03x07 - Thirteen

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Previously on "The 100"...

Lexa: Her actions show us a promise for a new future.

Bellamy, it's a trap!

I've been looking for something for a long time.

I believe that version two of my code is somewhere in the computer system of the Ark.

Why did there need to be a version two?

Was there something wrong with you?

No. Nothing was wrong with her.

Listen to me, ok?

I don't know anything more about Clarke, all right?

Forget about Clarke. Tell me about this.

A.L.I.E.: I remain certain that Becca went into space.

Unfortunately, it appears that she wasn't on any of the 12 stations that made up the Ark.

But there were supposed to be 13.

Tell me more.

I wish I could.

All I know is that it happened, that it was called Polaris.

Murphy: Stop that!

[Chains rattle]

Now you've had time to think, shall we continue our conversation about this?

I already told you everything I know the first 10 times you asked me.

What you told me doesn't make any sense.

How did a Sky Person come to be in possession of our most holy symbol?

Holy? It's a corporate logo.

Wrong.

This is the sacred symbol of the Commander to whom I've dedicated my life.

Now, how did you get it?

Again, Jaha gave it to me.

This would be Chancellor Jaha.

Yes. He told me it was the key to the City of Light and that if I swallowed it, the woman in red would take me there.

The woman who's not a woman.

Yeah. That's right.

She's a computer program, but I get that's hard for you to grasp, considering you pray to garbage, no offense, obviously.

Tell me more about this computer program that ended the world.

Come on. I don't have any details, ok?

On the Ark, they just told us it was countries, politics.

Big surprise, they were wrong.

[Beep]

_

Science log, day 128.

The A.I. basal control module continues to malfunction.

[Indistinct]

Twitching again.

I thought I had that under control.

The neural interface is the key to everything.

If we don't cr*ck that, then we might as well go back to the A.L.I.E. code and start again.

We can always ask her.

[Beep beep]

Chris on intercom: Becca, it's an emergency.

I need to talk to you right now.

Speak of the devil.

Becca, I need to talk to you.

Becca, she got through the BlackICE encryption...

Ok, Chris. Slow down.

I have no idea how...

I'm locking in the signal.

And now she's out of the Faraday cage.

It's A.L.I.E.. She got out.

She's on the grid. She's cracking systems.

She just got through portal security for STRATCOM in Omaha.

What is she doing?

She's hacking nucular launch codes.

Why?

"Too many people."

Send A.L.I.E.'s poison pill virus through the Web.

Do it now. k*ll her.

I did that 10 minutes ago.

She's locked me out of everything.

Chris, get to the lighthouse bunker.

Do it now.

Doctors, there's a situation on the ground.

27 ICBMs have been launched from China.

No one knows why, but it's real.

They're headed for the United States.

Open the window.

I've told the crew to contact their families.

If there's anyone you need to talk to...

[beep beep]

Man on intercom: Commander, we finally got a hold of your wife.

I'm here. Patch her through.

Cole?

Emily?

Emily: I'm here.

Oh, thank God. Is Sarah with you?

She's here, too.

Is it true, what they're saying on the news?

Yes. It's true.

Hey, can you put her on the phone with us?

I want her to hear my voice. Please.

Emily: Yes. Here she is.

Sarah: Daddy?

Hey, baby girl.

Poppy got me a bike.

Can you teach me how to ride it?

Cole: Of course.

I'll teach you to ride it as soon as we...

[static]

Voice: Signal lost.

What have I done?

Lexa: We gather here on this Ascension Day to honor the commanders that came before me, those who live on within me as I will live on within one of you.

[Men shouting]

Titus, what is this?

Something you need to hear, Heda.

Octavia.

What crimes? What happened?

Skaikru att*cked their village.

Because their warriors were lost when your people massacred the army we had sent to protect you, their village was defenseless.

How dare you bring this to me on Ascension Day?

I did not bring this here, Heda.

You did.

Against my advice, you made Skaikru the 13th clan.

They rejected this, murdering hundreds of your people, and yet on the very field where they d*ed, you decided to forgive the K*llers, but his provocation is proof.

Blood must not have blood has failed.

