The anomaly is different things to different people: For Gabriel, its a riddle he needs to solve.
For Octavia, its the world keeping her from her brother.
For Diyoza, its the home shes dreamed of.
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For Hope, its the only home shes ever known, one she calls Sky Ring.
And for us viewers, its a giant cluster.
Thats why The Garden was so fun to watch.
It seems like a peaceful place until she hears a woman crying.
Octavia follows the sounds to find Diyoza in a house about to give birth.
As we know, Hope is safely born and Diyoza is excited to raise her baby in this world.
Assuming there are no threats in a new world has never worked out well onThe 100.
As Hope grows, Auntie O spends much of her time attempting to swim back down to the anomaly.
Diyoza doesnt want her to go for a couple of reasons.
Besides it being dangerous, she also doesnt want her leaving her and Hope alone.
But Diyoza sabotages it: She destroys the suit, so O has to stay.
In a scene that had me sobbing (anybody else?
), Octavia explains to Diyoza how she needs to get back to Bellamy simply to say she understands.
She understands why he did what he did.
With no way to get back to him, O writes a letter.
She recognizes the darkness that was inside her but its gone now and she loves him.
She puts the letter in a water bottle and fills it with rocks.
She drops it down into the lake and the anomaly.
And that is how Diyozas dream world turns into a nightmare.
See, the anomaly isnt a one-way street.
Going through this side leads you to another world, one that Hope calls Bardo.
Shes about 10 years old when her mother and aunt are captured.
Cut to 20-year-old Hope: She submerges in the lake just like O did but shes not alone.
Gabriel and Echo arrive in Sky Ring, where theyre given background info in bits and pieces.
Heres what we learn:
So, Hope stabbing Octavia was actually hertaggingher.
Apparently, the Disciples said they would return her mother if she got O back for them.
The bad news is the code did not hold up during her lake trip and has washed away.
More bad news: Theres an imprisoned man living in Hopes old house.
Hes suffering from what Gabriel calls isolation syndrome, so theres no telling how long hes been there.
His forearm countdown clock says he has five more years.
(Diyoza had forbidden it before.)
(I have to point out that its odd that 1.
He has this because its not like they packed for this expedition and 2.
The lake didnt kill it!?)
Anyway, they watch the Mind Drive.
Long story short: Eligius III crashed on this planet,a.k.a.
Planet Beta, and Colin was the only survivor.
So, what Im hearing is … TIME IS A FLAT CIRCLE!
When he goes back inside, the prisoner has the memory viewer in his hands.
Nothing ever comes easy to these characters… or for us viewers.
But all I have to say is keep it coming.
