The 100 5x13 Review
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iariaDamocles, Part 2
+ "Be the good guys. May we meet again." - Monty D: D: D: Fine, show, make me cry. I mean as far as deaths on this show go dying of old age after a long, self-chosen and relatively happy life is probably the best one we've ever had but... Monty :( I'm not ready to lose him! His final message to Clarke/Bellamy was beautiful, every second of it. It had me in tears, of course. I loved so much their in unison "may we meet again" goodbye to him.
+ It's weird because going into this two-part finale I was actually expecting Monty and Harper to be left behind and end up out of time with everyone else. Just not this much and not this way. I was thinking the whole Adam/Eve/Monty's algae thing was leading to them choosing to stay on a desolate Earth, perhaps with some of Wonkru, to rebuild the Farm in the Bunker and bring life back to Earth. I'm not sure if this is a better or worse ending. I'm going to miss him so much! Sorry Harper. I liked you but unfortunately never anything more than that.
+ One of the things that got to me the most was that it was Bellamy and Clarke, and only them, that Monty (& Harper) chose to wake first and who they directed their message at. Bellamy seems obvious but the fact that they chose Clarke too, that even after all this time it still comes back to The 100 and their trust in Clarke and Bellamy's shared leadership...ugh, it hurts my heart and it made me so happy-sad, and it felt perfect.
Written in order as I watched:
+ I loved Echo and Bellamy immediately stepping between Madi and Octavia. Both of them keeping their promises to Clarke to keep her safe.
+ Octavia kneeling to Madi was great. She was so relieved.
+ I loved that little moment between Gaia/Indra where Indra stops Bellamy from interrupting Gaia doing her Flamekeeper thing and Gaia looks at her mom, and maybe for the first time feels accepted/supported in her choice? It was a lovely exchange of glances.
+ All I want is Clarke and Diyoza as allies working together. I loved their scene, especially this exchange:
"It's hard to keep track of whose side you're on." - Diyoza
"I guess we have that in common." - Clarke
But I wanted them actually working together so what we got was a little disappointing. I think they would have been so effective as a team.
+ "I won't let my child die, will you?" ... I'm not sure if that's the best plan. I mean sure she was under a serious time crunch and wasn't entirely sure about Diyoza but I still feel like giving Diyoza a gun and walking in shooting might have been the better choice. I think the time crunch got to Clarke.
+ "We'll see about that." - Clarke. I loved this because Clarke is so confident in this exchange. Smug even as if she knows something they don't. And yet she has to be terrified because it's her daughter out there (and friends) and worried because she doesn't know if they can but she is refusing to let it show, and is going to trust them to get their part done.
+ Echo using an arrow to blow up the sonic cannon gun (?) was awesome. Bellamy taking out the other cannon with his gun was also great, though weirdly more confusing for me than the arrow up the barrel? That's a pretty delicate cannon gun if a couple bullets can not only take it out but cause a massive explosion.
+ Clarke putting down the gun made no sense. None. I just can't believe that is a choice Clarke would make. Honestly how this whole scene played out doesn't make sense to me. As soon as he started entering the numbers someone should have made a move. Clarke just standing there and letting him do it also makes no sense to me. Especially once she realises what he's doing. In fact none of these characters - Clarke, Raven, Shaw or Diyoza - are people who would just stand by while he did that regardless of the threat of being shot. Clarke shooting him, is 100% a Clarke move, and would be protecting her daughter at any expense. Or Diyzoza grabbing the gun from Clarke and shooting him is also something I could see. I don't understand this scene from their prospective.
+ Also all of McCreary's men are perfectly fine with his swerve into insanity with him blowing up the only livable land they know of???
+ I freaking love how quickly Clarke's mind works, how she moves from plan to plan. She had seconds to come up with a way to take out McCreary.
+ "No! My friends, our friends..." - Raven. This was a bit of an ouch moment for me. Raven's first instinct is that they are 'her friends' and why wouldn't it be? They had only each other for six years and Clarke wasn't there except as a ghost. But that distance between them hurts.
