The 100 Season 7 Episode four Assessment: Hesperides

How many individuals should die for our “heroes” to get the place they have to be?

The restrict would not exist, however they may maintain making an attempt to determine that magic quantity out.

And the timing has by no means been extra good, with the subsequent battle developing of their rearview mirror quickly.

Throughout The 100 Season 7 Episode 4, the Sanctum story and the Skyring plot will get weaved collectively. Echo, Hope, and Gabriel’s time on Skyring have been sped up as they shaped a reference to Orlando. 

In the meantime, Hope’s previous was explored once more, and a brand new friendship was launched from her time on Skyring as a baby.

All the particulars lastly got here collectively to have the group in Sanctum line up with the Skyring trio, just for half of them to finish up in Bardo, and the opposite half on a planet we assume is Nakara.

And simply when issues took a flip, Gaia ended up touring with one of many disciples to an unknown planet. This implies the Sanctum group left with nobody to clarify to the others the place they went, and now Gaia is lacking too. 

“Hesperides,” written by Sean Crouch, was a push in the suitable course for the narrative of the present. Storylines that have been too far aside are slowly getting pulled collectively, however in true The 100 style, some twists be sure that issues aren’t too simple for the characters simply but. 

However this episode did cease making it look like the present was stalling in Sanctum, and it allowed the characters to introduce us to the subsequent steps within the story.

Most of that energy got here from the unstated communication and understanding that began to exist between sure teams. However extra energy got here from the build-up earlier than the massive Bardo introduction.

Hints have been being dropped left and proper about what they could be strolling into, and it seems like no matter these teases, there isn’t a correct method to put together. Let’s simply hope that Bellamy is ready on the finish of that inexperienced Anomaly lit highway. 

Three Maidens, One Anomaly Stone, and the Research of Genuine vs. Synthetic Friendships

If Hesperides was a story of three maidens defending a golden apple, then Echo, Gabriel, and Hope exist of their model of this story.

However their golden apple is their self-preservation and self-focused motivations of attending to Bardo.

In some ways, the three of them cannot be blamed for what occurred in that area earlier than they headed for the Anomaly. From day one, it was apparent what their priorities have been, maybe to everybody however themselves. 

Getting a peek at Hope’s relationship with Dev was an instance of an genuine bond. Hope and Dev grew to look after each other; they have been one another’s folks.

However someplace in-between Hope planning a method out and searching again at her time with Dev, it’s like she missed what was occurring proper in entrance of her.

As quickly as Hope noticed Orlando, she had him labeled as their method out. To Hope (and to Gabriel and Echo), Orlando was only a means to an finish. It was her taking part in out the identical story she was already a part of, however this time she would get totally different outcomes.

And he or she did.

Besides, we have been watching the traces blur although it was crystal clear the place all of this was going. There is no such thing as a method you will not bond with somebody that you just spend 5 years with, but when your intentions have been at all times skewed, then it could actually solely play out a technique.

And play out it did, in one of many extra action-packed and chilling episodes. There have been heavy indicators that it might go all mistaken as quickly because the three of them mounted their sights on Orlando.

From Hope planning to get Orlando to care about them so they might manipulate that to Echo warning Orlando instantly that his folks would die to Gabriel participating within the stunts that have been meant to trick Orlando — there have been brilliant pink flags waving far and wide.

Echo: We want your assist.
Orlando: To kill my folks?
Echo: That is inevitable. The query is if you happen to die with them.

Nevertheless it was all only a sequence of occasions that could not have occurred every other method as a result of the outcome was by no means going to be something totally different.

With Dev, Hope paused, and she or he did not get the kill shot like she was meant to. That weighed on her, so this was all only a build-up for the second she would get this kill and would defend when she wasn’t in a position to the primary time.

From there, it’s like watching dominoes fall, with Echo realizing that Hope saved her, after which that Orlando’s belief was now betrayed. The one factor he requested was for his folks to stay unhurt, and it was then that she realized that regardless of how a lot time they spent collectively, there was nonetheless boundary was nonetheless there for Orlando.

He nonetheless considered the folks from Bardo as his personal, which suggests the trio wasn’t his precedence.

Are you able to blame him, although?

