Rememberlast weekwhen Clarke jumped to Bardo and found her three friends as Disciples for the Shepherd?
I wondered how much time had passed since we first saw Octavia and the rest agree to be warriors.
And in The Flock, we get a quick answer: three months.
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When the doors open, they see an eerie wasteland with crystalized bodies all over the place.
Octavia says that Bardoans were 10-foot aliens with superior technologies andtheyresupposed to fight whoever didthisto them?
Yes, Anders says.
I do love me an unwinnable war, Diyoza replies.
So they begin their training, with Levitt as their head trainer.
Hes been made their trainer because of how well he knows Octavia from her time in M-Cap.
He clues them in to what theyre in for: lots of messing with their minds.
Anders comes in and brings four other trainees who will be their partners.
He tells them to spar and the four women immediately drop all these people on the ground.
We see Diyoza tied up back in the cabin while someone tries to kill a crying baby Hope.
Anders swoops in to save the baby, but he says its not Diyozas baby.
Shes all of ours, he explains.
She belongs to the cause.
And he takes the baby away.
Diyoza wakes up in a simulation room screaming.
Anders says she failed this test, just like O and Hope did.
They see human babies growing in a lab.
(Sounds a little… master race to me??)
Diyoza asks what happens once the children are born.
Anders himself guides them through this one: deep breaths and citing a prayer about the Shepherd.
Back in their room, Echo says the Disciples are always watching and Hope needs to play along.
She shouts back at her, but Octavia agrees: Hope needs to get her anger under control.
Diyoza says all the Disciples want to see from them is single-minded devotion.
If she can bury her feelings down, they can all get through.
Next, they get to start training with the suits and weapons.
The small amount they have could wipe out the whole planet again.
They call it Gem 9, and Im sure it wont come up again!
And you know who isnt keeping their emotions under control?
Hope has other things on her mind, namely revenge.
She comes into Echos room with a flame thrower and says she has a plan.
They will torch the oxygen farm and kill everyone on Bardo before leaping through the Anomaly Stone.
Echo says they at least need to get O and Diyoza on board.
Not willing to waste her shot, Hope goes out to the trees and is about to start flame-throwing.
Echo wakes up in a simulation.
It was the final challenge, and she passed.
So do Diyoza and Octavia, who also kill Hope in the simulation.
So theres all that, and then over at Sanctum, we have the Nikki and Nelson problem.
Theyve taken over the Palace and are holding people hostage.
Emori is trying to comfort Madi when Nelson drags her away.
Emori tries to yell out that Murphy shouldnt do anything, but Nikki cuts her off.
And Murphy wont hear it anyway.
She says there was no one there except dead bodies she didnt recognize.
Murphy says they only have one option: to get Sheidheda to go with him and buy some time.
Sheidheda gives in to this plan as long as they give in to his demands.
He wants 20 minutes a day outside and someone to play chess with.
When Indra relents, he even offers them some advice (hello red flag!!).
Thanks to being Russells body, he knows about a secret tunnel under the palace.
Alyssa, his faithful servant, can take Indra and Wonkru through as Murphy and Russell present themselves.
So, Russell and Murphy walk into the palace.
They have to immediately explain that Raven is at the second compound, which Nikki isnt buying.
Murphy spills the beans first, then Emori does.
The room erupts in chaos, but Nikki only cares about Raven.
She says she has one minute to show or shell shoot Emori.
Then Sheidheda reveals that he also isnt Russell Prime and things really get crazy.
Indra orders Wonkru to get everyone out of the room, except the Faithful.
Problem is he has Alyssa so wrapped around his finger that she brought him the keys to his shackles.
Indra tells Wonkru to stand outside the door no matter what and she walks away.
And just then from inside, the Dark Commander bellows, pop launch the door, in Trigedasleng.
The guards fire up the door and find him standing in a room full of bodies.
Hes murdered them all, and the Grounders bow to him.
Indra, I know I said I was excited for you to lead, but NOT LIKE THIS.
