User blog comment:TheOmegaWerewolf/Lexa's Character Development/@comment-26247132-20160220083032/@comment-25176701-20160220181142

I agree showing is way better than telling, but I think they're showing us the relationship development between both the characters. It's not like we see them confessing their feelings for each other, but we see how they interact with one another. Lexa bowing to Clarke was a huge moment (not just for Clexa but for both Lexa and Clarke as characters, too). Putting the Clexa part of it aside, we've never seen Lexa bow to anyone or hold anyone higher than herself before, and that's because she's the Commander ("They're all my subjects!"). It showed that Lexa held a great deal of respect for somebody, which we've never seen before, and it showed how well-respected Clarke had become in order to have the Commander bow before her. So I'm still not sure what you mean when you say they're telling us the story.