The best show on broadcast TV

I agree, it's my favorite show going right now. Looking forward to each new episode. Last season was OK, but it started to feel a bit drawn out, a bit repetitive, and kind of felt like the end of the show. But it's really gotten interesting with the new scenario.

It is interesting and awesome, but the direction of quality is in reverse.

Season 1 was the strongest because we didn't know what was happening so there was a lot of mystery and intrigue. I remember the first time I saw a mysterious grounder with a strange yet cool looking mask spying on the group - appearing as some kind of sinister monster in the scene.

It worked because the audience didn't know anything about this lurking threat which unfortunately didn't turn out to be as dangerous as they first appeared to be.

Then the writers marginalized the grounders in later seasons to where they weren't a big deal. As the appeal of the intrigue wore off they lost their ability to be threatening or perceived as a severe threat since the show tried to normalize the grounders.

The later seasons were fine until season 5. They really have gone out the box with irrational story arcs - Octavia a blood queen grounder tyrant? Really?? - and too much emphasis on certain characters and their group dynamics.

There was no need to rehash the Jasper-Monty dynamic which turned out to be super goofy because the would be Jasper suicide note to Monty was not nearly as profound or thought provoking as the writers thought it was. It only illustrated how much of an apathetic and sissified nihilist Jasper really was.

Jasper was a coward who succumbed to his pessimism and now through extension of his dead friend the same thing is happening to Monty.

Not looking good for the writing in season 5.