discover Diyoza by chance; she retains stirring the pot and retains breaking the belief.
Every part is working in opposition to them; all of the sudden, they’re out of choices.
Levitt, who’s by some means very conveniently round each time Octavia wants him, gave them recommendation that might have solely gotten them to date.
They cannot survive on the outer a part of Bardo for lengthy, so it will solely final till that they had the subsequent piece to their plan.
Gabriel noticed that Echo killing everybody she got here throughout wasn’t going to get them wherever.
They wanted to make a sensible alternative. Gabriel in all probability made the neatest alternative out of all of them when he surrendered them to Bardo.
It is actually wealthy for Echo to accuse Gabriel of not being on their aspect due to his motivation to be taught extra about Bardo as if she did not spend this whole journey looking for her solely defining high quality.
Bellamy.
Anyway, whereas we await Echo to get off her excessive horse, Gabriel did what he knew he needed to do and paused their little journey.
The dynamic simply wasn’t what it was as a result of priorities have been altering for everybody.
And admittedly, Echo was changing into extra of an issue than any resolution she pretended she may provide.
What’s it about Echo that stops her from really changing into a greater individual? From The 100 Season 5, we all know how totally different she has turn into. However she hasn’t.
She modified to be extra just like the individuals round her, just like the individual she was basing her whole self value round.
Then the second he is not round or he “dies”; gone is each single ethical a part of her went out the window.
Earlier than Bellamy was even lifeless, Echo was already proving that she was exactly that very same villain from Azgeda that we initially noticed betray Bellamy.
How is there growth taking place whether it is only a topcoat overlaying up the identical traits that she had earlier than all this? It is not stunning, however it’s tiring.
Echo’s grieving course of, basically, is so troublesome to get on board with proper now. Bellamy’s precise sister is not performing this further, so why is she?
You’d assume the brand new feminine character that The 100 deemed worthy sufficient to have probably the most strains would have one thing significant to supply with these further strains.
However as a substitute, Echo is channeling her internal emo self, and we’re simply compelled to take care of it. Identical to Gabriel.
Talking of Gabriel, it is not clear the place all of this ends for everybody simply but.
However plots are coming collectively, so Gabriel and the others solely must survive lengthy sufficient for his or her different group of pals to reach.
And so many individuals will owe Gabriel an apology for not considering of him after they went on this mission; he’s why all of them bought so far as they did.
Not Everybody Can Be Jesus in Sanctum (and Past)
There is not a bandage large enough to cowl all the problems and wounds created in Sanctum.
One problem wraps up, so all of the sudden, one other one has to begin elsewhere. Sanctum must preserve issues thrilling, and it appears to like that drama.
Now Nikki is one other character that’s on a really excessive horse proper about now. She is blaming Raven for killing Hatch, and he or she is not flawed about that. However when Hatch determined to assist Raven, it was Nikki who instructed him to go.
She opted out of going with him as a result of she knew there have been dangers. She may have instructed him to remain behind, however she selected to not inform him her worries. It was at that second that Nikki risked Hatch’s life simply as a lot as Raven did with these pipes.
In case you do not wish to go right into a harmful scenario your self since you do not belief your odds, why would you inform your associate to go?
However that logic did not appear to hit Nikki, as a substitute she is fueled by revenge and doubtless boredom. We’re additionally going to disregard that corny “bang-bang” line as a result of that should not be taken significantly.
Nikki does open a chance for Nelson, although.
He thought that after his team-up with Indra throughout The 100 Season 7 Episode 5 that he was a part of the group. However Indra had greater points and fewer time to outline that friendship.
Murphy: Can we not less than watch?
Indra: No.
Murphy: I’ma watch …
Nelson could not sit down like Indra instructed him to, so as a substitute, he went from Gabriel instructing him about how you can put on cardigans to “Russell” utilizing chess to control the scenario in Sanctum.
It was arduous to consider that after all the things Nelson has been via, he would not even ask “Russell” who he’s?
He believes that it’s not his enemy, however on the similar time, he would not query Sheidheda any additional. Is that this an oversight? Or is Nelson simply on the lookout for somebody to hearken to proper now?
Nelson’s relationship with Gabriel is damaged, even when he nonetheless lives on the values he discovered throughout his time with him. And he would possibly come off as somebody who has his plan; it’s obvious that he needs a gaggle dynamic.
Indra allowed him a few of that after they have been on the identical web page, however now she has different worries, and Nelson simply felt misplaced.
Sheidheda could not have been remoted and on the lookout for enjoyable at a greater time. He preys on weak spot, and Nelson’s weak spot is his starvation for justice. He needs it, however on the similar time, he would not know how you can get it.
Nelson groups up with the individuals he thinks line up along with his agenda; the difficulty is that he’s solely targeted on that.
He is not permitting himself to exist till he accomplishes his purpose organically, however when will he obtain it?
He would not know what justice seems to be like, so he would not know when he accomplishes it.
So Nelson and Sheidheda have their little pow-wow about energy.
In the meantime, in one other a part of Sanctum, Indra would not waste time speaking about it, and as a substitute, she is simply taking a look at a option to have it.
