The 100 returned from the hiatus with a season 3 renewal and its first episode of 2015, entitled "Remember Me". The episode gave our characters (and the viewers) some time to breathe.
Following the death ritual, Clarke and Lexa shared some heart-to-heart moments as Lexa told Clarke that she her lover Costia was killed by the Ice Nation. Hence, Lexa stopped caring about people and advises Clarke to do the same, because love is a weakness. Later, it is time to celebrate the newfound peace between the Grounders and the Sky People, and Kane offers them a drink as a gift. As Clarke and Lexa prepare to toast to peace, Gustus tries the drink and collapses. It turns out he is poisoned, and Lexa and Indra immediately shut down the room. A search reveals that the poison is in Raven's bag, but she claims she wasn't behind this. After a quick consideration, Indra tells them Raven will die and that the alliance is dead. So be it, and Raven is tied to a pole to suffer the death by a thousand cuts.
That is, until another Finn hallucination hints at Clarke that the poison was in the cup instead of in the drink. Clarke reveals her finding to Lexa, and Bellamy is quick to deduce that Gustus poisoned himself. Gustus admits to committing the crime, saying he had to protect Lexa because the alliance is dangerous to her. So instead of Raven, Gustus dies the gruesome death. This also makes Raven realize that this would have been Finn, and maybe that opens the door to her understanding why Clarke killed Finn.
This was a great episode and a great way to come back from the hiatus. Honestly, nothing really happened but still the episode worked for me. Its slower pace allowed for some nice character moments and development and gave them some time to breathe. Clarke going full dark is going to be an interesting thing to see, although I hope she doesn't get too dark. The Mount Weather part of the story had some great developments, and the stakes are now much higher with Monty in a cage. I am curious to know more about the Ice Nation, and it was good to get some backstory on Lexa.
A few remarks:
-Mount Weather is spying on the entire ground! That is an interesting reveal, and I wonder if they're gonna change their defense system now that they know about the Sky People/Grounder alliance.
-Clarke realizing that she was just like her mother when they talked about her father was a great moment. It was good to address the death of Clarke's father and Abby's involvement in it.
-"Maybe we should shocklash him." Lol, Abby reminding Kane of what he did was funny.
-Finally one of the adults realize that Clarke is really in charge! Way to go, Kane!
-Whoa, Raven had a lot of knives on her. I'm betting she still had a few on her when they entered TonDC.
-Any Frozen casting suggestions who should play the Snow Queen? Or would the queen of the Ice Nation have a different name?
The next episode of The 100 airs this Wednesday. A promo for the episode can be seen here.
