The 100 6x11 Thoughts
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+ Clarke-as-Josephine was amazing. She did so damn good! Better than Josephine managed as Clarke, but to be fair to Jo a) Clarke has had all of Jo's memories in her head, and b) Josie didn't actually care. Still Clarke knocked it out of the park - her voice, her mannerisms, her way of talking, her causal selfishness and callousness was spot on. I loved how we saw Clarke peaking out through her Josephine mask especially during the Madi scene.
+ In a 10 second exchange with Gabriel we got to see Clarke at her core and it reminded me why I love her so much. In that minuscule time she a) showed her concern for the Sanctumite's (by wanting to save them along with her people because Clarke is full of compassion and tries for the good of everyone), and b) immediately came up with a different (non-massacre) plan that had the potential to save everyone (while also putting herself in danger, or at least in the centre of everything). And, oh man, I have missed her so much! It is so damn good to have her back.
+ Fingers-crossed that we get Clarke pretending to be Josephine interacting with Abby and Raven before they realise it's really Clarke. How will they react to Josephine returning in Clarke's body and how will that affect their plans? How does Clarke manage trying to maintain her cover with them? Considering how it's gone this season I'm trying to prepare myself for the disappointment of them learning the truth immediately.
+ That Clarke/Madi scene was a doozy. Poor Madi, poor Clarke. That was painful but also a great scene.
+ "There's no mind on the drive." D: Josephine's dead?! I somehow missed that Josephine wasn't on the drive too. I thought a piece of her stayed in Clarke's head but that she was still backed-up on the mind drive. This is the worst. D: I'm so sad that she appears to be 100% truly gone. She was terrible but I loved her so much.
+ There's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment in Gabriel's tent when Layla enters and you see Clarke let go of her hair as if she was just twirling it in her fingers which I founcd interesting. Was it simply Clarke practising being Josephine or could a part of Josephine still be in her? Or I suppose perhaps Clarke gained more from Josephine than she realised.
+ I like that Russell was a little suspicious of Clarke. Madi was clearly a test and he was watching her reactions carefully which I thought was really smart and I loved that Clarke aced it.
+ The Octavia/Bellamy scene was excellent. I liked her opening up to him and that while she pushed she also accepted that she wouldn't simply get forgiveness or trust. I liked her absolving him of leaving her behind. I loved his tears, and that he sent her away first so he could cry. I liked the location.
"Say I'm your sister."
"You're my sister, but you're not my responsibility. Not anymore."
I really love this. Bellamy letting go of his responsibility for Octavia is going to be good for them. This is how they move forward. It was never fair for her to be his responsibility to that extent and this scene really felt like very positive momentum for them even if it hurt both of them a lot to hear him say that. I also love that the one thing Octavia needed was for Bellamy to acknowledge her as his sister again.
The only negative note for me was her telling Bellamy he was her rock and she was lost without him as her compass because it felt a little like an excuse, like blame.
+ The return of Clarke/Bellamy/Octavia as a sort of trio was great. I liked Clarke trying to intercede when he lit into Octavia and then gently encouraging him to talk to her. I liked Clarke and Octavia in agreement. I really loved that shot of Octavia between Bellamy and Clarke and her and Clarke nodding at each other. It's great to have the three of them on the same side.
+ Clarke/Bellamy were wonderful. I loved him holding her hand when she woke, and how he looked at her as he apologised. I loved her reassuring him that he did the right thing, that he saved her, that his plan was a good one. (It reminded me of season one.) I loved how aggressively against sending Clarke back into danger as Josephine he was. It's so great to have them working together again.
+ It was strange to see Bellamy revert back into circling wagons/our people/violent reactionary plans. He accepted Clarke's death for the good of everyone but then he saves her and immediately jumps back to the old Earth mindset? It's a curious direction to take and I'm not sure if it tracks. He's clearly carrying a lot of fear for Earthkru and guilt for leaving them behind to save Clarke but I'm not if I buy that as an explanation for his attitude. They end up going with the more humane plan with Bellamy's blessing "For Monty" but it's a position he's forced into. It'll be interesting to see where this goes.
+ I liked Gabriel protecting Clarke and his line about how Bellamy wouldn't like her plan to be Josephine. I liked her "We've got this" and his nod.
+ I was super worried about Echo. I honestly thought there was a good chance she was going to die and I'm so glad I was wrong. I loved the Echo/Ash flashback. It was great to see the Grounders again.
+ Echo being made into a Nightblood is interesting and clearly happened for a reason. Considering Gaia's reaction I wonder if the show is setting it up for Echo to take the Flame and become the new Commander. Or alternatively that she'll end up a Prime despite her near escape here. I feel like one of those have to happen.
+ I have no emotional attachment at all to Ryker so Echo killing him didn't elicit any reaction. I'm not mad at him at all and I think his actions made sense. When he called Echo on what she'd do in his position my reaction was pretty much 'yeah fair enough' but then I also had the same reaction to her killing him.
