By the end of Season 2, The 100 established its core thesis: survival is a zero-sum game. In one of the most shocking sequences in modern TV history, Clarke is forced to pull a lever that irradiates Level 5 of Mount Weather, killing every man, woman, and child inside—including innocent allies—to save her people. There is no triumphant music. There is only Clarke, covered in blood, screaming "I bear it so they don't have to." The show’s greatest strength is its refusal to provide clean heroes. Every character, from the noble Kane (Henry Ian Cusick) to the fierce Octavia Blake (Marie Avgeropoulos), commits atrocities in the name of "my people." The show coins its own philosophy: "There are no good guys."
This is best embodied in the character of Octavia, who transforms from the girl under the floor into "Bloodreina," a tyrannical leader who forces her starving people to cannibalism in a bunker to maintain order. The show forces the audience to ask: Is she a monster, or a savior? The answer is always both. The 100 is a show of distinct eras. Seasons 2-4 are widely considered peak science fiction, focusing on a second apocalyptic event (a nuclear meltdown of the world’s power plants) and the political machinations of surviving factions. Serie The 100
8/10 (Seasons 1-4: 9/10; Seasons 5-7: 7/10) By the end of Season 2, The 100