Episodes 4x12 & 4x13 - "The Chosen" & "Praimfaya" (Part 1, The Bunker)

HOLY SPACE SUITS, BATMAN, WHAT A THRILL RIDE! Welcome back to Meta Station for the first of our two-part finale recap. Erin’s back and we have no guests, so it’s just the two of us doing what we do best – yelling about our favorite television show for six hours (which we have edited heavily and chopped into two separate parts to avoid breaking your brains with our flailing). But man oh man that was a good hour of television! Tune in Wednesday for Part 2, the Science Island Spacestravaganza, but in the meantime, let’s talk about 412, the bunker, the Blakes, Abby Griffin being the world’s best mom, how the structure of the two episodes work back-to-back as a two-part finale, and why our favorite episodes of this show are the ones where everything focuses on one A-story full of crazy adventure and emotional stakes. __________________________________________ 0:00 – REUNITED AND IT FEEEEEEEELS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD 0:02 – If 412 Was a Dark and Lowkey Somber Survival Drama, 413 Was a Thrill Ride Action Movie (THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT) 0:07 – We’re So Hyped for All Three Sets of Potential S5 Flashbacks (Space Squad, Lonely Clarke, Bunker Bickering) 0:11 - The One-Killer-Storyline Episodes of This Show Work So Well That Claire Is Even Willing to Forgive Jason for the Finale’s Complete Absence of Kabby, Though She Would Like Her Displeasure Noted For the Record 0:23 – Erin’s Thoughts on 412, Based on How Everything in 411 Led Into It, Were Decidedly Mixed, But A Lot of It Improves On Rewatch After Seeing 413 0:40 – The Moral and Emotional Difference Between “Decide Who You Invite Into the Bunker” vs. “Decide Who You Kick Out of the Bunker” 0:44 – Let’s Talk About “Good Guys”: How Abby’s Parting Words Fundamentally Transform Clarke In the Final Two Episodes 0:56 – Heads and Hearts: Abby and Bellamy Remind Clarke That Love Is Not Weakness, Which Frees Her to Be Her Best Self Even After Six Years Without Them 1:04 – A Brief Interlude to Yell About How CANON BRAVENLARKE HAS NEVER FELT SO POSSIBLE?? 1:14 – Abby’s Vision: Brain Damage-Induced Hallucination, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, or WITCHCRAFT? 1:26 – Clarke and Jaha and the Notion of “Choice” 1:33 – Jaha vs. Octavia: Bad Leaders Are Full of Certainty, Good Leaders Experience Doubt 1:43 – We Do Need to Talk About the Bindi You Guys 1:53 – TIME TO YELL ABOUT THE SHOW’S AMAZING PRODUCTION DESIGN 1:56 – We Are So Emotional About the Blakes 2:09 – Professor Erin Has Some Thoughts on This Whole Prometheus Business and Would Like to Gently Suggest Reframing the Analogy Around Pandora Instead 2:14 – Are We the Only CW Television Podcast With a Section In Our Finale Recap About Virgil’s “Georgics” y/y 2:22 – We Love the Show Touching Back So Much This Season on the Importance of Jake and Aurora 2:26 – Clarke, Octavia, Raven, Kane: This Season Is Full of Characters Finding the Truest Version of Themselves By Incorporating Every Version of Themselves Into One Self