The 100 3X16:Perverse Instantiation – Part Two (Patreon)
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You could have given me a zillion guesses, and I would not have come up with this solution. Using Mount Weather tech to make Clarke a Night Blood so she could take the Flame, brilliant.
So, with Clarke having both the Flame and the chip, she's able to go into the City of Light, while still retaining her own mind. Lexa shows up (I think because technically Clarke is now the Commander and they have the thoughts/memories of all the previous ones?) and helps her through. Raven uses her hacking skills to get Clarke into the room with the kill switch.
Once in there, though, she's greeted by both Allie and Becca. Allie tells her not to pull the switch because the City of Light was created as a safe place for everyone to go because we've only got six months before the radiation kills everyone. Clarke spends a crazy amount of time deciding whether or not to pull the switch (not that I blame her, it's a hard decision), before eventually deciding that they will all find another way to save themselves. She flips the switch, and everyone is back to normal (and in pain!).
While this is happening, Abby; Bellamy, Octavia; Pike; Kane; and some others, have been keeping Clarke safe and holding back the hordes of Grounders who want to kill her. Once everyone has there memory back, Octavia and Pike share a look. I thought that was going to mean, I still hate you, but I grudgingly respect you. Instead, Octavia straight up kills Pike and heads out.
Clarke tells Bellamy the truth, that they haven't actually saved the world. Now they have to figure out how to stop a nuclear meltdown that's going to kill them all in six months.
Holy hell. This was one of the best seasons of TV I've watched in a while. And this episode was as good as the rest. It was so stressful!