+ From hurt to happiness - that moment of silent communication between Clarke and Raven where Raven picks up on Clarke's plan so quickly and executes it with her. Can I just have my Raven/Clarke friendship back next season? Also for next season - can Raven have one without being tortured? Geez, poor Raven.
+ Clarke choosing to literally stomp McCreary's face in as a method to kill him instead of using the gun she held in her hand (and instead of checking on Raven first) pretty much encapsulates exactly where Clarke's been mentally this season.
+ "You can be better than them, you can be better than us." - Bellamy. This was a nice moment and it was rather nostalgic for Bellamy to get to give a inspiring speech. But it was also disappointing that it was needed, that this was where Madi's storyline was leading to. From the very beginning we have seen how Madi was different - how kind, how forgiving, how compassionate even to potential enemies - and I thought that perhaps that show was going somewhere with that. Like, that Madi wouldn't have needed this speech, she would have been the one giving something similar. Madi should be the one to break the cycle. Instead she became Heda and it was like she lost herself. ... and actually I guess that works in it's own way. That it's a vicious cycle for a reason. And in the end she did listen to Bellamy's words. I just wanted her to break the cycle from within herself.
+ I loved Monty picking up and carrying injured Murphy on his shoulders and the call back to Murphy doing the same in 4x13.
+ Every time Clarke and Madi run into each others arms and hug it makes me happy.
+ I loved that quick moment when Bellamy looked at Clarke and then immediately looked away.
+ It was too short a scene but I'm glad Octavia/Abby got a confrontation.
+ "You have to forgive her." - Madi ♥ That entire Madi/Bellamy exchange was so great. I love how much Madi loves Clarke, and her interfering to try and patch up Clarke's relationship with Bellamy because she knows how much Clarke is hurting. I loved her making explicit the Clarke/Madi - Bellamy/Octavia parallels this season with "How many mistakes did you make to protect the child you loved?" and I really loved her spilling the beans on Clarke's radio calls to him. I love how much it affects him.
+ Holy fuck, was I so tense about Monty/Murphy/Emori falling behind. A part of me thought there was no way they would kill all three of them but I wasn't sure. And then I was so worried if they did show up it wouldn't be all three of them. I actually had to pause the episode because I was so anxious and tense about it.
+ "Clarke, you do what you have to. I'm not leaving my friends! I can't do that again." Ugh. The gut punch of it, the expressions on both their faces, the emotional fallout of 4x13 finally hitting home... I loved it.
+ I really loved that shot of Clarke looking out at her valley, her home, one last second and watching the bomb hit as she closes the hanger door.
+ Clarke pulling a lever to save everyone was perfect.
+ "Just once I'd like to take off from a planet that wasn't on fire." - Raven. LOL. Holy crap, I needed that laugh. Also I hope that this is foreshadowing in some way.
+ "Cockroaches are hard to kill." - Clarke. Awww. But I wish that had been Clarke talking to Murphy after his surgery, and we had gotten an actual moment of them interacting, oh my god show!
+ "We're deciding the fate of the human race. Again. You should be here." - Bellamy. ♥ Yeah, it just wouldn't be the same without Clarke there!
+ The Clarke/Bellamy exchange was lovely. He was very soft with her and I liked his little almost smile when he told her 'the commander ordered him not to be mad at her'. I loved the little moment of relief she has.
+ It's interesting that Bellamy has either forgiven Clarke, with very little prompting, or is at least seriously on his way to it. I mean it's pretty much business as usual with them and I think him forgiving her so easily works because a) it is always his reaction, b) he feels like he betrayed her first and so her actions were only a reaction to that, c) he understands where Clarke is coming from at a deep instinctual level because that was how he was with Octavia. I guess I just found it interesting considering that he still hasn't forgiven Octavia.
+ I know Clarke leaving Bellamy to die, and thinking he had died, took a lot of wind out of her sails. And perhaps with a little distance, and the Flame in Madi, she can acknowledge that Bellamy had a point in his plan. But that all said, it was a little weird that Clarke's anger at Bellamy was never touched upon. It was like it never happened.
