As Clarke races against the clock to lower the shield, everyone is at risk in Sanctum.
Once were free, you will burn.
These are words that Madi/Sheidheda promises to Russell.
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But at the end of Adjustment Protocol, its the God of Sanctum whos practicing a scorched earth policy.
In this episode, we see how his obsession for eternal life knows no bounds.
Abby is immediately heartbroken upon seeing Josie.
Hes planning to resurrect all the Primes that evening, including Simone, who hes eager to bring back.
Trying to stall him, Clarke tells him to wait until shes there to do it.
Abby then apologizes for calling Jackson a war criminal, and they have a tender moment together.
(In retrospect, this should have been a sign.)
Just then, Josie walks in and hugs Abby.
But Clarke says she needs Ravens help with the shield.
Slight wrench in the plan: When Clarke enters the machine shop, she finds Ryker dead.
But it doesnt matter.
He says they have enough hosts and bone marrow doses to resurrect everyone.
Outside the walls, Gabriel and his crew approach the radiation barrier.
Gabriel decides to practice patience until he hears a couple of nearby guards discussing that evenings Naming Day.
I cant sacrifice the few to save the many, he yells back to Bellamy and O. Clarke is on the hunt to find Priya, whom she can use to get the barrier down.
She finds her in the bar, where Gaia, Echo, and Miller are hiding.
Thinking that the two are going to wipe a host, the trio comes out to kill them.
But when Josie takes out Priya herself, they realize its Clarke.
She fills them in on the plan.
Banished from the lab, Abby, Raven, and Jackson wait in the hall of Prime bones.
She says she focused on what she lost, not on what she has.
She apologizes for all of it, and finishes her speech, You are my family, Raven.
You guys, double apologies in an episodedefinitelyraises a red flag.
Russell comes in and ruins the moment.
He has five hosts with him, but Abby points out she made six blood marrow doses.
He smiles and injects her in the neck.
Gabriel walks into Sanctum and drops the red sun toxin into the water.
Immediately after, a guard notices and Gabriel asks to be taken to Russell Prime.
Face to face, the two foes argue about the meaning of life.
Gabriel says, Without death, life is meaningless.
Just then, an alarm goes off signaling the red sun toxin.
Using the distraction, Gabriel grabs a guards gun and trains it on Russell.
Meanwhile, Clarke has convinced Priya to take down the shield.
Echo has an idea: They use the truth.
They kill them, he says.
They steal your bodies so they can live forever.
And Priya backs him up.
Non-believers must be purified, he says as he throws it into the crowd.
The Children of Gabriel have masks, but everyone else starts fighting.
Delilahs mom kills Priya for taking her daughter.
Clarke and Gaia (posing as Josies guard) head back into the palace just in time.
And before she knows it, Abby walks in.
But its not Abby, its Simone.
Russell used Abbys body as a host to resurrect his wife.
No no no no no no no no.
Still pretending to be Josie, Clarke cant even react to the loss of her mother.
Holding my breath until next week… How are you all doing?
