01:33 : Unity Day! I'm a sucker for Unity Day and I really wish we had one IRL. Sometimes, my wife and I will refer to various events as Unity Day. 02:35 : Not my jam, but our boys continue to deliver. 03:58 : Oh, Suspicia, why must you suspice? 04:34 : Lies are bad, but how you gonna lie to your momma? 05:06 : It's hard to think back to my first watch but I'm 99% sure I told my wife about this bomb before it exploded. 06:10 : Devastating. 11:06 : I think they really wanted to paint Raven as a warmonger or bigot here. Unsurprisingly, I'm on her side! Finn talks about talking but what would that even look like? It's not like they're going out hunting for Grounders. If these bullets get used, it will most likely be in defense of the camp. 15:14 : Kinda weird to stalk Octavia through the forest, in the middle of the night, but it panned out. Finn gets one reluctant point. Funnily, that puts him ahead of Lincoln the predator. 16:54 : Nope, not a soul in the Ark gonna buy this for a second. (I hope!) 20:14 : It's a classic problem but have you ever really thought it through? You'd be a fool not to bring protection. You'd also be a fool to think your adversary won't either. I think it's best to agree on where to park the armies and bring a second. 21:28 : Her true colors are out, now. Bellamy can't refuse this request. Finn could go to the meeting alone. Clarke is the one escalating this situation. 23:38 : Good guy Jasper, just checkin in on folks. 24:49 : Ah yes, I always wear bright red on my sneaking missions. (snakesquarescamo.jpg) 25:24 : It's kind of handwaived as "these are the bad guys", but there's no way to know for sure what insane things the upper crust have been up to. Everything we've seen so far supports this man's mission but maybe not his means. 27:36 : This is A LOT of people to win over. This was no flash event. These people must have been thinking about this for a long time. 29:26 : This is the first true shot we get of the Grounder aesthetic - and it is AWESOME. 30:07 : Truly, I don't understand why Clarke instead of Octavia. 33:35 : I think Suspicia is a good character because it shows that her need to manipulate people is compulsive. She snapped into it, like a reflex. Good job, actress. 34:28 : I was waiting for Anya to be wrong about something before writing a note. I've now given up on that pipe dream. Girl knows what's up. 35:42 : So, the question becomes whether the Grounders were loading up an attack. If yes, Jasper is in the clear. If no, he loses hero status. I'm going to rewind and find out. At 35:29, we have some kind of signal. At 35:31, the Grounder draws her bow back but not far enough to actually be loading up a shot. It seems more like she's just staying ready. The signal may have been as simple as, "stay focused". However, Jasper doesn't know that and he only has a moment to react. I think he's in the clear. 36:03 : I may not like him, but Lincoln shows up for work. Unrelated and Metal Gear Solid again, but his nohawk reminds me of a character in MGS4. That character has a ! shaped mohawk and a ! sound is played, when you first see him. As a result, I keep hearing it in my head. 37:35 : This is such a great example of the power of holding on to some information. Well-placed truth can cripple armies. 39:48 : Clarke would have been an idiot to "trust" Finn. You trust people to show up and be good people. You don't trust your bestie to remove your appendix by virtue of them being your bestie. Manipulation!
This was the first episode where I didn't remember everything. I think I'm probably being too hard on Finn. I'm probably going too easy on Jasper. It's so annoying that the writers copped out /again/. Suspicia was a great character with no obvious solution. So, instead of making choices, they murdered her in a ball of fire and gave Jaha another obvious crisis to captain. Were any of the cool kids in the dropship? I don't think so. I think Abby was removed, right? Just once, make someone take a stance or suffer a consequence!