+ The Octavia/Diyoza scene was unexpected but nice. It'd be neat if next season we got Diyoza mentoring Octavia.
+ Clarke/Madi's last scene was wonderful. "But if we do I'll see you in mine.", aww. I loved the forehead kiss and Clarke telling Madi that she was proud of her.
+ "I love you, big brother. (pause) I know you love me too." - Octavia. This exchange was painful and sad.
+ I wish we could have had a few other character moments. There's no way that we could have had all the ones I'd have wanted. Too many characters, too many relationships. But a couple more than what we got would have been nice. I really wanted that Clarke/Murphy reunion dammit! I wanted a Clarke/Raven talk. A small Indra/Octavia scene would have been nice.
+ So I loved that Monty/Harper chose Clarke to wake first but I'm also a little ???? about it. They were apart for six years and when they were reunited it involved Clarke betraying them so it's confusing. I wish the show had given us more Monty/Clarke and Clarke/Harper scenes to build this up more. I wonder if a large part of this was about Jordan, and hoping that they could get Clarke invested enough to protect him to the extent she protected Madi?
+ Monty and Harper got their happy ending. Or, at least they got the life of their choice. But I can't help but find it really bittersweet and feel sad for them. They had each other and peace and their son but they also never got to see their friends again or even got to talk to another person. It seems so lonely and isolating. I don't understand why they didn't wake some of the others up. It's not like going back into cryosleep wasn't an option so they weren't taking away anyone's future. In fact they took a choice away by not waking them.
+ "I took a page from Clarke's parenting book. He knows all about you guys. Believe it or not, Murphy's his favourite." - Monty. Heh. Hopefully Jordan's experience with his favourite goes better than Madi's did.
+ Jordan has the most adorable grin and is so sweetly awkward, and I'm worried about him being on this show. Hopefully Clarke and Bellamy take watching over him as seriously as they did their own kids.
+ Monty should have put himself back in cryo, for Jordan if for no other reason. His son deserved the chance to say goodbye to at least one of his parents.
+ "Be the good guys. May we meet again." - Monty D: D: D: Fine, show, make me cry. I mean as far as deaths on this show go dying of old age after a long, self-chosen and relatively happy life is probably the best one we've ever had but... Monty :( I'm not ready to lose him! His final message to Clarke/Bellamy was beautiful, every second of it. It had me in tears, of course. I loved so much their in unison "may we meet again" goodbye to him.
+ It's weird because going into this two-part finale I was actually expecting Monty and Harper to be left behind and end up out of time with everyone else. Just not this much and not this way. I was thinking the whole Adam/Eve/Monty's algae thing was leading to them choosing to stay on a desolate Earth, perhaps with some of Wonkru, to rebuild the Farm in the Bunker and bring life back to Earth. I'm not sure if this is a better or worse ending. I'm going to miss him so much! Sorry Harper. I liked you but unfortunately never anything more than that.
+ One of the things that got to me the most was that it was Bellamy and Clarke, and only them, that Monty (& Harper) chose to wake first and who they directed their message at. Bellamy seems obvious but the fact that they chose Clarke too, that even after all this time it still comes back to The 100 and their trust in Clarke and Bellamy's shared leadership...ugh, it hurts my heart and it made me so happy-sad, and it felt perfect.
Written in order as I watched:
+ I loved Echo and Bellamy immediately stepping between Madi and Octavia. Both of them keeping their promises to Clarke to keep her safe.
+ Octavia kneeling to Madi was great. She was so relieved.
+ I loved that little moment between Gaia/Indra where Indra stops Bellamy from interrupting Gaia doing her Flamekeeper thing and Gaia looks at her mom, and maybe for the first time feels accepted/supported in her choice? It was a lovely exchange of glances.
+ All I want is Clarke and Diyoza as allies working together. I loved their scene, especially this exchange:
"It's hard to keep track of whose side you're on." - Diyoza
"I guess we have that in common." - Clarke
But I wanted them actually working together so what we got was a little disappointing. I think they would have been so effective as a team.
