[Episode Discussion] 1.01 Pilot

[tassosss]

The first discussion topic post! How this is going to work, is for those that want to do a rewatch of the show (which includes me), I'll put up a weekly discussion post where you can put reactions, links to old reaction posts, questions, thoughts, squee, joy, headshaking and anything else that strikes you. I'll have a prompting question or two to get things going if you don't know what to say but want to join in.

BEWARE! This is a spoiler zone! Unless someone requests a spoiler-free post for each episode, assume spoilers for all aired episodes through the end of season 2.

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The Pilot episode! Where we meet all of our characters with shining clean faces. What were your first impressions of the show, based on the pilot? Which characters made a good first impression? Who made a bad one? What kept you watching after the first episode?

Comments

[amalthia]

What were your first impressions of the show, based on the pilot?

Oh man, I was kind of excited about the production values and pacing. I thought it was going to be a lame romance show with all the teenagers on Earth, with smoking hot women and not so hot guys. Then the last five minutes of the episode happened and I had to see what happened next.

Which characters made a good first impression? Who made a bad one?

Clarke, Jasper, and Wells were the only characters I liked in the first episode. Bellamy was annoying, not hot, and an idiot. I wasn't sure how this group of people would survive one week on Earth let alone months.

What kept you watching after the first episode?

I kept watching because I wanted to see who the hell speared Jasper to a tree and I really liked Clarke's pov and seeing how she handled this, plus space station. I love shows that take place in space and we have so few of them, that I was willing to give the 100 a few more episodes before I called it quits.

[tassosss]

The reason I put off watching it for so long was I terrified it would be basically high school in a really cool setting, and it would be another show wasting its awesome potential. I was really not into Octavia to start with because she was the epitome of that int he Pilot. But then, yeah, the last five minutes. That's what had me coming back too.

The space station and what was happening up there was a huge draw for me too. I really liked Abby right off the bat, and did not like Kane at all.

[amalthia]

Man I was so worried especially since it seemed like Octavia was going to be the main love interest and I didn't really care for her at first. Actually, I have a list as long as my arm of all the characters I didn't like and then sometime halfway through season 1 I realized I cared what happened with these kids! I never thought I would have come to love Bellamy and find Murphy interesting. I also adore Octavia and love her storyline.

I also loved the conflict on the space station and that we see both sides, and I kept going back and forth and the right thing to do. I love Abbey and Kane's dynamic.