The 100 rewatch: episode 2x5 human trials
I'm a day late again guys! But here we go: Camp Jaha: We open to Clarke being dragged in & yelled at by Byrne & her guards, but gasp! Abby recognizes her! "She's not a prisoner, she's my daughter!" And Abby finally gets to hold her daughter in her arms! Abby playing both doctor & mom. Byrne being her annoying self, asking Clarke questions about grounders & mountain men. Abby shushing her. Clarke immediately asks if any of the rest of the 100 made it. Abby: "yes. Six of you did" Clarke: "Finn & Bellamy?" Abby nodding her head yes. Clarke crying "I thought they were dead.I thought you were dead" (notice she mentions the two that have had the biggest impact on her, she doesn't ask about Raven, sterling etc.) she continues crying into her moms arms, this is such a good scene for them. Cut to MW: Dante has called Jasper into his office to tell him Clarke "ran away" of course Dante puts a spin on it to make seems like she abandoned them. Dante offering Jasper to go look for her himself. telling Jasper "this is your home now" painting himself the good guy. Cut to the forest: Kane taking a moment to plant the tree for his mom, reciting the end of the travelers blessing😭 now he gives water to the captured grounder. He knows the grounder knows more then he acts like he does. Kane is a smart cookie. Back to camp: Clarke wakes up, sees her mom, finds out she's now the chancellor...& she seems a little judgy in her tone to Abby? Maybe left over bitterness about her dad? Or the idea of her mom being in charge? Idk lol but she doesn't seem thrilled. Clarke getting up: "mom, we need to move against mount weather" "where are Finn & Bellamy?" Yet again the only two people she's thinking of...😏 Clarke : "I don't need to rest,I'm fine" Abby is about to go into helicopter mom mode when Byrne enters "Ma'am, movement in the north woods" Abby: grounders?" Byrne "I don't think so" (we know WHO it is) Clarke exits the tent & finds Raven waiting for her. Raven: "I've been waiting out here all night,Abby said you needed sleep" how precious Is Raven though? She waited all night to see her friend was okay. They hug, (look at this hug then look at the one that happens in 60 seconds) Clarke sees Ravens leg but Raven being Raven is like: it sucks, but I can deal. She is seriously such an amazing character. *offscreen guard yells :open the gates!" They turn to see who it is...Clarke *a little breathless* : "Bellamy" *as Bellamy enters with his arm & his jacket around Mel* (omg Mellamy. We could've had a better season 3 guys.) Raven seeing the "no chill Griffin" in all her glory tells her : "go. I'll catch up." Bless her lil heart. And Clarke starts walking towards the gate. Abby seein Mel : "I know you. Factory station,where are the others?" Mel: there are no others" (man I really needed more Mel guys) Bellamy :"we found her a day from here. No survivors. Lots of supplies" *sidenote* this boy,people who say he's not "leader material"don't have eyes. He knows what to prioritize & when 90% of the time** Abby: "get her to medical" also watch how Bellamy guides monroe so gently with his arm like "go on sweetie, you too" bless his earth dad heart. And right as he does that we hear a *swell* in the music score & the focus tightens in on the Blake's (I'M NEVER ready guys) then the camera pans with an out of focus profile of Bellamy's face, & from his left Barrels one Clarke "extra" Griffin she has broken into a run, not being able to contain her joy & relief of seeing him alive, & she LAUNCHES herself into his arms!! Ahhhh!!!! (Notice the guys behind her pointing & the guy to the right doing a double take as she races by) The music continues to swell as she locks her arms around his neck & just buries her face into his exposed skin on his shoulder,probably to feel the warmth of him. His absolute astonishment & confusion he has is just so perfect. So innocent. So pure. Then it finally registers that it's Clarke & she's not dead & she's hugging him like he's her favorite person on earth & he finally reacts to this love he's getting & locks his arms around her soooo tight!! & he just rocks her back & forth. She presses her lips to his skin, smiling so big!! He looks so relieved, so at peace. Octavia: "now,there's something I thought I'd never see" **sidenote** I think in this scene Octavia is saying the last thing she ever thought she'd see is Clarke & Bellamy loving & caring for each other (platonic or otherwise) she can't believe her brother is being open with his affection, he's rarely open with her about it. For him to be like this in broad daylight, in front of a crowd. It's a first for Octavia. & I love how happy she seems in this moment. Her face looks like she knows a secret lol the secret "my brother is falling in love" then right after she says that he lets out the cute little huff, is it relief? Is he exasperated that O is calling him out on his public affection? Lol is he thinking about how he said he'd cut off her hand & now here the big dope is threading his fingers through her hair?