+ "I won't let my child die, will you?" ... I'm not sure if that's the best plan. I mean sure she was under a serious time crunch and wasn't entirely sure about Diyoza but I still feel like giving Diyoza a gun and walking in shooting might have been the better choice. I think the time crunch got to Clarke.
+ "We'll see about that." - Clarke. I loved this because Clarke is so confident in this exchange. Smug even as if she knows something they don't. And yet she has to be terrified because it's her daughter out there (and friends) and worried because she doesn't know if they can but she is refusing to let it show, and is going to trust them to get their part done.
+ Echo using an arrow to blow up the sonic cannon gun (?) was awesome. Bellamy taking out the other cannon with his gun was also great, though weirdly more confusing for me than the arrow up the barrel? That's a pretty delicate cannon gun if a couple bullets can not only take it out but cause a massive explosion.
+ Clarke putting down the gun made no sense. None. I just can't believe that is a choice Clarke would make. Honestly how this whole scene played out doesn't make sense to me. As soon as he started entering the numbers someone should have made a move. Clarke just standing there and letting him do it also makes no sense to me. Especially once she realises what he's doing. In fact none of these characters - Clarke, Raven, Shaw or Diyoza - are people who would just stand by while he did that regardless of the threat of being shot. Clarke shooting him, is 100% a Clarke move, and would be protecting her daughter at any expense. Or Diyzoza grabbing the gun from Clarke and shooting him is also something I could see. I don't understand this scene from their prospective.
+ Also all of McCreary's men are perfectly fine with his swerve into insanity with him blowing up the only livable land they know of???
+ I freaking love how quickly Clarke's mind works, how she moves from plan to plan. She had seconds to come up with a way to take out McCreary.
+ "No! My friends, our friends..." - Raven. This was a bit of an ouch moment for me. Raven's first instinct is that they are 'her friends' and why wouldn't it be? They had only each other for six years and Clarke wasn't there except as a ghost. But that distance between them hurts.
+ From hurt to happiness - that moment of silent communication between Clarke and Raven where Raven picks up on Clarke's plan so quickly and executes it with her. Can I just have my Raven/Clarke friendship back next season? Also for next season - can Raven have one without being tortured? Geez, poor Raven.
+ Clarke choosing to literally stomp McCreary's face in as a method to kill him instead of using the gun she held in her hand (and instead of checking on Raven first) pretty much encapsulates exactly where Clarke's been mentally this season.
+ "You can be better than them, you can be better than us." - Bellamy. This was a nice moment and it was rather nostalgic for Bellamy to get to give a inspiring speech. But it was also disappointing that it was needed, that this was where Madi's storyline was leading to. From the very beginning we have seen how Madi was different - how kind, how forgiving, how compassionate even to potential enemies - and I thought that perhaps that show was going somewhere with that. Like, that Madi wouldn't have needed this speech, she would have been the one giving something similar. Madi should be the one to break the cycle. Instead she became Heda and it was like she lost herself. ... and actually I guess that works in it's own way. That it's a vicious cycle for a reason. And in the end she did listen to Bellamy's words. I just wanted her to break the cycle from within herself.
+ I loved Monty picking up and carrying injured Murphy on his shoulders and the call back to Murphy doing the same in 4x13.
+ Every time Clarke and Madi run into each others arms and hug it makes me happy.
+ I loved that quick moment when Bellamy looked at Clarke and then immediately looked away.
+ It was too short a scene but I'm glad Octavia/Abby got a confrontation.
+ "You have to forgive her." - Madi ♥ That entire Madi/Bellamy exchange was so great. I love how much Madi loves Clarke, and her interfering to try and patch up Clarke's relationship with Bellamy because she knows how much Clarke is hurting. I loved her making explicit the Clarke/Madi - Bellamy/Octavia parallels this season with "How many mistakes did you make to protect the child you loved?" and I really loved her spilling the beans on Clarke's radio calls to him. I love how much it affects him.
