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But one important point : the Ark Adults and the 100 don't have to worry about the survival of their species. Humanity has survived just fine without them : the Grounders. ...They just tend to be slightly homicidal and enjoy tattooing a great deal... But their fitness regimen is A++

These dodos do not seem capable of thinking of anything beyond their next hook-up or lynching. And to be somewhat fair, the 100 (minus 14) were meant to be guinea pigs, not the bright hope for survival of all humanity. Maybe the Ark Adults have such a plan - but considering they were not working on drop ships for the last 97 years, they also don't seem very far-sighted. Realistically, I would think most people are primarily concerned with their own personal survival. The survival of the species benefits from that, but is not the primary intent. (Although I could see one of the guys saying "We have to have sex for the sake of humanity!" When the space station ripped apart, I wondered if the Ark dwellers might become The 100 , and the Earth'ers could then be the 85'ers.

So, the Grounders are cut-throat killers who speak very good English but the radiation has impaired their ability to comprehend logic : "We got hurt on the way to slaughter your people -- so, your fault." I did not see Jasper this week - is there some type of actor quota per episode - though we did get more confirmation that he is some type of chemist genius (along with the previous beer brewing, or was it moonshine?). Of course Finn is not dead. No main characters die off-camera. Just ask Abbie... And no matter what the situation - impending attack by Grounders, knife in your spleen, whatever -- there must be sexy times. It's a rule. As others have mentioned, it seems very unlikely that a generation of teenagers, who were born on a space station and lived in what had to be a very confined and isolated environment, would be so good at all the rustic camping stuff. You'd think they could at least have had a bit of oxygen overload when they first landed.

IF Fitz comes back at the start of the season, I hope TPTB write for him and not just use him a device to show how sad Simmons is, or resourceful Skye is, or how regretful Ward might be. If, like the second half of the finale, Fitz is only referenced, I will take that as a bad sign for his character's future.

According to TVByTheNumbers : We watched - but there seemed to be a lot of talking and not a lot of doing. Having Sherlock exposition everything to Joan or whomever does not make for exciting television. I know the Sherlock character is supposed to be prickly, but honestly, with the added addiction baggage, he just comes off more often as an asshole with childish temper tantrums that I would avoid dealing with. I like him better when he is being upbeat - tho still irritating. And I know the actor portraying Mycroft is talented, but the casting could have been ... ummm.. fresher ? It made Joan look as if she was into (much) older guys and his thinning wispy hair was distracting.

So, did this episode establish if there is just one group of grounders or two ? : Jasper-baiting, killing, spearing Grounders and fab-abs, sexy-time Grounders? It still galls me that they see two-headed deer and glowing butterflies, but don't seem to think twice about the water they drink, the food they eat, or what the possible radiation levels may be.. Why worry about those silly details when there are love triangle dramas?

If you like Patton Oswalt and you like Ratatouille, you'll need to check this out: Billy shares his love of Ratatouille and his thoughts on Pixar with the voice of Remy the rat himself, Patton Oswalt.

My point with Fitz's character is that it seems, to me, that TPTB seem to be dumping on him. He certainly isn't getting the propping up that Skye gets on a weekly basis. He has been friend-zoned, and appears to be used as a prop for Simmons. His actions are talked about instead of shown. And mainly - he got no face time for the last half of the show - he was only referenced. When the new team assembled at the end of the episode, it felt as if the original plan had been to kill Fitz off, but they softened it into him being in off-camera coma-land, with no definite plans for reappearing.

I mostly liked it, but it was like a kaleidoscope - way too many moving parts - so that nothing really stood out. I believe the show could be better with fewer plotlines and better character writing. Right now there's just a lot of people doing a lot of things, but nothing resonates. Did not like the Felicity baiting on the sunset beach scene. The lingering went on and on... Having Det. Lance collapse at the end seemed like waste. That's your cliff-hanger? Oliver really doesn't give a crap about Thea. "She said she was getting on a bus and leaving town... I'm sure she's fine.. No need to try to call her cell.." It was interesting that they didn't revisit the 'son of Oliver' story line before the end of the season. Again - too much going on.

