The 100 6x10 Thoughts, Part 2
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+ I am so unbelievably disappointed that we didn't get to see Abby and Raven deal with Clarke's death. We get a one shot reaction after Simone tells them and then we skip their reunion with everyone else where they learn what's been happening. WTF? I love Clarke/Bellamy and I have loved everything we've gotten with them this season but Clarke has relationships with people other than Bellamy that matter. Madi at the forefront, and even she got short-changed, but right behind her are Abby and Raven. So for the show to ignore them so much, to not let them learn about Clarke until she's basically back and then not even show their reactions? I'm honestly most about it. This is one of the most disappointing parts of the season for me, if not the most.
+ That Abby/Murphy confrontation was so great and so painful. I loved it. I love how broken up and pained Murphy was facing Abby with what he did. I think this is the most guilty we've seen him. The little shake of his head as he tried to explain that he thought she was already dead was great. I love the way he was pleading with her with his eyes.
That said... it could have been so much better. There wasn't enough to it and it was too short. Murphy didn't just side with Josephine when he thought Clarke was dead, he didn't just help Josephine to try and kill Clarke, he also helped Josephine fool Abby and convince her to make the nightblood in exchange for a chip for Kane. That in turn lead to Kane's death. He used his knowledge of her against her in very painful ways. There are a lot of levels of betrayal here! And yet barely any of it was covered. That was really disappointing.
+ Abby certainly has reason to feel betrayed by Murphy and angry at him but I think a large part of that slap/her choosing him to die was simply a build up of emotions she's had no place to release until this point. She's dealing with her pain, anger and guilt over Kane, she's been suddenly hit with Clarke's dead/Clarke might be alive and the guilt and fear over that, and here is Murphy a nice convenient person to aim all those emotions at. I get that, but I just wish we'd seen it. I guess right now Abby is supposed to be in shock? But it left me meh. I'm never getting over the show skipping Abby's reactions to Clarke's storyline.
+ "He did the right thing. (pause) Eventually." - Emori. Heh. This is pretty much Murphy in a nutshell.
+ Murphy was excellent. This has been such a great season for him. I loved him acknowledging that he knew he'd messed up. I loved him stepping up to volunteer. I really loved that it was his quick thinking that saved everyone (with a little backup from Raven and Abby.)
+ The Raven/Murphy scene was great. "You really messed up." I love how nonjudgmental the way she said that was. She was chiding him but in a very supportive way, and her softness with him was great. I do love their relationship.
That said... after a season of her attitude towards Clarke and Abby having her act like this with Murphy is aggravating. Yes, she's closer with him after those six years than the others and he didn't do anything to her but that doesn't change my annoyance over it. As with Abby I'm never getting over the lack of Raven's reaction to Clarke's situation and I think it hurt here too.
+ This was definitely one of the best Raven episodes of the season for me. I loved her realising that if Shiedheda quarantined the other Commanders then there was a way to delete him and her confidence that she could do it. I like that she seems to have a plan at the end and her attitude with Russell.
That said... her 'avoiding hell is in morality not immortality' left me meh. I agree with the sentiment but hearing it from Raven after a season of self-righteousness makes me sigh. And while I'm glad she supported Murphy in his effort to save them, and she clearly has a plan here, considering her siding with Kane over the nightblood and her acceptance of him choosing to kill himself for the greater good, her now choosing to make nightblood in exchange for their lives made me have a little moment of sarcastic "oh really Raven? I thought it was morality over immortality."
+ I was worried that Gaia and/or Echo would be killed in their rescue attempt. I was never worried about Murphy.
+ The fact that Murphy's leg seems pretty much fine now makes me laugh. I guess Josie stabbed him in a non-lethal fleshy part because she didn't want him to die, which, fine I'll buy it. But in, let's say, the last ten days Murphy has been shot twice, stabbed several times in the chest area, drowned, died via plant poisoning, then was stabbed again, this time in the leg. And he's walking around fine as can be. He really is a cockroach. He's the Rasputin of The 100.
+ Emori and Murphy running into each others arms after they were set free from their stakes was nice.
+ I loved Emori's belief that Echo would save them.
