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The 100 - HOMEBASE

"Survival isn't who you are. It's who you become."

Premise
A century after Earth was made uninhabitable by a nuclear war, the survivors - descendants of the crews of several space stations orbiting at the time - send down a hundred teenagers to the surface in a desperate bid to find out whether it is habitable again. The teenagers, each convicted of (largely petty) crimes and thus "expendable", are now alone on a (supposedly) uninhabited planet while, on the Ark, the adults try and find a way to eke out their dwindling resources. Each group is split by opposing agendas and interpersonal conflicts, fighting to survive not just their environments as well as each other.

Previous Episodes
1x01 Pilot
1x02 Earth Skills
1x03 Earth Kills
1x04 Murphy's Law
1x05 Twilight's Last Gleaming
1x06 His Sister's Keeper
1x07 Contents Under Pressure.
1x08 Day Trip
1x09 Unity Day
1x10 I Am Become Death
1x11 The Calm
1x12 We Are Grounders, Pt 1.

Current Episode
1x13 We Are Grounders, Pt 2.

Future Episodes
Season 2, to come.

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The adults on the Ark have to deal with an assassination attempt and a power grab after 100 teenagers are sent to Earth to test whether its habitable.

My first thought, shortly they arrived on Earth was "Wow, this went all Lord of the Flies really fast"

I really enjoyed the episode though. I was hooked pretty quickly and watched the second one right after and the third the next day :)

Yeah I was rewatching yesterday and I swear there's kids making out in the woods in the background of one of the scenes. Considering Octavia and Bellamy's Mom was killed for having a second child I did wonder whether sex was one of the big restrictions on the Ark. Then again, how long do you think some of those kids had been in lock up? Maybe it was just the first contact they were able to have in a while, which may also explain why they are so quick to go to the physical aggression. It was maybe not the best idea to put a bunch of resentful, angry kids in one place together. :)

Then again with Kane and Abby's conflicts and how quickly Kane tries to float her perhaps its endemic to the culture they have... it is a culture that is based on state sanctioned murder for the merest of crimes, have to wonder what that teaches kids.

Yeah, I'm curious to whether sex was restricted or not on the Ark. But yeah, I'm sure some of those kids were locked up for a while. And while a lot of them (if not most) were only guilt of petty crimes, I'm guessing there were more than a few put away for more serious ones. So yeah, they put 100 teenaged criminals in the same place together with no grown-ups or real authority figures. Not the best of ideas, then again I think for the most part a lot of them were thinking they were just sending them to die there anyways.

It has to be a difficult culture to be raised in, it isn't as if there are a lot of good choices. You have to keep the population down to survive and as we see that isn't even working anymore. And the only way to slim down the population is to kill people. The fact that they use the softened and seemingly casual term "floating" to indicate what is essentially capital punishment is pretty telling.

I understand wanting the human race to survive, but how far do you go? What cost are you willing to pay to do that, which I think a lot of the adult plot stuff back on the Ark is about.

I'm guessing everything was restricted on the Ark, remember Finn was being locked up for wasting oxygen and they have limited allowance for babies so restricting the sex would be a way to go. Unless they're all on some form of birth control (Would they have the resources and medicines for such large scale birth control? Or any birth control?). I have so many questions about the Ark, like: if there were 400 people three generations ago and they're restricted to one child then how come there's now 4000? and How do their resources get split? and How do they maintain a diverse genetic stock with a limited number of people, do they have a geneology department? and If they kill people for the slightest thing then what happens when they actually need the skills of the person who violated the law? (or is that where the Chancellors veto comes in? Is it one of the ways in which the "privileged" keep their privilege?) So many questions. And that's not even getting to the whole "where do they get their energy from? Solar panels? A reactor?" question. :) I do like worlds with lots of questions. Even if most of them will probably never be answered. :)

Having discovered that Jasper may still be alive, Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, Finn and Monty set out on a mission to locate their friend and are shocked at what they find. Meanwhile, on the Ark, Abby is determined to get to Earth, and enlists Raven to craft an escape pod.

Edited 2014-04-10 20:41 (UTC)

In a desperate attempt to treat Jasper’s festering wounds, Clarke, Finn and Wells set out in search of a seaweed antibiotic. Bellamy and his crew go hunting for food, and are joined by Charlotte, a lovable 13-year-old, who feels safe under Bellamy’s protection. A thick, acidic fog appears, forcing Clarke, Finn and Wells to seek shelter inside an ancient van. While they are trapped, Clarke confronts Wells on his betrayal that resulted in her father’s death.