Yes, but those are not the scenes they chose to show us. We have to fanwank the extent of his resourcefulness and can-do attitude. For the most part, all I can recall are misty-eyed scenes of getting a sandwich packed for him as he went on his first big-boy mission. Scared to open the hatch door when May had a gun on him until Coulson ordered him to do so. Whining about things 'changing' when Simmons and Trip started their eye-flirting, instead of speaking up. And his almost teary defense of Ward because he found denial more comforting. It seems as if Simmons is always having sort him out or mommy him. So the PTB may be attempting to portray Fitz as naive, but it's coming off as wimpy to me. It could just be me. I'd rather him be more can-do and kick-ass. But maybe that's not the character they want in the mix. And maybe they don't want that character around anymore.. No one was standing by his bedside at the end of the episode the way they did for Skye-flake a while back. And I agree that the show is portraying Ward as victim of child soldier indoctrination. ...But I am not sure this is the type of show that can handle that type of complicated tragedy without royally screwing it up. They are better off sticking to more black and white versions of good and evil and leaving the other stuff to L&O:SVU. Ward has killed a lot of people now. If someone gunned down your loved ones, I don't think your first instinct would be to contemplate the murderer's possibly tragic backstory..

I do appreciate that the season ended without lame cliffhangers (such as Coulson "dying" or Skye being kidnapped). The stuff they did hint at with Coulson and Raina was okay .. but not exactly riveting.. Apparently when Shield was destroyed, all whiteboards and markers were also lost... I was irritated - very much - by Fitz's reaction to being stuck on the ocean floor being "We're going to die, so let's just cry and wait for death." That has been his personality for most of the season - a defeatist. You would expect a tech geek to be tearing open every container in the pod to find something that would get them out. And he still couldn't openly confess his feelings for Simmons. Use your words, dammit. The "only one of us can survive" option felt very contrived. I did laugh when Garret blew up. Thanks for not dragging that out. Let's move on to new villains and new adventures. I really hate the shows that have same villain in a never-ending cycle of confrontations. (Tomorrow People, Nikita, Once Upon a Time, etc.) And Tripplet seems just a boring as Ward was, and sort of like a forced diversification effort.

The Octavia, Lincoln scene was unintentionally amusing. "You can speak!" "Too bad I'm not going to ask you any relevant questions.." "You're filthy. Here, let me clean you , starting with your abs... I'm going to leave some of the blood around your face, 'cause that's sort of hot.." Also, wouldn't the guards notice if the guy who was tied up suddenly became clean? Never mind -- I forgot who I was talking about.. The whole situation of Bellamy keeping Octavia in time-out and away from from her noble savage seemed really silly. All these guys who survived the drop to Earth are so willing to be Bellamy's underlings? Bellamy hasn't demonstrated any real leadership skills, and I don't recall any show of physical dominance. I don't know how long this show can last, but I am curious as to how long they can stretch out keeping the adults separated from the kids. The CW begs to differ... And now they have automatic weapons .. Ugh. I was hoping for more primitive-meets-sci-fi, not a re-hash of 'Lost'.

Even though ABC stopped promoting this as a Bryan Singer production (due to his current scandal), it reminded me of his other show - House. The main character is considered a magical genius, resulting in everyone excusing their horrible, reckless behavior. I don't think I'll be getting on the crazy train again... Will Catherine go off her meds every episode, resulting in delirious twirling with arms outstretched? Each time her boyfriend has enjoyable sex with her, will he ask, "Are you off your meds?"

Bellamy is the worst leader. Ever. His motto's : "Whatever the hell we want!" "Give the people what they want - like, maybe a lynching!" "We should use fear and secrecy to control the mob .. errr, my people." If I cared more, I would rant more. The teen logic is mind-boggling - the way it evolved from discovery of murder , to the confrontation, to the lynching , to the angry mob wanting Charlotte's blood, to Bellamy scared of his own 'people', to the banishment of weird-face-guy -- do the writers think they are capturing authentic teen reactions? You just know weird-face-guy is going to show up as leader of the Morlock Grounders in a couple of months. And Clarke just had to get naked with Hair-boy before his girlfriend shows up. And from the look of next week's promo, Raven(?) manages an impressive pin-point accurate landing. But on the plus side, I enjoy watching a good sci-fi television train-wreck.