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“Fallen” further proves that both Lindsey Morgan and Erica Cerra are the real show stealers this season. The episode contains the fallout from Lincoln’s death in “Stealing Fire,” but it’s not the focal point. Instead The 100 writers use this opportunity for Alie (Erica Cerra) and Jaha (Isiah Washington) to organize an Arkadia uprising. They make Abby (Paige Turco) into a true believer of the lie that they are selling about the City of Light. A falsehood that parallels the rise of the fake commander, Ontari (Rhiannon Fish), in Polis. Overall “Fallen” is a great return to form for a series that has recently lost its voice in the midst of multiple character deaths.
“You have about five seconds to make me believe that you are still with me,” commands Pike after a surprising turn of events. Monty’s own mother turned him in to the current Chancellor, leading to a disastrous prisoner exchange for Kane and Octavia. Both characters end up chained and gagged after Bellamy decides to lead Pike’s team back to the Arkadia outcast camp. Instead he ends up leading Pike right to the enemy, because all the grounders really want is one man and then they’ll lift the blockade. The Blake siblings actually work together in this moment as Octavia translates Bellamy’s message that they have brought Chancellor Pike to pay the price for his crimes against the twelve clans. “Did you do that for your sister, or because it was the right thing to do?” asks Kane, but Bellamy doesn’t really answer his question and defaults to his anti-hero persona from season one, “It matters. Until you see that, you’ll still be lost.” Kane’s final piece of fatherly advice for Bellamy, before returning to Polis to meet the new commander. The Kane and Bellamy relationship is a great reward for including the farm station infiltration this season; unfortunately, they are going their separate ways for now. Bellamy’s focus will be on repairing his relationship with Octavia above all else.
“According to the data all human actions revolve around the avoidance of pain,” explains Alie to Jaha, while they debate Raven’s rejection to the City of Light. In “Terms and Conditions” we witnessed Raven (Lindsey Morgan) begin to break Alie’s link after her failure to remember Finn; her first love. Jaha quickly resolves that free will is the problem and convinces Alie to hack Raven’s brain, just like the missiles a hundred years ago. This is a superb comparison that clearly illustrates the terrifying extent of Alie’s control. She takes Jaha’s advice and forces Raven into submission after overloading her senses with all of her pain. Remember how tired Raven was in “Ye Who Enter Here”? Well after traveling down memory lane with her and Alie, we can understand just how much pain Raven has endured since setting foot on the ground. “I have full access to Raven’s synaptic network. She’s ours,” explains Raven (after Alie hijacks her brain); Raven is clearly talking, but all we hear is Alie; such a creepy moment. Things only get worse when Abby finds herself being forced to take the City of Light key. “She take that away from you too?” asks Abby after arguing against the faulty pain cure Alie offers to her followers. Unfortunately, Abby’s logical argument causes Alie to take drastic measures to retain control over her loyalists; she makes Raven slit her wrists. Well, I certainly did not see that coming, but it truly was the only way to make Abby accept the chip. A few scenes later we see Abby stand alongside Jaha passing out chips to everyone inside of Arkadia; so creepy!
Jasper (Devon Bostick) may turn into the real hero of the third season, as he takes Raven from the medical bay and crashes through the Arkadia gates to escape Alie. The final five minuets are great as Alie sends her drones off to stop Jasper from kidnapping “her favorite toy.” I mean it’s basically like zombies took over the camp, while the others were away. Jasper makes his escape and almost runs over Clarke (Eliza Taylor) in the process, “You really are the angel of death, aren’t you?” The 100 writers certainly love their dramatic irony this season as Jasper quickly informs Clarke that Lincoln is dead. Meanwhile, Kane is making his way back to Polis in an attempt to protect Clarke, but she’s already returned home. “Now that Arkadia has fallen, we’ll move onto stage two,” states Alie, alongside Abby and Jaha as they watch Jasper and crew drive away in the distance. Now we are going to watch Jasper finally make peace with his ghosts as he has to work with Clarke to cure Raven from the artificial intelligence holding her brain hostage.
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