It was about time that Indra and Madi bought a while to work together. Indra has such a wealthy historical past with Commanders’ mythology, and but she by no means correctly spent that point with Madi.
Madi’s reference to Gaia meant that, in a manner, she was caught within the center.
Gaia and Indra see their religion in very other ways, and Indra by no means bought the possibility to share her view of issues with Madi.
However whereas Indra thought that she needed to preserve discovering somebody to comply with, she was the one one holding all the things collectively.
Nobody deserves to paved the way that Indra has.
All this time, she was proper behind the individual she needed to put together to take energy, and but she was nonetheless the one which was preserving all the things in examine.
Giving her that probability to do what she deserved to do lastly was all the things.
Indra has been single-handedly carrying Sanctum’s value on her again. She was the one one who actually cared in regards to the dynamics and about making an attempt to settle issues.
Indra is simply as bored with how stagnant and dramatic issues are in Sanctum; the least the narrative may do is let her deal with issues as a result of nobody else would.
Talking of drained points of the story that are not including up for now, is anybody else writing down any point out of the Bible?
The 100 is leaning on that this season, and but it seems like not all of these hints have the worth we predict it does.
To be truthful, not everybody might be Jesus, even when everyone seems to be making an attempt to be.
The sequence of Diyoza chained up in Bardo jogged my memory of Jesus on the cross. However then Sheidheda talked of resurrection, an act that occurs again and again in Sanctum.
However the Darkish Commander has been probably the most profitable; he at all times finds a option to come again.
Then Murphy spoke with Jeremiah; this can be a character within the Bible who, from my understanding, was linked to false hopes and calling that out.
The irony that this individual finds hope from an precise false god? Extra possible than you assume.
No matter all that, one thing is brewing in Sanctum, however it’s taking years to get to that boiling level.
With the grounders kind of one once more, the teams which might be left are Nelson’s individuals and Trey’s devoted bunch. They’re all on the lookout for another person to comply with, and but none of them know who they are going to be answering to quickly.
The Shepherd loves his sheep, and Sanctum has an entire discipline for the selecting.
There’s additionally no manner all of this drama is going on in Sanctum simply to remain in Sanctum. The least priceless storyline has to turn into a complement to one thing greater, or else what has this all been about all this time?
Nakara’s Horror Film Off-Street Journey
Not each planet is usually a winner, however typically it’s all in regards to the journey as a substitute of the vacation spot.
And though this did not really really feel like a kind of occasions, Nakara did give us one thing important; precise screentime for Clarke, greater than we’ve got gotten in what seems like eternally.
However extra screentime means extra discussions about what we’re exploring, and the reply to that appears to be something however Clarke’s company.
It’s one factor to have Niylah, Miller, and even Jordan come off as not as pushed inside this narrative.
Niylah and Miller exist, however their tales by no means impressed the present.
And at this level, it’s protected to imagine that The 100 determined to not give Jordan extra to do inside the narrative. They appear to assume he would not have sufficient to supply, however that’s certainly one of their many misconceptions this season.
The most important false impression is their perception that they’ll proceed to desk their lead character in the long term.
Raven: When does it finish?
Clarke: It would not finish right here. I do not consider in karma, Raven. And if we’ve got souls, yours is not cracked. You are a good individual, perhaps the most effective I do know.
Clarke Griffin is not the lead on a present that does not appear to know who’s main anymore.
It is not potential to have interaction or take pleasure in something the final season has to supply when it expresses that it would not discover worth in its leads anymore.
This misguided view that The 100 is perpetuating additional proves that The 100 Season 7 would not know how you can do proper by the essence of the present.
In case you do not assume that Clarke (and Bellamy) affords all the things that made The 100 what it’s, you are not paying consideration.
The truth that Clarke hasn’t had the most lines this season, she would not even are available in shut, is trigger for concern. The present would not care about what mattered to the viewers and the narrative all this time.
Particularly within the final season, it’s disrespectful to assume this can be taken at face worth and never questioned.
Clarke Griffin deserves greater than she is getting. A lot extra.
However she does get to help another person as soon as once more, and whereas it nonetheless stings that The 100 would not see her as worthy of her personal story, it was refreshing to discover her relationship with Raven.
It wasn’t sufficient to simply have Abby dying to be why Raven and Clarke attain an understanding.
They have not seen eye to eye in years, and a kind of causes needed to do with their view on survival.
Survival comes with robust selections, and it wasn’t till they reached the identical cut-off date that that they had room for this dialog.
Whereas it may have and will have, been longer, it’s nonetheless a begin.
Lindsey Morgan was phenomenal as she explored Raven’s guilt when it got here to probably the most relatable emotion of all; being egocentric when it got here to saving your self.
There wasn’t something flawed with Raven not desirous to threat her life; it will have been unusual if she had.
Everybody needs to outlive, and typically you find yourself sacrificing part of your self to make that occur.
Lindsey acted out Raven’s inner wrestle with a lot emotion and ache; it is not potential to not really feel for somebody who simply wished to avoid wasting everybody however could not.
Very like Clarke. It’s a story as outdated as time for her. She at all times tries her greatest, however there’ll at all times be somebody who would not see it that manner.
