The 100 reminds viewers that there are no easy compromises to be had for anyone.
Is banishment a fitting sentence, or is death by 49 cuts the more just punishment?
Or, to put it more bluntly: vengeance or peace, life or death?
And lets not forget another important choice the red pill or the blue pill?
In Jaspers case, he picks the red pill.
InThe Matrix, the red pill was what opened Neos eyes to another reality.
Which makes Jasper the perfect candidate for Jahas growing cult of City of Light acolytes.
Why wouldnt he want the key to the City of Light?
Why wouldnt he his problems to vanish in the blink of an eye?
The writers also built a strong case for Ravens buy-in to Jahas talk of a pain-free life.
Normally strong-willed and fiercely independent, her chronic pain has left her weakened physically and emotionally.
Of course shed be interested in a magical cure.
Abby is interested, too, but for different reasons.
As a woman of science, she is both wary and skeptical of Ravens sudden recovery.
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In season two, I was practically predisposed to dislike anything Abby said or did.
She made questionable choices, thinking more with her heart than her head.
But that was then, this is now.
Abbys more measured in her thinking and in her actions.
Its a telling moment when Jaha cant remember his own sons name.
And why would he?
Death doesnt scare Emerson, though.
But whats at stake here is not just the fate of one man.
This isnt just denial on her part, its hypocrisy.
Clarke finally comes to understand this and sides with Lexas desire for peace.
Wanheda ultimately pardons Emerson, damning him with a chilling May you live forever.
A nice character moment, even if it immediately made me think of Jack and Rose inTitanic.
Every person of power seems to have an advisor who has their own hidden agenda.
That Titus has secrets is really no surprise given his shady behavior throughout this current season.
I will be very disappointed if Titus doesnt meet a painful end this season.
Blood must have blood, and all that.
As weve been told since day one, the Ark was comprised of 12 stations.
But as we learned in Bitter Harvest, there was a 13th station.
All along, I thought Polis referred to Annapolis.
What we learn in this episode, though, is that Polis is The100s Kragle.
In other words, Polis is short for the name of the 13th station, Polaris.
Rating:
4 out of 5