It’s apparent that although they cared about him, Orlando wasn’t a precedence for them both. Like at all times, every of them is invested in all this for his or her egocentric causes and a technique or one other that was going to change the occasions that acquired them there.

Echo’s selection, although, was nonetheless such a drastic one, together with her killing each final disciple and trapping Orlando on Bardo for who is aware of how lengthy.

For some, it resembled the time Finn risked every thing for Clarke throughout The 100 Season 2, and he ended up going to date that he killed a complete village of harmless folks.

However is that the identical?

Echo could be doing this for Bellamy, however her actions do not scream, shedding your sense of self as you seek for somebody you care about.

The distinction between Finn’s actions and Echo’s is their morals. Finn was the final individual that might do what he did as a result of his morals would not permit it. However Echo has by no means shied away from killing if that’s what she thought wanted to be accomplished.

So Finn and Echo each have been in the end caught in conditions the place they felt like their solely selection was to kill, however this would possibly not weigh on Echo the identical method it did for Finn.

Morally Echo hasn’t modified, it doesn’t matter what the narrative needs to say primarily based on a number of telling and no exhibiting.

What we noticed was the other of what it feels just like the present needs us to suppose. Echo is not altering, which is unlucky as a result of she would not want to alter fully. However in some ways, it exhibits that the present would not need to develop her, no less than not past the individual keen to kill with no seen regret.

It wasn’t a fall from grace for Echo; it was only a regular day within the lifetime of a spy.

She continues to show that she is extra of the model that Octavia sees her be, not the model that Bellamy (and the plot) is below the phantasm that she is. 

Nonetheless, her actions are considerably of a shock to each Hope and Gabriel. Although Echo simply did precisely what she stated she would when she acquired there, maybe that may be a little bit of an indication that Hope and Gabriel adjusted in a different way.

There’s a seen bond between the three of them, however as at all times, they’re collectively as a result of they don’t have any selection.

Meaning their strategy in these sorts of conditions might be totally different, and there must be some extent after they do not simply agree as a result of they do not have sufficient time to face their floor.

As a result of Hope and Gabriel each did not need to depart Orlando behind, even when he wasn’t a precedence of their plan, Gabriel objected and tried to cease Echo 4 occasions.

For somebody with the least funding in any of this, as a result of he simply needs solutions, it was a visual reminder that Gabriel has modified. He would not need to be a weak man following a false god; he needs to struggle for all times as an alternative of demise.

The three maidens are nonetheless defending what issues most to them, which suggests Orlando simply did not line up with these plans. 

Echo was proper when she stated that they weren’t Orlando’s folks, however Orlando wasn’t their folks both. 

Realizing he may promote them out was sufficient of a motive to not threat it, and from there, his life and his sanity have been acceptable losses.

This all unfolded out of an inauthentic connection, shaped for the sake of survival, and ended with fairly a number of deaths, together with Orlando’s.

It’s a must to surprise what was the purpose of all this was.

Hope, Gabriel, and Echo spent two episodes with Orlando on this different planet, but it is not clear why all of this occurred. Most of their time wasn’t seen, one other sufferer of a time leap, which suggests it was all in regards to the build-up after which the fallout.

The belief is that Orlando took his personal life after he was betrayed and left on their own. However this would not be The 100 if we did not query what is alleged, particularly as a result of the viewers did not see it.

Orlando knew fairly a number of particulars in regards to the existence of Hope and her life for it to be complicated. Orlando should not have a Hope doll earlier than he even met her, and he should not know that she loves pumpkins.

However he’s a 12th degree disciple, and which means he was worthy sufficient to get to the very high of Bardo.

Octavia and Diyoza had their recollections taken, or there was an try too, and there’s now a motive to consider that Orlando was both a part of it or had entry to that info. 

An excessive amount of time was spent on Orlando, so it might make no sense if he has no greater function to play and was simply within the first 4 episodes to create battle. 

There’s additionally motive to consider that he won’t be useless and that he was a part of a plan on Skyring this entire time.

Anders talked about that he knew that Clarke’s mates have been on Skyring, so why did he permit them to remain there if he knew? Often, he would extract them and take them straight to Bardo.

This could be a clue, with Anders understanding as a result of he deliberate it that method with Orlando taking part in faux on the within.

