The 100 - Season 7

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The 100
From the Ashes

SEASON 7, EPISODE 1 • PREMIERE
5/20/2020, 8:00 PM ON WNUVDT 54 • TV-14 • STEREO • CC

Clarke and her friends attempt to rebuild Sanctum as a new threat rises in the woods.

[KyleEl]

I'm not ready!

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"From the Ashes" began with a mystery and cool special effects. Bellamy was body slammed and then dragged by invisible forces toward the anomaly. Echo chased Bellamy. Then Gabriel and a woman of unknown origin joined the chase. After brief discussion, they joined hands and walked into the anomaly together.

Meanwhile, back at Sanctum, the usual bitterness and fighting continued. Indra is an outspoken no-nonsense warrior. In a fight, I would want her on my team.

Russell Prime was feeling agonizing guilt and did not care if he died. His followers still believed in him and insisted on protecting him. Russell handed Abby’s garments to Clarke and she lost her mind. Clarke’s reaction was difficult for me to accept.

Jordan and Madi do not appear to be suffering from hatred, but everyone else is ready to fight. 

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7.2 The Garden
May 27, 2020

Echo and Gabriel learn more about Hope and her mysterious past.

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"The Garden" was a welcome change from the bickering and fighting at Sanctum. When Octavia went into the anomaly, she arrived three months after Diyoza, just in time to help deliver the baby. Shortly after the birth of baby Hope, Octavia became determined to find a way back to her brother, Bellamy. It took Octavia seven seasons to realize she was an ungrateful, selfish person with darkness inside herself. She was anxious to tell Bellamy she now recognized he was right and now understood all he had done to protect her. She has been my lease favorite person on the show because of those traits. She put a message in a bottle and threw it to the anomaly.

Octavia and Diyoza raised Hope until soldiers came and took the adults away. Hope was hidden from the soldiers. In the present day, we learned the bottle that Octavia threw in the anomaly led the soldiers to them.

The anomaly is not an anomaly at all; it is a bridge that can be controlled. The time differential is understood by the people who have been controlling the bridge. A strange side effect is when people are away from the bridge, their memory fades, but it returns when they near the bridge again.

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7.3 False Gods

June 3, 2020

As Raven faces an unexpected threat, Clarke must keep the peace among opposing factions in Sanctum.

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“False Gods” included possibility of a nuclear reactor disaster and a riot by the followers of Russell Prime.

On a positive note, Madi no longer has to pretend to be a Prime.

Clarke realizes she overreacted when she burned down the palace.

I cannot tolerate the excessive amount of bickering, and the FF feature helped me to get through the episode.

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S7.E4 Hesperides

June 10, 2020

Mysterious outsiders arrive with news of Clarke's missing people

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I enjoyed the scenes with young Hope and I liked how Dev showed patience when he realized she was scared. Dev was the one who taught Hope how to fight and I was disappointed when he died.

A Disciple of the Greater Good appeared and invited Clarke to go with him if she wanted to help her missing people. She quickly agreed. I liked the invisibility feature of the suits the Shepherd's people wore, but that was not a shield against the duplicity of Clarke's people. Clarke's people killed all of them. After analysis revealed how the suits worked, they foolishly jumped through a wormhole without any investigation whatsoever. Now, they seem to be trapped on a very cold planet with no wormhole in sight.

I liked it when Jordan was a sweet young man who wanted peace. He now seems to have embraced the need to kill.

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S7.E5 Welcome to Bardo

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Octavia gets to know a whole new world. Meanwhile, Murphy and Emori play make believe.

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Welcome to Bardo is another interesting episode. It explained the jumps in time and the effect on memory. However, if it explained why Clarke is so important, I did not hear the reason.

I hope Bellamy was not really toasted by the blast, but I do not know how he could have survived. I view Bellamy as the most constant hero of the original 100. I never doubted his motives.

Other than the passage of time, I think the rest of the science is confusing.

I am enjoying this season more than other seasons because the team is spending more time trying to save each other than fighting each other. They are focusing on their common enemies.

I am a constant fan of Neal McDonough who plays Anders, leader of Bardos, even though he is usually the antagonist. (The CW cast him as Damien Darhk in The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.)

I think Murphy enjoyed the perks of being a Prime, but those days are over.

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I thought Clarke and her allies would escape but the way out was deemed to be too dangerous.

Back on the home front, struggle for leadership continued.

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Anaconda

SEASON 7, EPISODE 8 • NEW
7/8/2020, 8:00 PM ON WNUVDT 54 • TV-14 • STEREO • CC

Clarke confronts a new adversary; a look back to the past and the nuclear apocalypse that destroyed the Earth.