All that can stop this now is w*r.

Clarke?

Clarke's opinion in this matter is not exactly unbiased.

Titus is right.

I would do anything to save my people.

You know that, but I know them.

Not everyone agrees with Chancellor Pike.

Kane doesn't. Octavia doesn't.

Titus: Your people did not vote for Kane.

Some of them did.

We need to give them time to see that they made the wrong choice and fix it.

And you believe your people will take him out themselves.

Titus: If they don't, if instead they use this time to plan their next att*ck, we must act now, Heda.

Make an example of the 13th Clan.

Show the other 12 what happens when they defy you.

You got them back when you k*lled the Ice Queen, but the coalition is still fragile.

If you don't act now...

[People murmur]

Today I call upon the armies of the 12 clans to march on Arkadia.

[People murmuring]

Not to att*ck, but to contain.

We will blockade the 13th Clan.

We will keep them from the lands they wish to possess.

We will give them time to take out their leaders from within.

Once they rise up against them, then we will welcome them back as one of us.

You heard the Commander. Send riders.

Tell your armies to set up a buffer zone around Arkadia.

5 miles should be enough to keep them away from our villages.

What are their orders, Heda?

Any Skaikru caught across the line will be subject to a k*ll order.

Semet: Heda, I do not understand.

How is this vengeance?

It is not vengeance, my brother.

It is justice.

Skaikru k*lled my sons, and my brother, and my wife.

If the spirit of the Commander will not protect us, then what will?

You mind yourself, Semet.

[People shouting]

Blood must have blood.

This will do.

"Polis."

Polaris.

[Hiss]

[Door opens]

Step away from your instruments right now.

I own this space station, Commander.

You don't give me orders.

I do now that I know the nature of your research.

You told him?

The people of the Ark deserve to know what we're working on before we bring it on board.

Today is Unity Day.

Listen to your assistant, Doc.

Ok. No. Please just stay out of this, Commander.

Stay out of this?

For two years, I've done everything humanly possible to keep this boat alive, and now I find out that not only did an artificial intelligence that you designed end the world, but you're still working on it.

Listen to me, Doctor, and listen good.

We're set to begin docking maneuvers in two hours, 13 space stations becoming one, possibly the greatest feat of engineering in human history, all designed to ride out the nightmare that you created.

I understand the stakes, Commander.

Do you?

Yes.

Good. Then you'll understand why there's no way in hell I'm giving a potentially genocidal A.I. access to what's left of the human race.

I agree with him.

We can't join the Ark until that thing is...

That thing is what will save us.

A.L.I.E. 1 didn't understand what it meant to be human, yes, but A.L.I.E. 2 will.

It's designed to interface with humanity on a biological level.

It will understand the value of life by coexisting with us.

Ok, Commander. Let me ask you this.

Do you honestly believe that there are enough smart people on these 13 stations to save us, that their calculations are right, that there is enough air to last two centuries, enough food?

A.L.I.E. 2 will run all the possibilities.

She'll see the mistakes before we ever make them.

It will know our wants and needs because they're its wants and needs.

The code is in that crystal matrix.

No. No. No.

Hey...

Please. Please.

k*lling it is k*lling us.

We will need the prototypes and the system's hard drives, too.

Gather it up.

I'll be right back with something to float it in.

Get the hell out of my lab.

Becca, come on.

Get out!

Joining the Ark is our last hope.

You can't stop this.

Listen, Becca. Becca, what are you doing?

Voice: Security protocol initiated.

Door sealed.

Override clearance activated.

[No audio]

[Door closes]

No wonder you wanted to stay.

Stop. You know why I'm here.

Are you ok?

Yeah, fine.

I saw Indra in the crowd.

Why wasn't she with Lexa?

Indra's not doing so well, Octavia.

We can't deal with that right now.

Okay, so what do we do?

I have to talk to Lexa.

You just did that and came out with a k*ll order on all of us.

That's the second time that she left us all to die.

The 12 clans want a w*r. You know that.

Lexa's just trying not to wipe us out.

Why am I not surprised that you're still defending her?

I'll see what I can do.