** Then they break the hug & just stare in awe at each other. Finally they speak Clarke: "where's Finn?" Raven catching up & perking up at the sound o Finns name. Bellamy responding with a grim look that says "why didn't I do better" as he says "Looking for you" Cut to Finn & Murphy, counting the people In the village,Apparently Murphy is better at math lol Murphy: "these people don't look like warriors Finn" (this episode is where you start to see the "reforming" Murphy) Finn being a little crazy saying we'll wait & surprise them at dark. Murphy replying: "I liked you better as the peacemaker" in this moment Finn has completed his fall from "peacemaker" to "loose canon" it's appropriate that Murphy states this since he's like the "Murphy's law" rep. "What can go wrong, will." Finn has full circled his arc. It's just not heroic. Back to MW: Just a brief scene of Cage turning Lincoln into a reaper via "red" serum. Back to camp: Byrne,Abby,Sinclair etc having a meeting about MW, finding Kane etc. Abby deciding not to go after Finn & Murphy, Clarke & Bellamy are not okay with this decision. Abby *weakly* "I'm sorry, the decisions been made" she turns to go & Bellamy decides he's had enough: "you're sorry?!" "Finn & Murphy are out there looking for your daughter with guns you gave us" (this is like the most interaction Abby & Bellamy have until the S3 finale, I need them to interact more) I love the look Clarke gives Abby here like "you thought you were done" lol it's similar to the face she gives roan in ep 3.15 when Bellamy steps in to protect her & the flame. Bellamy & Clarke say they'll go find them themselves. Abby "no! I just got you back" Abby telling Byrne "no one leaves camp" After Abby leaves the room Clarke walking up to Bellamy: "we're gonna need guns" lol I hope we get this line again in s4 cut to Raven,Bellamy, & Clarke at the fence Raven: "I scored you extra clips" lol she's the character that always "knows a guy" lol They are sneaking out, Apparently Clarke was looking for Octavia, but she pops up on her own Octavia: "I'm not letting you leave here without me. Finn & Murphy are headed to Lincoln's village, I've been there have you? *she continues to talk* Bellamy exasperated : "you done?" & he hands her her pack saying "lead the way" But Raven stops Octavia with one of my favorite lines: "not so fast Pocahontas" 😂 pure gold. Raven has wick shut down the electric fence so they can escape. & off they go. Back to MW: Jasper to Monty : "Clarke left us" Monty:" we need to go after her" *Maya enters the room & you can tell Monty's thinking "this is why you don't wanna leave Jasper" & he starts to pack to go find Clarke. Jasper says they aren't going to which loyal loving Monty replies : "what would Clarke do?" Jasper knows he's right & is telling Maya he's gonna join Monty right when she starts melting! Maya: "there's a Containment breach!" & Jasper & Monty become frantic trying to get the doors open to help their new friend. Maya is blistered & the standard treatment isn't working (yeah sure. Dr. Tsing you snake) of course they could "try" using Jaspers blood to see if it would cure her better. I wonder if Jasper would've said no how different things would be. But Jasper & sweet & caring & would donate blood to a stranger let alone someone he cares for. Cut to the woods: Bellamy being the guard around the fire while the two people he loves most in the world sleep at his feet. (Look at the framing of this whole scene please) He looks at O asleep, you can tell he's in deep thought & he tentatively looks down at Clarke sleeping. But he doesn't look away...he just keeps looking at her. She stirs, looks up & gives him a small smile, then he finally looks away from her. Bellamy : "last time I saw you, you were closing the dropship door, it had to be done" *sidenote* So this means while he was literally trying not to die, fighting a grounder no less, he checked to see that she got in & locked the dropship up. To see she was safe with their kids. Even when he knew what she was about to do would probably kill him. He didn't care because he knew she was safe & would take care of their