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Jun 5, 2020 17:28:37 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

"From the Ashes" began with a mystery and cool special effects. Bellamy was body slammed and then dragged by invisible forces toward the anomaly. Echo chased Bellamy. Then Gabriel and a woman of unknown origin joined the chase. After brief discussion, they joined hands and walked into the anomaly together.

Meanwhile, back at Sanctum, the usual bitterness and fighting continued. Indra is an outspoken no-nonsense warrior. In a fight, I would want her on my team.

Russell Prime was feeling agonizing guilt and did not care if he died. His followers still believed in him and insisted on protecting him. Russell handed Abby’s garments to Clarke and she lost her mind. Clarke’s reaction was difficult for me to accept.

Jordan and Madi do not appear to be suffering from hatred, but everyone else is ready to fight. 

Amazon Prime advertised during the episode. Not sure that was such a good choice.

Echo and Raven are in separate places so I know which one is which. I don't know why Raven looks so weird. It's like all this stress is making her age.

Murphy finally does something good and gets criticized for letting Abby die. A lot of talk about Abby, but I hated seeing her die again in the previously.

These people are in trouble if their lives depend on thinking of Murphy as a deity who will save them.

I liked the scenes at the house that looked like the Kent house.

Clarke reminds me of Sarah Michelle Gellar. I guess that's why I like her.

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Anaconda covered a lot of history and I thought I would enjoy it more. The downside for me was the family was squabbling and fighting each other. I was interested in this series because I wanted to see how the people survived. There has been more focus on arguments than on survival skills.

I enjoyed learning about the origin of the A.I. Chip.

Clarke is, no doubt, surprised to see her friends have agreed to fight for Bill’s team.

[KyleEl]

Jun 5, 2020 20:25:25 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

"The Garden" was a welcome change from the bickering and fighting at Sanctum. When Octavia went into the anomaly, she arrived three months after Diyoza, just in time to help deliver the baby. Shortly after the birth of baby Hope, Octavia became determined to find a way back to her brother, Bellamy. It took Octavia seven seasons to realize she was an ungrateful, selfish person with darkness inside herself. She was anxious to tell Bellamy she now recognized he was right and now understood all he had done to protect her. She has been my lease favorite person on the show because of those traits. She put a message in a bottle and threw it to the anomaly.

Octavia and Diyoza raised Hope until soldiers came and took the adults away. Hope was hidden from the soldiers. In the present day, we learned the bottle that Octavia threw in the anomaly led the soldiers to them.

The anomaly is not an anomaly at all; it is a bridge that can be controlled. The time differential is understood by the people who have been controlling the bridge. A strange side effect is when people are away from the bridge, their memory fades, but it returns when they near the bridge again.

Except for the fact the Octavia was stuck there and didn't want to be, I liked the part of the episode with her, Diyoza and the baby. Octavia has always been so evil and she showed a much nicer side of herself and she was so good with young Hope. And she's so much prettier without the raccoon makeup.

Even though it was before COVID-19, a lot of people are doing with Diyoza did, and yet she was so good at it with no resources except whatever she could find. I do wonder where they got paper and pencils and crayons, and everything else. It's just amazing to watch people learning in this type of place. And the girl was so weell-behaved and cooperative. Well, she can't be spoiled. This world is all she knows. I remember when they were on the ark. All learning had to take place there. There was even a medical school.

I finally realized that Echo and the others encountered the baby all grown up. If she knew Octavia searched for a way out for ten years, that had to be her. I felt so sorry for the girl when she lost her mother and "Auntie O".

I worry about Echo. She seems like she will be quick to use violent solutions.

I too want them to find Bellamy. It's not that there's anything so great about him. He's family. We've been with these characters for years now.

I was happy when they found the code. The technology on this show is amazing. And then that man who went crazy messed everything up.

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The Flock

SEASON 7, EPISODE 9 • NEW
7/15/2020, 8:00 PM ON WNUVDT 54 • TV-14 • STEREO • CC

Murphy and Indra must defuse a tense situation; old friends make new allegiances.

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Finally, the entity that took over Russell Prime showed his power. It has been a long wait.

Echo, Hope and the other team members are undergoing brainwashing disguised as training. Enlightened societies require people to give up individualism.

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Jun 6, 2020 13:56:13 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

“False Gods” included possibility of a nuclear reactor disaster and a riot by the followers of Russell Prime.

On a positive note, Madi no longer has to pretend to be a Prime.

Clarke realizes she overreacted when she burned down the palace.

I cannot tolerate the excessive amount of bickering, and the FF feature helped me to get through the episode.

That was exciting watching them solve the nuclear reactor problem. Of course, just like on "MacGyver" and in Bond movies, the problem was solved at the last second. I was pleased Raven cared so much about those who died. It had to be done. And yet people got mad at her for lying.

Murphy was at least there and maybe he did help. But it's always good to see Murphy doing something important.