Stay here.

Yeah, right.

[Door opens]

Someone tried to k*ll you today.

How are you this calm?

You're angry about the k*ll order.

Yes.

How else would you have me enforce a blockade?

So when do we have to leave?

We may be drawing a line, but... who's to say you can't choose to stay on this side of it?

I know someone who might.

[Door opens]

Wanheda, blockade goes into effect at dawn.

I've made arrangements for you to take one of our fastest horses.

Thank you.

Actually, I've asked Clarke to stay in Polis as my guest.

Clarke, will you excuse us?

[Door closes]

On this sacred day, I beg you to remember my teachings.

Love is weakness.

To be commander is to be alone.

I will not hear this again.

Yes, you will.

Your feelings for Clarke put both of you in danger.

Your k*ll order must be fully enforced.

If you care for Clarke, you will send her home.

It is the only way that she will be safe.

Don't make her pay the price for your mistakes as Costia did.

My mistakes?

Azgeda cut off Costia's head and delivered it to my bed, and still I let them into my alliance.

I'm more than capable of separating feelings from duty.

I'm sorry, Lexa. I didn't mean to offend you.

Yes, you did...

But you also mean well, and I know that, Teacher.

May I make arrangements for Clarke's departure?

That's up to Clarke.

I know where you stand, Titus.

You waste your time.

Go away.

I need the woman I served as second.

I need the warrior who taught me to be who I am.

I said, get out of here, Sky Girl.

Indra, please.

I'm going back to fight my own people, the people who did this to you.

I'll fight my own brother if I have to, but I can't do it alone.

One word from you, and Trikru will...

You see?

Even someone as slow and as weak as you can put me on my back.

I should have d*ed on that field.

We all die.

You can either do that here feeling sorry for yourself or you come back with me and get your revenge.

The choice is yours.

[Clang]

No, no. Hey, hey, listen.

I'll tell you what you want to know about the chip, ok, please, but you think it has something to do with Polaris, right?

It's the space station it came down from.

I could show you.

[Gasps]

Please. I could show you. Please.

[Gagging]

[Coughs]

[Panting]

I'm guessing you think it's "Polis" because the "A" and the "R," they b*rned off during re-entry.

You see? Ok. You see that?

All I see is a man who'd say anything not to die.

That may be true, but so is this.

Polaris, that's part of our story, too.

It was our 13th station.

My faith has got nothing to do with yours.

Trust me, I have no faith, but look.

I can prove it to you.

The end of the world, the mushroom cloud.

It's why we had to stay in space.

You guys call us Skaikru, right?

That's why.

Polaris, as the story goes, was the only station that wouldn't join Skaikru, so they blew it up.

That's a novel concept. Continue.

Anyway, I'm thinking that maybe this person, she somehow got out in time, right, because... look... here she is again.

She's there surrounded by all those...

I don't know.

Uh, I don't really know what those are.

The first Natblida.

Natblidas, and there... there she is, this woman who fell out of the sky, right?

I mean, that's... that's just like us.

It's nothing like you.

[Thud]

[Clang]

Cole, on intercom: Becca, I need you to listen to me.

I just received an emergency message from the American Station.

Both the Russian and Chinese are threatening to stop docking maneuvers because we have.

Cole: Becca, are you listening to me?

Alpha Station is threatening to open fire if we don't get back in line in the next 60 seconds.

They will make an example of us.

Commander, if you don't want them to fire, then begin the maneuvers.

We've been through this.

The moment we dock, your A.I. infects the other 12 stations.

That's not going to happen.

One way or another, that thing dies today.

Now open the damn door so we can float this thing and get on with saving the human race.

I am saving the human race.

Woman, on intercom: Becca, please.

What are you doing?

I know you want penance for what A.L.I.E. did, but this is not the way to get it.

You're right.

I do have a lot to make up for.

Let me save us.

Man, on speaker: Polaris, this is Alpha Station.

Last warning... you have 20 seconds to comply, or you will be fired upon.

Tell Commander McAdams to start the maneuvers.

This is his call... not mine.

Man, on speaker: 10 seconds, Polaris. Begin those maneuvers.

