I think I heard somewhere that Marguerite MacIntyre writes for The Originals so maybe that has something to do with the cancer storyline/her leaving the show.

SLAY OCTAVIA, SLLLLAAAYYYYYY.
One thing that had me thinking this episode is since Lexa mentioned when a commander passes it's spirit moves to another could it be Octavia, or Clarke? I'm assuming she's leaving the show for the Walking Dead spin off, and it seems like Clarke would be too obvious of a choice, but…

It's the ship that sails itself! When Clarke said "I need you" and "I need your spirit to stay where it is" swoon just swoooon.

I feel like Clarke can be shipped with everyone, well except for Finn, but we don't have to worry about that anymore…

He's too precious for that world!

I figured it was something along those lines, but bellamys reaction still crushed me.

"I was being weak. It's worth the risk." Way to crush my bellarke shipping heart.

This episode was so much better than I was expecting, although despite what the flashbacks were trying to do I still don't feel sympathy for Finn, or view him as some kind of hero for doing something stupid for his girlfriend. The writing for the characters has been pretty consistent overall in term of arcs, but I…