The space suits don't help, but they couldn't hurt. Surely the welders could have gotten some benefit. I remember them saying the same thing about masks for COVID-19.

The girl with the marks on her face who seems to be Murphy's girlfriend was prettier than usual. Part of that was the way she was dressed. I was relieved nothing happened to her.

I've lost track of which groups are which. One group refused to help with the nuclear reactor situation because they were being lied to. They were smart.

Knowing what happened to the people at the beginning of the episode made me nervous every time Raven and the others would go through a door. I had no idea how many doors there were but I knew the makeup people on this show just have to go overboard.

Homer Simpson was in a similar situation in an episode I saw last week. But we all know the science on his show is all wrong. Having that moron do an important job in a nuclear plant could never really happen. It wasn't a crisis but the others were wearing space suits and he realized he shouldn't have gone in that door.

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Jun 12, 2020 15:56:28 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

I enjoyed the scenes with young Hope and I liked how Dev showed patience when he realized she was scared. Dev was the one who taught Hope how to fight and I was disappointed when he died.

A Disciple of the Greater Good appeared and invited Clarke to go with him if she wanted to help her missing people. She quickly agreed. I liked the invisibility feature of the suits the Shepherd's people wore, but that was not a shield against the duplicity of Clarke's people. Clarke's people killed all of them. After analysis revealed how the suits worked, they foolishly jumped through a wormhole without any investigation whatsoever. Now, they seem to be trapped on a very cold planet with no wormhole in sight.

I liked it when Jordan was a sweet young man who wanted peace. He now seems to have embraced the need to kill.

Young Hope had to learn so much and it's amazing how much she already knew.

We still got a flashback with Octavia.

I was concerned we were going to have to wait another week for the continuation of the previous week, but they went back and forth and showed Clarke and Raven. And Raven had to kill eight people (intentionally) after losing four upset her so much.

I'm confused. Young Hope ages. So do Bellamy, Hope's mother and Octavia age too?

The only thing I know for sure about the one man is he played chess by himself. Other than that, I have no idea what to say about him. He seemed to be helping. There was something he was supposed to do after five years. Something about forgiveness. And the people with the weird masks came for him when the five years were up.

I hate that Echo and young Hope cut their beautiful long hair. Echo now looks just plain scary. Her attitude before was disturbing, but now ...

I am concerned how they're going to get out of this.

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Jun 21, 2020 18:32:49 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Welcome to Bardo is another interesting episode. It explained the jumps in time and the effect on memory. However, if it explained why Clarke is so important, I did not hear the reason.

I hope Bellamy was not really toasted by the blast, but I do not know how he could have survived. I view Bellamy as the most constant hero of the original 100. I never doubted his motives.

Other than the passage of time, I think the rest of the science is confusing.

I am enjoying this season more than other seasons because the team is spending more time trying to save each other than fighting each other. They are focusing on their common enemies.

I am a constant fan of Neal McDonough who plays Anders, leader of Bardos, even though he is usually the antagonist. (The CW cast him as Damien Darhk in The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.)

I think Murphy enjoyed the perks of being a Prime, but those days are over.

I know Anders from "Desperate Housewives". I wish he had appeared on "Supergirl" when some of the other cast members from that show were on it.

I really hope Bellamy is all right, but I didn't follow what was happening.

Octavia has never looked prettier than she did with some different lighting. She looked almost as good with blue light. I knew somehow her having to hide on the ark was going to come up. I was pleased that she was so determined but hated to see what they did to her.

Echo has just gone off the deep end.

I thought the end had finally come for Murphy but somehow he got out of his jam. I don't know how he keeps making it through.

I haven't figured out the science yet. The soldiers were told no one was coming for them if things went wrong, because so much time would pass before anyone could.

I'm still lost on the subject of the man who is supposed to be executed.

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There's nothing for me to quote.

Also, I think I stopped watching one episode in the middle so I wouldn't go to bed late.

Murphy made some great sarcastic comments but I knew I'd forget them.

It's amazing anyone would think of him as a god.

Also, in the part of the episode I saw, Hope found her mother. Oh, wait, Murphy was saying something about her. Something like "I thought SHE was a handful".

And it was so nice to see Hope and her mother reunited. However, the mother did some really disturbing stuff early in the episode.

I am reminded Octavia was treated so nicely by this one person in a previous episode.

Octavia said Bellamy was dead but I'm hoping they haven't found evidence.

The black woman whose daughter was Keeper of the Flame seems to be in charge, but as I suspected, someone said no one is.

I was not aware the man they are trying to execute is not really the man they think he is. Although Clarke managed to do this, this man said with mind drives, two people cannot share one brain, so the one on the mind drive kills the other.

When I left, I think Raven, Clarke and the others on that cold planet realized they were being eaten and had to get away.

