The 100 season 2 episode 4 review: Many Happy Returns (2024)

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2.4 Many Happy Returns

Sometimes, having the characters on an ensemble show like The 100 split up and spread across multiple locations can be a great thing, like the early episodes of The 100‘s second season, but really only if it’s temporary. Sooner or later it’s good to get everyone back together and on the same page, and Many Happy Returns started that process off.

Clarke is back at Camp Jaha, for one, though Anya wasn’t so lucky. The decision to have Anya be the next casualty of this pleasingly kill-happy show is surprising given how much past episodes have asked the audience to invest in the relationship between her and Clarke, and I wonder what lasting effects their truce will have on both Clarke’s character and the relationship between our people and the grounders.

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This was a great final hour for Anya, though – biting the tracker out of her arm, having the forethought to camouflage their smell with mud – and the fight between them was fantastically brutal. We’re told so often that Clarke is a badass, but this was one sequence in which we actually got to see that demonstrated on screen.

And Finn continues his descend into ruthlessness when the group encounter a survivor from the Arc crash, voting to leave them in favour of finding Clarke faster. As Bellamy pointed out, they don’t even know if Clarke and the others are alive anymore, and it makes a lot more sense to protect those that they’re currently with. Finn is coming across a little unhinged this season, and I really do wonder how he’s going to react when he’s eventually reunited with Clarke.

But the episode made use of those red shirts that have been hanging around with Bellamy, Finn and Murphy this season, with one falling to his death while trying to save the survivor and the other now wounded from a grounder arrow. The show really needs to be delicate when dealing with these new faces, as the last thing we need is a repeat of Lost‘s infamous Nikki and Paolo debacle.

The grounder attack was deferred by a returning Octavia, who helped the boys out by sounding the horn signifying acid mist (so that’s still a thing). I like that she’s back with Bellamy, but their heartfelt reunion was a little silly after they’d not mentioned each other all season.

Back at camp Jaha, Raven had a relatively good day. She’s back with her friend, Wick, whom we met in season one, and they work together to create a beacon. Yeah, the beacon has as much chance of attracting grounders to the camp as it does alerting their own people, but she can still count it as a win. The friendship between the two of them was a nice respite from the misery and distrust elsewhere, and she even got a nifty leg brace out of it.

Having a worse day was Jaha, whose storyline was the highlight of the episode. It’s just nice to spend time in a new location which, according to the family who take him in from the crash site, is “the Dead Zone on the way to the City of Light.” The experiences of the family choosing their son over their people point out to Jaha that he might have had his priorities skewed when Wells was still alive, and it’s good to see that thread go beyond last week’s hallucinations.

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But bonding with the child and seeing parallels with his mother weren’t enough to give him a safe place to stay, as the family ended up trading him for a way back home. This part of the show could really go anywhere from here, especially since we have no idea where Jaha is, but it’s one of the things I’m most excited about.

Read Caroline’s review of the previous episode, Reapercussions, here.

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FAQs

What happens in season 2 episode 4 of The 100? ›

Storyline. Clarke faces betrayal. Meanwhile, Bellamy, Finn, Murphy, Sterling and Monroe race against time to save a survivor of the Ark crash, and Raven struggles to cope with her paralysis.

Is it worth watching The 100 season 4? ›

Season 4 of The 100 rewards longtime viewers with a deeper look at their favorite characters, as well as adding exceptional nuance and depth to their thrilling circ*mstances.

Is season 6 The 100 good? ›

Seasons 1-4 were phenomenal. Seasons 5-6 weren't as good, but still really solid seasons with some fantastic episodes. Season 7 started out great with its first two episodes & a few other gems, but for the most part was downright horrendous.

Is season 5 of The 100 good? ›

Audience Reviews

This season took a dark turn but overall was pretty good. Content collapsed. This season makes me want to grab some popcorn and rewatch the entire thing.

Is season 3 of The 100 good? ›

The 100 absolutely explodes in season three; the characters fascinate, the moral murkiness of the plot thickens, and the scope of the world expands to mythical proportions in wondrous, gripping, and appropriately novel ways.

Where did Jaha land in the 100? ›

Throughout the series

In Inclement Weather, Thelonious Jaha crawls out of his missile after arriving in the Dead Zone on Earth with the derelict Manhattan Bridge sinking into the desert sand behind him. In Many Happy Returns, Jaha wakes up and comes across Zoran, who takes him back to his mother's and father's camp.

