One of The Better Series Finales You Will See!!! The 100 Season 7 Episode 16 Series Finale Review!!!

[@WhattheGeek]

Hey Everyone, Here is my review of the *Series Finale of The 100* A great journey has ended, something unexpectedly good was brought to the viewers by the CW and we all know the CW barely ever does that!!!

[@kenroywilson7763]

You never like Clarke, your Channel is very biased.

[@itowilltube]

Yes I love how he is not blind Clarke's follower. The 100

[@summers7468]

Yeah I'm not sure about ending all of humanity, I would have preferred transcendence to have been returning everyone to earth to do better

[@aLife2Dai4]

Great job with this summary and all the past episodes! I’ve appreciated so much your recaps and all you do! 🥰👌🏻

[@ThomasHayes2112]

What the Geek thanks for all the great work, and for giving those of us who love the 100 a place to share. Have also enjoyed your AoS stuff so think I will indeed subscribe and hit that bell

[@stephanieward3221]

I love it how clarke called Murphys name first, when she got to sanctum, after everyone transcended. She probably just assumed, he wouldn't be transcending, like her.🤣🤣🤣

[@WhattheGeek]

Oh yeah, I like how you are viewing this one.

[@ellieon]

That is pretty funny.

[@mrvoid912]

Hahaha

[@sketchinbeats]

Wasn't that obvious why?

[@terrelldavis64]

Probably because he had the vision of going to hell lol

[@tidosantana9335]

Octavia fans like it up we gonna miss seeing her 😔

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha!!!

[@mikestepp337]

Octavia Blake is by far my favorite character right now across all my shows. From the beginning to the end, best character alive.

[@nielsssg]

Bloodrena!

[@JT7Blu]

Based on how the season had went, I was skeptical about the finale, but I really enjoyed it. Only thing I hated was Bellamy being dead. I felt like Bellamy leading Cadogan's army and being the one to tell them to put down their weapons after Octavia's speech would have been more emotional with him than someone we didn't really know.

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually now that you look back at the season it all makes sense

well they did keep cutting to that specific solider like a million times before that scene. lol. maybe that's all we needed.

[@connorgarvin2056]

ShantéDIDathing I assume he would’ve had that role, in the alternative ending, they had multiple different outcomes for each episode just in case people left etc

[@ANGRYEAGLE911]

Seems he asked not to be so involved in the final season. It’s kind of a shame, but in all honesty it gave other people a chance to shine. Murphy ended up being one of my favorite characters, and as always Clark was her bad ass self.

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

Yes! Now that you mention it, if Bob hadn’t asked for less time this season, I wouldn’t doubt it one bit that’s what would’ve happened. Awwwwww.

[@JROB447]

the women in this series>>>>> from becca to madi to clarke to indra to raven to octavia, they are amazing leaders

[@WhattheGeek]

I wouldn't say all. Also Becca was never really a leader and Madi didn't really do much leading.

[@KS-cl8br]

Octavia is evil.

[@tearkey1624]

And dont forget they are hoes

[@TheMiguel1601]

I disagree Abby and maybe Indra were really good leaders. Becca never really lead, she destroyed Earth, Madi didnt lead either, Clarke was a horrible leader, she constantly made bad decisions that costs multiple lives, Raven was better than Clarke but she wasn’t in a leadership position, Octavia was just pure evil and horrible leader. Indra was always a follower but when she lead, people followed! Abby was more of a mother figure leader.

[@JROB447]

@@TheMiguel1601 you literally said clarke and octavia were horrible leaders??? good night

[@Secre.SwallowtailYT]

im truly happy indra made it to the end, shes been my favorite character since Lincoln died, and as a warrior i was waiting for her to go every single season. By the end you can tell she hated being a warrior and was finally ready to throw down the sword.

[@WhattheGeek]

My favorite is Murphy. But Indra is up there actually.

[@TheBeesies]

@@WhattheGeek My favorite is and always will be Lexa.

[@ellieon]

That is true about Indra being ready to throw down the sword.

[@huggleskuishy]

Murphy’s character development was Zuko (ATLA) level of redemption and development. Hands down my favorite character. Thanks again for another great video on The 100 and all your other that you made before. You’re great at narrating and making things clear while also keeping things interesting. Thanks for the content.

[@WhattheGeek]

Thanks huggles, I am flattered :)

agreed.

[@Acrylier]

I think it's selfish asfuck he kept his girlfriend alive in his head just so he could commit suicide. It's like a twisted Romeo and Juliet, could've just let her be. Also she died and still transcended even with nightblood. CLARK RUINED THE SERIES

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

David Stairs That was Jaha. Murphy was like WTF?!? 😆

[@morrari690]

yes and the actor was amazing for this role

[@suras8984]

Let me RAGE over fake imaginary ppl in peace 😭😭😝

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha!!! I am definitely loving this comment.

[@huggleskuishy]

LOL

doesn't everyone do this over anything the were addicted too.

[@Sunstar808]

This was a special series that I never missed an episode. Clarke made a bad mistake thinking she could get revenge & stop the test at the same time. She was kinda right calling out the aliens in eliminating a species if they fail the test instead of just denying them transcendence. The aliens remind me of Marvel’s Celestials that seed planets & generations later come back to judge them. Clarke gets her penance but at least she won’t die alone. Great job Geek on all the reviews for this show.

[@WhattheGeek]

Thanks Sunstar, it has been a pleasure. Clarke does not do right there IMO for just one reason, she was not doing it do right, you know intent is my issue, her intention was to blame someone else for it all, like she was always right, her reasoning has always been right. I did feel so bad for her though nonetheless.

[@Sunstar808]

What the Geek I’m in agreement

[@m.c.martin]

David Stairs I had a large reply, but I consider it more on an ethical basis. What Lexa/Judge tells Clarke about her decisions was Pain for Pain, meaning everything thing she did was reflected back to her. That’s basically Karma. So everything that happened to her was justified, so long as she justified her wrong doings as just. The first test was love, and Clarke proved to be Selfish instead of Selfless (The act of Kindness and Love). She killed Bill for Revenge, for nearly killing Madi, but that’s why the Judge asked her if Madi was dead. Clarke lied, but then justified it. Like it or not, a contradiction during the test or argument essentially fails you automatically. Clarke is essentially Danny from GOT where she see’s herself as the hero, but isn’t. Clarke did what SHE thought was good, not what was actually good on the basis of Ethics and Morals. She even accused the Judge of having her own agenda. Clarke in no way showed she was capable of loving anyone other then herself. Basically according to the Judge, justifying a crime doesn’t make it any less of one, because it is still a wrong. Right and wrong is just as objective as “Good is a Point of View, Anakin” - Chancellor Palpatine, but what mattered in the first test was Love, not right or wrong. Clarke never truly felt bad for what she did, “I did what I had to,” when that’s not true. She jumped the gun at Mount Weather is a prime example. Had she truly felt bad and wanted say “Forgiveness” then she might have gotten a pass. Clarke basically failed the test before it began, since she wasn’t even willing to see Bill’s side of things. Hence selfishness. There’s a good lesson in the Finale, it’s just that most people didn’t see it that way. Love is being able to let go, and not hold on, being able to see the other persons side of things, even if you disagree. The Test of Love was basically a test of sympathy and forgiveness, and like it or not, Clarke is neither.

[@m.c.martin]

David Stairs Maybe the Prequel will answer that

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

M.C.Martin Official Channel I don’t think Clarke failed so much because of her selfishness, but rather because of her lack of repentance and humility. She never really regrets anything, never questioning really if she did not have a choice. She did have hard choices, but they were still choices. She chose genocide. So her people to survive. Yet, although she feels that was morally wrong, she never confessed that to be a mistake. She never once considered her own limited ability to imagine and make better decisions. So she says: i would do it again! I think that is what failed her. Her decision to blame others and circumstances for her decisions and her inability to question her own failures in judgment. That said, this was one thing I really enjoyed about the show: leaders making hard decisions and sometimes making horrendous mistakes, but still, as leaders they keep on and take the burden of taking decisions nevertheless.

[@arnavsinghvi8170]

Bellamy already felt the inner peace when he saw a hallucination in form of his (mother) while in the cave and decided to go with shepherd for everyone's trancendence or peace. Great work by the writers to give a little sneek peek into the ending ( now that we can call back) .Though Bellamy deserved a better ending!!

