The characters on The CW's The 100 took their final bows during season 7, bringing the sci-fi series about survival to a close. Over the course of the show's seven seasons, however, each and every major player journeyed a long way, making difficult decisions that tested their resolve and ultimately led them down paths they'd never imagined.
Still, even with all the shocking changes thrown their way over the series' run, they did manage to obtain some of the things they wanted back in season 1. Things may not have played out as they would have liked or intended, but here's what the delinquents and their friends successfully accomplished by the end.
10 Peace
Although the characters from The 100 likely envisioned peace much differently back in season 1, they did ultimately end the fighting and wars created by the human race by the time season 7 came to a close. During the finale, the Judge and Raven debate whether or not human beings can actually rise above the fighting caused by tribalism, and Octavia's call for peace proves Raven correct. As everyone puts their weapons down, it's clear humans aren't rotten all the way through.
Of course, whether that peace would have lasted is another question, as transcendence takes nearly all of them to a higher consciousness right after. Still, when the main characters return to Earth, that means there's no one left to fight -- and thus, the peace they'd been wishing for throughout all seven seasons became theirs at long last.
9 Life On The Ground
The very first episode of The 100 opens with Clarke drawing pictures of the ground, wishing to experience life on Earth. Of course, when the delinquents arrive on their once home planet, they realize it's not all sunshine and rainbows -- especially when their time there becomes marked by non-stop fighting. And after the fifth season of the show, it doesn't seem like they'll ever get to live out their lives on Earth. The series finale, however, proves them wrong.
Somewhere between all jumping through space and time, Earth healed enough for the group to return and live out the rest of their days. It's not quite as cushy as their home on Sanctum was, but it's exactly the sort of lifestyle they wanted back when the show began.
8 No Rules
Remember Bellamy's insistence that "on the ground, there are no rules" all the way back in season one? Well, since Clarke and her small group of friends are living on Earth with no hierarchies or governments in place, it seems they finally got that. They can officially do "whatever the hell they want." It's just a shame Bellamy wasn't around to see it.
Of course, because they all have some level of morality, it's unlikely they will do anything they want. But as it stands, there's no power structure to topple or concern themselves with. They're free of the limitations of "society" at last.
7 Absolution
In a way, transcendence freed many of the characters from The 100 from the guilt and pain they'd felt for their actions over the past seven seasons. Those actions began back in season one when the group was forced to do irredeemable things to survive their war with the Grounders. By the end of the series, the characters were finally able to make peace with their choices, even if they hadn't entirely dealt with the repercussions of them onscreen.
Even so, after seasons of the characters feeling guilt for their previous actions, it was nice to get a final shot of them healing and at peace. It's more than most viewers expected.
6 Freedom
From the pilot episode, when the hundred delinquents were imprisoned for the crimes they'd committed on the Ark, so right up until the end of season seven, many of the characters from the series desperately desired freedom. Octavia is a prime example of this, forced to live life under the floor and then in a jail cell for the majority of her childhood and teenage years.
Clarke, however, also quickly began wishing for freedom -- freedom from leading and making decisions for her people. By the series finale, characters like Octavia and Clarke got their wish: to be free of the things that once constrained them and to come and go as they pleased on the Ground.
5 To Reach Mount Weather
This first season wish came true way before the series finale of the show, but The 100 starts out with the characters landing far from where they were originally supposed to. And although Clarke initially tries to set out for Mount Weather, the dangers presented by the Grounders stop her from achieving that in season 1.
Of course, the second season's plot introduces Mount Weather, bringing the characters there without much choice. And, sadly, the place definitely doesn't live up to expectations. Not only is Clarke forced to flee, but she and the rest of her people end up at war with the place -- a war that concludes with devastating results.
4 A Choice
Since the beginning, the characters on The 100 have had limited options. And while one could argue they did have plenty of choices over the course of the series, it rarely felt like they had any good ones. Their survival was always at risk, or some greater force was always at play.
In the end, the characters who returned from transcendence did get to choose that future -- and it seems they'll get to make decisions that work best for them moving forward. It's a far cry from being stuck between a rock and a hard place, which most of them were throughout all of the show's seasons.
3 Love
In line with their age when The 100 first opens, many of the characters look for love on Earth -- usually of the romantic variety. Raven tries rekindling her romance with Finn before going on to date numerous characters. Clarke also tries with Finn, then winds up falling for Lexa. Octavia is on the hunt for romance before crossing paths with Lincoln.
And although not all of them find lasting romantic relationships by the time season 7 ends, they do find love within their found family. What else can you call it when an entire group returns from life without pain to make sure Clarke isn't alone?
2 To Be The Good Guys
Since the show began, a running theme on The 100 is what it means to "be the good guys." In a series where everyone is just doing their best to survive, sticking to that sentiment isn't always easy. However, it's something Clarke and Bellamy wanted to do since the atrocities that took place at Mount Weather. And season 7 saw humanity kind of living up to Abby's and Monty's expectations.
Human beings did end up being the good guys when they set down their weapons and chose peace. Of course, Clarke and Bellamy weren't involved in that -- and one could argue the two of them never truly achieved that from an objective perspective.
1 Survival
Raven puts it best when speaking to the Judge during the season 7 finale: The group has done terrible things, but they've survived. And isn't survival really what they've been fighting for since the pilot episode aired?
Sure, the characters from The 100 probably would have preferred an easier, less violent path to survival. But at the end of the day, they got exactly what they wanted: Humanity persevered.
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