The 100 6x07 Thoughts
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I loved it. Really great episode that I enjoyed more every time I re-watched.
+ Omg Monty! :D Monty, Monty, Monty! (If I say it three times can he stay?) I’ve missed his beautiful face so much. I hadn't realised how much until he showed up. ):
+ I loved the hug and how happy she was when she held him. Her face! The hand-holding! I loved that he was the person that showed up to help her save herself (both by giving her reason and then showing her how). I loved them holding hands. I liked him telling her that he preferred her drawings. Him being the one to open Josephine's secret locked door was perfect. Everything about him and his interactions with Clarke delighted me. I realise he was just a projection, Clarke's own subconscious, but I like to think that he acted just as the real Monty would have.
+ This episode really showed why I adore Clarke so much. She was amazing and I loved every moment of her. "And I don’t go down easy." ♥ A couple episodes ago Octavia had a moment where she faced death and chose to live, now Clarke is faced with the same choice, the spectre of her previous almost suicide looming, and makes the same choice. I can't blame her for wanting to stop fighting but what I love is that she never does.
+ I do love the characters chosen to show up and how they were used. Jake to give her uncomplicated comfort and gentle encouragement; Octavia and Maya to castigate her and reflect her deepest regrets and guilt; Monty to convince her she deserves to live, to remind her what 'being the good guys' means and sign post the correct direction to go. They all fit perfectly especially Monty as her will to live and do right and protect her people.
+ Clarke hiding the memory of how to kill her in Jasper's lockbox, sitting on Lexa's throne, with the knife she killed Finn, guarded by her father and his death - ouch! So much ouch packed into one little place, I loved it. Frankly they could have thrown even more in. I feel like this would have a been a good place to thrown in a Wells mention, perhaps with his grave on the other side of the throne.
+ I love that the combination to the lock was 0102. I love that she considers Raven a part of the original 100 even though she wasn't on the initial ship.
+ I really loved all the callbacks to the previous seasons and how much what happened then affects what happens now.
+ "I'll take your deal because it's the smart play. And it's the move she would have made." I loved this little flashback. Because Bellamy is absolutely right here - if Clarke were dead protecting their people's future is more important than revenge and Clarke would absolutely do the same. It's what she told Bellamy in 4x13, to be the Head, and it's something she herself has done many times. And I love how that aspect is inadvertently the last push Clarke needs to accept her death for a crucial moment - seeing Bellamy willing to 'give up' on her, seeing Bellamy protecting their people and worrying that she really could cause more harm to them instead of letting them have the peace she's always fought for. I really liked how this played out.
+ Bellamy's reaction was great. The shock when he realised what he'd written down was great. I loved the switch between Bellamy's overjoyed "it means Clarke's alive" to his determined "and we're going to get her back". A part of me wishes we'd gotten another episode of Bellamy (and everyone else) dealing post-Clarke's death but I'm excited to see what he does with this information.
+ Clarke subconsciously still not being certain that Bellamy forgives her, that she isn't a monster in his eyes, was a big ouch moment but makes complete sense. Some hurts can't be completely dealt with with a talk and hug. I love that Clarke is still uncertain, still deeply regretful. I think they set up this whole Clarke/Bellamy situation up so well - Clarke apologizes and tells Bellamy she cares and he accepts but doesn't open up to her, Clarke dies and Bellamy struggles with his grief and rage, Clarke confronts her fear that he doesn't really forgive her, Bellamy learns she's alive... and now we can get Bellamy, in the aftermath of losing and getting Clarke back yet again, opening up to her about his own regrets, giving his own apologies and telling her how much he cares. And then Clarke will know. It all comes together so well. Hopefully.
+ I love that we got Clarke's lowest point, her choosing to sacrifice herself for her people, choosing to stop fighting, and then we had her her realise that she doesn't want to die, not even for her people and deciding to fight for herself.
+ Clarke and Josephine were great. I like Josephine continuing her streak of appreciating Clarke. "Mildly impressive" are big words coming from her. I loved this exchange:
"You can’t win, so why bother?"
"To make sure you lose. Me? I’ll find a way to survive. I always do."
"You got spunk I’ll give you that."
+ Bravo to Josephine for how well she manipulated Clarke into choosing to give up her life. It's interesting how well she did. She went with her usual method of throwing everything at it, switching tracts as needed, but unlike with Abby or Bellamy everything she threw at Clarke hit. I give her big props for her selective memory selection of Bellamy making the deal. Telling Clarke he was upset but editing out showing that so Clarke could only see him making the deal was genius.
