Saturday, February 6, 2016

The 100 3x03: Ye Who Enter Here



This was the kind of episode where I blink at the rolling credits, tilt my head back to look at the sky, raise my fist, and cry, "RRROOOTTTHHEENNNBBUUURRRRRG!!!!!!!" Mainly because it's the usual mixture of Stuff So Awesome I Want to Throw Confetti and My Face Is Not Big Enough to Contain My Sarcastic Palm. Hold up. You know what? This episode would be far better recapped as a series of scripted scenes. Moving on.


SCENE ONE: Polis


Clarke: [Still under house arrest]


Lexa: Hello, Clarke, my Clarkeness, the Clarke to my heart <3


Clarke: Go away.


Lexa: I want your people to be my people.


Clarke: LOL.


SCENE TWO: Polis (Still)


Lexa: I have brought Ice Nation representatives here so we can calmly discuss why I'm better than they are.


Ice Nation Dude: My queen is better than u.


Lexa: Is that so?


Ice Nation Dude: YEAH.


Lexa: I want a word with you, over here, by this balcony, 800 stories up.


Ice Nation Dude: OK.


Lexa: [Pushes him off the balcony and watches him fall to an untimely death] Oh dear, my hand slipped.


Everyone: We saw that coming.


SCENE THREE: With the Skaikru


Plot Device - I mean, Gina: Hey, Bellamy, I love you. I'm so lucky to be your girlfriend.


Bellamy: Yeah, we're disgustingly cute together.


Gina: [Smooches Bellamy]


Bellamy: [Smooches Gina]


SCENE FOUR: Mount Weather


Raven: Yeah, Sinclair loves me.


Gina: Awwwww.


Sinclair: Raven, you're doing everything wrong. Fix it.


Gina: Awkward.


Octavia: Why are there people eating happily in the dining hall? Don't they know that like 300 people died here pretty recently?


Pike: THE MORE THE MERRIER.


Octavia: Ick, I'm out.


SCENE FIVE: Polis


Clarke: [Still under house arrest] When will my life begin? [Sighs]


Roan: Hey.


Clarke: …


Roan: Here's a weapon and a way to escape. You should use it and join my people.


Clarke: Ah, cool, thank you.


Roan: No problem.


SCENE SIX: Mount Weather (again)


Echo: [Is dragged out of the woods by two Skaikru] Hey, Bellamy!


Bellamy: Hey, girl I met that one time!


Echo: That summit that everyone important is heading to is a TRAP.


Bellamy: I totally trust you. Blind faith has never led me wrong before. WE'LL GO STOP IT. [Turns to Gina] Goodbye, forever girlfriend of 5 days.


Gina: Be careful and safe.


Bellamy: Hey. It's me.


SCENE SEVEN: Polis (this time with Kane and Abby)


Kane: I love the city.


Vendor: Here, have some mystery meat as a sign of my good friendship.


Abby: Um, no thanks.


Kane: Just eat the meat, Abby.


Abby: You're so right, Kane. You should be Chancellor.


Kane: You're right, but we should let the people vote on this because we need to give Pike a chance to be Chancellor and mess everything up.


Abby: You're so right again, Kane. I don't know how you do it.


Indra: [Appears and smiles]


Viewers: THE SMILING INDRA OF GOOD FORTUNE. REWIND. I MUST SEE THIS THING TEN TIMES BEFORE I CONTINUE.


SCENE EIGHT: Polis


Lexa: I will kill you, tiny child who I am training.


Tiny Child: I will kill YOU, Commander.


Lexa: Ah, so cute.


Titus Tattooicus: We have to talk.


Lexa: This kid is almost as good as I was. Those were the days. What did you want to talk about?


Titus Tattooicus: Life would be so much easier if we just killed Clarke. Can we please do that?


Lexa: Sorry, I was thinking about Clarke. What did you say?


Titus Tattooicus: [Sighs]


SCENE NINE: Polis


Clarke: [Is still under house arrest but with a knife this time]


Lexa: I HEARD YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, MY SUN AND STARS, MY MOON.


Clarke: I have a knife, but I can't kill you.


Lexa: I'm not even going to ask where you got the knife; I'm too full of Clarke feelings. Also, your mom is here to see you.


Abby: CLARKE. BABY. LET ME SEE YOUR FACE.


Kane: You can see her face later. We have politics and things to talk about.


Clarke: I have an idea. We're going to join Lexa's nation and become the 13th Clan.


Abby: !!??????


Kane: Cool.


SCENE TEN: The Ceremony


Clarke: [Looks rad in an epic makeup and dress] [Bows before Lexa so everyone knows Wanheda serves the Trikru now]


Lexa: Wonderful. And now the Chancellor of the 13th Clan needs to get a painful brand so everyone knows they're with me.


Abby: You deserve this, Kane. The honor should be yours. <3


Kane: Gee, thanks.


Bellamy: I'M HERE TO CRASH THE CEREMONY.


Everyone: !!!!!! BUT WHY?


Bellamy: IT'S A TRAP. ECHO SAID - wait, where did Echo go? NOOOOOOOOOO, I TRUSTED HER. WHAT IS HAPPENING.


SCENE ELEVEN: Mount Weather


Everyone: It would be cool if we could get these missiles to work, but we can't find the launch codes.


Gina: I'll go look!


Durza 2.0: [Creeps from the shadows of Mount Weather and stabs Gina, then enters the launch codes, which have been branded onto his arm] BTW Echo sent me.


Gina: THERE'S AN ASSASSIN LOOSE AND WE ONLY HAVE LIKE THREE SECONDS BEFORE EVERYTHING BLOWS UP. [Dies]


Sinclair and Raven: [Chase the assassin out of the mountain, shoot him dead]
Mount Weather: [Blows up]


SCENE TWELVE: Polis


Lexa: I swear fealty to you, Clarke.


Clarke: Just what I always wanted. Thanks.

SCENE THIRTEEN: Azgheda
 
Ice Queen: Thanks to Emerson, the last surviving Mountain Man, my Evil Plan was put into action by Echo, my Faithful Subject! And now to rescue my son who, though banished, I seem to care an awful lot about.

 
THE END


CONCERNS
This is the show's third season, and while each season has evolved very differently, there are commonalities found in all of them. Last season, we left Clarke in a very dark place, which she's trying to come out of. This season, they're hinting that it's Bellamy's turn to enter said Dark Place, and I'm extremely concerned. Why? Because we had Bellamy's character arc begin to grow in season one, while Clarke didn't change much until season two. Bellamy's already been in his Dark Place, and if we take him there again, it's lazy writing - unless they do something drastically different. The writing is very obviously taking us toward Pike becoming Chancellor, which - while I love it, plot-wise - is extremely predictable and could be handled better. This being said, Roan is an incredible new character I'm very excited to see more of, and the show is at an interesting place that still has me really looking forward to each new episode.
What did you think of the new episode? Any predictions for the coming season?

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