Finn is in a dangerous position. After Lincoln's recovery, the Grounders have accepted a treaty, but they ask for Finn's head, as he has to answer for his actions. Of course, Clarke, Raven and the others are not very happy about that. But some people from the Ark think that it's better to sacrifice Finn that to let the situation escalate.
That Finn is an important character is obvious. We have known him since the first episode of the show, he was Clarke's first "love" on the ground, he was thoughtful, he wanted everyone to be cool with each other... But everyone's reaction to his behavior in previous episodes is a little bit of a stretch, as the show decides to ditch any possibility of the characters thinking coolly. With all that's going on it's more or less understandable, but it all reeks of the necessity of stretching the tension as much as possible. If any of those pesky extras had gone trigger happy, they would have been given a trial in a second. But Finn being Finn, it seems that he killing 16 people is forgivable. The fact that everyone cares about him is OK, that everyone seems so cold about the Grounders's deaths is, as said above, just an excuse to make his plight, his fear of death, the tension, stretch. And stretched it is. In that respect, the Grounders are shown to be less violent than they were before. They have actually become quite tame.
It all does for an emotional episode (what can they do to save Finn), but foreseeable (the outcome can be seen from the first second of the episode). A little bit of a lazy one here. Cute, emotional, but lazy.
That Finn is an important character is obvious. We have known him since the first episode of the show, he was Clarke's first "love" on the ground, he was thoughtful, he wanted everyone to be cool with each other... But everyone's reaction to his behavior in previous episodes is a little bit of a stretch, as the show decides to ditch any possibility of the characters thinking coolly. With all that's going on it's more or less understandable, but it all reeks of the necessity of stretching the tension as much as possible. If any of those pesky extras had gone trigger happy, they would have been given a trial in a second. But Finn being Finn, it seems that he killing 16 people is forgivable. The fact that everyone cares about him is OK, that everyone seems so cold about the Grounders's deaths is, as said above, just an excuse to make his plight, his fear of death, the tension, stretch. And stretched it is. In that respect, the Grounders are shown to be less violent than they were before. They have actually become quite tame.
It all does for an emotional episode (what can they do to save Finn), but foreseeable (the outcome can be seen from the first second of the episode). A little bit of a lazy one here. Cute, emotional, but lazy.