kids. My eyes are wet now,moving on** He says it had to be done after he see the look of guilt cross her face. Then she sits up & asks :"did you get any sleep?" Bellamy: "I'll sleep when we find Finn,you haven't seen him Clarke, losing you, the others it changed him" He feels guilty for letting Finn go with guns & Murphy. To which Clarke replies: "I'm sure that had to be done too" I could keep going about this scene. I love it. They are so in tune with each other here. Then Octavia wakes & says they've "slept long enough" she wants to find Lincoln. Bellamy & Clarke do their signature nod at each other & move out. Cut to the village: Crazy eyes McGee (Finn) sets the villages food on fire in the middle of the night so he & Murphy can look for Clarke & Co. In the village. They are spotted so Finn starts shooting his rifle in the air & goes #allthewaycrazy taking the whole village hostage. Back at MW: Cage is still giving Lincoln "Rex treatments" now he's testing the reaper tone generator. But Lincoln is still resisting. My sweet man is so strong. Jasper is hooked up to Maya now. The his blood cleaning hers. He's high on meds. Dr Tsing : "it's perfectly normal" Monty gives her a knowing look then says :"if you've never done this before..how do you know?" Hahaha she tells him it will take a while, to head to his room until it's over. Monty doesn't even give her words just a sassy look & hand motion before sitting down right next to Jaspers bed. Monty is the best friend on earth. Literally. Back to camp: Abby approaches Raven looking a bit angry plopping Clarke's note in front of her Abby: did you know about this?!" Raven: "no" of course Abby doesn't believe her & then she slaps Raven across the face! I think that was just a reaction from her emotions but still Abby was so wrong for doing that. Given Ravens past & hard drinkIng mother, she was probably physically abused quite a bit. Which just makes my heart ache 😭 Raven just offers Abby her drink. Abby: "she's still just a kid" Raven: "you're wrong Abbey, she stopped being a kid the day you sent her down to die" & with that comment Raven slaps Abby right back. Cut to the forest: Kane is being led by the grounder unarmed & alone (they are outside of what we now know is polis) but Kane is too trusting & grounder dude knocks him out cold. He's then dropped into a prison cell where he meets the most startling cell mate, JAHA!! & Kane is officially confused. Back to the village: Finn has the whole village huddled into a literal animal pen! & he can't find Clarke but he does find sky people clothes!! He's starting to look crazy & Murphy is getting anxious. Finn is yelling "you killed them" saying their clothes are here. Murphy is trying to talk Finn down. He's already beyond snapped & is grinding a poor woman into the mud with his boot. The forest: Bellarke & O trying to find Finn as fast as they can. Octavia starts crying when she sees their back where the reaper took Lincoln. O: "I couldn't save him Bell" & Bellamy wraps her in a tight hug to comfort her. This scene is extra sad when you think about S3 :/ Back to MW: Lincoln is finally "full reaper" he & has to fight another one for the red injection & he does, he wins & injects himself. Cut to Maya waking & seeing that Jasper saved her. The treatments makes Jasper sick. Dante is not happy that Dr Tsing used Jasper without his consent. She wants to use all the kids. Cage tries to "contain" his dad by saying "go paint dad" "I've got this" he's already got the take over plan in mind I think. He thinks his dad is an "idealist" doesn't have the guts to "do what needs to be done" sigh. Back to the village: Nyko is trying to explain to Finn that they've been set up as revenge from the one eyed grounder he killed. Murphy: "it makes sense Finn" *sidenote* can we talk about how time & time again Murphy is the actual voice of reason? Like he's so rational in this scene trying to calm Finn down** but Finn is beyond that & when he sees a grounder run he opens fire one him. Then stops while Nyko & Murphy try to stop him. But he just.keeps.shooting. Here comes Clarke Bellamy & Octavia running! But everyone is too late & they come upon a massacre of 18 women, children and elderly. They are speechless as they take in the scene. Finn looking unhinged looks at the terrified Clarke & says: "I found you" This episode shocked me like the culling episode in S1x5 (& strangely enough the army massacre in S3x5) they always like to give us tender Bellarke moments & gut wrenching drama & death in episode 5 apparently. 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