[@WhattheGeek]

Well Bellamy was still wrong, he would have let Madi get tortured and get to this state, even die. He was willing to let Cadogan torture his friends, who tells us he would have stopped at Madi.

[@xDSxTwistedd]

@@WhattheGeek bellamy was right. If bellmay was alive he could have been there to stop cadogan from melting her brain. Killing him certainly didn't change a thing besides toss an amazing character in the trash can with no respect

[@BasketBloxBros]

@@xDSxTwistedd how would bellemy stop bill and his disciples? one man vs an army.

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

That is cool that we get to understand Bellamy experience on Etherea was actually real- not a simulation. It doesn’t explain thought how Cadogan appeared to him in the cave, though... unless Cadogan was also these alien beings taking the form of a human? I also love Jordan’s comment which explains the red sun toxin was somehow linked to these aliens.

[@DrTimes99]

Honestly, all we needed was a throw away line / scene where Cadogen mentions that Bellamy is almost dead, but he put him in the stasis pod, saying that as long as he lives, he can transcend. Then Bellamy can join the group at the end.

[@dianamartinez1962]

I couldn't agree more on your thoughts about Clarke!!! She was always presented as the great hero of the show and the one person everyone should look up to, but I always thought her decisions were reckless and the aftermath was always the worst possible. The fact that Raven didn't give up once Clarke failed and she saved them all (along with Octavia) was the best part of the episode in my opinion. I also loved Memori's scene in their mindspace... Murphy's evolution was so satisfying to watch, and in the end he saved the love of his life by putting the mindrive in his head.That was just perfect!

[@WhattheGeek]

The premise to start with that out of all of these people is capable is a premise I hate. It is how dictators stay in power, because there is always the statement, "What other option do we have? Who could rule?" It is like only one person who is usually a loser too was born with the ability to be president or whatever. A very bad premise.

[@luiza101]

I think that Emori not really dying was necessary, I mean, she is Murphy's entire life, his great love, what would he do and be without her?

[@rodolphebitty4077]

i was satisfied of the final but i'll miss this show

[@WhattheGeek]

Same here.

[@HannahMDixon]

I thought it fell very flat. But, I still think it's no GOT people should not compare them. It should have been a 90 minute and it should have had a longer wrap up. Bellamy should have been there, that arc has ZERO pay off after 7 years. It'll be interesting to hear the cast and Bob Morley especially be able to start talking about it now that's it's over. Not the best, not the worst.

[@ellesilverwolf4571]

@Hannah M Dixon Agreed - it definitely wasn’t everything it could have been....

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

Yes, me too. It was a sweet ending, but I felt sad nonetheless...

[@jjdean6511]

Well get ready for the prequel, it’s coming according to sources!!!

[@flyguyspexdter7481]

I like how Octavia & Raven saved everyone with both of their major contribution. The way it ended left me just empty only because I wasn’t sure if I like it or not. I’m glad no mains died as well, and I think the message Clarke received was she always made the sacrifices & choices MAINLY, but now her friends did it for her & chose to be with her. I wish we seen Octavia & Indra kill Sheinheda together, and did anybody see Gaia? I wanted to see her reaction to Madi, although the pacing was a bit strange the finale was better than I expected, I’m happy everyone got their peace, I thought there would be huge deaths with main characters.

yeah i wish they did cut gaia out. she was the only one without any screen time. even though some other characters had only a few minutes. but whatever she made it. and same i don't know i feel about the ending.

[@thegoathere5636]

David Stairs yes because we alr seen Sinclair come back for her in s4

[@P1nktac098]

Gaia was there at the end on the beach with everyone but that’s it raven mentions not waiting for Gaia at the bunker cause they had no time but it was crazy how little screen time or story she got cause I loved Gaia

[@HannahMDixon]

It was nice to see O come full circle in the end, but still it was no Aragorn Return of the King speech, it seemed very rushed and just ... flat... oh well...

[@brookskeehley3734]

the actress who played Gaia wasn't able to film after 7x15 due to her schedule for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina so that would be why she didn't have screentime and if you look closely it isn't actually her in some of the shots on the final scene other than the one close up.

[@MellyBee2]

One of the things that truly killed me about this season finale is that they imply there’s no afterlife. We have spent a lot of time heading “may we meet again”, but the truth is our characters won’t ever get that. I especially get sad when I think about Lincoln’s death scene, him kneeling in the mud and wishing in Trig that “may [he and octavia] meet again”. That will never happen now, and it makes me sad. Clarke will never see her mom and dad, and Wells, and Finn, and of course Lexa. It’s ultimately life without hope.

[@luiza101]

Actually, since Octavia decided not to transcend, there's still hope for her and Lincoln. Lexa (the test) said they wouldn't join them - who have transcended -, so when Octavia dies her afterlife might be alongside Lincoln's.

[@southernsoulmedia7852]

where did you pull ANY of that from?

[@UnifiedEntity]

But why? Ill say initially I felt the same, but then I thought...these transcendent fucks aren't all knowing. They were wrong about the humans, and they never said there wasn't an afterlife, and if they did, after seeing how wrong they were it's safe to say there's a chance. But since they can't die, THEY for sure won't know .

[@heatherbasher3614]

I saw the transcendence AS an afterlife..

[@lightninsadventures2692]

@@heatherbasher3614 transcendence wasn't afterlife, it was just the next evolutionary step, but it was engineered, instead of natural, but nowhere did they say there wasn't an afterlife, so that is still a possibility.

[@huggleskuishy]

Indra killing SheidHeda was awesome

[@WhattheGeek]

EPIC!!!!

[@dianamartinez1962]

I just yelled FINALLY when it happened!

[@anoopsreekumar8463]

It was shit 😆 i felt like indra clicked SHIFT+DELETE button

[@summers7468]

Do you think Indra & Gaia are descendants of either Reese or Callie?

[@theresianyenzi993]

I just say “thank you Indra for killing that b*”

[@MistahJay7]

Octavia and Murphy are hands down the best written and developed Characters from the very first episode all the way to the Finale. Despite what anyone thinks of the overall plot. You can't deny both character arks were written to perfection and really well done. Her speech was very reminiscing to the end of Season 4 when saving them all back then too

[@WhattheGeek]

Agreed, best written and developed.

[@MistahJay7]

@@WhattheGeek I also think Marie and Richard steal the show with their acting. The others re great but those 2 make every scene their in turn into gold lol

[@huggleskuishy]

I like how Nikki and Raven developed. She really did get a lot of development in 1 season.

[@WhattheGeek]

True that.

[@assaivarjaxa9660]

This transcendence thing feels more like what ALIE wanted to back in Season 3, but in hers there was no test or choice😂😂😂 It was a good ending for the show, got to see Wanheda and Blodreina for one last time... It was also good seeing Abby and Lexa again...

[@WhattheGeek]

Well Raven and Octavia were the heroes here.

[@assaivarjaxa9660]

@@WhattheGeek I'm not disagreeing with that

[@NotDurk]

“You don’t ease pain, you overcome it”

[@luiza101]

It was amazing how they brought Abby and Lexa back one last time for the finale. I mean, they could have gone with other characters that are still on the show - which would have been easier for them - but they came back making it perfect.

[@ms.bubs4fun506]

@@WhattheGeek And Jordan and Levitt too. Jordan comprehended the text which put a seed in Octavia's head.

[@ErikaTati]

When the deciples saw the gun that killed shiedheda they looked shook 😂😂😂

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha. I think they were just surprised that they actually killed one of their own, confused.

[@markstriker925]

They were like "I didn't know these poor grounders were packing heat"with that advanced tech 😂. But in all seriousness I think they were surprise they take out their own because they saw Shiedheda hyping them up.

[@ErikaTati]

Lol where they really prepared for war then?

[@xaviersmithjm]

I agree that this episode was really good. I like the fact that thy didn't all die.

[@WhattheGeek]

I like the fact they came up with an unexpected twist, a second chance similar to a prediction I made when breaking down the trailer but still not the same.

[@hannahpreece3651]

But they did all die. Everyone died. And Clarke is just waiting to die. The human race lost. That wasn’t an evolution it was a culling and it sounded an awful lot like the Alien race was savoring the taste of the human race. The true test are you ripe enough with love to eat or do you need to be destroyed before you threaten me.

