What if she wanted to live? What message does this send? There was no need to immediately reach for a gun. īut… I don’t know, guys, this one feels especially cruel, and also (ugh, with this word again) problematic. The 100 has never been afraid to go there (this is just one of many violent child-deaths we’ve seen), and I always respected where it went because it always had a point. Which… brings me to my beef glorifying the (rather violent, all told) self-sacrifice of a child. On top of that, we got Levitt’s return (*heart eyes*), we got Gaia / Octavia / Clarke lady-friendship-love, and some strong Madi content.
This tri-lationship quickly rooted itself in all our hearts in season 6, and the mighty payoff of that investment in this episode was just… *wipes tear*. The Emori / Raven / Murphy / Jackson storyline was PURE MAGIC. There were some truly outstanding performances from long-time favourites, relationships being honoured, and writing that hit us square in the emotions-chip. I had some big beef this episode, yes, but there was also so much to love so much to admire and praise, so much to cry over, and be joyous about. I want to enjoy it, because enjoying The 100, and all the craziness it throws at us is MY WHOLE DEAL. I ask you this because most of The Dying of the Light was a truly excellent episode of The 100, and there’s a part of me that can’t enjoy it to my heart’s full extent because of the bull-hooey that came before. Let’s ignore all the inconsistencies of this season, the retcons, and the disrespect to the fans. Let’s also pretend that Clarke is the woman we have grown to love, and not some unfamiliar plastic mom-doll the writers are pushing around to fulfil their final will.
Let’s pretend, just for the time it takes you to read this recap, that Bellamy Blake fell through a wormhole and ended up in an alternate universe populated only by Matilda the mutated gorilla and her mutated gorilla family.
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