Raven and Clarke have not been allowed to essentially communicate to 1 one other, so there’s hope that perhaps Raven’s arc is opening the door for extra human connection.
The 100 is ravenous with out it, and that connection is what offers the ultimate season any weight today.
The Bellarke Abyss
Clarke calling for Bellamy as if he would seem from behind a kind of “rocks” in Nakara was such a temper.
I miss him too, Clarke. You do not even know.
I miss each Bellamy and Clarke, to be sincere.
Stray Ideas
We spoke with Eli Goree about his time on the present, as well as Michael Beach in regards to the journey he had, and we even took a stroll down reminiscence lane with Christopher Larkin and Aaron Ginsburg. We even checked in with Zach McGowan about that shock return to the present.
Hold checking TV Fanatic for extra upcoming interviews with shock solid members from seasons previous!
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Throughout a post-apocalyptic go to to a graveyard planet which Group Soar hero are you? Tag your self if you’re Niylah, somebody who simply needs to get right down to enterprise.
Tag your self if you’re Jordan, somebody who’s in it for the journey and the aliens. Tag your self if you’re Miller; somebody who simply needs to get out of there and refuses to be the one to die first.
- Why is Raven at all times so sharp with Jordan? He could not be any extra useful, however every time she is by some means taking her frustrations out on him.
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Everyone seems to be getting a boyfriend on The 100 it appears. Madi is flirting with a man from Sanctum as a result of she lastly will get to be a lady her age.
Now, if solely her mother may comply with her lead and get a boyfriend proper there. We may make it tremendous straightforward for her by selecting the boy ourselves.
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Gabriel Santiago is our light big that deserves all of the love and help on the earth.
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I do not wish to be That Individual, however this must be talked about earlier than Octavia and Levitt take their relationship any farther. Levitt is now a janitor as a result of he did all the things he may to assist Octavia and preserve her protected. The way in which that mirrors Bellamy changing into a janitor on the Ark after he tried to make Octavia comfortable is a bit a lot.
What’s it that folks say about some girls looking for out a associate who reminds them of their father? Say it is not so, Octavia.
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Talking of Levitt, he could be the right boyfriend for Octavia. The way in which that he noticed her recollections and supported each alternative she made is one factor.
However now this dude is brazenly having fun with Octavia punching him? Perhaps it noticed Octavia’s recollections, or maybe he actually likes her, however Levitt is Octavia’s favourite now.
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RIP to the bindi. You will have spent too lengthy representing cultural appropriation, and it’s about time the present stops pretending that Grounder “tradition” is entitled to it.
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I am unsure if anybody remains to be questioning about these symbols within the promotional pictures for the present. However the first image that Raven places into the stone to get to Bardo is exactly the same one that Clarke (and Echo) has.
Is that this an indication? A coincidence? A ineffective piece of knowledge that I spent an excessive amount of time making an attempt to validate? The world might by no means know.
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Sanctum could be struggling to seek out frequent floor, however there appears to be hope on the horizon. You could have missed Madi’s new pal being a null who normally is not pals with the children in Sanctum.
However as issues are altering in Sanctum, so are the preconceived notions that youngsters heard from their mother and father.
Altering is going on, however it’s coming from the youthful era. The youngsters have a large number to take care of, and they’re popping out higher than folks that got here earlier than them.
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Did anybody else discover Jackson to be an excessive amount of this time round? He had all this rage about shedding Abby, and now he’s making an attempt to coddle Madi as a alternative? Is Madi the brand new Abby?
I do not assume Clarke requested Jackson to babysit Madi, and I’m apprehensive about the place that is going.
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Sheidheda would possibly assume he’s the king on the board, however that transition made it clear who our actual royalty was.
Clarke Griffin: Queen of Each Single World
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Thanks to J.R Bourne, Adina Porter, and Luisa D’Oliveira for being the explanation Sanctum is even value investing something in. All of them make it value it.
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It might be good for The 100 really to make use of extra of Lola Flanery, and never simply in the case of her being or not being the Commander. She may simply exist in that world as somebody trying to heal, and the viewers will get to comply with that.
It is not as stylish or edgy as a brand new conflict each single season, however it’s definitely worth the funding.
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The directing for this episode was unimaginable due to the way it targeted on the dynamics rising in all of the totally different storylines. It highlighted the steadiness (and typically imbalance) that existed between every interplay.
It additionally gave extra energy to every dialog as a result of it constructed up the characters constructing off each other as a substitute of off the plot.
What did you consider this episode? What do you concentrate on that Second Daybreak signal at Nakara?
How a lot are you lacking Bellamy Blake already? How a lot do you would like Clarke Griffin mattered extra to her personal present?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how further is Echo being to date? How a lot are you transport Levitt and Octavia after that cheek contact? Is cheek stroking our new type of love on the present? If that’s the case, like brother, like sister.
Which storyline are you most enthusiastic about going ahead? Who else simply needs to satisfy the Shepherd already? And when do we predict Gabriel will get to have his sizzling cup of tea and his cardigan once more?
Tell us what you assume under!
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