I so wanted to give this episode a D-, but then, at the last moment, they went and sent Abbie to the past, which is such a wonderful idea

Except she didn't "go" bad. She just wasn't bad and then she was.

In a way, but Jefferson's vault could have been a great plot through half a dozen episodes, and today's witch revival plot could have easily carried half a season, if it had been successful…

To be fair, most people I know would go the "Hey wassup" route, in that situation.

No, we already saw one guy working in the orchard who got stung and turned zombie within a day.

To be fair, the old lady was much younger than him.

And Daddys have such a great track record on this show!

But, shouldn't the lights have flickered?

I hadn't thought about it, but he -has- to be a carrier. If the virus spread throughout the world and killed almost the entire population, it is impossible that any of the immune survivors did not get exposed. Now, how does it get transmitted?

They don't even need to have a lot of history. Not killing Midnight could just be a case of not having just found three dead children in his attic.

and… hahahaha his reaction at the end… Totally Wrong reaction, Nick!
Can't blame him, but still haha

Dividends of Queen Consolidated must be higher now that it has a CEO that actually works full time.

Yeah, I didn't cry during any of the Lances' tragic exchanges, but I couldn't help myself a little bit during that Ollie/Thea reveal scene.

Remember their negotiations with the 100 during season 1? How reasonable and open they were? Lexa even mentioned that an alliance of all the 12 tribes, like this one, was something almost unheard of, and that is even though all the 12 tribes are of grounder culture, unlike the mountain men. We've seen how tolerant…

Although there is a clear strategic advantage to getting Mt. Weather to believe that they already won and that neither Lexa nor Clarke exist anymore. (And to have them get the "throw a missile at them" out of their system)

Which shows what kind of person he is, since he was actually one of the only 2 who actually visited her cages and lived to tell it.

Kane had run off into the woods to look for Clarke.

For Lexa, it was a win-win situation. How much stronger must her position be now that, through no fault of her own, their enemies killed all the tribal leaders except her. From an "ambitious politician" standpoint, it must be a dream come true. For Clarke, it was nowhere near that clear, but she let Lexas reasoning…

Because Mt. Weather is impenetrable. With the acid fog, they can destroy any army, no matter how big. The only way to destroy Mt. Weather is from the inside.

It's not just that Mt. Weather may want to conquer them. It's that Mt. Weather would have to. The grounders aren't reasonable negotiaty types. They only reluctantly agreed to tolerate (a bit) the sky people because the possibility of destroying Mt. Weather is just too enticing.