Too many people kissing and stripping down to underwear don't make a show. Lucky us, the second episode of "The 100", "Earth Skills" offers a little bit more than just that.
So, we lost one member... oh, no, we actually didn't. The show trips itself up by doing that cheap trick of having someone seem to die but actually not. Clarke knows they can't leave behind their friend, and puts up a team to get him back and try to discover a little bit more of what's going on on Earth. Finn, on the other hand, doesn't seem to happy to be in danger (who would?) and Wells is having a case of I-need-you-to-look-at-me! (lucky for us, it's actually quite toned down). As I said in the previous episode, nothing new under the sun.
This second episode tries to put the dynamics of the 100 more clearly out there, but one has to wonder what all the other 80-something people are doing with all the free time they have in their hands. Bellamy tries to make his grip on the team stronger, but he still seems quite weak as a ambiguous leader. And his henchman John Murphy (Richard Harmon) is so one-side note its amazing (maybe he will start having a change of mind some episodes further down?). Up on the Ark, Clarke's mother is putting some things in motion, but the power struggle is for now less interesting that what's happening on the ground.
For now, "The 100" keeps being fun sci-fi, with some nice references and good pace, but with too many people making eyes to each other. And do they really have to get their clothes off and run into any stream or river they see?