+ Murphy was put in a difficult spot and I honestly don't know that he could have done anything differently. I liked that little exchange between him and Echo. I liked him reassuring Bellamy.
+ I liked Murphy trying to reassure Gaia when he realised how upset she was about Madi. It was a nice moment of him being kind in his own way and contrasted well with him being a dick seconds before.
+ I liked the little Miller/Gaia exchange a lot. Have they ever really interacted? I can't remember but they were two of Blodreina's closest supporters so they have to have a relationship. I'd love to see more of them struggling to deal with those years together.
+ I really loved Miller being clever and falling back on his thief past on the Ark to steal their method of escape. It was unexpected but such a great call-back. He's clearly never going to get a lot of screen-time but I wish they'd pepper more little moments like this in episodes.
+ I liked that while Madi fooled him (so compassionate) Jackson managed to get control of the situation without help.
+ SheidMadi is still not working for me and I think it's in part because I find it confusing. Each episode seems to imply that Sheidheda has a different level of control of Madi then the previous. So last episode she seemed completely under his control, this one she doesn't kill Jackson despite what he wants and argues with him. More importantly we're not really getting insight into Madi herself and thus she feels more like a plot pawn than a character. Meh.
+ I thought Raven would have some plan that would get them out of taking Madi's bone marrow but nope they actually went there. Raven who was a victim in Mount Weather doing that to another person? To a 12 year old? So much for her vaunted self-chosen position of moral authority! I honestly don't understand what the show has been doing with Raven this season. The fact that she and Abby were off-screen was annoying and I really hope the show actually addresses this with them.
+ I'm also annoyed by this bone marrow situation because it basically invalidates Kane's sacrifice. I mean I was never completely sold on the logic of him sacrificing himself. He should have returned to Sanctum to actually fight to help people. But his choice still had meaning and so Abby and Raven immediately turning around and making more nightblood (and in such a horrible way) to save themselves leaves a somewhat sour taste in my mouth.
+ Murphy and Raven started the season as the main people angry at and hating Clarke and a part of me wonders if the events of the season weren't meant to switch that dynamic because now we have a Murphy who helped someone try to kill her and Raven's just tortured her daughter for her bone marrow.
+ Clarke leaving the tent before Gabriel was a terrible idea and I have a hard time buying that no one took a shot at her.
+ Jordan finally got a mention after being missing for two episodes. I hope we see him next episode and that he plays a significant role in the final episodes. Jordan is great but I feel like the show made a misstep in making his most significant relationship be a new re-occuring character instead of bonding him with the main cast. Maybe next season.
+ Clarke-as-Josephine was amazing. She did so damn good! Better than Josephine managed as Clarke, but to be fair to Jo a) Clarke has had all of Jo's memories in her head, and b) Josie didn't actually care. Still Clarke knocked it out of the park - her voice, her mannerisms, her way of talking, her causal selfishness and callousness was spot on. I loved how we saw Clarke peaking out through her Josephine mask especially during the Madi scene.
+ In a 10 second exchange with Gabriel we got to see Clarke at her core and it reminded me why I love her so much. In that minuscule time she a) showed her concern for the Sanctumite's (by wanting to save them along with her people because Clarke is full of compassion and tries for the good of everyone), and b) immediately came up with a different (non-massacre) plan that had the potential to save everyone (while also putting herself in danger, or at least in the centre of everything). And, oh man, I have missed her so much! It is so damn good to have her back.
+ Fingers-crossed that we get Clarke pretending to be Josephine interacting with Abby and Raven before they realise it's really Clarke. How will they react to Josephine returning in Clarke's body and how will that affect their plans? How does Clarke manage trying to maintain her cover with them? Considering how it's gone this season I'm trying to prepare myself for the disappointment of them learning the truth immediately.
+ That Clarke/Madi scene was a doozy. Poor Madi, poor Clarke. That was painful but also a great scene.
+ "There's no mind on the drive." D: Josephine's dead?! I somehow missed that Josephine wasn't on the drive too. I thought a piece of her stayed in Clarke's head but that she was still backed-up on the mind drive. This is the worst. D: I'm so sad that she appears to be 100% truly gone. She was terrible but I loved her so much.
+ There's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment in Gabriel's tent when Layla enters and you see Clarke let go of her hair as if she was just twirling it in her fingers which I founcd interesting. Was it simply Clarke practising being Josephine or could a part of Josephine still be in her? Or I suppose perhaps Clarke gained more from Josephine than she realised.
+ I like that Russell was a little suspicious of Clarke. Madi was clearly a test and he was watching her reactions carefully which I thought was really smart and I loved that Clarke aced it.
+ The Octavia/Bellamy scene was excellent. I liked her opening up to him and that while she pushed she also accepted that she wouldn't simply get forgiveness or trust. I liked her absolving him of leaving her behind. I loved his tears, and that he sent her away first so he could cry. I liked the location.
"Say I'm your sister."
"You're my sister, but you're not my responsibility. Not anymore."