Edited 2014-04-10 20:39 (UTC)

After the shocking death of one of their own, Clarke and Finn grow closer as they try to figure out a way to communicate with the Ark. Bellamy must keep the group from turning on one another as life on Earth takes a desperate turn. Meanwhile, Abby risks having herself floated in order to give Raven the chance to stow-away in the escape pod bound for Earth.

This episode was all about relationships and character arcs: the clearly misplaced sibling/protective feels Bellamy has for Charlotte (poor kid, she was so messed up, but can you imaging Bellamy having to keep Olivia quiet, protected on the Ark before they got caught? I'm thinking Charlotte was triggering all those instincts in him); Bellamy and Clarke starting to work together and Bellamy starting to realise that not only did he set out to rule those kids but, by doing so, he made himself responsible for them; Clarke's relationship with her Mom (how even separated by, oh, an atmosphere and a heap of vacuum they still end up hurting and motivating each other); Jasper and Olivia being adorbs, and; Finn and Clarke supporting each other (although I could so do without all that yucky kissing at the end, dnw). Finn turning out to be Raven's boyf is just... disappointing. I thought she had better taste, Finn is just so Blah. Useful to have around, but uninspiring and a bit too smug. I liked it but I don't know, I think this episode was kind of underwhelming. I expected more drama and more yelling and debating instead of an episode of kids running around the forest. Even Charlotte's story feels very quickly wrapped up without them having to actually resolve the issue. Also Murphy is a dick but, seriously, they string him up, beat him up, clearly tell him that he is cared about less than a kid who actually admits to murder and still at the end they punish him, they banish him. I do think this will come back to bite them. I don't think for one second that he's going to actually skulk off into the shadows to never be seen again. It would be interesting to see if some of the other guys go off to him as well so that we end up with two groups of kids fighting for dominance. We know that more kids that just Charlotte have killed people, we're told that in an aside by Bellamy, so there might come a point where the rougher edges, the more anti-social members of the 100 just can't be contained by the group. And banishment seems an amazing way to conveniently split people off.

I'm unconvinced by the stuff on the Ark. That seems a lot like the usual boring power plays and egos clashing and Trust No One bs. I liked the supportive relationship of Abby and Raven (omg Abby don't die!) but, to be honest, could have fast forwarded through the rest of it.

I had been wondering who Raven's bf was going to end up being. I was a little bit surprised that it was Finn, but I guess they are setting up the "traditional" love triangle this way.

Banishment was actually an extremely common punishment in older societies. The fear of banishment was often stronger than the fear of death and was a very strong deterrent. It was often considered a softer punishment that death though, because the person at least had a chance to survive.

Do I think they made the right choice in banishing Murphy? I think Murphy was a problem that needed to be dealt with. Will banishing him come back to bite them on the ass? Probably. It does seem to be that kind of show.

Clarke’s newfound romance with Finn is threatened. Octavia suffers a blow to the head and wakes up to find a Grounder watching her. On the Ark, Abby exposes Kane’s plan to reduce the population of the Ark. Jaha and Abby notice a signal and realize at least some of the 100 must still be alive on Earth.

Raven and Clarke are way too good to be messing about with boring Finn! I'm rooting for Clarke and Raven: BFFs. :) I like that, as time goes on, Bellamy's hard-ass act is kind of failing, his softer, uncertain side is coming out and we're getting the idea that he has no clue. :)

I thought actually killing the 300 people on the ship was really a strong move although if they had actually killed someone who we cared about it would have been stronger still. Having a guy introduced just to later sacrifice himself is just kind of lazy (but understandable). That the Council was terrified that the people gathering were a mob... only for them to be there to volunteer was pretty powerful. Kane and Abby and Jaha might spend all their time on power plays and politics but the normal people on the ship, they're just getting by, trying to look after their kids, trying to do what's right. Its kind of a shame that all the bs politics is getting in the way of all that amoungst the privileged.

Bellamy leads his crew into Grounder territory as they search for Octavia. Raven can’t help but notice the deep connection between Finn and Clarke. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Bellamy’s and Octavia’s childhood on the Ark.