[@caborabassa696]

@@hannahpreece3651 They didn't die. They became infinity. Transcendence is not death.

[@luiza101]

@@caborabassa696 Actually, it feels pretty much like dying, I mean, they're certainly not living! lol

[@lukeurban4058]

I could have gone without the “There will be no offspring line”

[@PortiaDDoesStyle]

Right! Like, that’s some bullshit and not fair at all

[@tyler5967]

Well because then the human race really didn’t transcend and would have to start all over again and it wouldn’t be organic growth since they’re ancestors would have knowledge about what to do with the stones. Defeating the purpose of having the human race to it all over again. It seems the test is the end result of a race that has mastered technology and has the morals of this collective mind.

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually that line was beautiful: 1. Everything that has a beginning has an end, even the human race. 2. It meant that the guys who chose to come back were actually willing to sacrifice it all for Clarke, which is a good thank you to Clarke even if I disagree with her decisions, after all she did a lot of what she did for them.

[@lukeurban4058]

What the Geek that’s true. I just think it’s depressing how they are slowly gonna die off and eventually one of them will be left alone to die which is sad.

[@TG-Maverick22]

Exactly my thought!

[@aizad786iqbal]

In peace, may you leave this shore. In love, may you find the next. Safe passage on your travels, until our final journey to the ground. May we meet again. ❤️

[@WhattheGeek]

May we meet again.

[@aizad786iqbal]

@David Stairs yea that makes some sense now that you have said it..

[@lakshyadalal8296]

May we meet again!!!

[@davidk2607]

David Stairs The dead couldn’t transcend because transcendence is a choice. You can’t make any choices when you die.

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

David K You are so logical. I guess the souls of the dead lie in some other realm or dimension...

[@shelby-annchampagne6346]

Okay! But, can we give raven a huge shout out for saving Emori and then Everyone!

[@WhattheGeek]

Raven was epic.

[@ms.bubs4fun506]

What happens to Emori now? Is she still sharing space in Murphy's mind or she is forever transcended? I didn't see Madi either on the beach at the end?

[@shelby-annchampagne6346]

@@ms.bubs4fun506 Emori was on the beach

[@shelby-annchampagne6346]

@@ms.bubs4fun506 Madi chose to stay transcended so she could live a life with people her age because she knew that's what Clark would have wanted

[@ngchiyanzien9427]

Honestly i was half expecting a finale similar to GoT since it is only 43 mins, but it ended up being really great! We got to see lexa again after 4 years. As much as it isnt really lexa herself, I am so happy to see clexa for the last time.

[@WhattheGeek]

I know, I always thought they would not make exactly the same mistake, I mean that ruined 7 great seasons of GoT.

[@alanguages]

It should have been the form of Bellamy, but the writers intentionally killed off the character all for nothing, and the insult at the end was when the dead could not transcend, to make sure he never came back.

[@pmpowalisz]

alanguages Bellamy’s death bought the good guys some much needed time for regrouping and bringing everyone up to speed. Otherwise a disciple squad would have came for Maddie much sooner (possibly killing her in the fight). Assuming they got Maddie Bill would have took the test and failed it without the good guys having time to stop him.

[@alanguages]

@@pmpowalisz Bellamy's death was pointless. Look how Sheidheda gave the information ASAP. Notice they did not send a squad to go get Maddie anyway, but only one person. If Bellamy was alive, he would have likely been the one to volunteer, as he still thought he could get through the group. He just did not expect Clarke to keep trying to fulfill her genocidal tendencies. The ending was pretty much pissing on Bellamy's dead body, as surprise the form the transcendent being took was Lexa and not Bellamy. The writers must have been fairly vindictive to get rid of the actor in a piss poor way.

[@daniahhamdan9753]

Same!! I had very low expectations and I said to myself that I will enjoy whatever they give me but this actually left me feeling content.

[@d3mimtariq760]

Absolutely love this episode so much nostalgia! The end of an amazing series

[@WhattheGeek]

Agreed, it was pretty solid

[@khalicomusic5191]

You're the best The 100 reviewer out there. You dont let your feelings get in the way of enjoying a really good series. As usual I agree with everything you say. I tip my hat to you!

[@WhattheGeek]

Thanks Kahlico.

[@Sunstar808]

Anyone else feeling older & wondering if the younger viewers would recognize the R.E.M. & U2 tracks they played during the episode? 😅

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha!!!

[@gabbyvega3944]

yeah i did not catch them 🤣 the songs felt familiar

[@Sunstar808]

Gabby Vega R.E.M. The One I Love, U2 Bad ☺️

[@joaquinespinacas3986]

jaja! I'm with you! i'm 43! I love those songs!

[@thegoathere5636]

I was kind of hoping for now the aliens were even given their power to judge humanity, because Clarke wasn’t wrong talking to Lexa in human form. They were being hypocritical. How did they get to their place & why was Becca kneeling. The aliens looked totally harmless. Were the aliens Bardoans as they had access to Gen-9 or what? That part felt rushed, whereas everyone’s arc ended well, no deaths for mains or recurring. Everyone go their happy ending and sacrificed for Clarke actually as we all most thought her to sacrifice herself for everyone.

[@lolihentai1463]

Okay, first thing. They arent bardoans, they wiped bardoans because they didnt pass the test. The race that created test is propably first inteligent species that reached transcendence in some way and allowed others to transcend in form of creating stones. For why Becca was kneeling- I can think of two things. She didnt know anything, unlike Bill, so aliens propably showed her what happens if she fails. Second thing is seeing A.L.I.E as her biggest mistake, which mentally feared her. I bet on first, seeing entire humanity being wiped out would be scary

[@thegoathere5636]

David Stairs right , who gave them this power. This won’t be in a prequel because it’s an entire different universe and ascension above. Nobody will get to Cadogan as we saw on here nobody from before seen him from 2nd bunker first grounder

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually my thoughts on that wish is, this is not the story of the superior, higher beings or aliens, whatever you wanna call them. The power to judge is a tool to tell the story of the Earthers, it is the means and the tool, not the objective.

[@shelby-annchampagne6346]

I wonder if the transcended beings are what inspired A.L.I.E to make the city of light 🤔

[@DomJuan7]

Midnight Wolf makes sense her city of light had the same principles as their transcendence eg no pain just happiness and you live forever

[@adilnaseem6101]

I enjoyed the episode but theres alot of things I didnt like.. I dont like how the judges are judging Clarke's actions but commit genocide anytime someone fails the test, doesnt make sense because then the god-beings become what they are condemning.. Also what is so special about transcendence and why do they accept it so willingly when they were so against it just last episode? It seems like its just the city of light but more organic and not tech, throughout the whole show they talk about how death is inevitable but clearly its not because you can transcend and live forever.. idk lots of weird things but all in all still an enjoyable finale and could have been much worse

[@vst3919]

maybe its a kind of heaven?

[@lolihentai1463]

Its not really like city of light. City of light was brainwashing, being controlled by ALIE. Transcendence is freeing yourself from pain, reaching peace and becoming part of something big. Its not hive mind, its not one big consciousness, its symbiosis with everybody. That's all what we can explain about it while being humans

[@Baconetta]

It's up to your interpretation. The "high-being" here is not necessarily "good" so you can't hold them to the same standard. They just happen to be more advanced and capable of making such decision. The ending is kinda dark too if you think about it. Entire human race is "transcended" or whatever that is. The remaining is left to die unable to procreate.

[@caborabassa696]

​@David Stairs those "trees of light" don't represent one person, represent several.

[@WhattheGeek]

I think the superior beings were not about their importance but rather the message that needed to be delivered, already mentioned that once in a response to a comment, but I am also including it in my Q&A video posting Sunday or Monday.

[@huggleskuishy]

I agree with you that too many people want the story to happen how THEY want it, as opposed to enjoying a story written by someone else

[@WhattheGeek]

Exactly!!!

[@kansas8152]

Lol no it’s about plot holes and shitty writing

[@Secre.SwallowtailYT]

this ending is the best ending to ANYTHING ive seen so far, it makes so much sense on so many levels that were right in front of us the whole time, at first it really felt like a curve ball, "what transcendence really? i thought the show was about post apocalyptical survival" thats just it we were wrong from the start, the show, the whole time, was about humanity's test to transcend and its very poetic but besides the writing is beautiful and smart, sad, pleasant... and they choosing to start with her at the end, just made my heart melt, truly wonkru, one family.