I really love this. Bellamy letting go of his responsibility for Octavia is going to be good for them. This is how they move forward. It was never fair for her to be his responsibility to that extent and this scene really felt like very positive momentum for them even if it hurt both of them a lot to hear him say that. I also love that the one thing Octavia needed was for Bellamy to acknowledge her as his sister again.
The only negative note for me was her telling Bellamy he was her rock and she was lost without him as her compass because it felt a little like an excuse, like blame.
+ The return of Clarke/Bellamy/Octavia as a sort of trio was great. I liked Clarke trying to intercede when he lit into Octavia and then gently encouraging him to talk to her. I liked Clarke and Octavia in agreement. I really loved that shot of Octavia between Bellamy and Clarke and her and Clarke nodding at each other. It's great to have the three of them on the same side.
+ Clarke/Bellamy were wonderful. I loved him holding her hand when she woke, and how he looked at her as he apologised. I loved her reassuring him that he did the right thing, that he saved her, that his plan was a good one. (It reminded me of season one.) I loved how aggressively against sending Clarke back into danger as Josephine he was. It's so great to have them working together again.
+ It was strange to see Bellamy revert back into circling wagons/our people/violent reactionary plans. He accepted Clarke's death for the good of everyone but then he saves her and immediately jumps back to the old Earth mindset? It's a curious direction to take and I'm not sure if it tracks. He's clearly carrying a lot of fear for Earthkru and guilt for leaving them behind to save Clarke but I'm not if I buy that as an explanation for his attitude. They end up going with the more humane plan with Bellamy's blessing "For Monty" but it's a position he's forced into. It'll be interesting to see where this goes.
+ I liked Gabriel protecting Clarke and his line about how Bellamy wouldn't like her plan to be Josephine. I liked her "We've got this" and his nod.
+ I was super worried about Echo. I honestly thought there was a good chance she was going to die and I'm so glad I was wrong. I loved the Echo/Ash flashback. It was great to see the Grounders again.
+ Echo being made into a Nightblood is interesting and clearly happened for a reason. Considering Gaia's reaction I wonder if the show is setting it up for Echo to take the Flame and become the new Commander. Or alternatively that she'll end up a Prime despite her near escape here. I feel like one of those have to happen.
+ I have no emotional attachment at all to Ryker so Echo killing him didn't elicit any reaction. I'm not mad at him at all and I think his actions made sense. When he called Echo on what she'd do in his position my reaction was pretty much 'yeah fair enough' but then I also had the same reaction to her killing him.
+ Murphy was put in a difficult spot and I honestly don't know that he could have done anything differently. I liked that little exchange between him and Echo. I liked him reassuring Bellamy.
+ I liked Murphy trying to reassure Gaia when he realised how upset she was about Madi. It was a nice moment of him being kind in his own way and contrasted well with him being a dick seconds before.
+ I liked the little Miller/Gaia exchange a lot. Have they ever really interacted? I can't remember but they were two of Blodreina's closest supporters so they have to have a relationship. I'd love to see more of them struggling to deal with those years together.
+ I really loved Miller being clever and falling back on his thief past on the Ark to steal their method of escape. It was unexpected but such a great call-back. He's clearly never going to get a lot of screen-time but I wish they'd pepper more little moments like this in episodes.
+ I liked that while Madi fooled him (so compassionate) Jackson managed to get control of the situation without help.
+ SheidMadi is still not working for me and I think it's in part because I find it confusing. Each episode seems to imply that Sheidheda has a different level of control of Madi then the previous. So last episode she seemed completely under his control, this one she doesn't kill Jackson despite what he wants and argues with him. More importantly we're not really getting insight into Madi herself and thus she feels more like a plot pawn than a character. Meh.
+ I thought Raven would have some plan that would get them out of taking Madi's bone marrow but nope they actually went there. Raven who was a victim in Mount Weather doing that to another person? To a 12 year old? So much for her vaunted self-chosen position of moral authority! I honestly don't understand what the show has been doing with Raven this season. The fact that she and Abby were off-screen was annoying and I really hope the show actually addresses this with them.
+ I'm also annoyed by this bone marrow situation because it basically invalidates Kane's sacrifice. I mean I was never completely sold on the logic of him sacrificing himself. He should have returned to Sanctum to actually fight to help people. But his choice still had meaning and so Abby and Raven immediately turning around and making more nightblood (and in such a horrible way) to save themselves leaves a somewhat sour taste in my mouth.
+ Murphy and Raven started the season as the main people angry at and hating Clarke and a part of me wonders if the events of the season weren't meant to switch that dynamic because now we have a Murphy who helped someone try to kill her and Raven's just tortured her daughter for her bone marrow.
+ Clarke leaving the tent before Gabriel was a terrible idea and I have a hard time buying that no one took a shot at her.
+ Jordan finally got a mention after being missing for two episodes. I hope we see him next episode and that he plays a significant role in the final episodes. Jordan is great but I feel like the show made a misstep in making his most significant relationship be a new re-occuring character instead of bonding him with the main cast. Maybe next season.
