The CW really is pushing this whole darkness thing on The 100, aren't they? This week's episode was a political, dark story where sides were made, people were banished/ arrested, and hook-ups became a thing, or even, a near thing. While not as intense as the last episode, since there was a big cloud of death that was chasing everybody, this episode felt much more personal and character driven for characters who, while are main characters, have not been as exposed as we would like, i.e. Finn and Raven.
Also considering how last episode we only saw Ark flashbacks, it was a welcome return for seeing just what was going down on the Ark, and seeing what trouble Abby could be arousing this time. It almost felt like we were viewing her through a new lens, since now we know she was the snitch to the Chancellor, who was absent from this episode. He wasn't needed, but, I think we'll be seeing him next week when Abby finds herself in a bit of treasonous trouble...much like her husband.
On Earth, though, things are turning for the worst. Well, at least for our heroes/ villains. Everyone else is chipping in great. A wall is going up (you need three walls, guys, haven't you see Attack on Titan?) and weapons are being made. The 94 are getting ready to fight off the Grounders! Yeah!
However, there is a murderer on the loose. And who else should we turn to than the annoying-as-heck Murphy? Sadly, leading up to the revelation that it was one of the 94 that killed Wells, Murphy hadn't been helping his case that he was such a good guy, as he pushed people around, forcing them to build the walls. After finding a knife that has his initials on it, it seems that everyone turns on Murphy, but Octavia, Clarke, Finn and Jasper try to stop everyone from letting him hang.
In a surprisingly early twist, at least I wasn't expecting it to come this early, Charlotte reveals herself to be the murderer of Wells. This greatly upsets Bellamy and Clarke, who thought she was just a scared innocent little girl. Bellamy gets upset when she tells hims he took his words literally, and is also upset because Murphy and four other people want to see her pay the price he would have paid. When Bellamy goes to negotiate, Murphy knocks him out and decides it best to just take Charlotte and kill her, only to find out she has been taken away by Clarke and Finn.
On their way to a secret hideout, it was nice to see that Clarke can be harsh when she needs to. While she has been pretty nice to almost everyone that doesn't piss her off, she does not show too much compassion for Charlotte. I mean, she just killed her best friend, what'd you expect? When they find the hideout, Clarke and Finn try to decide what to do with her, only to fall asleep and allow her to escape.
Bellamy manages to find her, and while she wants to scream and pout and run away on her own--this girl is clearly not the brightest--Murphy gets hot on their tail. Finally, Bellamy and Charlotte find themselves pinned against a cliff. Murphy's gang catches up with them, as do Clarke and Finn. Murphy, obviously, asks for Charlotte, then takes Clarke hostage and and asks for Charlotte in exchange for Clarke. Charlotte, who wanted none of this to happen and wants no one else to get her, jumps off the cliff.
Yeah, that happened. A little girl, the same little girl who struggled with inner demons and killed someone, jumped off the cliff. It was pretty gut-wrenching, especially, surprisingly, for Bellamy. He got a lot of great character development this episode. It seems that while at first he wanted to let the beast out and go wild, now he has managed to tame himself and after all this, with now two people dead with this out-of-control problem, knows he has to make rules for himself and for everyone else. He actually sided with our heroes more in this episode, following last episode where he was sort of showing signs that he would side with them given a dangerous circumstance. He knows a strong ally when she sees one in Clarke, though sadly, I think her strength may be waning.
Clarke, at the beginning of the episode, showed a lot of understandable frustration toward her mother. Duh. She had her dad killed. That, however, forced her into a little bit of vengeance, where she offered up her bracelet to Monty so that he may both work on it to try and have it act as a communicator but also as a way for her mother to think Clarke died. A little low, there, especially considering how her mother probably struggles with her decision to tell the Chancellor a lot. That was probably another reason why Abby wanted to go down to Earth.
The group decides to banish Murphy, since they can't just kill him, as then everyone would be killing people over a simple crime like on the Ark. I do not believe at all this will be the last we see of him, as he and the Grounders will have a lot in common against the now 92. These numbers are just plummeting! Back at the poorly-fortified camp, Clarke and Bellamy sort of reveal their co-leadership to the 92. Monty tries to have the bracelet act as a communicator, but accidentally shuts them all down, which on the Ark shows that everyone on Earth has died all of a sudden. Jasper and Octavia share a kiss (freaking finally) because Jasper showed bravery in the face of Murphy. Finn has some angst about everything falling apart, claiming that they are all alone and that with all of this nothing can really be established, and we finally get that Clarke-Finn hook-up we've been waiting for. I guess since they had a rough day they had to get really intimate but I think a simple kiss like Octavia and Jasper would have sufficed.
Speaking of intimate, we have our Ark action for the day. Time is running out for Abby and Raven, as they only have a matter of hours to get that drop-ship off the Ark and headed for Earth. However, they do not have a pressure-regulator, but Raven knows who might: a technician trader lady named Nigel. When Nigel says the only way for Raven to get the part is to hook-up with the chief engineer, Abby decides to go black-market style on Nigel and exchanges morphine for a pressure-regulator, which Raven gets to installing.
Nigel decides to tell Kane, who is onto Abby but is not sure what she wants, about her little underground trade and that this may be his inside to becoming Chancellor. Also, I noticed that there was a plaque for the "Grounders." Might they be the same Grounders the 92 are gearing up to fight? And why would they have a plaque? Were they really left on Earth or were they the first round of people to be sent down to see if Earth was livable? Many, many questions to be asked. It should also be noted that if they are the same, then perhaps they are a religious cult, as we saw this plaque while Kane's mother was praising the mother Earth in what appeared to be a religious ceremony. Considering how we saw Jasper nearly be, like, sacrificed maybe, that may not be a far-off possibility.
Kane goes to stop Abby and Raven from what their doing, but Abby manages to stall for time by admitting that she has done a crime. I don't know how Kane does not figure out what a pressure-regular could be used for, but figures it out too late, as Raven manages to leave per Abby's order. The episode ends as Raven gets into free-fall, captured by Earth's orbit.
So next episode we can expect some awkward situations between Finn, Clarke, and Raven, as now a love-triangle has formed. Yay...
But, since Raven did bring a communicator, how will Bellamy react? He is, after all, wanted for shooting the Chancellor, so he may not be too happy when he finds out that Raven brought a communicator to possibly report back on that. But if the communication is lost, then Earth is assumed dead and 300 people will be killed to keep the Ark alive. It seems to all rest on Bellamy's shoulders, and I suppose Clarke's too in order to stop him. The tension is rising.
And I like it!
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