The 100 continues Battlestar Galacticas legacy of character-driven science fiction.
(At least since the whatever the hell we want days of the earliest episodes.)
The impetus of this scene is a grieving Jasper, and the concern his friends have for him.
When Jasper connects his music player into the jeeps sound system, Monty goes to unplug it.
But Bellamy stops him Jasper needs this.
They all need this.
First, Finns angry transgressions were small.
There is no exposition.
They love each other, but that caring is constantly mediated by the danger of their present.
The scene also sets Octavia as an outsider.
LikeBattlestar Galactica, The 100expects a lot of its viewers and of itself.
And this scene in particular called to mind a similar one from the first season ofBattlestar Galactica.
After the attack, I never pined over all my old crap.
The stupid view of the parking lot.
Broken toilet in the bathroom.
You know, everyone I know is fighting to get back what they had.
Im fighting because I dont know how to do anything else.
This character doesnt get up in the morning because she believes in some higher purpose.
She gets up in the morning because its all she knows how to do.
The fighting has become routine.
Heres to many moreThe 100scenes like this one.
