I don't know… Clarke's betrayal, anger, and pain felt a little too real for this to be contrived. Plus, they had no way of knowing that the Mountain Men would offer a deal like this. The Mountain Men didn't even know they would do it until the former President suggested it after his son's expression of desperation.…

Clarke would not have done the same thing. Because Clarke isn't blinded by her own need to be cold and ruthless. She has one strength that Lexa will never have — she knows people. She can read them. She can read them because she allows herself to get to know them, and to feel for them. She would have known that the…

lmao, I definitely also had that thought. "God Clarke, I bet you regret not sleeping with Lexa, now!"

But the opportunity for the fake out was RIGHT THERE. D: The doors were still open after the last of the Grounders were let go. Lexa could have initiated that betrayal on the spot, but she didn't. She left. I'm with you (albeit halfheartedly, lol) that what happened is what happened, and that's it. I hate that we have…

I dunno, I think everything Indra has said, and everything the Grounders have been portrayed as, has been very brutally reinforced in this episode. Their loyalties have always been to their Commander and one another, first. Their only interest in the Arkers has been what Clarke and her people can do for them. Indra's…

I agree for the most part, but I really feel that part of this decision was based on Lexa's emotions after all. Or rather, an attempt to prove to herself that her emotions weren't controlling her decisions, which is basically one in the same. What really cemented this opinion for me was when Lexa felt the need to…

I thought this exact thing. I mentioned in another reply that I think part of Lexa's reasons for doing this was to prove to herself that her judgement would not be clouded by her feelings. It's ironic, because she's just made a terrible decision — one that could cost her people much more than they've already lost, if…

I disagree that Lexa's betrayal was out of character. While I absolutely did not see it coming, I understood it, and her motivations. Lexa's commitment has -always- been to what she perceives is best for her people. Her loyalty has never been to the Arkers, but to the common cause of defeating the Mountain Men and…