In “The Queen’s Gambit,” The 100 opts to use pairings to tell its story, but continues stalling plot progression in Sanctum while focusing on characters with little connections to the audience in Bardo. The moments that stand out from a…
The 100 7×06 Review: Nakara
In The 100’s sixth episode, “Nakara,” the show stretches itself too thin, focusing on three distinct groups, while not progressing far. What could have happened in twenty minutes, takes forty. There are only a few standout moments and, when all…
The 100 7×05 Review: Welcome to Bardo
In The 100’s fifth and strongest installment of season seven, storylines begin to merge as the plot finally moves forward (even via flashbacks) and stops stalling by using bottle episodes and cyclic storylines. To top the entertaining and fast-paced episode…
The 100 7×04 Review: Hesperides
The fourth episode of The 100, called “Hesperides,” begins to reveal more about the mysterious Disciples as Clarke finally figures out that Bellamy and her friends aren’t solely conducting research. They’re missing and, more importantly, taken. This episode continues many…
The 100 7×03 Review: False Gods
“False Gods” is largely a quieter episode, putting characters in situations that seem all too familiar, while trying to dress up the episode as character work. But, the episode merely uses these familiar circumstances to hastily push characters into positions…
The 100 7×02 Review: “The Garden”
In an episode spent entirely off-world, The 100’s second episode of its final season, we explore the world of Sky Ring in two distinct timelines, hundreds of years apart. While the episode began a little bit slow, the latter half…
The 100 Season 7 Review: “From the Ashes”
In The 100’s last premiere ever, the mystery of the anomaly (and what’s on the other side) deepens, while Clarke and company struggle to keep the peace between warring Sanctum factions. Titled “From the Ashes” certainly appears to be a…