+ I loved how Josephine so confidently went after Clarke physically only to get her ass thoroughly kicked and then Clarke murdering her. It was very satisfying. And I mean, it's not like she didn't have a lot of forewarning since as she said herself 'most of the things she'd heard of Clarke were murdery'!
+ The most interesting part of Josephine's memories for me was Clarke's reaction when Jo told Isaac "I have to think of my people." What Jo was doing was evil in a way Clarke's actions never have been but it was clearly a shock to Clarke to hearing Jo defending her actions the same way Clarke always has, and I think one of the biggest changes for Clarke to come out of this entire situation will be a change in how she views "for my people".
+ When I first watched I was a little disappointed that it wasn't Murphy who first figured out the truth because I wanted to see how he'd react.
+ I am so pumped the Blodreina projection called Clarke on abandoning her to die twice. The fact that it's something that still sits so painfully with Clarke that it's almost the first thing her subconscious drops on her makes me happy. Clarke telling her that she does care about her also made me really happy. Dare I hope that this means the show might actually give us some Clarke/Octavia this season?
+ I was surprised to see Maya but I loved her as the representative of Mount Weather and it actually makes more sense to me than Jasper who I was hoping for. Maya is the face of the innocent people Clarke killed when she pulled that lever. She's a representative of all those people she sacrificed to save her people.
+ I liked how in the last episode we got Bellamy telling Murphy that Clarke cared about all of them and then in this episode we get to see that from her side - her telling Octavia she cares about her, Jasper's goggles being in the lockbox and her guilt, the combination number being 0102.
+ I loved seeing Clarke in the various outfits and looks she's had over the years and the way the shifted with each environment she was in. The Josie fight where they changed appearance midway was particularly great.
+ This was the perfect opportunity to bring anyone back so I was a little disappointed that we didn't see several characters. I wish Wells had more of a presence in particular, or any presence really. He was on the walls of memories but that was it. He could easily have shown up at the beginning in place of Jake. I also would have loved to have seen Roan or Jasper or even Finn. And of course Lexa.
+ This episode had so many lovely shots, it was a really pretty episode. There were so many shots of Clarke in particular where she looked beautiful. Like in the Ark cell when Clarke tells Jo she'll never help her or in the cave when she says she always survives.
+ I loved the shot of Monty sending the message changing into Clarke sending the message.
+ I love that the two antagonists of season 3 played a part in saving Clarke - ALIE in preventing her mind being erased and giving Clarke the information needed to protect herself, and then Pike with Clarke's Earth Skills knowledge being used to send a message she was alive.
+ I liked the explanation for how Clarke's mind survived a lot and the way the show tied it back to the past. It makes sense that Becca created Mind Drives (however altered) would react in unexpected ways with (Becca created) ALIE Chips to allow Clarke to survive. ... Poor Delilah.
+ Miller being with Bellamy at the end was slightly confusing since we haven't seen him for two episodes. It would have made more sense to me for Echo to be there. That said I did like seeing Miller back to acting as Bellamy's second and his glares at Russell and Josephine as he left were great. Also the fact that he slept through Earth Skills makes me laugh.
+ I did feel bad for Josephine in her worst memory. That was pretty terrible. I like that while she's clearly the worst (sacrificing babies to be horribly and slowly eaten by a tree, wtf Jo) they also throw in these humanising moments because people aren't usually only one thing.
+ We did get to see a lot more of Clarke's memory cell and while there was a lot I couldn't make out I did notice more. There is a lot of pictures of Madi - child Madi, cuddling before the fire, Madi being shocked - which I loved. Clarke/Wells hugging, Wells face. Abby and Jake together. Several of Finn (more than I was expecting tbh). One of Clarke and Anya, yay. Several of both Lexa and Bellamy. A couple Raven. Emori. I couldn't see any individual Monty and Murphy which boo. Didn't see any Niylah.
+ Madi being shocked was a huge and prominent drawing in Clarke's memory cell which shows that it looms large in Clarke's mind something I appreciate. It should! That was very much an 'I don't buy it' moment for me last season, I didn't like it and I didn't like how it was dealt with afterwards. But it did happen so I'm glad that to get this acknowledgement of how guilty Clarke feels about it.
+ I'm going to be very tee'd off if Bellamy manages to inform Abby/Raven that Clarke is alive before we get to see them even react to her being dead. I still have fingers crossed that when we next see them it will be either a) Abby and Raven coming to the right conclusion together and reacting, or b) the reveal that Abby knew and is all "they murdered my daughter, kill them all" and after Raven's initial "wait what" reaction Raven agrees that murder now is a good response.
At the same time a part of me wants Abby to willingly let go of the chance of saving Kane because the cost for saving him is too terrible and she realises she can't do it before she knows about Clarke.
