Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27819070-20170511021200/@comment-7971816-20170511132930

Jasper's death perfectly fits the show's mindset of "no last minute saves for main character deaths". Wells died without any warning. Finn died in a plottwist but most people thought Clarke was going to save him last minute. Mount Weather got radiated, no last minute saves there either. Lincoln got executed, didn't get spared. With the premise of the conclave, we hoped they'd find a way to have more than one victor but nope, Roan and Luna died so Octavia could live. And now Jasper, who we all hoped Monty would convince last minute. But no, Jasper made his choice and the show stuck with it. That requires some bravery as a writer. I don't think it's that much about 'being edgy' by killing off mains. I think the writers mindset really shows that they care more about the story and the logic for the character. And to me, that's a great mindset to have :p

I teared up seeing Sinclair. I teared up watching Jasper die and I teared up seeing the Blakes reunite.

Glad there is relevancy again for "The 100" which is a good throwback to 4x03 which seemed like a filler ep for such a long time, but now they've gotten back to that plot and I love it. That list, that scene with Claire (and Bellamy) composing it. That's all such an interesting perspective months later.

Also, considering people shipped Becho in the beginning of the season, I'm glad the writers set the record straight on that as in that it's not going to happen. It seems like the show is finally accepting the logical path and has stopped focussing on the whole shipping mess which, to me, has always felt like it was holding the show back.

We've had relationships supporting the narrative, like Kabby in this episode. But that wasn't about romance. We've had scenes wth Niylarke, which brought character insight for Clarke. Hell, even Octilian was there to develop Octavia's character from a dark suicidal path to becoming the leader of OneKru. Marper in this episode was used to mirror Jonty in a very clevver way, down to the "I love you" scene. Really great development for both Monty and Harper there, which hopefully will be able to propel Harper into main character status (a girl can hope :p).