Jasper and Octavia are just so cute! I like that, first time she got out, he was there although I'm not convinced he'd remember her like a year plus later. But it was cute how determined he was to go and get her. (Although, seriously, Octavia sweetie, stop having to get rescued by the boys. She can't take a swim without needing rescued. She can't walk down a hill without needing rescued. She can't make her own escape without being rescued. She couldn't even unlock her own padlock without Bellamy there to help her with the key, although props to her for managing to knock out that Grounder).

Raven and Clarke both show themselves to be too good for Finn. Raven gives them a specific timescale for how long they've been down there - Ten days - which seems completely unlikely given how much Jasper has recovered from a giant spear to the chest and massive infection already. Also it means the Council gave the kids less than ten days before it decided to kill a bunch of people. Not cool. Did they just fail to plan any contingencies in at all?

Bellamy! Poor Bellamy. From the day Octavia was born he was given way too much responsibility, he wrecked his own career/security before it even started trying to look out for her, and then made a mistake that got his Mom killed and his sister locked up. And it was Kane's right hand dude who got Bellamy to shoot the Chancellor (with only twenty minutes to decide whether to ever see his sister again)!! No wonder Bellamy looked so releived last week when Raven told him that the Chancellor was ok- he wasn't part of some long drawn out conspiracy he was just drafted at the last minute and has probably been running on adrenalin ever since. I like him more now that he's settling down and letting all that bravado slip. Although I wonder whether that's because he's kind of got rid off his main competition for leader with Wells and Murphy and has decided Clarke is useful (and he kind of digs her). :)

Oh and, needs more Grounders!! Like actual fleshed out information Grounders. :)

Clarke and Raven make contact with the Ark, and Abby guides Clarke through a dangerous procedure in a desperate move to save one of their own. Meanwhile, on the Ark, Abby is removed from the council, and former Chancellor Diana Sydney takes her place. Jaha reveals to Abby that there are not enough drop ships for everyone on the Ark to go down to Earth, and Kane begins to deal with his guilt over his recent decision."

Man this show is getting grim. :D There's like no good choices, and even when there are choices they're not exactly choosing the right ones. I'm fairly certain torture is never the answer Clarke and Bellamy.

I'm so much more invested in the things happening on the ground. The things happening on the Ark seem so... dull. I feel like we don't know enough about the people living up there, the society, but instead are getting endless political wrangling. I have no interest in politics (well the type of politics politicians do at least) but I am interested in people. When Raven was up there and she and Abby were trying to work round the systems in place that was interesting. The back story for Olivia and Bellamy, that was also interesting in what it told us about the Ark's society. The politicians, the spaces Abby and Jaha inhabit, are so ... sterile. They don't feel lived in, they feel moved through and managed. Kane's reaction to the kids contacting them seemed totally out of character. That he was all "if I'd just waiting a day", esp when Jaha knew all the time that, even if the kids did survive, at least those 300 would have to die because they have over a thousand too many people to get down to earth, is interesting because it kind of implies that Jaha might be, for all his angsting and moralising, more ruthless than Kane. The Ark is becoming a tomb.

I'm guessing Ellen Tigh isn't going to be a good person. I'm hoping that will enliven things on the Ark. Also, since she kept talking about "her people, the workers" and Jaha refered to his people voting her out, implies more about that culture so maybe she will lead into more of an examination of the society.

On the ground things just keep getting worse. Finn is gravely injured (do we care? He's totally still trying it on with Raven and Clarke even though both of them are awesome and he is, well, not). There's a storm and even though the storm is doing Major Structural Damage and clearly is Not Good, Bellamy is more concerned with getting information from the Grounder he's dragged back to the ship than he is with keeping the rest of the 100 together. He talks about leadership at the end of the episode but so far he's basically just blustering around, taking cues from Clarke, but largely ignoring like 85 of the 100. Now that Wells is dead and Murphy is gone its like he's lost the taste for trying to be in charge. Maybe he's not that interested when his main rival is a girl (that he keeps making eyes at). Who was even directing the storm prep while he was wandering off in the woods? Clarke? So Clarke was getting Raven to contact the ship, getting the 100 to prep for a storm, and tending to Finn too? Its amazing she even had time to direct Bellamy in torturing the Grounder. For Finn. (Despite the tone of this, actually I do like Clarke. She's like one of the few sensible ones there.)

