Episode 5x07: "Acceptable Losses"

First things first: Meta Station is raising money for RAICES Texas to help reunite and free immigrant detainee families! We started with a goal of raising $2500, which we BLEW OUT OF THE WATER in less than 24 hour thanks to the enormous generosity of Lola Flanery (Madi), Marie Avgeropoulos (Octavia), and 49 other amazing fans, so now we are just going to see how much money we can raise between now and August 7, when the season finale airs! You can donate to our fundraiser here: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/meta-station-supports-refugee-kids/ Or, if you're outside North America, you can donate directly to RAICES here: https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/2086450 If you donate to RAICES directly and still want to be included in our fundraiser, you can DM us a screencap of your donation receipt (here or on Twitter or Tumblr). Crowdrise accepts offline donations, so we can still add you to our total and send you lots of love! ----------- We had LOOOOOOTS to say about this episode!! (*laughs nervously and looks an runtime*) Jasper and Monty! Clarke and Monty! Octavia and Indra! Kara Cooper going full-on war criminal! Blodreina using everyone else's hypocrisy to excuse her own amoral strategic choices! Kabby and Recho breaking ALL our hearts! SHAW AND DIYOZA BACKSTORY THAT WE WOULD TOTALLY WATCH AN ENTIRE TV SHOW EXPLORE SAY HOW'S THAT PREQUEL COMING JASON ROTHENBERG?!?! This was a fun one, fam! 3:00 - Make It Mean Something: Jasper, Monty, & The Letter (TW: lots of suicide mentions) 21:00 - How Jasper Breaks the Cycle of War 28:00 - Jonty and the Struggle to See Outside the Cycle 34:00 - Madi Kom Clarkekru, the One True Breaker of Cycles? 46:00 - Could Madi Save Octavia from Blodreina? 50:30 - Bellamy, Clarke, Blodreina, and Interrogating "I Do It For 'My People'" 54:30 - The Return of Heart Over Head Bellamy (Your Plans Suck, But We Still Love You) 1:00 - Power Vs Powerlessness and Inevitability Vs Choice 1:04 - Ecosystems Are Another Cycle Being Broken, Which Is...Probably Not Great? 1:07 - Chekhov's Algae: Is Monty the Key to Salvation This Season? 1:16:30 - "Let's talk about WOOORMMMSSS!" Claire Sings Through Her Nausea (But We Quickly Segue to Octavia and Indra Because Ewwwww Worms) 1:30 - The Myth of Skairipa Vs. the Myth of Blodreina: Pluralism Vs. Totalitarianism 1:37:15 - RAVEN AND ECHO ARE FRANDS ...Until They're Not And Our Hearts Get BROKEN 1:52 - We Are LIVING for This Shaw and Diyoza Backstory 2:01 - Speculation-palooza: The Many Exciting Ways the Show Could Shuffle the Decks, Loyalty-Wise 2:10:30 - STOP! Kabby Time! 2:40 - Baby, You're a Game Changer