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The 100: Every season of The CW’s sci-fi series, ranked

By Amanda Mullen

The 100 -- "Sanctum" -- Image Number: HUN601b_0157r.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jordan Bolger as Shaw, Sachin Sahel as Jackson, Tasya Teles as Echo, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Eliza Taylor as Clarke and Jarod Joseph as Miller -- Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
The 100 -- "Sanctum" -- Image Number: HUN601b_0157r.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Jordan Bolger as Shaw, Sachin Sahel as Jackson, Tasya Teles as Echo, Bob Morley as Bellamy, Eliza Taylor as Clarke and Jarod Joseph as Miller -- Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW -- © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /
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The 100 — “Perverse Instantiation – Part Two” — Image HU316a_0025 — Pictured (L-R): Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa and Eliza Taylor as Clarke — Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW — © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved
The 100 — “Perverse Instantiation – Part Two” — Image HU316a_0025 — Pictured (L-R): Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa and Eliza Taylor as Clarke — Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW — © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved /

Season 3

The third season of The 100 is one of the show’s darkest and most political outings, and it made for a solid follow-up to the beloved second season of the show. One of the strongest elements of season three is that it shows the series’ women in their element. Clarke, Lexa, Octavia, Indra, Echo — they all shine throughout these episodes, and that’s always been enough to hold our interest. In particular, the scenes where women are making decisions that impact the fate of humanity stand out.

Of course, season three also deals with the fallout of Mount Weather and the tenuous relationship between Skaikru and the Grounder clans. Getting to see Polis and witness how the Grounder clans interact with and govern one another was an entertaining ride for anyone who enjoys political storylines. And even the City of Light, for all its flaws, managed to bring the third season to an action-packed, suspenseful conclusion.

Sadly, The 100′s season is tainted by a few things. One, the show’s killing of Lexa was enough to convince half the fanbase to stop watching. Engaging with the “bury your gays” trope is something that, sadly, will go down in the show’s history no matter how hard the writers tried to make up for it later on. And Lexa’s death wasn’t the only controversial one to come out of season three.

In fact, just one episode after killing the commander, The 100 killed off Lincoln, a decision that wouldn’t necessarily be good or bad on its own. But when you consider the reports of actor Ricky Whittle facing bullying on the set — and The 100‘s consistently poor treatment of characters of color — this death becomes as problematic as Lexa’s.

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