Octavia and Bellamy are pulling further and further apart. This is the girl who says she is done following rules but every way she turns someone is either trying to contain her or command her. The Grounder kidnapped her and chained her up last episode and yet she's the only one who is willing to consider other methods to communicate with him, to consider him not a black and white cardboard cut out Bad Guy. Bellamy keeps going on about them being at war but instead of trying Anything Else he goes straight to torture? To stringing someone up and putting a nail through his palm (was the Christ imagery intentional btw or am I reading into it too much?) And while he's doing this he's still trying to contain his sister. His goons are always telling her where she can go, who she can talk to, what she can do and it can't be long before she just stops listening. I wanted her to tell the Goon who told her to leave while she was tending to the Grounder to f*** off (and then continue washing the Grounder and tending his wounds). He wouldn't have told Clarke to get out, but its ok to boss Octavia around? To hell with that. It almost makes me want to root for Octavia/Grounder and try and come up with terrible handwavey explainations for him chaining her up in a bloody cave (maybe something like "he knew the other grounders were coming for the 100 but he couldn't stand the idea that The Girl would be hurt. He had been watching her since she stepped out of their strange metal cave, had seen her grin and yell at the sky and known she was special, that she was important, and now she was in danger. When he found her at the bottom of the hill, unconscious and in hurt, he had thought it his sign that now was the time to protect her, and so he had, had taken her back to his safe place, the only place he knew of where he could keep her safe...") XD

Clarke and Bellamy go on a mission to find supplies for approaching winter. Some of the 100 accidentally eat nuts with powerfully hallucinogenic properties and lose their grasp on reality. Meanwhile, Octavia seizes the opportunity to help a friend escape, and a terrifying event brings Clarke and Bellamy closer. On the Ark, Commander Shumway secretly assigns one of the 100 to kill one of his own, and the treacherous actions of Diane Sydney are revealed.

Clarke and Finn attempt to broker peace with the Grounders but all hell breaks loose when Bellamy, Jasper and Raven show up armed and ready for battle. Octavia and Lincoln grow closer. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes during the Unity Day celebration on the Ark.

Murphy returns to camp claiming to have been held captive and tortured by the Grounders, and Clarke and Bellamy have very different opinions on how to handle his return. Octavia sneaks away to find Lincoln and returns with a serious warning for the 100. Meanwhile, a mysterious virus strikes camp forcing many to be quarantined, and Jasper pulls off a heroic move.

So, did they really kill off everyone on the Ark and in the pod? Obviously the pod went boom and there doesn't seem to be anything but wreckage left, but did the pod really take out the Ark too? That's pretty grim. Are the 100 (minus however many it is now) really the only ones left besides the native grounders?

Raven sensibly dumps Finn and it looks like Bellamy was right about what they should do with Murphy, huh, go figure.

eta: I really need a better icon for this show...

Edited 2014-05-23 09:39 (UTC)

The Arc crew are in the preview for next week so not dead just really really fracked. That said I'm not sure I want the Arc crew to come down. I'm not sure they won't be no fun at all. I kind of want the 85 (it was 14 graves right plus Murphy's victim) and the grounders to end up working together.

I also want Lincoln to come back to help the 100. And I want to know more about Grounders society and the Mountain Men (who I'm guessing are the descendants of the military people who holed up in the underground shelter the 100 were aiming for in the first episode).

Finn is just annoying. Raven and Clarke should just be done with him. :)

Ah, okay. Hadn't seen the preview yet. I don't really want them to come down either, maybe they can just drop some supplies or something ;)

Is it 85? What about the ones who died earlier, like the little girl and the Chancellor's son...Can't remember if there was anyone else...oh that guy hit by the storm then had to be put out of his misery. They sent down 100, right? And two died on impact...Not sure if Bellamy is counted amongst the 100 since he sort of hitched a ride.

So many people keep dying!

I want to know more about the Grounders and the Mountain Men too, that should be interesting.

I didn't mind Finn as much in the beginning but now he's gotten extra annoying and wishy washy. Neither Raven or Clarke need that, they are stronger and better than that. I really like Raven.

I hadn't counted Charlotte and the others. According to this review the actual number is 77. So in 10 episodes they've managed to loose 23 people giving a death rate of 2.3 people per episode (not including grounders and the 300+ dead people on the Ark), man this show is bloodthirsty.

It really does have a high death rate, pretty crazy!

