04x02 - Heavy Lies the Crown

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Previously on "The 100"...

In the name of King Roan, Polis is now under Azgeda rule.

The reason A.L.I.E. created the City of Light, nuclear reactors inside power plants that survived the bombs are melting down.

If we can't figure out a way to fix it, all of us will be dead in 6 months.

Indra: There are a thousand Ice Nation warriors on the street who want to k*ll us today.

They won't k*ll us.

Octavia: How could you possibly know that?

Clarke: Roan, we need your help. Something's coming.

Roan: Our ancestors survived Praimfaya.

Not this time, not without us.

Roan: I, king Roan of Azgeda, let it be known that an att*ck against Skaikru is an att*ck against us all.

Kane: We'll do our best to keep the king on his throne.

We'll find a way to b*at the radiation.

Octavia: If either of you screw this up, we die.

Ok, Princess. What now?

Now we survive.

[Sheep baaing]

Woman: No.

[Sobs]

[Moaning]

[Crying]

Woman: No.

No!

Do it. She'll break.

No!

[Gasps]

[Crying]

No.

Put the Kn*fe to your own throat.

No. Ohh...

Clarke, don't.

[Woman sobbing]

[Gasps]

[Gasping]

[Crying]

[Exhales]

No.

[Crying]

[Crying stops]

[Panting]

You are a terrible influence.

Roan is expecting me.

Abby...

Jake's a part of who you are.

Go. The king needs you... but be careful.

The tower's safe enough, but we're on dangerous ground here.

Welcome to your throne room, my King.

Now that the lift has been repaired, I've doubled the guard on the doors at every floor.

Expecting trouble?

I trust only Azgeda.

Your mother taught me that. Our people loved her for it.

Our people feared her, Echo.

Because she was fierce, ambitious.

My mother's ambition, her disregard for Lexa's alliance got her k*lled.

If I may, why do you insist on ruling as Lexa did when it's not what's best for our people?

At least tell me there's a reason.

[Door opens]

Kane: Forgive the intrusion, Your Highness.

May we have a word... privately?

Echo: You can wait like the other ambassadors.

Echo, leave us... please.

[Door closes]

We were right to be concerned about Trishanakru.

Rafel is gonna challenge you for control.

Bold move for a new ambassador.

So? Let him come.

With respect, you're still recovering.

The law says you could pick someone to fight in your place.

No. The clans will never accept a leader who hides behind the law or another warrior's blood.

You'll lose.

Lexa kicked your ass without a b*llet hole in your chest.

We should cancel the gathering or delay until you're strong enough.

No. Letting the ambassadors have a voice keeps the peace here.

Azgeda holds this city through force alone, and the Flame won't keep the clans at bay forever.

If they unite against us, we could lose, and if we lose...

They come for Skaikru.

And the radiation comes for us all.

No one has to die.

The point of our arrangement is to give us time to find a solution to save everyone.

And how is that solution coming?

We're working on it.

In the meantime, I'm here to keep you in power.

Let me talk to the ambassador.

Go ahead. Talk... but... if you fail, I'll have no choice but to fight.

[Thunder]

Bellamy: We've been at this for two days.

There must be something we're not thinking of.

What if we could reach the nearest nuclear reactor?

I told you, the meltdown started months ago.

There's no magic button to turn them off.

Today this isn't black rain, but it will be soon.

That's why we have to focus on riding out the radiation, finding someplace safe and big enough to hold all 500 of us.

Clarke: This isn't just about saving us.

I made a promise to Roan. It's about saving everyone.

Raven: And that's why we need to tell everyone.

Crowdsource it.

If there's another Mount Weather out there, the Grounders will know about it.

And you think they're just gonna tell us just like that?

If we tell everybody they're gonna die, the coalition is over, Roan falls, and the Grounders will be at our gate.

Raven: Then just tell our people.

We need more minds on this problem.

On the Ark, people volunteered for the culling because they were told the truth and given a choice...

A choice your dad d*ed for.

You think I've forgotten that?

Bellamy: Ok. We'll tell everybody the truth as soon as we have a viable solution.

Without one, it'll start a panic.

You don't know that.

That's it.

What are you talking about?

Think.

Alpha Station survived for 97 years in space through elevated radiation levels and extreme temperature fluctuations.

Sound familiar?

All we have to do is patch up the ship.

We're standing in our viable solution.

Bellamy: Raven says we can get it sealed up in a month.

The Ark is our ark.

I get it.

Miller: Ok, so freeze-dried meat until we can grow our own food.

We got oxygen scrubbers, but hot do we store enough water for 500 people?

We don't.

