My Heart Beats For Lola Season 1

[Kelsi Corsi]

Meanwhilein Sanctum, Russell JUST WANTS TO HAVE LUNCH IN PEACE!!, hashtag relatable, but those pesky aliens are ruining his culty fun by doing super evil things like telling the truth and trying to undo that time he murdered their friend.

Simone is killed in a frankly unnecessary side-swipe (RIP Simone, I miss you already), by a null who gave his baby to the trees, so naturally, Peaceful Leader Russell now must burn everyone from space at the stake.

I was tense AF during this entire episode. I expected anyone to die at any time. I even genuinely thought, just for a second, that Clarke might die. It felt like anything could happen, because these writers have proven themselves to be fearless, for better and worse, and they answer to no one.

Since love is the only thing the Primes have left to ground them, losing the ones they love expose their true inhumanity, and the quest for power and warped self-divinity that has slowly seeped in and corrupted their once-noble intentions over the centuries.

Immortality is actually possible (if you accept computer drive resurrections, which, fine, I can do it if I have to), but not without corrupting your morality/humanity/soul/whatever you want to call it in the process. That is always going to be the price.

In the flashbacks, we saw a Josephine who certainly had the makings of a future eugenics-preaching psychopath, but we also saw a Josephine who was full of emotion and feeling and, yes, love, a desperate and fragile and skittish thing.

Octavia just got her second chance last episode, and now, she gets to witness Bellamy get his. Working together to save Clarke and Octavia offering quiet but unwavering support as he almost loses her is the perfect way to bring them back to each other and begin what is probably a long and jagged way to a healthy sibling relationship.

Specifically, this scene draws a very cute visual parallel to the season 2 scene (that frankly I mainly remember because I see it all the time on Twitter) where Clarke runs to hug Bellamy and Octavia stands by and smiles.

But as love is powerful enough to destroy you, it is also powerful enough to be the thing that saves you. Love for yourself, and love for others, and the love others have for you, are the most powerful motivators you can ask for.

And in stories like this where pain and loss and seemingly inevitable doom can make everything feel meaningless, love is what gives our heroes the power to keep going. Love is what motivates them to keep fighting for this elusive better world.

Clarke and Bellamy have lost and failed and had their hearts broken so many times over that one might be forgiven for thinking that this really is a story about the last people on Earth slowly learning that love really is weakness and hope is for fools and we should all just lie down and wait for inevitable doom because nothing matters anyway.

And the result of seeing them recognize and fight for that, and by extension for their own happiness, is honestly invigorating the narrative and the viewing experience in such a drastic way. It makes everything feel like it matters that much more, because the stakes are suddenly hyper-personal, and it matters to the characters what happens.

Clarke was worried that she was an unforgivable monster, but Bellamy not only forgave her, he put her above everything and everyone else, burning the world down to save her. He cares about her so much that life without her is meaningless.

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