Clarke and Jaha did a bad thing.
But with help from her brother, conclave champion Octavia gets the final say.
But here at the end of things, she gets to choose unity for everyone.
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Not only is it the right decision, its a decision her characterdeservesto make.
Plus, it helped that she got to make up with her brother in the process!
When The Other Side begins, Bellamy is raging against Jaha and Clarkes decision to seal up the bunker.
The self-appointed Skaikru leaders tell Bellamy they wont be opening the door again.
Clarke tries to make him understand why she had to make this hard choice.
Against Jahas protests, Clarke allows them to radio up to say goodbye.
Bellamy is relieved to hear that Octaviaisalive and that she won the conclave.
They shock-baton Bellamy, and suddenly were back in the Ark.
As Bellamy is dragged away, Jaha tells Clarke theyre doing the right thing.
Abby points out that even if thats true, at least she and her daughter feel bad about it.
Seriously, when did this guy turn back into such an ass?
Knowing they need to keep Bellamy locked safely away, Clarke asks Murphy to guard the door.
You need a selfish bastard?
They walk up to the turbine room, where their prisoner is chained up.
And hell need to fire up the doors quickly because things above ground are starting to heat up.
And arriving just in time to make things worse: Echo.
Octavia knows all about her conclave cheating and banishment.
Instead, she tells Echo to keep this info to herself and her people will be safe.
He runs off to do that right as Clarke sees Murphy is knocked out and Bellamy is gone.
She runs straight for the bunker door, where she finds him trying to open it.
Shes not saving people; shes letting people die.
But Bellamy tells her shell have to kill him because hes going to do this no matter what.
Through tears, Clarke lowers her gun as Bellamy opens the bunkers hatch.
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Everyones favorite brother-sister duo on television, Bellamy and Octavia, reunite and hug.
And its just in time, too.
The black rain has stopped, and the other clans have arrived.
She tells them all, We are one clan.
Then she walks over to Echo and says, Everyone except you.
Octavia may be bringing unity and salvation to the earth, but you still shouldnt cross her!
But thats all the tough decisions Octavia will have to make.
They have 12 hours to decide.
When she wakes up, not only is Becca there, but now Raven also sees Sinclair.
Playing the angel to Beccas devil, he tells Raven that she cant give up.
Becca is adamantly against this and thinks Raven is just choosing a painful existence for her last few days.
I dont choose pain, Raven exclaims.
After a tearful goodbye to Sinclair, Raven enacts her plan.
It goes off without a hitch!
But not everyone is having such life-affirming B-plots.
Over at Arkadia, Monty is pleading with the party kids to head to Polis and the bunker.
But none of them want to listen.
They just want to party in their underwear.
They party too hard, literally, and Riley overdoses.
After trying and failing to revive Riley, Monty has had enough.
He says hes leaving that evening whether they all go or not.
As Jasper looks at Rileys body, he has other plans.
He says if they get the dose right, they all can go out the same way that evening.
Monty shows Harper the changes he made inside the rover, but shes saying he should go without her.
I dont love you, she says.
Youre not enough to make me want to live.
She slams the door on the rover and cries just outside it.
Monty finds his friend looking out a window at the red moon and the approaching death wave.
For all its faults, Earth is really beautiful, Jasper says (as I begin to cry).
It takes Monty a minute to realize whats happening.
Jasper calls him unsanitary in his typical Jasper humor and begins to cry.
See you on the other side, Jasper says as he kisses Montys hand before taking his last breath.
I love you, I love you, Monty weeps as his friend dies.
Jasper was one of my favorite characters whenThe 100began.
No matter how serious the situation, he was always there to provide levity and grounding.
Monty cries over Jasper before thinking back on one of the last things he said: Letusgo.
And then Monty realizes Harper was lying earlier (duh).
He runs to find her all the other kids have overdosed as well, but Harper didnt.
She couldnt go through with it.
I love you, she says as they hug.
Only two more episodes left and so many fates unknown.
Will Raven, Monty, and Harper make it to the bunker in time?
Even if they do, will they be selected to go into the bunker?
How will they chose who lives and who dies?
(I think we know one person who might die.)
Based on everything we know of this show, the process surely will be easy.
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