The 100 5x08 "How We Get To Peace" Review
Major spoilers are ahead!
The title of the episode speaks for itself. The price for peace is high and everyone is doing whatever it takes to achieve it. Except Monty and Harper. They are adamant on finding another way based on Jasper's suicide note and his claim that "they are the problem".
Monty and Harper want to cultivate the algae that put Murphy in a coma for a week in order to avoid killing people. This also ensures that everyone can survive using the farm without invading The Valley. But Clarke and Bellamy are determined to shed blood by sacrificing Kara Cooper. And when that doesn't work, Bellamy uses the algae to knock out his sister to stop the war.
I understand Clarke doing something like that to Octavia, but Bellamy? I know he doesn't have what it takes to kill his sister. Monty even suggests that option, but no one is willing to go that far. Only the side characters are expendable, Monty! Get with the program!
There is a lot of talk about war for the past two, maybe three, episodes, and I think this is causing serious pacing issues for the season. All this talk and prep for war yet no war will occur. I hope everything picks up once Bellamy and Clarke force Wonkru to surrender.
On the other side of things, Raven is this week's victim of Abby's pill addiction and it breaks our hearts to see her get hurt. Abby is spiraling and her actions sever the mother-daughter relationship she forged with Raven. This makes Raven want to sacrifice Shaw (her love interest) to make sure Abby doesn't get her next fix.
Murphy and Emori's alliance with McCreary is interesting. I'm surprised Diyoza believed the story they concocted. I mean, Murphy is radioing Diyoza to make a trade for Raven, and a few hours later, McCreary has both of them hostage? I hope no one is that stupid.
We have another hiatus, ugh I feel like this show has a lot of them, but with only five episodes left in the season, I'm sure the action, the moral decisions, and the death toll is going to ramp up.
Side note: Diyoza and Kane talking about the future and "Hope" was moving. I watch The Originals too and having Diyoza consider the name was pretty coincidental. Like, okay? Maybe you should think of a different name.