The 100 has largely let Abby and Kane off the hook for their destructive behavior. Abby was a big part of what happened in the bunker and I don’t know if Alpha has the 12 Steps but taking responsibility for past actions would be worthwhile here. While Clarke has Murphy and Bellamy to keep her honest, Abby only really has Octavia – and she’s easy to ignore in her current state. Seeing her transition into asking for them to end her life makes it clear just how dark things really are, our first true glimpse at what’s going on with Octavia since probably early season five. She plays so much of her emotion across her face that by the time she goads everyone into beating her, lying on the floor with a punch-drunk look on her face, it feels strangely natural.
Marie Avgeropoulous never lets that stop her, and this episode is no exception. It had such a great start – for everyone, but O in particular – and then withered on the vine. I’m looking forward to Ocatvia’s trajectory this season, though I’m still cautious after last season. The vaguely religious vibe of the shrines and the mother’s joke that the dad is megalomaniacal (yuk yuk!) suggests there’s plenty about modern-day Sanctum that we could learn from their founding counterparts 236 years ago. Josephine blinked her eyes at the end, so she’s a clear contender for living beyond that story. The parable of the first eclipse was a nice way to frame the story, and I hope we see more of “the primes” as it were, especially since our would-be hijacker resembles them so strongly. The look he gave Clarke was a bit more muddled, though I would hope that Bel could realize without the eclipse haze that she was never a danger to him, regardless of whatever lingering feelings he has about the fighting pits. I have a feeling that more fallout from Bellamy is incoming, based on that awful look he got on his face when he looked over at Murphy and realized that he’s the one who put him down. I can’t wait for the people of sanctum to meet her and o and hear all of their nicknames and be completely confused and terrified by these tiny, deadly women. I love that he keeps calling her the commander of death – someone has to keep her honest. Interestingly, it elicits a very Murphy-esque little speech from Clarke. Murphy really kept a very Clarke-specific list of grudges. This was yet another stunner for Murphy, who has really become a key player in both the group and for the writers. There’s just something about seeing him being so aggressive to the two women in his life that raises concerns, even with the sci-fi spin.
I love Echo for figuring her way out of an escalating trap, and I think it speaks to how smart we’ve always known her to be, though now I’m worried for her that Bellamy’s volatile side is never as far away as one might hope. His Clarke-specific response was that he does! Not! Need! Her! Any! More! Poor Clarke contemplates death by suicide and in a particularly cruel twist, is egged on by the voice of her mother, framing things in medical terms so it all sounds authoritative and inviting. Bellamy’s drive to save everyone makes him possessive and violent, intent to do whatever it takes.
Miller’s afraid of dying due to the random elements of a hostile planet and dude, I get it. If last episode had a lot of last season’s denoument to catch up on, consider this your rock ‘em, sock ‘em The 100 premiere with a psychological twist to get the blood pumping and the mythology of Sanctum going.Įcho is afraid that none of them trust her. The eclipse-induced psychosis brings out something interesting in everyone, while the Eligius III has to fight back against their invaders.