+ Holy fuck, was I so tense about Monty/Murphy/Emori falling behind. A part of me thought there was no way they would kill all three of them but I wasn't sure. And then I was so worried if they did show up it wouldn't be all three of them. I actually had to pause the episode because I was so anxious and tense about it.
+ "Clarke, you do what you have to. I'm not leaving my friends! I can't do that again." Ugh. The gut punch of it, the expressions on both their faces, the emotional fallout of 4x13 finally hitting home... I loved it.
+ I really loved that shot of Clarke looking out at her valley, her home, one last second and watching the bomb hit as she closes the hanger door.
+ Clarke pulling a lever to save everyone was perfect.
+ "Just once I'd like to take off from a planet that wasn't on fire." - Raven. LOL. Holy crap, I needed that laugh. Also I hope that this is foreshadowing in some way.
+ "Cockroaches are hard to kill." - Clarke. Awww. But I wish that had been Clarke talking to Murphy after his surgery, and we had gotten an actual moment of them interacting, oh my god show!
+ "We're deciding the fate of the human race. Again. You should be here." - Bellamy. ♥ Yeah, it just wouldn't be the same without Clarke there!
+ The Clarke/Bellamy exchange was lovely. He was very soft with her and I liked his little almost smile when he told her 'the commander ordered him not to be mad at her'. I loved the little moment of relief she has.
+ It's interesting that Bellamy has either forgiven Clarke, with very little prompting, or is at least seriously on his way to it. I mean it's pretty much business as usual with them and I think him forgiving her so easily works because a) it is always his reaction, b) he feels like he betrayed her first and so her actions were only a reaction to that, c) he understands where Clarke is coming from at a deep instinctual level because that was how he was with Octavia. I guess I just found it interesting considering that he still hasn't forgiven Octavia.
+ I know Clarke leaving Bellamy to die, and thinking he had died, took a lot of wind out of her sails. And perhaps with a little distance, and the Flame in Madi, she can acknowledge that Bellamy had a point in his plan. But that all said, it was a little weird that Clarke's anger at Bellamy was never touched upon. It was like it never happened.
+ The Octavia/Diyoza scene was unexpected but nice. It'd be neat if next season we got Diyoza mentoring Octavia.
+ Clarke/Madi's last scene was wonderful. "But if we do I'll see you in mine.", aww. I loved the forehead kiss and Clarke telling Madi that she was proud of her.
+ "I love you, big brother. (pause) I know you love me too." - Octavia. This exchange was painful and sad.
+ I wish we could have had a few other character moments. There's no way that we could have had all the ones I'd have wanted. Too many characters, too many relationships. But a couple more than what we got would have been nice. I really wanted that Clarke/Murphy reunion dammit! I wanted a Clarke/Raven talk. A small Indra/Octavia scene would have been nice.
+ So I loved that Monty/Harper chose Clarke to wake first but I'm also a little ???? about it. They were apart for six years and when they were reunited it involved Clarke betraying them so it's confusing. I wish the show had given us more Monty/Clarke and Clarke/Harper scenes to build this up more. I wonder if a large part of this was about Jordan, and hoping that they could get Clarke invested enough to protect him to the extent she protected Madi?
+ Monty and Harper got their happy ending. Or, at least they got the life of their choice. But I can't help but find it really bittersweet and feel sad for them. They had each other and peace and their son but they also never got to see their friends again or even got to talk to another person. It seems so lonely and isolating. I don't understand why they didn't wake some of the others up. It's not like going back into cryosleep wasn't an option so they weren't taking away anyone's future. In fact they took a choice away by not waking them.
+ "I took a page from Clarke's parenting book. He knows all about you guys. Believe it or not, Murphy's his favourite." - Monty. Heh. Hopefully Jordan's experience with his favourite goes better than Madi's did.
+ Jordan has the most adorable grin and is so sweetly awkward, and I'm worried about him being on this show. Hopefully Clarke and Bellamy take watching over him as seriously as they did their own kids.
+ Monty should have put himself back in cryo, for Jordan if for no other reason. His son deserved the chance to say goodbye to at least one of his parents.