+ Still not sold on the Sheidheda storyline. I was excited at first but Sheidheda basically taking over Madi is leaving me cold. Plus it feels like we keep missing an extra episode of development between episode with her story. That said, I liked everyone reacting to Sheid-Madi, I loved Sheid-Madi lunging at Gaia and threatening to wrap the chain around her throat, and her smile when the others were led out was creepy.
+ "If you think for one second I'm going to let you kill that child." - Abby. I really liked this. Abby's distance from Clarke has been disappointing so I have my fingers crossed that we get to see Abby fighting for Clarke's daughter. Hell, maybe this could be the start of Abby and Madi having a relationship of their own.
+ Interesting Abby/Russell comparison with both of them immediately jumping in to protect Madi, refusing to hurt 'the kid'. But then at the end Russell volunteers Madi for the painful bone marrow procedure and Abby is going to be the one who has to do it so...
+ I loved that Simone/Russell scene. Most of the time this season Simone has taken a step back and let Russell lead, followed his decisions. So seeing her lying down what they're going to do was great. I loved how pissed off she was. I loved her vindictively telling Abby her daughter was dead. This was my favourite Simone.
+ I'm not surprised that Ryker turned on Echo and Earthkru. I think there was a chance of him following through on the plan all the way up until the grieving/angry null he told the truth to murdered Simone. The fact that the other two people he told the truth to were Delilah's parents, aka his mother's new body, makes him choosing to protect his family over his guilt and potential secret backlash make complete sense. Plus while Ryker isn't happy with the cost of immortality he didn't have the conviction to follow Gabriel into exile so he certainly doesn't have the conviction to actually kill his family.
+ Echo getting taken out by Ryker because she trusted him at her back, the Prime she was blackmailing, was nonsense. I don't buy for a second that she would have been fine with him there. At the very least when he said "I'm sorry" she should have reacted.
+ It was nice to see Gaia again but I was disappointed that we didn't get more from her and Echo teaming up. I wanted fun or crazy shenanigans!
+ It's interesting that the Primes use burning at the stake as their method of execution. That's how Cadogen killed Becca. Hmm.
+ I am so unbelievably disappointed that we didn't get to see Abby and Raven deal with Clarke's death. We get a one shot reaction after Simone tells them and then we skip their reunion with everyone else where they learn what's been happening. WTF? I love Clarke/Bellamy and I have loved everything we've gotten with them this season but Clarke has relationships with people other than Bellamy that matter. Madi at the forefront, and even she got short-changed, but right behind her are Abby and Raven. So for the show to ignore them so much, to not let them learn about Clarke until she's basically back and then not even show their reactions? I'm honestly most about it. This is one of the most disappointing parts of the season for me, if not the most.
+ That Abby/Murphy confrontation was so great and so painful. I loved it. I love how broken up and pained Murphy was facing Abby with what he did. I think this is the most guilty we've seen him. The little shake of his head as he tried to explain that he thought she was already dead was great. I love the way he was pleading with her with his eyes.
That said... it could have been so much better. There wasn't enough to it and it was too short. Murphy didn't just side with Josephine when he thought Clarke was dead, he didn't just help Josephine to try and kill Clarke, he also helped Josephine fool Abby and convince her to make the nightblood in exchange for a chip for Kane. That in turn lead to Kane's death. He used his knowledge of her against her in very painful ways. There are a lot of levels of betrayal here! And yet barely any of it was covered. That was really disappointing.
+ Abby certainly has reason to feel betrayed by Murphy and angry at him but I think a large part of that slap/her choosing him to die was simply a build up of emotions she's had no place to release until this point. She's dealing with her pain, anger and guilt over Kane, she's been suddenly hit with Clarke's dead/Clarke might be alive and the guilt and fear over that, and here is Murphy a nice convenient person to aim all those emotions at. I get that, but I just wish we'd seen it. I guess right now Abby is supposed to be in shock? But it left me meh. I'm never getting over the show skipping Abby's reactions to Clarke's storyline.
+ "He did the right thing. (pause) Eventually." - Emori. Heh. This is pretty much Murphy in a nutshell.
