Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25112275-20141113133156/@comment-25337712-20141115065353

I'm not sure if this bugs anyone else, but it is so frustrating that nearly all the characters have full American accents. Even the Grounders and the Desert People have american accents, despite having their own languages. I understand why they speak English still, because it makes sense that it would have been passed on through generation. Though realistically, their accents would not be as strongly American as they are. That goes for the Arkers too. Considering there were different nations that came together on the ark it is interesting that the Armerican is the one that is used. I get that in production reasons, it is filmed in Canada and uses many Canadian and American actors, but it would be cool to hear a slight mixing of accents.

I really liked this episode, even though I found the fact that no one thought to check the rope infuriating. I will miss Sterling though. I was hoping he would survive a bit longer. I guess this mean that they won't kill of Monroe for a little while yet.

I was a bit confused as to why there was no Abby. Considering she is Chancellor at the moment, why wasn't she present in the whole helium balloon saga?

I'm loving the new Octavia, she is definitely one of the strongest characters now, when at the start of Season One, I wasn't sure she would live very long. Not loving the new Finn though, hopefully some time with Murphy and away from Bellamy will help him realise that he doesn't need to be that ruthless.

I was really glad that Clarke didn't kill Anya. I appreciate the writers for staying true to Clarke's character. I was surprisingly sad when Anya got shot. It just seemed shocking to me that they would kill a character that they have been building such a strong storyline around. I guess it means that they can intensify the Grounder/Arker warfare for a while since there will be no deal.

My hope for next episode is that they will get Jasper and Monty out of Mount Weather. I miss Badass Jasper and the Monty/Clarke friendship.