This is the way the world… doesn’t end?
It was obvious in theseason 4 premierethat the flame and the need for Nightbloods wouldnt just disappear.
But thats not all episode 3 revealed: Indra has a daughter!
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A daughter who refuses to be a warrior!
A daughter who is the new flamekeeper!
See, the flame was stolen from his chambers, so he needs someone to quietly track it down.
He tells her to find the newfemaleflamekeeper.
Can we just pause for a second to marvel at how women are still ruling this world?
Even with a king, nevertheless, they persisted.
One kill to prevent thousands?
That doesnt sound very Azgeda-esque.
Octavia is able to quickly track down the flamekeeper and follows her into the temple.
The flamekeeper knows what O is there for and fights her for it.
If only she were trained by the best, maybe she could beat Octavia.
Omg she was trained by the best.
This is definitely not a happy family reunion.
Gaia escapes with the true flame and Octavia tells Roan a looter destroyed the real thing.
Preparation for the end of the world isnt going so great at Arkadia.
Nylah has taught them how to preserve food, but the hunters are coming back with less and less.
Raven says at this rate theyll have to eat one meal every other day for the next five years.
And theres still the issue of only 100 people being able to fit into Alpha Station.
But hes shocked at the scene he finds there.
Nyko has arrived with Luna and her people… or whats left of them at least.
While Abby tries to treat them, Raven inputs this new information into her calculations.
According to Raven, its high time for Clarke to make The List.
Raven thinks its a fools errand, but Clarke is desperate for a way to saveeveryone.
When they get where Jaha suspects the bunker to be, Clarke walks off to search for it.
Jaha tells Bellamy that she is lucky to have him because you keep her centered.
If youre wrong and there is a hell, then I guess Ill see you there, Bellamy replies.
(Is this the first conversation these two have ever had!?)
Meanwhile, Clarke has found steps that lead underground.
Down below, they find a corpse holding a medallion just outside a set of bunker doors.
Apparently you had to level up to the 12th seal so you can make it inside the doors.
But even the 12th sealers didnt make it.
The bunker is full of dead bodies; Bill Cadogan was a false prophet.
Abby is asking her for to give them anti-radiation medicine for Luna and her people, but Raven refuses.
Abby begs for just one dose for Adria, the child, but Raven still wont budge.
The radiation isnt killing that child, Abby tells Raven.
Its an impossible situation one thats hard to pick sides of.
But that doesnt stop John Murphy from doing so.
He was in the room stealing rations, natch, when he overheard the whole conversation.
Once Abby leaves, Murphy steals the meds she needs and takes them to the sickbay.
The fact that Murphys own father was floated for stealing meds is not lost on Abby.
Who knew he had it in him?
I did, Abby says.
But, sadly, it doesnt.
We only wasted one dose, Abby tells her as she hands the pills back.
Everyone else has died.
Raven watches the scene as tears come to her eyes.
Back from their excursion, Clarke tries to write The List.
She writes Bellamy as No.
99 and stares at the remaining slot.
Bellamy comes up just then and tells her she has to be No.
100: If Im on that list, youre on that list.
She cant do it, so he writes her name down for.
You still have hope?
Clarke heads to sickbay, where Luna is saying prayers over all her deceased people.
As Abby says, theres only one thing that separates Luna from the others: nightblood.
Could this be the way they all survive?
(I asked Jason Rothenberg that exact question in mypostmortem for episode 3.)
Could Gaias Nightblood-scouting skills suddenly be very useful?
Will the people of Polis keep the peace long enough to find an answer to these questions?
Lets pray to our flame totems that the answer to all these questions is yes.
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