The 100 Series Finale Brought Back a Major Character

Instead this false Lexa is merely a form chosen by the leader of the unidentified, vaguely celestial beings charged with determining whether humanity – and all other species, apparently – has done enough to merit the next “evolutionary leap,” whatever that means. Turning into glowy stick people, it looks like, before joining consciousness with… something in the great beyond. The rules of transcendence are kind of a mess.

The details of it all are more than a little fuzzy, but it generally seems to be a net good for the species in question, and if it isn’t heaven, exactly, it’s certainly not hell. There are rules, however— only those who are still alive at the moment of transformation are allowed to transcend (Sorry, Bellamy. Sucks that you were right all along, I guess!) And the form of the celestial “judge” is both important and specific to the one who is taking the test on behalf of their species or people.

For Bill Cadogan, the judge appears in the form of his daughter Callie. For Raven, it’s Abby Griffin. And, for Clarke, it takes the form of Lexa. Because of course it does.

“We most often take the form of the subject’s greatest teacher or the source of their greatest failure…or can be their greatest love,” the being who appears as Callie tells Cadogan.

For Clarke, Lexa pretty much encompasses all of those things. And as such, her reappearance here is a beautiful nod to the important role she did – and still does – play in Clarke’s life. The chemistry between the pair still crackles, and there’s a certain catharsis in seeing Debnam-Carey and Eliza Taylor share the screen with each other one more time before the final credits roll.