[@xDSxTwistedd]

@David Stairs they didnt do trancendace until season 7 but they had special plans for the show since season 4 when they introduce Cadogen on the tablet

[@eldudereno204]

@David Stairs to me it seemed out of nowhere, and added just in the series finale.

[@Acrylier]

Clark ruined it. If dead people can't transcend then how can a dead night blood transcendent inside Murphy's head? Killed BELOMY for NOTHING! Man just wanted to help. Serial killers rewarded with one consciousness is bull

[@ccricers]

@David Stairs They probably didn't start it until season 6 when the first anomaly stone was introduced. It was easy to add that retroactively with Second Dawn, introducing what caused the divide between Cadogan's followers and the people that eventually became grounders

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

Actually, I liked how they presented transcendence not as a religious experience, but rather as this interaction with this alien species, inviting us (with a gun to our head) to their dimension. It’s a real cool way to introduce aliens, not as humanoids creatures but something else, out of this world.

[@opentopics8802]

I think clark and all her friends should have took Bellamy body buried him on earth a Memorial at the end

[@WhattheGeek]

That would have been one thing I could get on board with.

[@matxalenc8410]

They should have. I was just wondering what happened to Bellamy's body, because I KNOW Cadogan's people didn't bury him. I don't believe Cadogan liked Bellamy very much. You could tell how annoyed he was every time Bellamy tried to advocate for his friends.

[@MissBelle127]

Wow that would also have been completely perfect. With the in peace may you leave the shore speech. Love it

[@gamuchiraichisi]

I actually thought for Raven they would bring Finn.

[@willschwitzer7372]

Ikr why wasn’t it Finn? It should have been, we got all those Finn raven flashbacks. Him or Sinclair, Abby third

[@WhattheGeek]

Well we never actually saw the Raven Finn relationship.

[@willschwitzer7372]

What the Geek yeah that’s true, raven and Sinclair relationship we did get though I liked it

[@Mualskii]

Legit I thought the same thing. I guess they couldn’t get the actor

[@BasketBloxBros]

@@WhattheGeek yes we did, we saw it in the past when they were showing us their times before they were dropped down to earth.

[@Lalasarahsteinberg]

It wasn't what I was expecting at ALL! In a good way I'd say. I've been so obsessed with this series for years. I absolutely love that Raven was the one who went back in for sure. And the very end was a total twist too!

[@WhattheGeek]

I loved the not Clarke has to be the hero trope.

[@andreawashington4977]

I’m curious, when it came to killing the grounders at the drop ship and the people of mount weather, what other choice did Clarke have? Those choices were for her people, but anything else likely would have resulted in their deaths....I don’t think it’s fair to be judged for survival. Everything regarding protecting Maddy, yeah other choices could have been made, I’ll give you that, but not the others that made her “Wanheada”...just mho

[@WhattheGeek]

To choose to kill an entire society for a few bad leaders even if they had a few of your people captured is purely immoral. You play God, you decide that your people are more worthy than others, and there is always a way. You see it that way because it was written with her doing that, but I remember watching them I thought of like at least 1 other way.

[@andreawashington4977]

What the Geek a valid point...and was a no win situation, do you honestly think you could live with the decision to let your people die because the other choice was just as horrible, or perhaps slightly less horrible? So to do nothing would give the people murdering your people not only the lives they are currently taking, but the remainder of your people as well, because they would not have stopped. They’d already proven to completely disregard the value of anyone else’s life other than their own. They refused to compromise....bone marrow transfusions that didn’t have to kill her people...so was she really play God?

[@mdaimkhalid5836]

she could have waited for little longer for jasper make his move.

[@fahadus]

Can we all just take a moment and appreciate Murphy? The ONLY character who linearly matured and had a great character arc. Everyone else just kept going in circles. BAD > GOOD > BAD > GOOD.

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha I agree he did.

[@victornitchev38]

Murphy lived no internal bleeding after all.

[@WhattheGeek]

Yepe

[@noahkadlec9166]

I just wanted to see Bellamy one more time

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha!!! I knew this comment was one I was gonna see multiple times here. This is the 2nd.

[@Mualskii]

Yeah, instead of Lexa couldnt we have seen bell

[@jironsr9558]

I'm very happy that Clarke did not get to transcend.. I'm also happy that her friends stayed with her. This ending was a great ending to one of the greatest sci-fi shows ever created!

[@WhattheGeek]

It was pretty solid.

[@chandlerbeal47]

One of the greatest shows of all time

[@luiza101]

Yeah. I wonder how their lives would be like... Murphy and Emori having kids, Jordan and Hope being treated by the others as kids lol, maybe Clarke and Nylah would have a thing... and if Octavia was to have children with Levitt, they'd be twins, a boy and a girl!

[@joysimmons1612]

@@luiza101 It said at the ending that they wouldn’t be able to have kids.

[@luiza101]

@@joysimmons1612 oh that just fucked up my beautiful ideia of their future lol

[@kaystevenson2075]

The episode was so good because everyone couldn’t be more wrong. I loved the ending because with love there is sacrifice and that sacrifice being transcendence

[@WhattheGeek]

It was pretty solid, transcendence is not the sacrifice though.

[@kaystevenson2075]

What the Geek it’s the thing they give up for love but I would sacrifice it any day to be with the people I love

[@itowilltube]

I felt that Transcendence was that you have a love you that is bigger so you don't have to sacrifice anyone else. Love is not about being selfish but humans confuse like and enjoying things and hording this .... Transcendence is not human it's more

[@kaystevenson2075]

Will Smalls no I mean love and sacrifice go hand in hand the price of having this love and being truly happy was transcendence as the judge said they will not join them when they die but none of them seem to care the price is well worth it though

[@andreavillalpando6977]

I’m honestly conflicted with this ending a part of me loves it and another part of me strongly disliked it. It was a roller coaster. The only thing I wanted and didn’t get was seeing Bellamy. He deserved better. My fave, along with Raven. This show will always have a piece of my heart. Really loved your video. May we meet again!

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually Bellamy would have let Cadogan torture Madi so at some point he would have totally deserved to die. I would have preferred for her to kill him on this episode though as she finds Madi in this state.

[@CindyMac4104]

Bob Morley asked if he would only have a part time status in the last season. That was his wish and Jason had to respect it. There are articles in which Rothenberg says such.

[@Aerius_21]

So question; they can bring Emori back in what was her dead body; but they couldnt fix Raven’s leg? Like. Wtf

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha, small stupid detail they missed probably.

[@lnisme0295]

ravens leg has just become a character at this point

[@stelfzor]

did we even see emori in the last scene?? unless she came back in murphys body or something

[@Aerius_21]

STLF not directly, she was the one by the lake i think fishing

[@hannahpreece3651]

Raven’s leg doesn’t hurt her because she’s already dead. This was a horror story ending. The rosiest angle I can see is that the gang chose to spend the first sixty odd years of their eternities with Clarke.

[@brandenknight8260]

The only review I was looking forward to

[@WhattheGeek]

Thanks Brandon, I am definitely flattered.

[@johnjenkins9445]

i second this

[@gopherlee9427]

I am so excited for the possibility of a prequel series.

[@WhattheGeek]

Same here.

[@joel938]

Think of the ending like this when they eventually die there instead of ascending with the others they will be with the og cast in the after life who died before they ascended which was Bellamy, Monty, jasper, thelonious, Lincoln, Finn, wells, cane, and Abby, etc. they said the dead cant ascend so so they'll be with everyone who died before the last episode. Thats how I see it.

[@MissBelle127]

Me too

[@kristophergathercoal5044]

Really loved this breakdown.. The 100 was always hit or miss with me. Loved some of the characters but hated some of the episodes and writing and especially some of the dialogue. But finally seeing the show to its end tonight I have to agree with you that the finale was a 9.5 or 10. It was beautiful and makes me think I might actually rewatch the series someday. I always expected a rather lame finale. This was awesome for every character whether it's a tragic end or beautiful end. And I was surprised to see my favorite character in John Murphy make it all the way to the end even beyond Bellamy. Wild.

[@pstrolling9657]

If Octavia would have also gone to take the test , we would be able to see Lincoln. And if echo then Bellamy. Everyone would be satisfied.

