No more are we split between the Ark and the Earth. With the Kane-led Ark...people...on the ground, now we have two factions on the ground. And, of course, our continuing separate romance with Octavia and ya boy Lincoln. It seems that each significant leader now has their own group to take charge in and show what made them rise through the ranks in season one.
We open with Clarke, doing Clarke things: shattering glass, taking a girl hostage, and walking in on a fancy dinner party.
Talk about coming back in style.
Really, this scene served to remind us that: 1. Clarke is awesome and 2. Clarke has been in a fight for her life from pretty much the second she hit the ground some time ago, so in and unfamiliar environment, she's going to snap. Plus it shows that she is definitely not a gentle little leader like people thought she was compared to Bellamy's forceful nature. She took Maya by the throat with some glass and demanded answers, constantly slamming her against every wall she could. You get 'em Clarke.
But, glass doesn't do much against guns, as the Mountain Men (that's who they are, if you haven't pieced that together from season one) send some military dudes to subdue Clarke, taking her down. As we find out through a chat with old man President Wallace, the Mountain Men were only able to procure 48 survivors of the final battle, which means there are still several people out there. Clarke also finds out that the people of Mount Weather are not used to the intense amounts of radiation that are on Earth, and the reason why the 100 weren't effected was because of the solar radiation they were exposed to on the Ark. Ah, science.
Away from the fun happy peace times, we have Bellamy tracking a Grounder who has taken Finn captive. The Grounder is only keeping Finn alive so that he can fess up to the Grounder commander, but Bellamy wants to act, and does, but gets his butt kicked.
Back at the drop-ship, freaking Bane shows up to inspect for survivors. I'm not even kidding, some huge Grounder is wearing a mask that bears extremely striking resemblance to TDKR's Bane's mask. I mean, he went down after taking a bullet to the face, but so what? Bane was on The 100! The CW really is run by DC, isn't it? But, not all is well, as even though a Raven who has somehow lived from her long-lasting bullet wound now has to deal with Murphy, who arrives randomly in peace.
Clarke is reunited with Jasper and Monty at a dinner, where the latter two feast upon desserts and Monty starts to get it on with Maya--and by that I mean he eats her cake. Clarke, ever sneaky, steals Maya's key card and finds a way out, but Jasper and Maya track her down and tell her not to open it, as all the Mountain people will die. Clarke is once again arrested once she decides to keep the doors closed and let everyone live, despite the fact that she could be out looking for her friends.
The vibe I got off of Clarke is very reminiscent of Michonne in season three of The Walking Dead. Everything in this new community is peaceful and fun and all her friends are telling her its great but still she does not like it there. To her, something is off--in that it's way too good to be true. I can't blame her. She's been out in the wild fighting a bunch of war-hungry psychos this whole time, dudes in radiation suits and old man President Wallace aren't going to calm her down in a day. I get it. Plus, it adds tension. If she just submitted to camp rainbows then it would be lame and probably out of character. Clarke wants what's best for her people, and while this looks good, she has to make sure it's one hundred percent safe. '
Also, to once more reference The Walking Dead, I'm totally buying that these guys are cannibals. Probably because that's a thing in TWD and partly because: how else would they procure meat in the mountain if there are only people there? And there were way more than just 48 people out there, and we already know that Bellamy, Finn, Raven, Octavia, and those two kids were the only ones that got out. So, cannibals. Maybe.
It's too good to be true.
Oh, speaking of Octavia: Lincoln is tending to her wounds and he finds out she was poisoned. He leaves for a second to try and find the antidote but she flips out after apparently seeing a monster, so Lincoln takes her to his little hideout, and we see that there was indeed a deformed person hanging out watching her. Hmm. Anyway, Lincoln drops her off at his hideout--statue in the Lincoln Memorial.
Which, yeah, it's cool, but then I got to thinking: where are the steps to the memorial, where is the Washington Monument, where's everything else? Unless this is like a replica or something, I'm pretty sure we would see the White House around there somewhere, or some memories of it. Plus, D.C. doesn't have that many hills. It's quirky to see that, yeah, Lincoln gets his name from the memorial but still.
Back with Bellamy and Finn, Bellamy's two buddies he found go to attack the Grounder but good old citizen Kane shows up with the rest of the adult arrivals and guns the dude down, ordering Finn and Bellamy to take him to the dropship. There, they find the wounded Raven and Murphy, and Bellamy is placed under arrest while nothing really happens to Murphy even though he's the clear bad-guy. Kane also forcefully reminds Bellamy that they aren't animals, that they have rules now like on the Ark, which clearly is going to cause some problems because Kane doesn't get how things work. Still, though, it was a neat way for us to realize how animalistic indeed the people of the ground have become, reflected by Clarke, Bellamy, and Finn, who all looked horrendous prior to a slight clean-up. They looked like Grounders, which coincides greatly with two part-er at the end of last season.
The episode comes to a close with Clarke deciding to eat some of the food of the mountain people, warned by the President not to get on his bad-side, and the Ark arrivals manage to find some HUGE station on Earth that was apparently completely looked over by everyone else in the area, including the Mountain Men. Uh...how?
All in all, though, The 100 came back strong, giving us many new story elements and still continuing on with the consequences of last season. Sure there are some head-scratching elements such as the Lincoln Memorial and the station, but, minor inconveniences. Luckily, the characters are still the same and still great, and it definitely feels like it's not nearly over yet for Clarke's 48. Because cannibals.
Also there might be a baby on what's left of the Ark with Jaha. So that's a thing.
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