Or he realized in a while what was occurring and let it play out as a result of he wanted leverage in opposition to Clarke.

Regardless, the three of them will not be capable to simply depart Orlando and their decisions behind. As a lot because it was Echo’s resolution to kill everybody and depart Orlando, it has to weigh on all of them.

It may also be step one that drives an eventual wedge between the three of them as a result of there’s nothing like demise to make folks land on reverse sides of a battle.

How a lot can plans change earlier than it turns into one thing very totally different than what it was meant to be? And the way lengthy earlier than your previous catches up with you?

These are the questions that Echo, Gabriel, and Hope could should reply of their subsequent journey collectively. As a result of they could be getting nearer to their vacation spot, however it seems like there’s rather a lot they did not have a look at intently sufficient as they head into the unknown.

One Concept, Two Theories, Three Theories, Extra

There comes a time in each season of this present that the theories begin. It took a second for this season to begin dropping potential hints of what could be developing. However watching this episode no less than twice means that you can choose up on no less than a typical theme of what’s but to be explored.

So there is no higher time to throw all the data you might not have caught but and see what sticks. It is a collaborative dialogue, although, so remember to share the theories and particulars you’ll have caught that weren’t talked about but. 

The right place to begin is at first, and nothing actually was suspicious till Orlando got here into the image. The perk of Orlando, although, is that he serves as a window for Bardo.

He mentions that he’s a 12th degree disciple, which suggests he’s on the high of the meals chain in Bardo. He’s nonetheless a believer on the subject of the teachings Bardo places everybody via, and that’s how the viewers caught wind of the Grasp.

The shadow of the Shepherd for all mankind. He saved us from the fireplace that consumed the Earth and the sunshine of the Shepherd …”

Orlando

However the Grasp may go by a second title as a result of Orlando saved mentioning The Shepherd interchangeably when he wasn’t cautious. And a shepherd is all about herding flock … to the subsequent apocalypse. 

Followers have already began to take a position that the Grasp could be Cadogan, or on the very least, he’s associated to that story that we’ve got heard about since The 100 Season 4.

When Gabriel catches Orlando doing his prayer, he says a particular message:

“The shadow of the shepherd for all man-kind. He saved us from the fireplace that consumed the Earth and the sunshine of the shepherd …” 

There is no such thing as a method that this is not Cadogan, particularly how the message hints on the first finish of the Earth. The Second Daybreak Cult was shaped in anticipation of the apocalypse, with followers needing to advance via 12 ranges.

As soon as followers superior that far they might be allowed salvation, and the high-level followers survived within the major bunker on Earth.

It is not clear but how they might have gotten to Bardo from Earth, however there could be one thing on the Bardo map that provides it away.

After a number of rounds of heavy squinting, there are a number of areas of Bardo’s setup that could be of worth.

Beginning with “Arboretum – Oxygen Plant,” this must be a spot that’s full of timber. If that is related to oxygen, which should imply the air is not survivable all by itself in Bardo, then it is a botanical backyard that takes care of that for the folks that exist there.

Then subsequent, we’ve got an “Ione Room – Bridge,” which must be self-explanatory when it comes to what it does in Bardo. That is the place the connection occurs to the Anomaly, though the phrase Ione does even have connections to Greek mythology. 

As a result of, after all, it does.

As soon as we move the residing quarters and the mess corridor, there’s a coaching room that exists for the disciples. 

Transferring from there, we attain “Ministry – M-CAP,” and that is the place we discovered that reminiscence extraction occurs as soon as a brand new individual involves Bardo.

Anders clarified that that is the primary time that occurs after they deliver somebody to Bardo, and he additionally stated that this is able to lead Clarke to serve the Shepard.

Now it is not clear but if they only take the recollections or if in addition they try to regulate the thoughts. 

It’s exhausting to know for positive since Octavia did not seem like affected that method, however she additionally misplaced her reminiscence, and Hope stated that she fought again in opposition to it.

It may very well be a method for them to get info on their topics, and from there, they’ll use that to govern folks to conform with out precise thoughts management.

Or Bardo is a much more harmful place than we thought as a result of accessing somebody’s thoughts sufficient to take their recollections should imply nothing else is absolutely off the desk. 

