Fuzzy Dunlop

I guess they could have like super white blood cells that would clear out the damage from radiation? I'm not that far along in biochemistry.

The whole concept of entire communities of people who have evolved in three generations is freaking ridiculous, though.

brave princess

Josie, maybe b/c the Mountain Men have been underground their entire lives and haven't been exposed to many things then they might not have the anti-bodies that they need for their immune system to fight off disease and infection but the Grounders do. I have a business degree and it's been years since I took a science class of any kind so I'm probably way off.

When the guard with Abby gave Bellamy the gun and told him to find his son then said his name was Miller, I was so damn excited. I like Miller so I'm hoping it means that we might get to see more of him this season.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Can we talk about the fact that, evidently, when the original Mountain Men took cover before the bombs, they were like "Save only pastel colored clothes!!!!"

brave princess

^Maybe pastels were big at the time that the bombs started falling. Or maybe years of washing have made the once bright colors fade...

Fuzzy Dunlop

It was clearly spring when the bombs dropped. The Ark people's clothes didn't fade like that!

I was thinking for a second that you might be onto something about the Mountain Men just not having antibodies to deal with the outdoors... Like maybe they're wrong about the evolution thing (because that's just impossible) and they're just getting sick when they get exposed to stuff. But then I figured that people from the Ark should have that same problem, so that can't be it. My conclusion is that the people writing this story all have fine arts degrees and have never taken biology.

Charlone

You know, I don't read spoilers about this TV show, and I had this attitude since the first episode of the 100. I'm all the time intrigued for what's going to happen and I really enjoy it, you can try to do the same

I think that they're using their blood to improve their people's health and to improve ability to survive under the exposure of radioactivity/radiation.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Yeah, that's the obvious hand-wave explanation the show is expecting us to accept. I think we're questioning the actual mechanism of that. Like how does that work? That's what I'm questioning, anyway.

brave princess

I still haven't gone back to watch the episode yet but didn't the guy that Clarke saw all healed towards the end, isn't he the same one that they brought in with "radiation" burns? Radiation burns aren't going to be healed with a blood transfusion. So there's something else going on.

There were people on twitter saying that Jaha couldn't have survived his space jump when the glass broke on his helmet but they're wrong. He was only exposed for a few seconds and then immediately got in the decompression chamber. So yeah, the science was right there. Jason also tweeted about Jaha's space jump and how they consulted with NASA on the mechanics of whether or not it would be possible.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Yeah, that part makes no sense at all. I think the "something else" that's going on is that the writers don't know what they're talking about. The whole storyline is shenanigans.

Yeah, if it's less than like 15 seconds, he'd be okay. I don't even think they needed that extra bit of drama with the helmet breaking. Just launching himself across open space is freaky enough on its own!

Why do they research the physics but not the biology?!

bonnie51

well, we know that the Grounders heal differently from when they gave Murphy the virus and it started killing people when to the Grounders it was basically a cold or something, Lincoln said.

brave princess

I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. B/c if it's just a simple "we can go outside b/c of solar radiation blah blah blah" then Dante was actually telling the truth. They just use horrible methods to ensure that they stay alive. HOWEVER, I don't think it's as simple as that. There's something else going on here. So I'm okay with not having all of the answers right now and wondering what the hell is going on.

Fuzzy Dunlop

Do we know that they heal differently, though? I thought they had just built up an immunity to that particular virus.

Unless part of the eventual explanation is that Dante was lying about the Grounders and the Arkers evolving in 97 years, then I am still calling shenanigans. It just doesn't happen that fast, even in small populations.

Sehj_Delena

I thought this episode was just amazing. It is a great lead up to episode 3 which I think is going to be an action packed one. Jaha scenes were done brilliantly but looks like he has landed in no mans land very very far away from any civilization. I think he is going to run into Finn and Bellamy at some stage plus Linsey Morgan was great! That scene gave me chills. I found it abit hilarious though that the two scared kids are accompanying Finn and Bellamy on their search for the 48. I mean c'mon now!

brave princess

^They need red shirts with Bellamy, Finn and Murphy that they can kill off.

So on the re-watch, I saw part of the Brooklyn Bridge behind Jaha's missile which means he's in New York. I hope he has a compass and a map if he ever hopes to find his people.

Sehj_Delena

^Poor kiddos

So if Jaha is in New York does that mean Octavia is in DC? The distance by foot between these two places will be quite a task but maybe Jaha will find some new people along the way who he will bring along to the main camp?