The 100: 2X16, Blood Must Have Blood: Part 2 — popwrapped.com

We’ve come a LONG way 100 fans. It’s been a turbulent season of power shifts, alliances, betrayals and tragic romance for many this season, and the superb finale episode was no different. This episode pushes everyone’s moral boundaries and begs the questions, what would you do to save your own people? That’s the situation Clarke finds herself in after the treachery of her former grounder allies. Many have died at the hands of Clarke’s decisions to save her own, however the young leader takes it to another level when she (and Bellamy) come to the conclusion they need to essentially kill every last human inside Mt Weather to save their imprisoned friends and allies. Men, women, children and soldiers. Not a single life is spared by the outside radiation that the pair are responsible for letting seep into the facility, presenting one of many controversial methods of survival for the sky people. This points out the most tragic aspect of war, unnecessary deaths. How many lives can perish being discarded as a simple survival tactic before one’s humanity itself becomes questionable at best? The complexity of Clarke’s moral compass starts to take its toll, leading her to depart from Camp Jaha now feeling guilt by just surrounding herself with the people she has killed hundreds of innocent lives for. While it is widely viewed as a mental retreat to focus on recuperating, Clarke is clearly abandoning those around her out of fear because she can’t come to terms with the lives she endangered or ended. By doing this, Clarke is actually leaving Bellamy to pick up the pieces of the traumatic events; setting up a new reign of power, outside of Clarke’s primary leadership.

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