And remember {that a} Ministry, in Christianity, is an exercise that’s accomplished by the followers to assist the church that they’re loyal to. So the act of M-CAP could be a step in “changing”  newcomers to comply with the Shepard and his plan for battle.

I am not useless, I am invisible! You are useless! And that basically hurts.

Gabriel

There’s additionally the truth that nobody is aware of what occurred to Diyoza, and which means her religion might have saved her in Bardo all this time. 

Transferring on, there are a number of cell blocks and a few upkeep areas and an influence plant, however there’s one particular room that may give us some perception on this Grasp that has everybody doing his bidding proper now.

There’s an space referred to as “Cryo Labs – The Shepard” on the map, which does not want an evidence however is price mentioning.

It wasn’t apparent how Cadogan might have gone from Earth and ended up in Bardo, however cryo solves that query fairly rapidly.

It’s potential that the Shepard is not even in cost proper now. He might have handed on his values to his followers, with all of them making ready for that battle that Orlando stated they’re targeted on. 

So Cadogan may very well be in Bardo however nonetheless in cryo as a result of it might make sense that he did not need to be woken up till the final battle the human race would wage acquired there, or else he might have died earlier than it occurred. 

Cadogan must need to be a part of the battle, so since he would not know when it might occur, he simply instructed his followers to take away him from cryo when the important thing was discovered.

Enter Clarke Griffin.

All she is aware of for now’s that she is the important thing, so it’s as much as the viewers to place the items collectively as a result of there isn’t a method she’s going to get all of the solutions any time quickly.

Amanda Reimer from The Young Folks has an thought that may assist clarify some of what’s being teased.

She initially seen that Becca’s Lab was within the title sequence, which did not make sense since Earth is supposed to be gone.

However Raven mentions that one planet is offline within the helmet, which means there’s a probability it may very well be Earth. 

There is no such thing as a reasonable method that Earth can simply come again after it was faraway from existence, however why not throw this idea on the market simply in case, proper? 

And that might clarify why Becca’s Lab has the worth that it does since Amanda mentions in her evaluation that an Anomaly stone might have existed there all this time. Moreover, it is also a lead on the subject of this final battle.

The 100 is nothing with out its last episode battle, and it’s nothing with out utilizing their favourite plot crutches.

Cadogan’s greatest challenge needed to be Becca, so Amanda brings up the concept of the final battle being between Cadogan and Becca (via her know-how).

That will clarify why Clarke is the important thing since she is the one one who had each piece of Becca’s know-how inside her in some unspecified time in the future.

Additionally it is necessary to keep in mind that Becca got here all the way down to Earth as soon as the apocalypse hit and tried to save lots of the Second Daybreak followers.

She provided them the Nightblood serum to save lots of them, however as an alternative, they burned her on the sake.

Sound acquainted? 

Over in Sanctum, each Russell and now Sheidheda have been tripping over themselves to burn others or to have a hearth execution set in place.

The trailer for the season confirmed footage of another person setting themselves on fireplace, so there isn’t a method that sample will not discover a method to come again any time quickly. 

For now, all of that is simply assumptions primarily based on well-hidden clues which can be setting issues up for the primary introduction of Bardo.

This may make sense as a result of it might lastly put the Second Daybreak info to precise use, though extra importantly, it’s organising for the prequel that the complete season appears targeted on.

There is no such thing as a method to transfer ahead proper now if you happen to do not go to the previous, and The 100 is ensuring no Anomaly stone goes unturned. 

Sanctum’s Borrowed Time

Are Clarke’s mates lacking in the event that they did not discover and weren’t precisely searching for them earlier than? It could be just like the tree within the woods; it did not fall till somebody heard it. So Clarke’s mates weren’t lacking till somebody appeared to let her know.

It’s a little off that Clarke did not choose up on and even query the place everybody was. Bellamy in all probability advised her the place he was headed, and that meant that Clarke did not should surprise about them in the intervening time.

It was a method to clarify why Clarke wasn’t concerned on this different storyline, however the longer we went not listening to any acknowledgment, the extra it felt hole at greatest.

However that is not even restricted to at least one storyline, a lot of it extends to Clarke now too.