That's why we're heading to Farm Station.

Why the hell would we do that?

It's in the damn Ice Nation.

You just said it.

We need a hydro-generator, and Farm Station has one for the crops.

Think you can get us there?

No way. Find another machine.

Look. There are no others, and without it, we won't last a year inside this ship, let alone 5.

Fine. I'm in. Bryan stays here.

His leg's still healing.

I'm in, too.

Good. We roll in an hour.

You don't have to do this.

Actually, yeah, I do.

Since Octavia m*rder*d Pike, I'm the only one left who knows where it is.

Why are you defending him? Pike was a dictator.

He was an elected chancellor, and if you don't care about that, he kept me alive for 3 months.

Then why did you help us turn him over to the Grounders?

To save you, Nate.

Sorry.

[Water falling]

Jasper: ♪ Silicon chip inside her head ♪
♪ Gets switched to overload ♪
♪ Oh, and nobody's gonna go to school today ♪
♪ She's gonna make them stay at home ♪

[Humming]

♪ "Tell me why" ♪
♪ "I don't like Mondays" ♪
♪ "Tell me why" ♪
♪ "I don't like Mondays" ♪

Monty: Nice cap.

You know you're wasting our drinking water, right?

You know we're all gonna die in 6 months, right?

Not if we find what we're looking for today.

Oh, please.

Tell me about another pointless task Clarke has roped you into or, better yet, don't.

I don't want to keep any more of her secrets.

We're going back to Farm Station.

Why don't you come with us?

Monty...

Look at me.

I'm really trying not to.

I'm fine, all right? I'm having fun.

Jasper...

I'm not gonna k*ll myself... what's the point? But you know what?

If you want to cheer me up, while you're at Farm Station, get that weed we stashed behind the wall of your old bedroom.

Huh?

Don't leave me hanging, man. Just... yes.

Music to my ears.

Hey, you want a hug?

[Zip]

Hey, uh, blueprint for the hydro-generator, and don't forget, it's filled with hydrazine that combines with oxygen to make water, so go slow.

Or the hydrazine could go boom.

I know. Raven, I got this.

Don't you have a ship to fix?

Battery's full.

If we're lucky, we won't have to stop to recharge.

Even luckier if Roan's seal will work the way it's supposed to.

If you get in trouble, just show this.

Got it. Thanks.

Load up.

You can still come with us.

No. I can't.

Arkadia is just Plan "B." It doesn't help the Grounders.

I'm not stopping until we have a solution that saves everyone.

We save who we can save today.

All right. Let's go.

[Engine starts]

Bellamy: This is as close as we can get.

From here, we go on foot.

Miller: We get the machine and get out of here.

I don't want to stay here any longer than we have to.

Miller: Guys, got a problem.

Miller: The barn isn't empty.

They moved in.

If it's the same guys who att*cked us, with our g*ns, we could take them.

Bellamy: I'm sure we could, but we didn't come here to fight.

They butchered us, k*lled kids, our friends, our families.

I don't like it any more than you do, but Bellamy's right.

We need that machine.

Harper: Uh, guys?

[Men speaking Trigedasleng]

Bellamy: Weapons down. Now.

Now!

Bellamy: Bryan, now.

Ok. It's just...

Where did you get this?

King Roan.

Skaikru and Azgeda are allies.

He sent us to get a part of the ship, a machine.

Look.

If we'd come to take this place back, there'd be a lot more of us, and you know that.

Where is this machine for the king?

Raven: We've got a lot of work to do to get the ship ready for winter.

Sector 4... the cr*ck in the outer wall, we need to patch it up.

Start by repairing the damaged panels.

Sector 5... we need to get that tree out of the hole and seal it up.

Any questions?

Ok. Go.

Clarke: You ok?

There is so much to do, and I get a total of 5 volunteers to help me fix the ship?

That's a start.

I can't run this repair alone, Clarke, even if I had complete mobility, even if Sinclair was still alive.

Who... who the hell am I giving them orders?

I'm... I'm not the Chief.

I'm not the Chancellor, but here we are.

For what it's worth, there's nobody I trust more to do this than you.

As soon as Bellamy gets back with that machine, we go public with everything and get you the help that you need.

Jaha: Am I interrupting?

What do you want?

I was an engineer before I was chancellor.

I supervised the redesign of Sector 5.

And how many people d*ed from Sector 5 in the culling when you sucked the air out of their lungs?

42.

Would you like to know their names?

[Scoffs]

Raven, wait.

We could use the help.

You do know he made me cut my wrist to force your mom to take the chip, right?

He was chipped, too.

He searched for the City of Light.

He bought A.L.I.E. here.