I loved it. Really great episode that I enjoyed more every time I re-watched.
+ Omg Monty! :D Monty, Monty, Monty! (If I say it three times can he stay?) I’ve missed his beautiful face so much. I hadn't realised how much until he showed up. ):
+ I loved the hug and how happy she was when she held him. Her face! The hand-holding! I loved that he was the person that showed up to help her save herself (both by giving her reason and then showing her how). I loved them holding hands. I liked him telling her that he preferred her drawings. Him being the one to open Josephine's secret locked door was perfect. Everything about him and his interactions with Clarke delighted me. I realise he was just a projection, Clarke's own subconscious, but I like to think that he acted just as the real Monty would have.
+ This episode really showed why I adore Clarke so much. She was amazing and I loved every moment of her. "And I don’t go down easy." ♥ A couple episodes ago Octavia had a moment where she faced death and chose to live, now Clarke is faced with the same choice, the spectre of her previous almost suicide looming, and makes the same choice. I can't blame her for wanting to stop fighting but what I love is that she never does.
+ I do love the characters chosen to show up and how they were used. Jake to give her uncomplicated comfort and gentle encouragement; Octavia and Maya to castigate her and reflect her deepest regrets and guilt; Monty to convince her she deserves to live, to remind her what 'being the good guys' means and sign post the correct direction to go. They all fit perfectly especially Monty as her will to live and do right and protect her people.
+ Clarke hiding the memory of how to kill her in Jasper's lockbox, sitting on Lexa's throne, with the knife she killed Finn, guarded by her father and his death - ouch! So much ouch packed into one little place, I loved it. Frankly they could have thrown even more in. I feel like this would have a been a good place to thrown in a Wells mention, perhaps with his grave on the other side of the throne.
+ I love that the combination to the lock was 0102. I love that she considers Raven a part of the original 100 even though she wasn't on the initial ship.
+ I really loved all the callbacks to the previous seasons and how much what happened then affects what happens now.
+ "I'll take your deal because it's the smart play. And it's the move she would have made." I loved this little flashback. Because Bellamy is absolutely right here - if Clarke were dead protecting their people's future is more important than revenge and Clarke would absolutely do the same. It's what she told Bellamy in 4x13, to be the Head, and it's something she herself has done many times. And I love how that aspect is inadvertently the last push Clarke needs to accept her death for a crucial moment - seeing Bellamy willing to 'give up' on her, seeing Bellamy protecting their people and worrying that she really could cause more harm to them instead of letting them have the peace she's always fought for. I really liked how this played out.
+ Bellamy's reaction was great. The shock when he realised what he'd written down was great. I loved the switch between Bellamy's overjoyed "it means Clarke's alive" to his determined "and we're going to get her back". A part of me wishes we'd gotten another episode of Bellamy (and everyone else) dealing post-Clarke's death but I'm excited to see what he does with this information.
+ Clarke subconsciously still not being certain that Bellamy forgives her, that she isn't a monster in his eyes, was a big ouch moment but makes complete sense. Some hurts can't be completely dealt with with a talk and hug. I love that Clarke is still uncertain, still deeply regretful. I think they set up this whole Clarke/Bellamy situation up so well - Clarke apologizes and tells Bellamy she cares and he accepts but doesn't open up to her, Clarke dies and Bellamy struggles with his grief and rage, Clarke confronts her fear that he doesn't really forgive her, Bellamy learns she's alive... and now we can get Bellamy, in the aftermath of losing and getting Clarke back yet again, opening up to her about his own regrets, giving his own apologies and telling her how much he cares. And then Clarke will know. It all comes together so well. Hopefully.
+ I love that we got Clarke's lowest point, her choosing to sacrifice herself for her people, choosing to stop fighting, and then we had her her realise that she doesn't want to die, not even for her people and deciding to fight for herself.
+ Clarke and Josephine were great. I like Josephine continuing her streak of appreciating Clarke. "Mildly impressive" are big words coming from her. I loved this exchange:
"You can’t win, so why bother?"
"To make sure you lose. Me? I’ll find a way to survive. I always do."
"You got spunk I’ll give you that."
+ Bravo to Josephine for how well she manipulated Clarke into choosing to give up her life. It's interesting how well she did. She went with her usual method of throwing everything at it, switching tracts as needed, but unlike with Abby or Bellamy everything she threw at Clarke hit. I give her big props for her selective memory selection of Bellamy making the deal. Telling Clarke he was upset but editing out showing that so Clarke could only see him making the deal was genius.