She is a frontrunner. She is a mom. She is saying all the identical issues and doing all her typical duties, but a lot of it rings hole too.

Clarke is taking part in the function that she has on the present, however she can also be coming off so indifferent. And that is not on Clarke; she remains to be that exceptional lead that we love and assist.

But when the present would not see Clarke as a precedence, then that may stand out after some time. 

We’re 4 episodes in, but Clarke solely actually had a significant function in one in all these episodes.

And even throughout that singular episode, she was nonetheless serving the story and did not have the liberty to interrupt away from the motions she needed to undergo.

We’re 4 episodes in, however there isn’t a trace of the place the male lead could be. He’s lacking, and at this level, he may very well be lacking for an additional 4 episodes, as a result of there isn’t a understanding of how extended this absence could also be.

We’re 4 episodes in, and Octavia, the third billed actress, exists, however time would not.

She was the principle focus in a single episode, however past that hasn’t actually been round, and we do not even know the place she is within the current time both.

If this felt prefer it was being accomplished on goal, then it might be one factor, however this as an alternative comes off as a aspect impact. The present needs to spend time on Orlando, Sheidheda, and varied different storylines that do not go anyplace.

Miller: Bulletholes. Bellamy?
Clarke: Needed to be, he had the one gun.

However what finally ends up occurring is that the main target that might be going to the principle characters which were there from the beginning is simply gone. 

That may’t be accomplished on the subject of your leads as a result of the power will get drained out of the minimal scenes they do find yourself having. Clarke remains to be Clarke, however she seems simply as disconnected because the viewers is feeling.

Clarke is getting used to waste time till she is required elsewhere, and you’ll see that taking its toll on her scenes.

She is not allowed to exist, and it’s just like the present would not know what to do together with her.

When you do not know the way to write or focus in your lead character, which means there’s a main disconnect happening within the story, you are attempting to inform.

It should not be a race to get to that prequel episode on the expense of each unique character; it must be a practiced stroll to the end line with the characters that created all of this, to start with.

Talking of characters that created all of this, Raven Reyes goes via a lot of what Clarke needed to.

However paradoxically it is not simply their kill depend that’s related now, the disconnect in Raven’s arc is being felt as effectively.

She did not as soon as query her resolution throughout The 100 Season 7 Episode 3 when she despatched Hatch and his mates to their deaths.

She lied to them from the start, and we did not even see her battling that selection. It wasn’t till they died that it hit her, however by then, it was too late, and it was not the Raven that we’ve got come to know.

So having her now be impacted this a lot by their deaths, it’s an ungainly strategy having Raven present extra regret in any case of this than earlier than.

She had the possibility to wrestle earlier than sending them in, however she did it with no second thought, and now abruptly, she is inconsolable. 

It is not as pure to have this weigh on Raven’s shoulders as a method to make her wrestle with one thing something. It’s a trauma for the sake of trauma, and inflicting that on Raven within the final season as a result of there wasn’t a lot else they might discover together with her feels mistaken. 

Simply as she went into these woods with Jordan as a result of she needed to shield her mates, however it wasn’t after she shot at everybody that she realized what that might do?

It simply would not make sense having Raven upset after she shot all these folks at the truth that her capturing at them turned her killing extra folks.

She knew what would occur when she aimed for them, and this afterthought regret is solely a method to brake Raven on the worst occasions. 

Clarke: For those who did not do what you probably did, these folks would nonetheless be useless and so would everybody else in Sanctum.
Raven: I am unable to neglect their faces.
Clarke: And you will not. Simply remember those you saved.

Perhaps that may clarify the extraordinary plot gap the place Raven no less than knocked everybody out, however not one individual thought to take one other helmet? 

Raven had hers, and it was apparent that there was high-level entry related to it.

So why would not any of the others suppose to take the helmets that have been left on the disciples that have been all presumably useless on the bottom in entrance of them?

It is not precisely a plot gap, however it wasn’t a sensible selection both. 

However it’s that story resolution the place you understand why it was accomplished, but it would not add up. The others could not take the helmets as a result of then when Murphy and Emori and the others begin to seek for them, they will not be capable to get to them.

