The 100: Twilight's Last Gleaming (2014)
Season 1, Episode 5
7/10
Another Solid Episode
21 July 2019
Plot In A Paragraph: A plan to contact the Ark is put in motion after Raven (Lindsey Morgan) crash lands on Earth. Meanwhile, Abby (Paige Turco) exposes Kane's (Henry Ian Cusick) plan to reduce the population of the Ark.

This episode was utterly heartbreaking at times, Bellamy (Bob Morley) shows the lengths he is prepared to go to to, he will literally do anything to protect his sister, and she was aghast at why he had done in order to follow her down "I didn't ask you to do that!! I didn't ask for any of this" Chancellor Thelonious Jaha (Isaiah Washington) prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice alongside his people. Deplorable Kane (Henry Ian Cusick) is still a cartoon villain with silly hair though.

The dynamic between Bellamy and Clarke (Eliza Taylor) is the main focal point of the show, he is not the selfish prick he seemed to be in the first couple of episodes and through his love for his sister and hints at back story we are seeing there is more to him and his actions. There scenes are the best acted ones, they play well off each other.

The anticipated Clarke, Finn Raven love triangle was quickly brushed over with Clarke removing herself from the equation "I was around, passibly cute and now it is over." I was expecting it to be much more prolonged and drawn out.

I found the way certain people on the ark volunteered for death very touching!! Especially the Dad who was doing it for his daughter. 3 solid episodes in a row.
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