If the Ark leadership was stupid for criminalizing and killing their population, the Mount Weather governors were even more stupid in turning to coercion, kidnapping, and mass killing to supply themselves with Grounder blood and later Skaikru bone marrow. In both cases moderation, communication, bargaining, trade,…

I think the writers have been consistent in showing the Ark's leadership, specifically Jaha, as having led a too harsh regime. Abby went along with it but always tried for more humane solutions to Jaha and Kane's extremism. Her looking always for alternatives is something she instilled in Clarke. That's why Clarke…

I think that was Fox, who died at Mount Weather from bone marrow extraction. In real life the actress who portrays her is or was Richard Harmon's ( Murphy) long term girlfriend.

Jeez, you said and explained everything I have been thinking, from the tardy nuance given to Pike's character to Bellamy's implausible route to redemption. Thank you for writing your comment.