[@WhattheGeek]

Yeah but it would have gotten silly at some point.

[@aizad786iqbal]

I like your Murphy theory, then seeing emori dying ,I was pissed ,then afterwards I was happy with the choice they mode ,roller coaster of emotions 😭

[@WhattheGeek]

Same here.

[@ErikaTati]

Been waiting for this all day!

[@WhattheGeek]

Hope you enjoy it!!!

[@Nothing-kz9pj]

The ending scene left me in tears. Nothing more powerful and showing of the characters' love for clarke than giving up immortality and transcendence only so that clarke wouldn't be alone😭😭😭

[@hopesaunders7964]

I’m just not really sure what the transcendent beings are, like with Madi, do they live lives in a body, what will madis life be

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

No, Madi’s body is dead, I guess that is why she didn’t come back. Wait!... Emori’s body was dead too, yet she came back. Madi must have chosen the transcendent state over coming back to Earth. She chose to stay with her new friends, like the boy from the COG... sweet!

[@WhattheGeek]

Lexa explained why Madi decided to stay behind and not make it back.

[@sebschrils9673]

Dam it’s really over now what I’m I going to watch every Wednesday now

[@WhattheGeek]

It is, I can post a video for you every Wednesday talking about absolutely nothing, but at least I can always fill up that hour for you, haha.

[@FBI-ex9ju]

watch a new series called raised by wolves by HBO its amazing it just came out in sept. 2020

[@dh911]

Start the series again!! I will miss this series as much as Lost!!!!!

[@alibby99]

The episode was a 10 out of 10. I really loved the closing scenes. My only question is why the un-transcended Raven is still wearing a leg brace.

[@WhattheGeek]

Was she? I did not even focus on that.

[@alibby99]

@@WhattheGeek Yeah. When Clarke comes around the corner on the beach, we see Raven and she's wearing the brace.

[@aizad786iqbal]

Good point , they could portray it as her choice maybe , probably a mistake like got watter bottle or coffee cup not much of a big deal..

[@ms.caprice3041]

That’s exactly what I asked... why did she still have a brace on? I had thought that there final scene was all in Clarke’s head. What was she drawing at the end end?!?

[@Sango3670]

I didn't much care for this final season as a whole, I feel it was a bit rushed and inorganic. They added a bunch of unnecessary characters and neglected quite a few favorites in the process. I'm not happy about Bellamy's death, but I understand why it happened and accept it (also Bob Morley was off doing another project so they had to find something to do with his character, let's keep that in mind...). With all that said, I believe they wrapped things up rather nicely--the message comes across loud and clear with the writing as well as Octavia's speech was beautiful. The only other thing I wish they would have delved into a bit more was these judges, these higher beings. Who are they, why are they important and why does their opinion matter? I suppose one could argue that it is irrelevant and let that be that, but I'm also curious about "all the other species who have transcended before." What were these species and why are these higher powers collecting them all? All in all this series was very metaphysical and spiritual and is my all-time favorite

[@GamingOfPotus]

i was thinking the same about the higher power thing, and how we didn't get to see the other side, I think that this might have been done so a sequel is on the table if they decide to in the future

[@HannahMDixon]

It was rushed, and in turn fell flat. They should have left all the Sheidheda nonsense out and done more build up to this ending. Didn't feel like all ghee ground work was properly laid. I honestly feel like the series could've ended Season 5 and the first 10 minutes of S6Ep1... but it was nice getting to Octavia come full circle and know her fight is over, but before not because of death. All in all I'm not upset, slightly disappointed I had bigger visions and thought we were being set up for a timeline reset, but that doesn't mean any of that would've been better. Wish they'd spent more time on goodbyes and wish Bellamy's exit meant more...I guess that's life though...

[@candacemaitland9450]

I am wondering if we will see more of this in the prequil

[@WhattheGeek]

The moment I read your first sentence I was looking for the mention of Bellamy, I am not gonna argue, but I wholeheartedly disagree.

[@lakshyadalal8296]

May we meet again!!!😲😢😢 But in the end I atleast wanted to see All the main dead characters in one frame like Finn, Jasper, Monty and Harper and Lincoln 😭😭😭 I wanted to see Finn😭😭😭 But in the end After 100 episodes and giving a total of 100 Hours of watch time to this series or we can say that a total of 4 days from my life...!!!!! I am gonna miss this series🙂😇😥😥😭😭😭 MAY WE MEET AGAIN!!!

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually seeing them on the beach, the dead, that would have ruined it for me.

[@lakshyadalal8296]

@@WhattheGeek Not on the beach I wanted Finn to be Raven's judge(The higher beings)🙄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@nikoscaldera]

Amazing finale, totally agree with you, satisfied by the ending, I m gonna miss all these characters. Octavia 's speech is tremendously inspiring and well acted by Marie Avgeropoulos. I was really happy to see Clarke killing Cadogan and even she was left out of transcendence she won't die alone. Great show great writing! Great video!

[@WhattheGeek]

Octavia and Murphy were the best all the way. And thanks Nikos.

[@nikoscaldera]

@@WhattheGeek let's not forget the golden outsider Raven who again saved them all despite her personal tragedies physical and difficult choices times . What an evolution of a character! Keep up the good work I m a great fun of your videos!

[@PaulKaufman1]

The 100 is a really great show, and this finale was well written and acted. The character development of the show, imho, is what makes it stand out as a great show. I think what might be fun and interesting is for us fans of the show to share the one or two moments that we enjoyed the most from all seasons. There are obviously a lot of great moments, but one of my favorites is when Maddie becomes commander, and Octavia/Bloodreina, seeming to face her, takes a knee and plants her sword in the ground. Enjoyed your reviews every week, Geek. Thank you

[@WhattheGeek]

Agreed it was a pretty solid finale.

[@SK-hm4sq]

Really loved and enjoyed ur videos on the 100 series. U helped me calm my curiosities after every episode of this season. Thank you!!

[@WhattheGeek]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@darthwithit417]

This series hit a chord in my heart that will never stop ringing 😊

[@WhattheGeek]

A pretty solid ending there.

[@lillyrockstar7]

Ya’know... here’s my issue with this whole big transcendence plot-line that drew The 100 to a close, it just, didn’t feel like The 100? How on EARTH did we go from just landing on the earth with the remaining human population, to being left with a handful of people who can’t even reproduce as the grand finale? Before people start shooting me down this is my *opinion* okay dudes? I just have a really hard time believing this is the direction they ended up taking with the show. I feel as if season 6 and 7 almost didn’t need to happen and we could have concluded at 5. It truly didn’t help that Bob was only there for a short period of time and due to those circumstances Bellamy died - worst ending for a character I’ve seen in awhile. I get it, he had a lot of personal stuff to deal with that’s for sure but the writers didn’t have to do what they did. I’ll say it over and over again, but this final season truly reminded me of the same downfall Game of Thrones took with their own final season. I just wanted and expected more and unfortunately this is what we got 😞 To those of y’all who enjoyed this season that’s great, but if anyone wants to suffer with me over this whack ass last season lemme know LOL

[@ThompterSHunson]

Great finale for a great show. Our fight is over.

[@WhattheGeek]

It is indeed. May We Meet Again.

[@sammiiROCKyourWORLD]

I enjoyed the ending too! I can see why people are upset but I think ultimately the show was about war and human behaviour. Sometimes people die without character growth. Sometimes children get hurt. And that the individuals decisions can affect all.

[@stefan3597]

Been waiting all day for this one❤❤

[@WhattheGeek]

Well here it is my friend.

[@stefan3597]

@@WhattheGeek time to get the popcorn!!

[@nativitymusic]

Feels good to experience a true series finale. Enjoyed it! Was delightfully surprised at the ending.

[@WhattheGeek]

It was pretty solid.

[@cainvarner]

Best serious finale I’ve seen in a long time.

[@WhattheGeek]

Agents of SHIELD, SGU and probably a couple of others are better in the last decade alone

[@mikelecastor3745]

Second comment : murphy and emori are such a beautiful couple and their love was so strong that I actually kinda guessed that if one of them die the other would take the other mind drive ;) What murphy did with the mind drive was also like "closing the circle" about the mind drive/flame/AI, murphy was there in the scene where lexa died which was the first time we saw the flame being removed from a body. Over the years, the series has put so much weight on the fact that this advanced technology was like a bit surnatural and dangerous that we forgot that it could be used for a very simple purpose : trying to save or be with those we love the most! which is indeed what murphy did and as we know he unknowingly ended up saving them both bc transcendence was coming. Just poetic! :)

[@WhattheGeek]

However, this was not the flame, one was the flame, which has memories, like videos on your cellphone while the drive actually was reengineered to hold the consciousnesses of people.