+ Murphy was excellent. This has been such a great season for him. I loved him acknowledging that he knew he'd messed up. I loved him stepping up to volunteer. I really loved that it was his quick thinking that saved everyone (with a little backup from Raven and Abby.)
+ The Raven/Murphy scene was great. "You really messed up." I love how nonjudgmental the way she said that was. She was chiding him but in a very supportive way, and her softness with him was great. I do love their relationship.
That said... after a season of her attitude towards Clarke and Abby having her act like this with Murphy is aggravating. Yes, she's closer with him after those six years than the others and he didn't do anything to her but that doesn't change my annoyance over it. As with Abby I'm never getting over the lack of Raven's reaction to Clarke's situation and I think it hurt here too.
+ This was definitely one of the best Raven episodes of the season for me. I loved her realising that if Shiedheda quarantined the other Commanders then there was a way to delete him and her confidence that she could do it. I like that she seems to have a plan at the end and her attitude with Russell.
That said... her 'avoiding hell is in morality not immortality' left me meh. I agree with the sentiment but hearing it from Raven after a season of self-righteousness makes me sigh. And while I'm glad she supported Murphy in his effort to save them, and she clearly has a plan here, considering her siding with Kane over the nightblood and her acceptance of him choosing to kill himself for the greater good, her now choosing to make nightblood in exchange for their lives made me have a little moment of sarcastic "oh really Raven? I thought it was morality over immortality."
+ I was worried that Gaia and/or Echo would be killed in their rescue attempt. I was never worried about Murphy.
+ The fact that Murphy's leg seems pretty much fine now makes me laugh. I guess Josie stabbed him in a non-lethal fleshy part because she didn't want him to die, which, fine I'll buy it. But in, let's say, the last ten days Murphy has been shot twice, stabbed several times in the chest area, drowned, died via plant poisoning, then was stabbed again, this time in the leg. And he's walking around fine as can be. He really is a cockroach. He's the Rasputin of The 100.
+ Emori and Murphy running into each others arms after they were set free from their stakes was nice.
+ I loved Emori's belief that Echo would save them.
+ Still not sold on the Sheidheda storyline. I was excited at first but Sheidheda basically taking over Madi is leaving me cold. Plus it feels like we keep missing an extra episode of development between episode with her story. That said, I liked everyone reacting to Sheid-Madi, I loved Sheid-Madi lunging at Gaia and threatening to wrap the chain around her throat, and her smile when the others were led out was creepy.
+ "If you think for one second I'm going to let you kill that child." - Abby. I really liked this. Abby's distance from Clarke has been disappointing so I have my fingers crossed that we get to see Abby fighting for Clarke's daughter. Hell, maybe this could be the start of Abby and Madi having a relationship of their own.
+ Interesting Abby/Russell comparison with both of them immediately jumping in to protect Madi, refusing to hurt 'the kid'. But then at the end Russell volunteers Madi for the painful bone marrow procedure and Abby is going to be the one who has to do it so...
+ I loved that Simone/Russell scene. Most of the time this season Simone has taken a step back and let Russell lead, followed his decisions. So seeing her lying down what they're going to do was great. I loved how pissed off she was. I loved her vindictively telling Abby her daughter was dead. This was my favourite Simone.
+ I'm not surprised that Ryker turned on Echo and Earthkru. I think there was a chance of him following through on the plan all the way up until the grieving/angry null he told the truth to murdered Simone. The fact that the other two people he told the truth to were Delilah's parents, aka his mother's new body, makes him choosing to protect his family over his guilt and potential secret backlash make complete sense. Plus while Ryker isn't happy with the cost of immortality he didn't have the conviction to follow Gabriel into exile so he certainly doesn't have the conviction to actually kill his family.
+ Echo getting taken out by Ryker because she trusted him at her back, the Prime she was blackmailing, was nonsense. I don't buy for a second that she would have been fine with him there. At the very least when he said "I'm sorry" she should have reacted.
+ It was nice to see Gaia again but I was disappointed that we didn't get more from her and Echo teaming up. I wanted fun or crazy shenanigans!
+ It's interesting that the Primes use burning at the stake as their method of execution. That's how Cadogen killed Becca. Hmm.
