The 100: Demons

April 23, 2016 6:45 PM - Season 3, Episode 12

Neither Clarke nor Murphy are having much fun as Flamekeepers.

So, we had two major plot threads going on here:

* The last Mountain Man trying to take revenge on Clarke.

* Jaha making his move on Polis.

AV Club review

posted by mordax (8 comments total)

This was fun. I'm a little sad to see Ontari get rolled up into Allie's plots, since she was interesting on her own, but there's no way she wouldn't take that chip.

Sinclair ;_;
posted by vibratory manner of working at 12:18 AM on April 24, 2016 [1 favorite]

Sinclair's death ticked me off. Meh.

Otherwise, fine episode.
posted by Atreides at 11:34 AM on April 24, 2016

Despite my sparse posting, I really liked this one too. The AV Club take was that it was the best episode of the season, and I think that's probably true.

* Emerson as the Grounder-wear-clad boogieman is a small stretch. I feel like Octavia in particular could've put up more of a fight. I also wonder why in the world Arkadia would leave a structurally sound airlock intact instead of scavenging enough materials to at least compromise the seal - it didn't look like they were using that for hazmat containment or anything. However, the whole thing was creepy and atmospheric, and I'm just going to roll with it. The music box thing bit made me laugh. Also, despite everything that's happened, Lexa kicks more ass while *dead* here than she does as a living person on FTWD.

* Jaha and ALIE continue to be super creepy. I enjoyed the reveal that Emori was chipped all along - they did a great job with that, though it made me feel bad for Emori. No way she did that freely. I was also disappointed to see Ontari caught up with them because I was hoping for more of a three or four way conflict at season's end, but it did make total sense. The shot with ALIE on the Grounder throne was good, too.

* Poor Sinclair. Sucks to be an adult in a YA dystopia though, and he was a mentor figure on top of it. I guess this was coming. I wish they'd subverted the trope though - I liked Raven having anybody to interact with on that level. (She and Monte are both teen genius types, but their disciplines are pretty disparate.)

* While I do not support Bellamy's redemption, him and Octavia having a moment in the airlock still rang true.

I'm glad anybody else is still watching. I was surprised when nobody else posted a thread, like maybe everyone had given up on it. Personally, I'm here to the bitter end because it's still 'like Game of Thrones, but I don't feel so dirty after watching.'

My girlfriend doesn't watch, but she sent me this vine compilation last week, so I was all pointing out, "Aww, she's so cute - her character ordered the deaths of hundreds of people and let missiles hit her own friends and family to retain a strategic advantage during a key engagement. D'aww... look at that kid, his committed war crimes. That one's guy too. Oh, that one's probably playing a psychopath, but he's hilarious. They're so adorable!"

I dunno why it didn't sell her.
posted by mordax at 11:46 AM on April 24, 2016 [2 favorites]

I got a phone call most of the way through: did we actually see Emerson die? I saw him collapse screaming, but then the next bit was later. And if so, where did they bury him?

I admit that I was kind of hoping there would be a short time where the AI would work before Emerson died, and Clarke could interrogate the chip. Instead, nothing.

Murphy is not having a good time. I wonder how he'll manage to avoid getting chipped.
posted by suelac at 1:22 PM on April 24, 2016

Murphy will abide, never fear.

I was waiting for something on Emerson, too. Either it was glossed over for the funeral pyre and Polis scenes, or we will get something next week.

The final shot of ALIE on the throne was pretty cool. I'm looking forward to seeing/meeting Luna, hopefully next episode. Who wants to take bets she rejects the initial offer to take on the implant?

The airlock thing kind of surprised me, as well. Ironically, it was the reverse of Mt. Weather. They died because air was let into the mountain, here, air was pulled out.
posted by Atreides at 1:38 PM on April 24, 2016 [2 favorites]

P.S. Thank you for posting Mordax, I took it for granted other people would do so, so I didn't think to do it myself!
posted by Atreides at 1:38 PM on April 24, 2016

I was in the 'I thought Emerson would say something' camp as well, but it might be that he was fighting too hard to interface with it for even a moment.

P.S. Thank you for posting Mordax, I took it for granted other people would do so, so I didn't think to do it myself!

Welcome! I would have sooner but I was sidetracked on watching the episode too - put it off until shortly before this.

The airlock thing kind of surprised me, as well. Ironically, it was the reverse of Mt. Weather. They died because air was let into the mountain, here, air was pulled out.

Hah! I missed that point. Thanks, that makes the WTF-ness of it make thematic sense, anyway.
posted by mordax at 3:28 PM on April 24, 2016

I'm glad anybody else is still watching. I was surprised when nobody else posted a thread, like maybe everyone had given up on it.

Nah, I would have done given more time or if I was more on top of the ball. This show is still great, even if Lexa was bullshit and it hasn't quite been firing on all cylinders lately.
posted by vibratory manner of working at 12:03 AM on April 25, 2016 [1 favorite]