[@zrod6348]

I honestly never seen Clarke as the hero and always thought she was the most selfish and thought she should always get her way it got old and glad she ended up proving she was a bad person and not a good one

[@WhattheGeek]

She was the hero of her people in a way at times, but never the real principled morality based hero.

[@firecracker1711]

Love your mentions of the parallels to LOST. Brilliant insight. I really loved this finale. It was one of the better ends to a show in the past few years.

[@WhattheGeek]

Couldn't agree more!

[@OfficerJTalks]

So.... in the end they still pretty much ended up in the city of light... Jahha was right

[@WhattheGeek]

No they did not, it is not the city of light. So no he was wrong.

[@OfficerJTalks]

@@WhattheGeek I mean it's not the city of light exactly but the concept is close enough to make the comparison.

[@yosinini1664]

yappp, fair enough comparison. So disappointed. I wish they somehow all ended up earth rebuilding human civilization instead of disappearing into this magical spaces.

[@aashishdevgun]

Metaphorically speaking, sort of. Maybe the Allie simulation was just one of the many small simulations, under a grand, one big simulation by gods, advanced beings of light or whatever, it is all open to interpretation and your imagination.

[@hannahpreece3651]

They joined the celestial Borg. They were assimilated. Humanity lost. It has no future.

[@sanz7820]

Murphy didn't die! I LOVED that twist, him combining their minds and unexpectedly it meant that Emori didn't die before transcending. I was hating the ending when everyone was just a light-tree standing around looking stupid; I couldn't see how anyone would want that. Then when it was revealed that they chose to come back, t was just damn amazing. So many great twists,, and such a sweet ending.

[@WhattheGeek]

Nope he did not and I know, haha!!!

[@rabbitresidence6050]

I really liked the ending overall, including Clarkes ‘judgement’ & that the others chose to stay with her rather than transcend. I was definitely happy that Octavia & Raven got to save the day, they’re my favourite characters after Murphy.

[@WhattheGeek]

I was happy they didn't go with the Clarke is the hero trope

[@joymiralles2955]

I am very satisfied with the ending! I'm happy that my favorite girls, Octavia and Raven, both actually got to save the human-race and are the heroes. After seeing the trailer, I was relieved that Levitt didn't die - I wouldn't want Octavia to lose yet another lover/loved one. I am soooo glad that Murphy and Emori made it as well. Great character development for Murphy- from a cockroach to a compassionate character. Lastly, we get to see Lexa (even though it's technically not really her. lol!)! I will definitely miss this show.

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually I liked that it was not Clarke but rather someone else, so we are definitely on the same page on that one. Also Murphy is one of the best developed characters on TV.

[@ellieon]

For me the finale was a complete and total letdown. However it did have some brief enjoyable moments.

[@WhattheGeek]

Well it was expected to be controversial any finale is.

[@rjc8573]

IMO this final season just should have never happened the way it did. It just completely jumped the shark - I get what the writers tried doing - but up to season 6, the themes in the show (an arc in space, artificial intelligence, a virtual afterlife, the Flame, mind drives, etc.) could be possible in real life with advanced technology. Season 7 delving into the supernatural/spiritual world and the existence of a higher power or deity was just bizarre. As a huge fan of the show, to say that season 7 was a disappointment is an understatement. I am not even sure I want the prequel to happen knowing that everyone is just going to end up as balls of light or dying as the last generation of humans on Earth.

[@WhattheGeek]

Actually here is what I think. I am not a believer in what they did, definitely not the way they did it, that some alien race out there would be the judge. But not believing in it does not mean I am not willing to accept it as part of a story from someone else's perspective. Moral of the story is and without prolonging this comment, because I have got like 200 more to respond to: This is the story they wanted to tell, it doesn't have shit to do with my beliefs or yours, and you have got to watch it realizing it is your perspective not yours or mine, a deity or not.

[@rjc8573]

@@WhattheGeek I never claimed this to be my story, nor did I talk about my beliefs. I just mean that the story they told was disappointing for someone who has closely followed the show since the beginning. I do realize it's my perspective and know that other people may have different ones - again, never claimed this story to be mine and never stated my beliefs in my original reply.

[@rjc8573]

@@WhattheGeek also watch your language

[@WhattheGeek]

@@rjc8573 what language?

[@rjc8573]

@@WhattheGeek at what point did I state my beliefs there?

[@flzrin]

So this is the last episode review? :/ I honestly don’t know how to feel, I’ve been crying for more than 4 hours now because the 100 ended and I don’t know how to fill that empty hole in me. The 100 has been a part of my life and it’s just a piece of me and will always be... and who would have known that Octavia (my favorite character) would have saved humanity? of course together with Raven. This whole series has been a masterpiece and I REALLY HOPE that we, the fans have learned something out of it and didn’t just watch it cuz it’s “nice” or smth... May we meet again💔

[@LulaJake]

For all mankind. Dont be sad it's over. Be happy for having witnessed one of the greatest tv series ever made.

[@WhattheGeek]

Well I am rewatching so I might post some thoughts on the older episodes now that I will rewatch in a different light.

[@caborabassa696]

It is just a series, right? There is more to live than TV.

[@ayslrs-ayasolaraso]

Thanks for your review. I'm a big fan the 100 from Indonesia

[@WhattheGeek]

Thanks for watching!

[@Stephanie-ou2fd]

Damm this has gotta be one of my favourite the 100 episodes ever!

[@WhattheGeek]

Mine too.

[@JstaBear]

Murphy! Hated him from the beginning, but felt even from the first few episodes he was the character that would be there at the end, every step forward to making his character likable took two steps back until Emori, still a creep but now one step forward one step back, then the final season, his final metamorphosis into a truly likable character, most evolved character in the series to me, and looking back the character I was most invested in.

[@WhattheGeek]

He was well written, sometimes I felt whoever wrote him, just wrote him, his lines, his character, no one else's.

[@hearanecho]

I remember going through a saddened life transition. Looking for shows to blind me from my reality. This was two years ago. I binged watched it when a few seasons were already out. It started to become my hidden pleasure running home to eat my ice cream and tune in. For the short hour my mind learned so much about life, love, and sacrifice from this show. I've cried many episodes as if it was my own mates. I'm sad to see this end. I would of rather it ended with Clarke being alone and them not comming back because I don't think we all deserved the happy ending we all "Hoped" for. I could then accept that this is the END. However now that they are back in physical form I believe there will be another series now but never will it be close to the first day we landed on earth as the "100". WONKRU....may we meet again.

[@WhattheGeek]

I am glad it got you through that phase. Hope all is good on your end now :) Feel free to join some of the other subs, guys and gals on Discord for extended discussions, they are keeping it alive there.

[@alexandergeorge1367]

Thanks so much for your amazingly on-point reviews of this series over the seasons - always the first ones I came to. I have always appreciated your focus on story-telling and character development and feel this is where The 100's huge strengths have lied which kept me coming back. Yes it's apocalyptic fiction, but throughout larger themes of humanity have been put under the microscope and Jason usually did a phenomenal job of that if you ask me, as well as a main cast who understood the show, its messages and their own personas and roles so brilliantly. I am very sad the end of one of my favourite shows ever has happened but glad they wrapped it up in a mostly thoughtful way. I like how the twists made us rightly question Clarke's presumed 'hero' status and let other side-heroines (mixtures of optimal intelligence, physical aptitude and, crucially, an ability to be humble about past mistakes) turn out to be those who best represented what saved the last of the race and let us evolve. They were pretty much my two ultimate favourites alongside Murphy with his profoundly rich arc so this was very fitting. My main little frustration is (as others are saying) about how the significance of the 'May we meet again' mantra would have leant itself so well to even dead characters being able to choose to reunite on the beach and live out the rest of their lives as the last humans there together... The curiosity mentioned by judge Lexa ends up being confirmed that our race peculiarly would always choose to spend finite lives with the ones we have loved (and in this version lost as well) instead of choosing eternal and pain-free existence. The full circle start and end message would have made even more sense, as already implied by the starting again to build the last human civilisation on Earth as they thought they were doing initially in season 1, with the fair caveat of knowing it would be the end of humans as they were due to no further breeding. This would also have made perfect sense whereby The 100 would have finished doing their job of being the 'vessels' for the rest of the race's salvation, departing from the 'war begets war, selfishness begets selfishness' conclusions, and our beloved cast members get to see out their days as our last 'respresentatives' in the way the unevolved but fiercely (sometimes too) loving our race had become.