He showed her how to overcome free will.

Jaha: Yes. Those are my sins...

And I have to live with them.

Raven...

[Scoffs]

You want to help?

Go sort the scrap.

Whatever you need.

[Hatch opens]

[Hatch closes]

Ever meet a Grounder who could power up a spaceship?

Do what you came to do.

Bellamy: No.

Up there, the generator.

Let's go.

Riley? Riley...

Bellamy: Bryan, wait.

We thought you were dead.

Only the machine. The rest is ours.

Come on.

[Echo and Roan grunting]

Abby: Let me take a look.

You're healing, but you need more time.

I don't have time.

[Both grunting]

[Gasping]

I would be honored to take your place in this fight.

I will not run from this challenge.

Abby: Echo's right.

I didn't save your life so that you could tear yourself apart again.

Since when are you two on the same side?

And if you can't help me, why the hell are you still here?

This fight can still be avoided.

Protecting Skaikru gives the other clans an excuse to challenge you.

Let me take care of the problem.

Let me do what your mother would have done.

Then please just tell me, what did Wanheda offer?

What deal is worth losing the faith of your people?

Chance to survive the end of the world.

That's what they're offering to all of us.

Soon, Praimfaya will once again destroy everything.

Skaikru's trying to stop it.

My King, they're lying to you.

They'd say anything to save themselves.

Let me prove it to you.

Send me to Arkadia.

Your only concern now should be helping me win.

Once I do, you may go to Arkadia, prove my trust in Wanheda's deserved.

[Both grunting]

Ambassador, may we speak privately?

We know you plan to challenge King Roan.

I'd like to ask you to reconsider.

Ask? After everything your people have done, you expect diplomacy?

Skaikru's not your enemy.

Skaikru made me m*rder my entire family.

I have no one left.

I'm sorry for your loss, but the chip, the technology, it affected all of us, every clan.

You blame Skaikru for the City of Light.

Shouldn't you also credit us for destroying it?

After everything we've suffered, why spill more blood?

The clans are stronger together.

Heh. You see, Ilian?

The king can't fight, or his minions wouldn't be here trying to stop us.

If the king wasn't hurt, do you think this coward would give a crap about your family?

Since you landed here, your people have done nothing but rip our world apart.

Kane: Rafel, I urge you...

You reap what you sow, Ambassador.

The time of Skaikru is over.

Well, that went well.

Clarke: Oh, there's too many people.

Damn it!

[Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" playing]

Bob Geldof: ♪ Silicon chip inside her head ♪
♪ Gets switched to overload ♪
♪ And nobody's gonna go to school today ♪
♪ She's gonna make them stay at home ♪
♪ And he can see no reason ♪
♪ cause there are no reasons ♪
♪ What reason do you need to be sho-o-o-o-own? ♪

Boomtown Rats: ♪ "Tell me why" ♪

Geldof: ♪ "I don't like Mondays"... ♪

Jasper: ♪ "Tell me why" ♪
♪ "I don't like Mondays" ♪
♪ "Tell me why" ♪

Hey...

Can we talk?

Geldof: ♪ "I want to shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot ♪

Sure.

I got about 6 months, no waiting. What's up?

I'm trying to make sure that we have more than 6 months, which is why these people need to get back to work.

I didn't force them to stop.

I guess they think it's the end of the day, not, you know, the end of days.

Don't you want us to survive, Jasper?

No. I don't want us to survive.

I want us to live.

If we don't repair that ship, none of us will have that chance.

And what about free will?

That's why you destroyed A.L.I.E., right?

Why don't you tell them all the truth?

Keep your voice down.

Should let them decide what they want to do with their last 6 months.

What are you so afraid of?

We can't just go to them with no solutions.

People will panic.

Ah, I see. Hmm.

That's spoken like the council that sent a hundred kids to die on the ground.

Geldof: ♪ "I don't like Mondays"... ♪

Hmm.

♪ "Gonna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot ♪
♪ The... whole... day... down" ♪

Boomtown Rats: ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪

Byran: I don't care that we're unarmed.

We can't just leave them.

Harper: We're in the coalition now, so we ask the king to free them.

That's our best bet.

Not if it means leaving Riley.

Bellamy: No. We won't, ok, but Harper's right.

We try diplomacy first.

If that doesn't work, we come back with reinforcements for the slaves after we take home the machine, right?

Bryan: Yeah.

Bellamy: They're moving them.

Hey, it's now or never.

Are there any other exits in here?

Bryan: No. This is completely sealed.

Came down from space in here because it's the most secure room in the ship.

It's designed that way in case the hydrazine blew.

What?