+ I loved how Josephine so confidently went after Clarke physically only to get her ass thoroughly kicked and then Clarke murdering her. It was very satisfying. And I mean, it's not like she didn't have a lot of forewarning since as she said herself 'most of the things she'd heard of Clarke were murdery'!
+ The most interesting part of Josephine's memories for me was Clarke's reaction when Jo told Isaac "I have to think of my people." What Jo was doing was evil in a way Clarke's actions never have been but it was clearly a shock to Clarke to hearing Jo defending her actions the same way Clarke always has, and I think one of the biggest changes for Clarke to come out of this entire situation will be a change in how she views "for my people".
+ When I first watched I was a little disappointed that it wasn't Murphy who first figured out the truth because I wanted to see how he'd react.
+ I am so pumped the Blodreina projection called Clarke on abandoning her to die twice. The fact that it's something that still sits so painfully with Clarke that it's almost the first thing her subconscious drops on her makes me happy. Clarke telling her that she does care about her also made me really happy. Dare I hope that this means the show might actually give us some Clarke/Octavia this season?
+ I was surprised to see Maya but I loved her as the representative of Mount Weather and it actually makes more sense to me than Jasper who I was hoping for. Maya is the face of the innocent people Clarke killed when she pulled that lever. She's a representative of all those people she sacrificed to save her people.
+ I liked how in the last episode we got Bellamy telling Murphy that Clarke cared about all of them and then in this episode we get to see that from her side - her telling Octavia she cares about her, Jasper's goggles being in the lockbox and her guilt, the combination number being 0102.
+ I loved seeing Clarke in the various outfits and looks she's had over the years and the way the shifted with each environment she was in. The Josie fight where they changed appearance midway was particularly great.
+ This was the perfect opportunity to bring anyone back so I was a little disappointed that we didn't see several characters. I wish Wells had more of a presence in particular, or any presence really. He was on the walls of memories but that was it. He could easily have shown up at the beginning in place of Jake. I also would have loved to have seen Roan or Jasper or even Finn. And of course Lexa.
+ This episode had so many lovely shots, it was a really pretty episode. There were so many shots of Clarke in particular where she looked beautiful. Like in the Ark cell when Clarke tells Jo she'll never help her or in the cave when she says she always survives.
+ I loved the shot of Monty sending the message changing into Clarke sending the message.
+ I love that the two antagonists of season 3 played a part in saving Clarke - ALIE in preventing her mind being erased and giving Clarke the information needed to protect herself, and then Pike with Clarke's Earth Skills knowledge being used to send a message she was alive.
+ I liked the explanation for how Clarke's mind survived a lot and the way the show tied it back to the past. It makes sense that Becca created Mind Drives (however altered) would react in unexpected ways with (Becca created) ALIE Chips to allow Clarke to survive. ... Poor Delilah.
+ Miller being with Bellamy at the end was slightly confusing since we haven't seen him for two episodes. It would have made more sense to me for Echo to be there. That said I did like seeing Miller back to acting as Bellamy's second and his glares at Russell and Josephine as he left were great. Also the fact that he slept through Earth Skills makes me laugh.
+ I did feel bad for Josephine in her worst memory. That was pretty terrible. I like that while she's clearly the worst (sacrificing babies to be horribly and slowly eaten by a tree, wtf Jo) they also throw in these humanising moments because people aren't usually only one thing.
+ We did get to see a lot more of Clarke's memory cell and while there was a lot I couldn't make out I did notice more. There is a lot of pictures of Madi - child Madi, cuddling before the fire, Madi being shocked - which I loved. Clarke/Wells hugging, Wells face. Abby and Jake together. Several of Finn (more than I was expecting tbh). One of Clarke and Anya, yay. Several of both Lexa and Bellamy. A couple Raven. Emori. I couldn't see any individual Monty and Murphy which boo. Didn't see any Niylah.
+ Madi being shocked was a huge and prominent drawing in Clarke's memory cell which shows that it looms large in Clarke's mind something I appreciate. It should! That was very much an 'I don't buy it' moment for me last season, I didn't like it and I didn't like how it was dealt with afterwards. But it did happen so I'm glad that to get this acknowledgement of how guilty Clarke feels about it.
+ I'm going to be very tee'd off if Bellamy manages to inform Abby/Raven that Clarke is alive before we get to see them even react to her being dead. I still have fingers crossed that when we next see them it will be either a) Abby and Raven coming to the right conclusion together and reacting, or b) the reveal that Abby knew and is all "they murdered my daughter, kill them all" and after Raven's initial "wait what" reaction Raven agrees that murder now is a good response.
At the same time a part of me wants Abby to willingly let go of the chance of saving Kane because the cost for saving him is too terrible and she realises she can't do it before she knows about Clarke.