With a low food supply at camp, Clarke and Finn lead a group out to hunt for food and wind up in a compromising position. With Finn’s life in danger, Clarke makes a game-changing decision. Meanwhile, Raven makes Bellamy an offer he can’t refuse. On the Ark – Kane risks his life and is reunited with Chancellor Jaha and Abby.

Quite a low death count in this one. Only what 2 people (maybe 3 depending on what happens to Finn) (or even 4 depending on whether Miles succumbs to his injuries) (and don't forget all the dying people on the Ark).

I coulda told Raven that sleeping with Bellamy wasn't going to make her feel better. I'm not entirely sure why Bellamy slept with her, he didn't look overly interested before or after. He didn't even seem overly upset about Clarke going off with Finn. I mean Bellamy in the first few episodes absolutely would have slept with her but Bellamy now? It seemed more like the writers thought it would be a good idea rather than it actually being a, you know, actually good idea. IDK. (Which is weird because Bellamy/Raven is actually a ship I could get behind but this just seemed weird).

I'm glad we saw the Ark. They are so screwed. I can't see them surviving much longer. Kane and Abby have gone from hating each other to tentatively agreeing on some things to him actually looking relieved to have found her. I'm developing fanon about them once upon a time being friends before politics got in the way.

I could do with more Grounders society. I think we're supposed to think that Monty's been taken by the Grounders we know but I think he was taken by the people from Mount Weather/Mountain Men because I'm fairly certain there's people under there. Oooh and its called Mount Weather and they were under there weathering the storm/cataclysm (this amuses me).

Clarke and Finn escape one dangerous situation only to find themselves faced with a new enemy. Bellamy makes a heroic move to save Jasper. Raven faces a new danger, and Murphy finally gets his revenge. Meanwhile, those remaining on the Ark are coming to terms with the inevitable.

I'm so contradictory. I was all like "man I hope the adults never make it down because they'll try and be in charge and things". And then they were stuck on a crippled ship and I was like ":(" . And then Jaha thought of a totally unlikely to work plan and I'm like "hells yeah lets do this thing!!"

So Anya isn't really in charge of anything and the higher-ups disapprove of her progress? Oh dear.... I want to know more about Grounder society (for instance, do they ever go places with adequate lighting?) but I also want Dichen Lachman on my screen more. So torn.

Also, Lincoln, you better not be dead. You're too pretty to die. *shallow*

The stuff back at the camp.... They need to relocate somewhere more defensible. Honestly I know the ship is there and the bodies are there but, honestly, it looks like its in a dip and it looks like it is very limited in terms of resources. They need to move, not just because of the Grounders attacking but just because that place is going to be rubbish long term. Sorry and all. They need a more sustainable food supply. They need a more defensible position. Where is their water supply?

Where is their water supply?

This is a very good question!

Clarke pleads with Bellamy to do the right thing as conflict on the ground comes to a head. Bellamy forces Octavia to make a difficult decision. Raven and Jasper work against time and Finn makes a bold move. Meanwhile, the situation on the Ark comes to a stunning conclusion.

OMG! I don't even know with this ending!

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The 100 - HOMEBASE

1x01 "Pilot"

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Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

1x02 "Earth Skills"

1x03 "Earth Kills"

1x04 "Murphy's Law"

Re: 1x04 "Murphy's Law"

Re: 1x04 "Murphy's Law"

1x05 "Twilight's Last Gleaming"

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1x06 "His Sister's Keeper"

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1x07 Contents Under Pressure.

Re: 1x07 Contents Under Pressure.

1x08 "Day Trip"

1x09 "Unity Day"

1x10 "I Am Become Death"

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Re: 1x10 "I Am Become Death"

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1x11 "The Calm"

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1x12 "We Are Grounders Pt 1".

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1x13 "We Are Grounders Pt 2"

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The 100 - HOMEBASE

1x01 "Pilot"

Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

Re: 1x01 "Pilot"

1x02 "Earth Skills"

1x03 "Earth Kills"

1x04 "Murphy's Law"

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Re: 1x04 "Murphy's Law"

1x05 "Twilight's Last Gleaming"

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1x06 "His Sister's Keeper"

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1x07 Contents Under Pressure.

Re: 1x07 Contents Under Pressure.

1x08 "Day Trip"

1x09 "Unity Day"

1x10 "I Am Become Death"

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1x11 "The Calm"

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1x12 "We Are Grounders Pt 1".

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1x13 "We Are Grounders Pt 2"

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