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Thanks for posting. I usually want to say a lot, but I do not currently have the energy. [They] were being eaten? I thought they all ran away from those creatures, but I do remember turning my head so I would not see the creatures.

Jasper might have found a solution to the concept of "the last war" doomsday philosophy.

He (or she) who hesitates is lost. The ladies should stop bickering and just do it!

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Aug 9, 2020 9:38:28 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Thanks for posting. I usually want to say a lot, but I do not currently have the energy. [They] were being eaten? I thought they all ran away from those creatures, but I do remember turning my head so I would not see the creatures.

The "cave" was apparently one giant creature.

I don't remember what else happened in the episode I didn't see all of. There was one where Octavia hit the man who was so nice to her, and in another scene she had this strange look on her face like she cared about people for a change.

Indra made it clear she was in charge.

I also saw another episode. I know that I haven't seen the one that looked back at the nuclear war. It would have been appropriate to see that this past weekend.

Murphy was challenged to a game of chess with the one they want to execute. The man wanted to teach him but he was obviously very familiar.

Murphy seems to be the comic relief, which we really need. His queen seems to be doing a good job of being in charge of festivities. I still don't know her name but she's the beautiful Asian girl with the mark on her face, who says she has been mistreated in her past life.

I couldn't believe that one man finally met his parents and reacted like that.

Raven is feeling guilty about the people who died because she didn't do the repairs herself. If they needed four people, how could she have done that?

I know Clarke and Raven and the others appeared in the world where Hope and her mother are. Hope's mother explained that she had to do some very bad things to escape, and she went on to mention some things she did in her past life.

And Echo just continues to behave violently.

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Etherea

SEASON 7, EPISODE 11 • NEW
8/12/2020, 8:00 PM ON CW • TV-14 • STEREO • CC

Bellamy is missing somewhere in the universe.

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I enjoyed "Ethera" and I am glad Bellamy was not stranded alone. They were hostile to each other, but it was better that there were two men to climb the mountain.

I did not anticipate any of the things that happened and and was very interested to see what was in store for them. The beings of light were supposed to have transcended, but they seemed to me to be stuck in that spot in the cave. Actually, I am baffled. Does the Shepherd preach that his people will transcend to that cave if they are worthy?

If my leg was broken, I would not be likely to climb a flight of stairs, but the man climbed a mountain after one week. He had much faith.

Bellamy meditated and saw his mother. Bellamy prayed and the snow stopped and there was sunlight. His hardships on that planet changed his view of what is important. However, betraying his people was unexpected.

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Jul 11, 2020 17:03:30 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Anaconda covered a lot of history and I thought I would enjoy it more. The downside for me was the family was squabbling and fighting each other. I was interested in this series because I wanted to see how the people survived. There has been more focus on arguments than on survival skills.

I enjoyed learning about the origin of the A.I. Chip.

Clarke is, no doubt, surprised to see her friends have agreed to fight for Bill’s team.

I did like the change but I would have liked to learn more about what happened. It reminded me of that NBC comedy with the woman calmly announcing the end of the world on a newscast, except we were seeing the people struggling to get to safety.

I also liked learning the origin stories of a lot of things. I've never understood the language. Why doesn't everyone just speak English? But now we know that girl just invented it.

I'm not clear on what behaviors were safe back then. And when did the people go into space?

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7.12 The Stranger

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

It's a new day in Sanctum. Clarke, Octavia, Raven and Echo struggle with a new foe.

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7.12 The Stranger - I think Bellamy has really been converted. If he is fooling people, he is doing a convincing job. Those relationships get broken, then mended, then broken again.

In Sanctum, there was mass murder committed against people who would not kneel. Murphy tried to help survivors, but his life and the survivors are in danger of being murdered.

Clarke's return to Sanctum at the end of the episode was met with shock. Can she make a difference?

[KyleEl]

Jul 20, 2020 15:33:01 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Finally, the entity that took over Russell Prime showed his power. It has been a long wait.

Echo, Hope and the other team members are undergoing brainwashing disguised as training. Enlightened societies require people to give up individualism.

I think this is the right episode.

Echo is actually still pretty, even if she has turned evil.

I was pleased some of the group chose to do the right thing.

And back in the real world, Murphy finally admitted he wasn't who they thought he was. And neither is his queen. And I assume Russell Prime is the man they want to execute, except he's not who he says he is either.

I assume Indra is in charge but right now she's in charge of chaos.

On the Vent Thread I mention my problems with newspapers. I asked a librarian who I know gets the actual newspapers for the information about articles in the missing TV sections. She sent me the actual articles as PDFs. I don't know if I can do the search and find anything online but there was a great article about this show and I learned some things I didn't know. I was pleased to learn the flashback episode was a pilot and there could be another series that continues the story. I actually want to see that.