Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26415383-20170525022027/@comment-31054681-20170526125646

I really loved this season. The best season by far. The ending was pretty exciting and quite promising. I just hope that they don't take season 5 left field into the wrong direction because this season was connected to the season 3, whilst the others are standalone. The ending took me by surprise tbh. I actually thought they killed off Clarke, but she always manages to survive.

While it is definitely a thrilling finale, the episode felt a bit rushed. For all the things that went wrong, they eventually do go right. They’re fighting against physics and science and radiation. Raven has an internal conflict with herself about her inability to figure out a solution without Alie. It’s a neat conclusion to the season — too neat, I’d say — even though it seems messy on the surface and a little far-fetched.

The finale does end with some uncertainty, jumping forward six years, showing a new and improved Clarke, looking at the sky as she tries to make a radio contact with Bellamy in the Ark, showing that she hasn't lost hope just yet. The fact that she counted the days that she's been contacting Bellamy was cute (there's still a chance for Bellarke guys). The whole scene just felt like a rewind to the first season. I'm excited about the Bellamy and Clarke reunion and to know how Raven and Bellamy did in space, how they've progressed and if they're even alive, to begin with. They are one year late to return back to Earth, and that in itself is alarming. I'm also looking forward to O and Bellamy reunion. I was so happy when she finally said those words we've missed for so long, "I love you, Bellamy". She finally forgave him.

On another note, Clarke did not spend all six years alone. At least some of that time was spent with a young fellow Nightblood. It seems like she's her mentor and has taken a mother-like figure towards her. One thing’s for sure. Maddie's going to be a major character looking ahead to Season 5, and though she’s clearly not Clarke’s biological child, they have a very intense mother-child bond, gathered from the 5 minutes we witnessed at the end. I'm excited to learn more about this new character, (Welcome on board by the way!) and how tight her relationship to Clarke is.

I feel like the atmosphere has changed and now that they're the only survivors left, it seems more peaceful — well was peaceful until the transport ship arrived. It seems mysterious and screams "Chaos has arrived". The 100 has hit the reset button yet again, and, hopefully, it’ll build something great this time and continue where they left off.