Thanks to Abby reading Jaha’s note and informing Kane about it, we know that Jaha took off with 12 people and 12 guns. We catch up with them in The Dead Zone, where Jaha is rocking an awesome, apocalyptic-chic scarf. It all looks like sand to me (how did they find this awesome location in Canada?), but Jaha knows they’re near where he stayed before.

The tent is gone, but in its place is a cart with a woman inside. Emori, the stranded woman, says she and her brother were traveling to The City of Lights when Wastelanders attacked, took everything, and killed her brother. They were kind enough to leave her with the cart, but no water.

Murphy goes to share his (look at this character growth!) when Caspian, a fellow Arker, tries to stop him. Murphy’s response? “Touch me again, and I’ll end you… in a non-criminal way.” Okay, maybe he hasn’t grown that much.

Emori joins them on their trek to The City of Lights; along the way Murphy catches up with his new romantic love interest. He wants to know why she would leave her village and risk her life in this “beach from hell” that is The Dead Zone. They have some playful banter about not revealing their pasts, but in the end they share stories: We know, of course, Murphy is a murderer, but we learn that her only “crime” is a deformed hand—which the Grounders see as a stain on the bloodline.

And just when you’re starting to feel sorry for her, she goes and pulls a knife on Murphy while her brother/partner-in-crime holds up a handheld rocket launcher against the group. It was all a con to get their goods. But just before Emori knocks out Murphy, she whispers “due north.” How romantic.

Jaha uses that faith he’s so fond of to trust Murphy’s belief that Emori was telling the truth. So Jaha gives the rest of the group an option: stay with him and maybe find the Promised Land or die OR turn back and live. And then there were six. As they climb a sand dune in one of the most beautifully shot scenes of this show, Jaha says to Murphy: “I believe this is what they call having faith, John.” The ever-witty one replies, “Nah, I just have nothing better to do.”

Questions, Notes, Things to Watch for:

Wick was mentioned! Is there a Twitter campaign for his reappearance? I will sign that… or whatever you do with Twitter campaigns.

Clarke lying to Bellamy about Octavia being in Tondc seemed like a plotline that was dropped too easily. I suspect it will come up again.

The Ice Nation: Where is this?

Do we know any other tribes besides them and The Woods Clan?

“We are at war. And a warrior does not mourn the ones she’s lost until after the battle is won.” —post-apocalyptic life lessons from Indra

The Arkers/Grounders have two high frequency tone generators… and some Ark guns plus Ground bow and arrows. And now they’ve been hit by a missile. This does not seem like a fair war—and it’s just started.

What do you think provoked the off-target missile before Lexa’s birth?

Octavia found Reaper Lincoln trying to eat a man, and then she yelled at him in Trigedasleng. I’d say these two are having a rough patch.

So how long before everyone knows Clarke and Lexa’s secret? My guess: 1-2 episodes.

And what do you think our City of Lights timetable is? It feels like a finale reveal à la Mount Weather.