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May 21, 2014 · I Am Become Death: Directed by Omar Madha. With Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Thomas McDonell, Marie Avgeropoulos. Murphy returns to the camp carrying a horrific virus created by the Grounders to weaken the camp. After learning the Grounders plan to attack the next day, Bellamy, Finn and Raven come up with a plan to delay them.
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- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Omar Madha
- 2014-05-21
- Overview
- Plot
- Cast
- Quotes
- Notes and Trivia
- Body Count
- Behind the Scenes
I Am Become Death is the tenth episode of the first season of The 100. It is the tenth episode of the series overall.
Clarke, Bellamy, and a group of Delinquents investigate the Exodus dropship crash. There are no survivors. Raven tells Finn to help her find the black box to explain why the ship crashed. Bellamy warns everyone to keep on the lookout for Grounders in retaliation for the Unity Day bridge battle. Clarke discovers a pink, smelly liquid that Raven tells her to get away from because it is highly explosive hydrazine. She demonstrates by throwing some and creating a small explosion and tells Bellamy to clear the area.
Back at camp, Octavia joins Monty at a lookout spot on the fence and she spots a white flower outside camp walls, Lincoln's signal for her. Jasper is behind them, regaling some of the other Delinquents with his story about how he killed two Grounders at the bridge meeting. Octavia is irritated by it and Monty tells her to let them enjoy it. Something hits the tripwire surrounding the camp and Octavia worries it might have been Lincoln. Derek sees something move and starts shooting at it. He and Connor then go to check what it is with Octavia getting there first because she thinks it's Lincoln. It turns out that a badly beaten and tortured John Murphy has returned to their camp after having been banished by Clarke and Bellamy.
Murphy is brought into the drop ship and Bellamy comes looking for him when he returns to camp. He orders everyone but Connor and Derek out of the drop ship. Murphy tells them he was running from the Grounders. Bellamy starts to point a gun at him for returning and Finn intervenes, telling Bellamy that Murphy might be able to tell them things about the Grounders. Bellamy tells Finn to get out of his way but Clarke tells him Finn is right. She sees that Murphy's fingernails were torn off and that he was tortured. Bellamy wants to know what Murphy told the Grounders and Murphy admits, "everything." Clarke tells Bellamy to let Murphy get better and then force him to leave again and if he doesn't, then they kill him.
Harper enters Jasper and Monty's tent and hints at Jasper that she wouldn't mind coming by after his shift but he brushes her off, telling her he's busy. Monty asks why Jasper turned her down and Jasper calls her "low hanging fruit." Monty warns Jasper that Octavia isn't going to happen, especially after he killed two Grounders. Jasper tells Monty he's jealous and should find somewhere else to sleep.
Clarke heads to the Communications tent and runs into Raven inside. Raven tells her she still hasn't been able to get back in contact with the Ark since the Unity Day Celebration and she has a bad feeling. As she's telling Clarke she's sorry about her mom, Clarke begins to cry blood. Connor then calls out for Clarke because he's coughing up blood. As more delinquents begin coughing and bleeding, Clarke tells Raven to stay away.
In the drop ship, Murphy is puking up blood. Clarke asks him how he escaped and he tells her they forgot to lock his cage so he took off. Clarke realizes the Grounders purposefully let him go just as Bellamy enters the drop ship, asking what is happening. Clarke tells him it's biological warfare. Bellamy blames Murphy but Murphy tells them he didn't know. Derek starts seizing before collapsing and dying. Clarke orders a quarantine. She asks Connor who else was with them when they found Murphy, and Connor admits it was Octavia. Bellamy goes to check on Octavia and catches her reading Lincoln's journal. He brings her to Clarke and Clarke tells Bellamy that she needs to quarantine her. Once Bellamy leaves, Clarke tells Octavia that she needs to talk to Lincoln to get the cure. When Octavia arrives at Lincoln's cave, he is happy to see that she is unaffected, calling her strong. He tells her there is no cure but the sickness is used to weaken. He then tells her that the Grounders will attack at dawn and asks her to come with him as he is leaving to another clan. His people think he's a traitor because of Octavia. Octavia decides to go with him, but first, she needs to warn her people of the impending attack.
Starring
•Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin •Paige Turco as Abigail Griffin (credit only) •Thomas McDonell as Finn Collins •Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia Blake •Bob Morley as Bellamy Blake •Christopher Larkin as Monty Green •Devon Bostick as Jasper Jordan •Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha (credit only) •Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane (credit only)
Guest Starring
•Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes •Ricky Whittle as Lincoln •Richard Harmon as John Murphy
Co-Starring
•Josh Ssettuba as Connor •Wesley MacInnes as Derek •Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre •Jake Croker as Healthy Kid •Manny Jachinto as Boy #1 •Osric Chau as Red Eyed Boy •Genevieve Buechner as Fox •Dejan Loyola as Chivalrous Boy #2 •Darren Mann as Chivalrous Boy #3
Raven Reyes (to Clarke): "I'm sorry about your mom."
Bellamy Blake (to Finn): "We hanged him, we banished him, and now we're going to kill him. Get the Hell out of my way."
Clarke Griffin (to Bellamy): "Biological warfare. You were waiting for the Grounders to retaliate for the bridge? This is it. Murphy is the weapon."
Clarke Griffin (to Bellamy about Octavia): "Think of it as a way to stop her from sneaking out again."
Clarke Griffin (to Octavia): "Octavia, wait. I need you to sneak out again."
Clarke Griffin: "I didn't tell you because I knew you wouldn't let her go."
•The episode title is a reference to a quote made by J. Robert Oppenheimer after he created the atomic bomb: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." The quote is Oppenheimer's own translation of a Sanskrit phrase from the Bhagavad Gita. The quote is also used by Clarke Griffin in the episode after seeing the mushroom cloud, similar to one left by a nuclear explosion, created by the bomb.
•There were no scenes on the Ark, and it was only mentioned once when Raven said it seemed like they had shut connection off from their side. Jaha, Kane, and Abby did not appear in this episode as a result of that.
•Raven breaks up with Finn in this episode.
•Octavia and Finn were the only ones proven to be immune to the virus. It is unknown if it is related, but both were also exposed to Lincoln's poison and antidote in "Contents Under Pressure".
•At least 3 Delinquents (killed by the virus)
•Derek
•Unknown number of Grounders (killed by the bomb on the bridge detonated by Jasper Jordan)
•Connor (suffocated by John Murphy)
Production Notes
•This is Harper's first episode and it was supposed to be her only one. In the script, she was supposed to vomit to death (due to the virus that killed Derek and other delinquents). Chelsey Reist was looking forward to the scene, but then it was cut and never filmed.
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Doux Reviews: The 100: I Am Become Death. by drnanamom. Clarke (quoting Oppenheimer): “I am become death, destroyer of worlds.” And the world just keeps on spinning. Nuclear war created the mess that is the Ark and the world that the 100 now inhabit. They repeat history as they fight the Grounders to survive.
"I Am Become Death" was all about the 100 on the ground. Rather surprisingly, scenes on board the Ark were absent, an interesting move given the events of last week, however I'll give credit to the creative team here for leaving two significant questions pestering the minds of everyone in a way that doesn't seem to have annoyed viewers.
May 22, 2014 · By Eric Goldman. Posted: May 22, 2014 9:40 pm. Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow. I had to skip last week’s review while I was in New York for Upfronts and unfortunately, a confluence of...
May 22, 2014 · Like Clarke and Bellamy, Finn, the unlikely pacifist, understands that the group’s survival must come first. Even Bellamy sees the irony in Finn’s being the mastermind of such a plan, but to ...