Helmets have to be round so the folks left in Sanctum can, in some unspecified time in the future, take them and journey as effectively.

However that’s nonetheless an odd oversight that nobody even questioned out loud if possibly they might profit from no less than another helmet for somebody.

It was nearly like Sanctum had that one final probability to stall the characters earlier than they left it.

#WhereisBellamyBlake In The Bellarke Nook

Perhaps the lacking Anomaly stone is Bellamy Blake. There are such a lot of choices when he’s round, and so few choices when he is not. 

However since we’re right here once more and there is no signal of Bellamy, there’s nothing left to dig however dig round for crumbs.

But the one factor that has been so difficult on the subject of this season is making an attempt to determine the reasoning.

As a result of some elements of the episodes could be the writers trying to take the story in that course, and a few may simply be as a result of Bob Morley is not being utilized in any episodes proper now.

So it’s like doing double the work making an attempt to slender down the rationale for some dialogue or some plot positioning.

However at this level, all you are able to do is throw it on the market and see what suits essentially the most.

For instance, a lot can be resolved if Clarke or Anders named names. However they nearly went out of their method to by no means say who Clarke noticed as her mates and who Anders was referring to.

It was clear, although, that Anders did not point out Bardo on goal. He solely clued Clarke in on the truth that he was conscious of her folks on Skyring, and that needed to be accomplished on goal.

If Anders named the folks that have been there, then Clarke would not belief him. He cannot reveal what’s going on in Bardo, however it’s important to surprise if all of it is a results of that.

Anders did not simply know who Clarke was out of skinny air, particularly sufficient to know that she is that this key to the final battle.

It’s all in regards to the phrases he chooses to make use of too, “Sensible, courageous, and keen to threat your life however not these of your folks.”

He might have gotten that from Octavia, or possibly from Diyoza, however by some means it would not look like both of them would view Clarke this manner.

Octavia at all times has points with Clarke and the choices she makes that Octavia views as betraying her mates.

Diyoza may respect Clarke extra and would view this about her, however it’s exhausting to not suppose that a few of Bellamy’s views of Clarke are included in that.

As a result of once more, Anders did not point out Bellamy (or Octavia), which may’t precisely be an accident.

Both he did not as a result of that might rush Clarke to get to him, and she will’t but as a result of Bob Morley is not again to reprise Bellamy. Or he did not point out it as a result of he noticed Bellamy’s recollections and off that requested for Clarke to fulfill him.

Clarke’s picture additionally resides in these helmets; it’s a look from The 100 Season 3 when Bellamy and Clarke have been joined on the hip.

This might simply be a random picture chosen to signify her, or it’s from a reminiscence that solely Bellamy might have supplied Bardo with.

In the event that they take their victims to Bardo and take their recollections immediately, then by now, they should have appeared via Bellamy’s to assist them of their strategy with Clarke.

Additionally, nobody can supply the sort of perception into Clarke that Bellamy has, which Anders would know a second into these recollections.

However that is primarily based on assumptions as a result of, for now, there is not even an indication that we might see Bellamy quickly. And if Clarke is distracted on one other planet, whereas considering she must go to Skyring, then there isn’t a method she is attending to Bardo immediately.

She may determine that she must be in Bardo, however Nakara could be one other method to sluggish Clarke down from attending to Bellamy.

Stray Ideas

• For any The 100 followers searching for some nostalgia because the sequence concludes, TV Fanatic has a shock interview sequence for you! “Wanting Again On The 100” facilities on monumental forged members and characters from the present that left their mark. 

  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.

  Maintain checking TV Fanatic for extra upcoming interviews with shock forged members from seasons previous!

• What’s it with the getting old course of on the present? That one streak of silver, each on Dev and Abby, are supposed to present important time change. However 5-10 years is not that drastic that the silver must exist to point out that point has handed. I simply have questions. 

• The true downside that must be mentioned about this episode is the truth that nobody in Sanctum thought that Gabriel deserves to be rescued too. They named everybody however him, and particularly Clarke, ought to have recognized higher.

  They actually do not get how particular Gabriel Santiago is.

• Echo telling Hope, “Wait till she sees you now,” tells me every thing I ought to find out about the place that is all going. If the present follows via on their foreshadowing dialogue, this does not sound like it’s heading in a promising place for Diyoza. 

