The Soil
Wayne’s collapse prompts the boys to call an ambulance and take him to hospital.
Royal wakes up to find himself battered and bruised. As he gathers his gear and walks away from the hole, he reflects back on his strange dream where he’s told “Time is a motherf*cker.” He also sees Wayne being taken away in the ambulance too. ..
Autumn sneaks into Royal’s house in the morning looking for the necklace Royal won in a poker game. Cecilia is not happy, pointing out it was won fairly and square. She’s equally displeased about her break-in and points a gun at Autumn. Autumn is desperate, believing it to be a ward against what’s coming. She has a sort of sixth sense, as we’ve seen across this season, and there’s a lot we don’t know about her. ..
The Royal family heads to see Dr. Nia, enquiring about the necklace. She confirms that the outside is made of amber but she’s not sure what’s encased inside. The only way to be certain is to run some tests. Their laser would allow for complete compositional make-up. However, when Royal checks a photo up on the wall, he notices a tanker for BY9, which is the same one he saw in the future visions several episodes back. Off the back of this, he decides to leave, trying to do some research into what this BY9 is.
Cecilia is startled when she sees a dead baby bear outside her window. She drives out to the wilderness and, specifically, to a wooden shed where she can bury the bear. Cecilia is worried that someone will find the bear and think it was killed by her.
Sheriff Joy starts to suspect that Perry may actually be Trevor’s killer. The election is in three weeks’ time but Joy is more interested in solving this case. She talks to her colleague about the horrors of racism she experienced in the past, specifically over how “white folks don’t get charged for attacking Indian girls on a reservation.” Based on this, and her gut instinct, she believes Perry is the real culprit.
Wayne survives his ordeal and ends up recovering back home. While he’s incapacitated, the family contemplate how to move forward with the ranch. Specifically, Cecilia quizzes just why Wayne wants the Abbott’s land. The boys aren’t so sure. Cecilia is curious as to why Wayne wants the Abbott’s land and the boys are unsure of what to do about it. ..
That night, Royal returns to the apartment with the necklace and locks it up in a vice, smashing it open and seeing what’s inside. As he holds the dust in his hands, it inexplicably turns into strange black goo that merges into his skin. Royal notices himself lying dead on the floor. Autumn is wearing a yellow shirt and calls out to him. ..
The Episode Review
The chapter slows things down considerably as we don’t really get much movement on the plot beyond Royal cracking open the amber and finding the strange black dust inside. Sure, we get confirmation that Joy suspects Perry, and Wayne is now incapacitated, but beyond that there’s not a whole lot else to cling to. ..
This week’s episode of “The 100” was released on Wednesday, but the slow pacing that last week’s double-bill adopted is back here. Given this is the shortest episode of the season, it perhaps shouldn’t feel like the longest.
The final 5 minutes of the show are intriguing enough to stick with and the acting is compelling across the board. There’s still the subject of the questionable song choices here, which don’t always work as effectively as they perhaps should. However, this is still an enticing show and the ending definitely leaves the door open for more.