[@WhattheGeek]

Well the may we meet again was a human created mantra without knowledge of what would come in the future, they did not believe in anything specific, did not know how it would work. And from another perspective it actually worked for the best, most of the people it has been said to will join an afterlife with those who died before them because they are either already dead or they made it back from transcendence to be with Clarke.

[@aashishdevgun]

The purple skies scene was influenced somewhat from the movie "Contact" (Novel by Carl Sagan).❤️ I feel that the Series ending could have been so much better than what it was. They played the emotional card here and did not answer so many things, I guess it weren't supposed to be answered (like in the movie" Contact" too) and to leave it open ended. But that is deviating from the original premise of the series, where most sci-fi or paranormal (seemed like) things are explained properly and that there is no magic or fantasy in the show, but in the finale they deviate from it again by introducing the "transcendence" plot which is totally against the nature of the entire show (even though they've been building it from last few episodes). The concept of higher beings and they judging us just seems poorly written, rushed and plot hole ridden, but than every show has some plot holes, it is how it makes us feel in the end that matters, right? One big problem though, the ending made it feel like it is a Clarke show more than it is the 100. Other than this I pretty much liked the finale. A good twist in the finale, perhaps no one predicted this to happen. But for what it is worth and the time they had it to complete it was indeed beautifully done. Very good series but not a super amazing finale !👍 Edit: posted this comment (my thoughts, opinion) without watching the video yet, now that I've watched it, I feel we can agree on a lot of things about this Finale.

[@WhattheGeek]

I did talk about what they answered and what they didn't and why in my Q&A video. That said I think it was a solid finale.

[@genicehousen3303]

I was just underwhelmed really, I didn’t hate it but it wasn’t even close to the other most memorable episodes of the series, and as a series finale it should be. Just my opinion though still loved the show!

[@karalynspeaks4267]

Same the backstory with the first end of the world was more interesting as lore than that finale

[@WhattheGeek]

Elaborate Genice.

[@anthonylage8437]

I would have been so annoyed if they left clarke to be alone on earth. I have absolutely no complaints and was very pleased with everything that happened in the finale. The only thing that was missing was Bellamy

[@WhattheGeek]

Honestly I was invested in every moment I did not think of Bellamy for a second.

[@anthonylage8437]

What the Geek same as watching I didn’t think of him but as an afterthought once it was done he deserved to be there

[@TalenGryphon]

This was a beautiful ending! I am glad they got a good ending at and ended up basically back where they started as a bunch of friends at a campsite. :-) We got to see Murphy grow enough to care about someone other than just Emori. And I'm very glad we got to see Octavia be a badass one last time. And that she got a good ending with someone who understood and loved her. I am also glad we got to see Abby and Lexa one last time. My only complaint is that the ending felt a bit empty without Bellamy there to riff off Clarke

[@WilcoIdeas]

I have a theory that “the last war” is like the theory the great filter

[@WhattheGeek]

Hmm... Elaborate.

[@sebschrils9673]

I think he means that peace is the great filter and only a few make it through that filter eventually leading up to transcending

[@WilcoIdeas]

What the Geek well the theory of the great filter states that any space bearing species or highly advanced species will hit a bump that either they keep going or the entire specifies is wiped out. But also it could be a “test” just like we saw in the final episode. But the great filter has many names and many different meanings so it could be a “last war” also. Idk just a theory.

[@WilcoIdeas]

And is also called humanity’s last exam

[@electricsheep007]

Yes it seemed like it drew upon Fermi’s paradox for inspiration

[@myrlin7]

I've been following you this season as I binged the 1st 6 seasons and it was nice to find some one talking about this show while I suffered through week waits, then a 2 week break and a 3 week break with a "poor writing for Bellamy" mixed in. However, minus a bit of S5, I am team Clarke and always disagree with your views on her, specifically. I can see why you believe what you do but I guess I am wired different, I am so pro Clarke overall. My favorite scene is a combo of her just bossing through the remaining disciples, popping that sociopathic narcissist Cadogan and then telling the full of themselves "higher beings" to go take a flying leap. I enjoyed the finale overall, thought the theology shoved down our throats was a bit silly and the last scene, while making me smile was a bit....cheesy. Thanks for the recaps may we meet again!

[@WhattheGeek]

Unfortunately what you see as her telling the full of themselves higher beings whatever, I see as her finding one more way not to admit any fault ever. As a person who finds it easy to admit fault when I am at fault, find it part of improving and learning over time, personal development, I find that approach to be a wrong approach, especially when it is used with terrible decisions, in one instance genocide.

[@myrlin7]

@@WhattheGeek Kinda cool actually. We believe things similiarly but come up with completely different view points. (That's why the show is so good) I definitely agree on the fault thing in every day life. We choose our actions regardless of external input. However, to me, the beings represent a black or white view with no regard to emotion. It's great to have an objective view but the same decision, in a different set of circumstances could be right or wrong. At the end of the day, the world is way to grey for absolutes.

[@ellesilverwolf4571]

Clark could respawn the human race. She is on Bardo and they grow babies in vats basically so she should go grow some of those babies - fertilize some eggs - the facilities are there....that is what I would have done if I were her....

[@shirawolfbenjamin9607]

I agree this should not be the end of the human race

[@shirawolfbenjamin9607]

@@caborabassa696 they said they cant and that is the last generation

[@WhattheGeek]

Okay they grow babies using embryos, just no human bodies to avoid attachment, but real human embryos, they do not grow them from cucumbers.

[@ellesilverwolf4571]

@what the geek - Duh - those sorts of places always have banks of sperm , eggs and embryos in storage however so I am saying I would use the ones in storage - obviously you couldn’t do it from scratch - I am a medical student not an idiot.

[@ellesilverwolf4571]

Technically a haploid gamete has no consciousness until it is joined by another haploid gamete to create the zygote and so those humans were not there to be transcended because they did not exist yet.... just like the dead no longer existed so by that there should be no problem creating new humans - I am assuming the others can’t have kids because they were already transcended and thus fundamentally changed on a physical level. But Clarke and the embryos were not and there is tons of DNA from the dead... technically you could probably still harvest sperm from Bellamy and one of his kids could be born although that is a bit icky - anyway this is all theoretical but entirely plausible.

[@stephanieward3221]

I am so glad that you reminded people, that it is just a show and not real life.🤣👏

[@TheBeesies]

I honestly have a love hate relationship with the finale. I hate how they turned Bellamy into what they did. I hate how Clarke killed Bellamy just for them to go around and find out everything about Madi anyways. I hate how they ended things with Madi, but at the same time it was really sweet but sad but frustrating. Overall this was an amazing show, I really don't like the ending and how everyone just turns to light, like they don't even slightly explain what it was like in the light or whatever. In the end season 7 made me cry the most out of all the seasons, by a long shot.

