@withadventure UPDATE 12/25/21 - I've now made it through S4:E6 and I can say that this episode absolutely makes sense now. Still wish we'd had more character development for Adira before this. It seems like the script writers tried to make this event her main introductory 'hook' so to speak, to get more viewers on-board and start seeing her character as one of the crew. IMO this episode is still out of place and didn't completely work for me where it was in the timeline, but having perspective and being able to go back and rewatch it definitely does add to Adira's character. Knowing more about her I can also appreciate her story more because I have more context for what all of this meant to her. Just some thoughts I was having after watching the most recent episode and I wanted to come back and update this review.
Review by ShayBlockedParent2021-12-10T06:28:19Z
We're starting to get into 'The 100' strange new world territory. It feels like the script writers exhausted their initial ideas and now it's just basically anything goes.
Not saying I hate it. Obviously I'm still watching it - but season 3 is very very different from seasons 1 and 2 so far.
Sonequa is amazing, as usual, but this episode was lackluster in comparison to the rest of the season so far. Partially because we have very little to no context on why Adira is so important. Taking a foray at the very beginning of a season to explore an emotional story with a character we literally just met, while we're still trying to come to terms with the end of the previous season and what that means for our characters this season, was a poor move. Despite the episode being emotional I still struggled to connect with Adira's character because I didn't know her. There was little character development before this point so the story didn't hit as hard as it probably could have.
Looking forward to the rest of the season but I hope that the plot starts to make more sense/become more tied into the rest of the series.