Becca, you already have the blood of billions on your hands.

Is it worth risking the rest of us...

9... just to prove you're right?

I'm sorry.

8...

7...

This is not what I wanted.

Man, on speaker: 6, 5...

Becca, what are you doing?

4...

She's taking the pod.

3...

Cole: As soon as it's away, initiate maneuvers.

Man, on speaker: 2...

Man, on intercom: The pod's away, sir.

Cole: Alpha Station, this is Polaris.

We're commencing docking maneuvers.

Man, on speaker: Negative, Polaris.

If we're gonna survive up here, extreme measures will be required.

Let this be a lesson to all federation stations.

God rest your souls.

May God help ours.

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

She told you you can stay, didn't she?

What did you say?

Nothing.

Clarke, we both know that Pike won't obey the blockade.

We need to stop him before more of our people get k*lled.

What if I can do more for them by just staying here?

You can't, Clarke.

We don't have time for this.

Look. We need you.

The k*ll order goes into effect at dawn.

You have an hour to say your good-byes.

If you're not there, you're not the person I thought you were.

[Door opens and closes]

[Knocks on door]

When do you leave?

Now.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

You have to go back. They're your people.

That's why I... that's why you're you.

Maybe someday you and I will owe nothing more to our people.

I hope so.

May we meet again.

If Octavia and I are gonna get behind the blockade by dawn...

Shh...

This is beautiful.

I got it on my Ascension Day, a circle for every Natblida that d*ed when the Commander chose me.

7 circles.

I thought you said there were 9 novitiates at your conclave.

There were.

What happened to number 8?

Can we talk about something else?

We don't have to talk at all.

Murphy?

He's alive.

What did you do to my friend?

Your friend was caught stealing from people on their way to the Polis market.

Hey, you're ok.

Titus: Please don't do that.

Clarke: Titus, what is this about?

I'm sorry it had to come to this, Clarke.

Truly I am.

Look. I'm leaving right now. Octavia's waiting for me.

Just let me take Murphy, and we'll go.

Wish I could.

Lexa will never execute her duty while you live.

Titus, think. She's gonna know it was you.

She'll think it was him, Skaikru w*apon in the hands of a Skaikru thief.

She might even be angry enough to declare w*r!

Lexa.

[g*n clatters]

Heda...

No. No.

[Lexa gasping]

Help me get her to the bed.

[Gasping]

What have I done?

I need something to stop the bleeding.

You'll be ok. Just lie still, ok?

Lie still.

[Panting]

Don't be afraid.

You're gonna be fine. Just stay still.

[Lexa panting]

She's losing too much blood.

Clarke: Stay with me.

What the hell is that?

Titus, what are you doing?

I will fix you. Just stay with me.

Oh, no. Get away from her.

Forgive me, Heda.

Hey, Heda, don't you dare give up.

I'm not.

My spirit will live on.

No. I'm not letting you die.

There's nothing you can do now.

The next commander will protect you.

I don't want the next commander.

I want you.

Indra: Okteivia kom Skaikru.

[Panting]

I'm ready, Heda.

Clarke...

I'm here.

No. No. I won't accept that.

You were right, Clarke.

Life is about more than just surviving.

Oh...

[Sniffles]

[Gasping]

In peace may you leave the shore.

In love may you find the next.

[Sniffles]

Safe passage on your travels... until our final journey on the ground.

May we meet again.

[Sobs]

[Sobbing]

I must complete the ritual.

Please.

The Commander's spirit must be passed on.

This is my purpose.

You must allow me to complete the task.

It is what the Commander wanted.

[Sobbing]

Come on. We should go. Ok?

No.

[Sniffles]

What are you doing?

The sacred symbol.

Voice: Suit breach. Suit breach. Suit breach. Suit breach. Suit breach.

Radiation level... critical. Radiation level... critical.

[Hiss]

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

I'm here to help.

Clarke: What are you doing?

Clarke: Oh, my God.

What the hell?

What is that?

[Indistinct]

It's an A.I..

Titus: Wrong.

It's the spirit of the Commander.

[Shouts]

May her spirit choose wisely.