Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25112275-20141218163520/@comment-24.99.67.19-20141220214004

I've always been uncomfortable with capital punishment. What Lincoln said is true "If death has no meaning, life has no worth". But Finn's life had worth, too. What the Grounders wanted to do was not justice. It was revenge and, as Finn said, punishment. Finn certainly didn't deserve to die the way the Grounders wanted him to. I don't know if anyone would. That was beyond barbaric. I've had a problem with mercy killing, too. But I have to say that Clarke did the right thing in sparing him that kind of brutality. And practical or not, I don't blame Abby for not being willing to give over an 18 year old boy to something like that?

The Grounders are hypocrits. They say the villagers were innocent. So were The 100 when they kept slaughtering them. And the Finn that lost his mind in that village was their creation. They traumatized an innocent, peace loving boy to the point that he lost all perspective of right and wrong.

Finally, I am so devastated at losing Finn and, in conjunction Thomas Mcdonell, that I've lost my appetite. I'm not sure I can watch the rest of the season because I will be looking for Finn and he won't be there. This was a beautifully written and beautifully performed episode, but the price was too high. This fad of killing main characters (copying Game of Thrones) sucks. For me, the character carried more weight than the story. I wish they had thought of something else for season 2. It was way too soon to lose Finn, if ever.