• Nobody deserves Diyoza’s jellyfish cookbook greater than Gabriel. We’d not be studying a lot about him, however he’s stealing each scene that he’s in, and I simply hope that Bardo has good meals for him to get pleasure from now. 

• Ghost Mode must be essentially the most ridiculous factor stated on The 100. And this beats out Miller’s, “If it is the air on the market, then we are going to simply keep in right here.” 

• Is it simply me that thinks selecting planets primarily based on what seems enjoyable is not the perfect technique? Anders did not make it sound like their mates have been having enjoyable, so it might in all probability make extra sense to choose the planet that appears essentially the most difficult. 

  However there’s nothing extra good than irony, particularly when it comes on the expense of dragging these characters alongside for an additional episode or two. 

  Simply when the viewers thinks there’s motion, it’s instantly snatched away. 

• Gabriel in a tank high. That’s all. 

• If there have been any stray disciple that might survive Raven’s intention, it must be Anders. So he was trying to energy down the Anomaly earlier than Gaia ruined his plans.

  It may very well be an opportunity to discover the final planet with out having everybody go there for a fast peek, however odds are Anders is headed to Bardo with Gaia now.

• If Gaia is lacking, then nobody is aware of what occurred earlier than Clarke and the others left. Meaning Madi is kind of alone with Sheidheda taking up, and Murphy, Emori, and Indra are the one ones left to choose up the items of the puzzle they do not know they should resolve.

  What’s it with The 100 that it thrives on a whole lack of communication? Issues are a lot more durable than they have to be.

• Dev was a candy human, and we did not deserve him. Which might be why he acquired killed off simply as we acquired to know him extra, proper?

• That is the place I formally request for Jordan to have an enormous function from right here. He’s included, so hopefully, the story will embrace him this time.

• Group Homosexual is current and thriving. Surprisingly this group of individuals did not spend a lot time collectively on a mission earlier than, however there is no higher time than the current.

• It has been stated a number of occasions over, and it must be stated once more, the Skyring storyline was as profitable because it might have been. Although it nonetheless feels just like the story dragged on in methods it did not must, the dynamic that this was all centered round had its moments.

  Taking Chuku Modu’s pure chemistry as Gabriel, Hope’s mysterious perception and previous, and Echo’s unpredictable morals, this all by some means works in although you did not anticipate it too.

 

• However although this was in all probability the higher executed time leap, it nonetheless left somewhat to be desired. All this time was spent with these characters, however not a lot was discovered about them.

• The present retains struggling as a result of it wants characters to be pawns in a much bigger recreation as an alternative of people with one thing to supply exterior of their static plotlines.

• Talking of the Skyring group, Echo as soon as once more voiced what everyone seems to be considering. She mentions that she would not know what she would do with out Bellamy, which ought to communicate for itself, however it would not.

  As a result of presently, even when we did not spend all that point with the trio, Echo might have been in a position to kind real new connections and to have the possibility to widen her scope of individuals.

  As an alternative, The 100 pretends to have self-awareness on the subject of the dialogue stating the problems with characters and with relationships, solely to not doing something to alter it within the narrative itself.

• Hope has managed to make these episodes her personal as a result of, at this level, she is a completely explored character and is simple to comply with now. She remains to be in all probability the toughest to determine and will shock us at any flip, however the present was in a position to flesh her out sufficient to make it simple to need to know extra about her.

Let’s depart this off with one final trace of a idea. Orlando stated that he was punished on Absolution Day for persevering with to work. Maintain that in thoughts.

What did you consider this episode? How did you are feeling about Orlando? How did you are feeling about him getting left behind? Are you Group Echo, Group Gabriel, or Group Hope?

Do you suppose Anders is aware of every thing that he does from Bellamy? How frightened are we about Bellamy and his recollections now?

Did you see every other hints or theories that weren’t talked about? What do you suppose the final battle that the human race will ever wage is?

The place do you suppose Cadogan is? Who else is simply uninterested in the phrase “battle”?

Is anybody else questioning if cults are that enjoyable since everybody on each new planet appears to be a part of one? Who else misses Picasso? 

Tell us what you suppose under!

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