We have a b*mb.

Miller: Wait a second.

The end of the world is coming, and you want to destroy the one thing that'll keep our people alive?

Yeah. Not all of our people.

What about Riley?

I vote that we take it home.

No. Blow it up.

Harper: I'm with Bryan.

I know what it's like to be locked up and afraid.

You didn't leave us in Mount Weather.

We shouldn't leave them here.

Can we build another machine?

No way. The tech's too advanced.

We have 6 months. We have Raven.

Are you telling me she can't figure out another way to make water?

Yes. Look.

I know you want to make up for the things you've done... believe me, we all do... but we need to think of the big picture...

25 people instead of 500.

We're talking about the human race, Bellamy.

We need to get this machine back to Arkadia.

It's the only way.

It's two to two, your call, Bellamy.

What's it gonna be?

[Sighs]

[Creaking]

Watch it, Miller.

Wait. Wait. Wait.

Just set it down here.

[Beeping]

Now!

Bryan, come on!

Run! Move! Move!

[expl*si*n]

Ok, Nate. This isn't your k*ll. This isn't your k*ll.

This is Monty's k*ll.

What are you talking about?

This is the man that m*rder*d your father.

You don't have to do this.

Yeah. I do.

[Chains rattle]

[Punching and shouting]

Get off!

Get off! Get off!

[Metal clattering]

Raven? Raven, you here?

Polyethylene silicone elastomers.

We don't need that for a winter storm or to protect us from a Grounder att*ck.

What are we really bracing Alpha Station for?

[Metal clatters]

Heavy lies the crown.

I know the burden of keeping a secret you think is going to destroy your people.

You locked me up.

You floated my father.

And now you understand why.

No leader starts out wanting to lie or imprison or execute their people.

The decisions you face just whittle you down piece by piece.

So what do I do?

I'll tell you what I told your mother after the culling.

We make the best decisions that we can with the information that we have, then hope that there's a forgiving God.

[Door opens]

Can Roan fight?

It's too soon.

One simple task, and I'm failing.

No. You'll figure it out.

Hmm.

What's wrong?

There's nothing more that I can do for Roan.

Ah.

You need to go back to Arkadia, to Clarke.

Your necklace.

[Door opens]

What the hell do you want?

I'm here to ask you one last time to back down.

Hmm, you trying to frighten me, little girl?

If your problem really is with Skaikru, not Roan, then challenge me instead.

We can settle this.

You're not worth my blade.

I came here to change your mind.

Hmm. You can't.

Trishanakru will have its justice.

Now leave before I...

Long live the King.

Roan, please, it's not too late to cancel.

Roan: You failed. We do this Azgeda's way.

Take your seat, Ambassador.

Where is Rafel kom Trishanakru?

[Echo whispering]

The ambassador was found dead this morning.

His heart stopped.

[People murmuring]

Let us begin.

You're gonna k*ll me, too?

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Roan speaking Trigedasleng]

Roan: I honor Lexa kom Trikru.

We are stronger together.

[Engine shuts down]

Hey, Bry... we ok?

Just tell me you think saving these people was worth it.

I wish I could.

Hey...

I can't.

I can't. I'm sorry.

Bryan...

[Sniffles]

Riley?

Clarke.

Riley...

I can't believe you're alive.

I am now.

Get Riley and the others to medbay and tell them we'll take them to their villages in the morning.

Raven: Where is it?

We didn't get the machine.

It didn't survive landing?

No. It did, but I had a choice... bring the machine home or use it to save them.

Oh, we are so screwed.

We have time, but I am not sacrificing any more innocent lives.

You just did.

I made the call, and I'll live with that.

Yeah. You're not the only one who has to live with your call, as usual.

Well, go tell them.

Go tell Riley I should've left them to die.

Ok. How many of us will the ship sustain without a hydro-generator?

No more than a hundred.

What am I supposed to tell the people now?

The truth.

Crowdsource it like we talked about.

Call for a general meeting.

What are you gonna do?

Hope that there's a forgiving God.

Clarke: So now you know the truth.

I know you're afraid.

I know you're angry, but when I shut down A.L.I.E., I knew there was a way for us to get through this together.

Alpha Station is that way.

Every single one of us will survive on this ship.

It won't be easy.

Raven needs volunteers if we're gonna get it ready in time.

It'll be a lot of work, but now you understand why we need to do it.

If we stick together, I give you my word, we won't just survive.

We'll thrive.

[People murmuring]

Nice speech.

Sometimes hope is more important than truth.

Your dad would be so proud.

You wanted workers. You got them.

Everyone to the hangar bay. Now.

We save who we can save today.