Who was the final 2 in Physical 100? ›

At the end of several intense individual and team challenges of brute force, only four finalists remained: Crossfitter Amotti, rugby player Andre Jin, season 1 alum Hong Beom-seok, and South African actor Justin Harvey. Season 2's top two contestants, Amotti and Hong Beom-seok, in the Physical: 100 finale.

What season does The 100 get bad? ›

7 The 100 Season 7

Despite The 100 cast having strong moments like the introduction of the intriguing disciples subplot, The 100 season 7 suffers from dull pacing, a lack of narrative focus, and an absence of the high stakes that defined prior seasons.

Why was The 100 canceled? ›

The 100 ended with its seventh season because showrunner Jason Rothenberg felt it was the right time to conclude the story of the characters and didn't want to overstay their welcome.

How old is Octavia in The 100 season 4? ›

The timeline between seasons 1 and 4 lasts only half a year. Octavia is still very young when she seizes power over all 12 Grounders clans during "The Dark Year." Her chronological age at this point, being either 16 or 17, may explain why she becomes consumed with power so fast.

How old is Bellamy in The 100 season 6? ›

Starting The 100 at the age of 23, Bellamy Blake is presumably 30 years old at the time of his death. Chronologically, he lived over a span of 155 years before meeting his end in the final season of the show.

Why was The 100 so good? ›

The show frequently explored and portrayed sensitive topics like loss. Loss and sacrifice were unfortunately common themes in this post-apocalyptic world, and the impact that death and grief had on the characters was realistically conveyed throughout all seasons.

Is The 100 making a season 8? ›

Though there will be no Season 8 of The 100 on Netflix or The CW, this may not be the last we see of the show's world.

Why is Octavia so evil in season 5? ›

Octavia becomes so caught up in the power she holds over her people that she doesn't want to listen to the advice of anyone else. That's not just a flaw in leadership. That leads to a villainous act.

Will there be a spin off of The 100? ›

On November 5, more than two years after The CW ordered a prequel spinoff for The 100, news broke the project was officially dead. The proposed spinoff, glimpsed in the 100 backdoor-pilot episode “Anaconda,” would have rewound the action to the time of the nuclear apocalypse that started it all.

How old is Clarke in The 100 Season 5? ›

like actual age like for example, clarke is 18 at the start and she is 30 at the end.

Does 100 have an ending? ›

At the end of the series, the Dark Commander is permanently killed by Indra and humanity achieves Transcendence aside from Clarke who committed murder during the test. They find out the test isn't an actual war, but a way to join the alien hive mind, which is a peaceful universal consciousness that grants immortality.

Where is The 100 filmed? ›

The seventh and final season of the show was released on May 20, 2020. It follows a group of survivors ninety-seven years after a nuclear war. The 100 was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Filming also took place at Vancouver Film Studios.

How old is Lexa in Season 3 of The 100? ›

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but the timeline is a bit confusing and I don't remember much from season 3. When we meet Lexa, she's 20-22. It's safe to say she was called to lead her people when she was just a child.

What happens in season 2 episode 5 of The 100? ›

Human Trials

Kane attempts to make peace with the Grounders; Jasper participates in a risky experiment; President Dante Wallace issues a warning; Finn's search for Clarke turns violent. Content collapsed.

What happens in Season 2 Episode 3 of the 100? ›

Episode Info

Synopsis Clarke joins forces with an unlikely ally after discovering a horrifying project in Mount Weather's medical ward; Kane wants Abby to be brutally punished; Octavia fights for Lincoln.

What happens in the season 2 finale of the 100? ›

Cage runs away; and the three Sky Kids watch from the Control Room as everyone in the mess hall starts to die…. everyone including Maya. Jasper runs there just in time. He cries out, "She was innocent," but her last words are "None of us is innocent." (This is basically the show's mantra.)

What happened to Raven in the 100 Season 2? ›

In the process, Murphy shoots Raven before running away. In season two, the survivors of the Ark arrive at the dropship and Abby takes Raven to Camp Jaha to heal her. She then undergoes painful surgery, supported by Finn but she loses the use of her left leg.

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