[@johnsnow2756]

This will be on the long side but please bear with me. I will start by saying that this was a good finale and it tied a lot of loose ends. The way I see it this is probably one of the darkest ends of a show that I can think of. Basically a very advanced alien species has come up with a plan to conquer/assimilate the entire universe. Wherever they find any traces of intelligent life, they leave behind "portal stones" . When a race becomes advanced enough to translate them (and perhaps pose a threat to them in the future) they give out two options : you join us if you pass the test or all of you die (sounds similar to "you're either wonkru or the enemy of wonkru"). Let me point out that option #3 of figuring out the code and deciding as a society to Never activate the stone is only a mirage of an option. Once to code is figured out , you have to hope that all the people in a position of power will abstain from using it, through pain and loss and suffering, staying strong for eternity. Yea that won't work in any form of government. One curious/selfish/suffering leader ? -> assimilated or death One bad vote in a democracy? -> assimilated or death. One guy with a different agenda getting access to code and stone? -> assimilated or death. If a society is in a good place where they can actually choose and send an ambasdor that the majority deems worthy , it probably is the optimal strategy to go and take the test as soon as possible . That yields the highest chances of ever passing, even if you decided as a society not to take the test, just because as time passes the risk of someone less worthy getting access increases. I also want to point out that the test is designed to attract selfish people most of the time. Once you know the rewards and consequences and that it is a test of character, the truly pure of heart people are more likely to decline waging the entire future of their race , underestimating their worth and thus their chances of passing , while the selfish will overestimate their chances. We should also discuss the moral implications of a single person being judged on behalf of everyone, and killing their entire species if this single person fails. Does this kind of test seem devised by benevolent godlike, peaceful creatures ? Having all this in mind (we'll talk sterilization later as it wasnt available info at the time) Clarke actually played the test close to optimal . What I consider perfect strategy in this situation: Clarke pleads more for a stop and redo of the test in the future, even after the judge said it can't be done .She tries to explain that the original ambasador was trying to take the test for selfish reasons and that he did not have the support of everyone. Then she admits her mistakes and shortcomings and begs , saying that we can do better and if we really are beyond redemption then our children or children's children will do better. After all these fail and the judge keeps telling her that the test must continue she puts the gun to her head and says "I'll pull the trigger if it stops the test" . The judge tells her that this will only make her fail and doom her race. Then given the info she's got about the test it actually is optimal to start trash talking the test and point out how it's unethical and flawed. Basically if the aliens are evil ,or if your morals don't align with theirs, if they actually believe that the test they devised is fair and just, you're screwed either way, you die or you get assimilated. At this point your best bet is to assume the beings are benevolent and that the Real Test is to point out how unfair and morally corrupt the concept of the initial test is . The real test being about sticking to your morals even in the face of promised immortality, refusing to kiss their asses and pointing out how flawed their test is , that would have been beautiful writing ! I would have liked to see less mental gymnastics justifying her actions and more of the above from Clarke but she did point out that the test was total bullshit and that is the main thing in the optimal strategy. Then we learn that violence is really a turn off for the aliens . (Which is pretty hypocritical since they have been killing entire species since the dawn of time , being the most violent species that ever existed). This only makes sense when you think that they will kill whatever species that is advanced and violent enough to pose a threat to them. And we arrive at the end where Clarke is allowed to live and we learn that people can refuse transcendence and come back. This rule makes them seem more benevolent , but in reality it allows them to save face , appear as mighty beings while allowing people that weren't in total harmony with their beliefs(possible posing a threat from the inside) to get out. Oh and they also sterilized the people that came back. Like what the fuck is up with that ? "Your people already gave us great things but you're not worthy of transcending(understandable) and we also have a gut feeling that all of your descendants will be useless human beings just as yourselves (wait this doesn't seem so benevolent) I would say that the aliens just didn't want humanity posing a threat to them any time in the future, but since these advanced aliens know that 14 people is way way lower than the minimum viable population needed to survive as a species , I'd say it's just a subtle hint of what their intentions truly are and how dark this finale really is. I want to end pointing out that there are indeed are some similarities between what we envision as Transcendence/Singularity/Heaven and HiveMind/being assimilated. We have to judge this state of being by the quality if its maker. Judging by how morally corrupt and unjust their behaviour, test and punishments are , honestly this screams to me a lot like the City of Light , Hivemind, Borg like universe conquerers than a "unity of souls" that we envision heaven as in different religions. I would also like to point out that the aliens admitted to Cadogan that they are not gods.They just have the tech to be immortal and they collect other species if they would make suitable additions. Saying that the new humans that transcended are of good use (paraphrasing) sounded kind of creepy (we wouldn't imagine a god figure saying somethig like that: "Yea this new batch of souls we just got are really helping us in a major way"). Also when asked if Madi was with them the judge replied "in a matter of speaking /in a way" (paraprasing again) . This also sounded pretty creepy. "Death is life" has been one of the mottos of the show and in the end it was chosen by 14 people. This is sometimes percieved wrongly as choosing death instead of accepting death. It was beautifully portrayed by them, choosing to live and accepting to eventually die their way, refusing the mirage of immortality. The rest of the human race ended up assimilated , used as a resource for eternity. On a happier note , we started the show with each of them unlikely to hit their next birthday , and while humanity was consumed by the borg at least 14 of them got to live and die on their terms.

[@WhattheGeek]

That was LONG to read, haha, but I see most of your points and hidden objections and I agree with most of them.

[@johnsnow2756]

@@WhattheGeek Yep I got carried away a little. Thank you for reading through all of that.

[@malik-fu2jx]

i mean i saw alycia again so im fine

[@WhattheGeek]

Haha, we both crush on the same people. My bigger crush is on Octavia though.

[@malik-fu2jx]

@@WhattheGeek same

[@rain-wj6vv]

I am just pretending that all the dead characters got to transcend and are like guardian angles for them and being able to talk to them from time to time, except Bellamy, he gets to stay with them. And for anyone else how felt the show kinda fell apart at the end. Just believe this with me lol, it´s all fiction anyways so this is how it ended in my head. (I just wanted to walk away feeling good about the show......)

[@Mualskii]

I wish all of the gang could’ve met and said bye to their loved ones. Like raven to finn, octavia to bellamy or Lincoln, idk throw monty in there too i miss him 😭

[@WhattheGeek]

LOL, it would have been too good and too much to be true though, actually could have possibly annoyed me as well.

[@zoranb]

Great review. Thank you.

[@WhattheGeek]

Thanks for watching!

[@remingtonbaker1804]

This series finale was so pathetically written it makes my brain hurt

[@WhattheGeek]

Cool beans, next time elaborate though :P

[@remingtonbaker1804]

@@WhattheGeek how do you mean

[@rioncox6522]

As most of us are still upset that Bell, Abbi etc did not get to transcend, you must give Kudos to the producers and writers, they did a great job that played with our feelings throughout the entire show. I must say the Unsung Actor goes to Murphy, will love to see him act again, that guy is Hollywood material. I didn't like Echo several seasons ago but wow, she murdered that script they gave her, I'm in love with her now, lol. Everyone stepped up and deliver a grand finale. The only thing I think they forgot was Gaia, what was her last location when she transcends?

[@WhattheGeek]

Murphy was a great character. But so was Octavia, so was Emori and definitely Raven. Clarke gave some compelling performances along the way, with my favorite being the final few moments of Episode 15 of this season.

[@kevtuff1038]

Really beautiful ending honestly! Would’ve loved to see an Imagine Dragons’ song in the episode just to have the show come full circle and call back to the pilot episode!

[@WhattheGeek]

That would have been good actually.

[@kevtuff1038]

What the Geek Ikr, i’m thinking maybe ”On Top of the World” or something like that since it was such a hopeful scene. However the other song they used at the beach was a good choice too!😊

[@scottweber2297]

I find it really interesting, how people (me) who binged the series see it so differently than people who watched the weekly series.

[@miniskirt9738]

I recommend to watch the show « childhood’s end », that’s where Jason took the transcendance concept. It’s based on a book by Arthur C. Clarke. I think Jason named Clarke as a hint to him.

[@WhattheGeek]

I have watched it actually. I just don't remember the transcendence detail.

[@miniskirt9738]

How can you not remember transcendance in that show. All the children transcend in the end. They become a sort of god.

[@miniskirt9738]

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[@stephanlakra5503]

You are right

[@aashishdevgun]

Oh wow, thank you for sharing, Sir Arthur C Clarke is a legend in the sci fi literary community. I shall definitely give it a watch!

[@zythical7687]

Doesnt matter if it was bad or not. This episode brought tears. Seeing Lexa after 4 years, seeing Abby for the last time after her death in season 6 finale and that Octavia was pretty much the hero of this finale. Sure there are probably some questions like who "the judge" really is or "why does the anomaly stone exist in the first place" I hope we can see some of those questions answered in prequel because we do know that Becca went through the portal and came back because she did see the "test". All in all, this episode was great. The entire season was pretty emotional, but IMO nothing really beats the season 5 ending, it was honestly beautiful. I will miss this show and im reconsidering rewatching it! May we meet again

[@nikoscaldera]

Same here, tears and sympathy specially for Lexa and Abby.

[@WhattheGeek]

I say it was a solid episode.