The 100/Recap/S4/E08 God Complex

Season 4, Episode 8: God Complex
The episode begins in Becca's lab, where Abby, Jackson, Emori, Murphy, Raven, Clarke, Miller, Roan, and Luna begin testing on an unnamed Grounder that Emori marked as "Baylis". It starts off well, he survives the amount of radiation of the black rain. However, when they increase the radiation levels, he dies a violent death, coughing up black blood. The test is deemed a failure.

Meanwhile, at Arkadia, Jaha gathers everyone for the funeral of the eighteen that died in the black rain. Bellamy is conflicted on staying in the camp or following Jasper into the woods. Eventually, Jasper finally manages to convince him to join him, Bellamy only coming to keep an eye on him.

During the funeral, Jaha overhears Niylah repeating the phrase "From the ashes, we will rise," as a prayer. He recalls that phrase from Second Dawn that has made its way into Grounder mythology. Second Dawn and Becca's scientific breakthroughs are linked. Jaha convinces Kane to take him to Indra so they can speak to her daughter Gaia, the current Flamekeeper.

At Becca's lab, Emori's lie about the test subject's identity surfaces, resulting in her and Murphy getting locked up. Emori's fear for being the test subject resurfaces as she knows she is the next test subject. She knows that she's the outsider among them, thus making her expendable, so to save herself, she had to put forth an alternative, but her means of doing so leads to the exact situation that she feared. Having betrayed everyone and tricked them into murdering a Grounder, Emori positions herself as the next in line to be tested in the radiation chamber. The others are quick to choose her as the next test subject, which hints that they always found her expendable. Now they have justification to serve as their right to put her in the radiation chamber.

Jasper and Bellamy are in the woods wandering until dark. After having enough of Jasper's attitude concerning the end of the world, Bellamy decides to stop and talk some sense into him. Jasper explains why he feels that he must embrace the end of the world, and tells him to open his eyes cause "The clock is ticking, and it has been since we landed on this terrible...beautiful planet." When they arrive back at Arkadia, Jasper joins the rest of the others in the party, Bellamy soon joins with Bree and drinks hallucinogenic tea with the rest of the others.

Back at the lab, Luna is not willing to give more of her bone marrow. Roan is forced to fight Luna and knock her unconscious.

In Polis, Jaha, Monty and Kane arrive to find Indra already there waiting for them. Kane walks towards her and she punches him in the face. She explains that her hostility towards him and the sky people is because they made an alliance with her enemy, Azgeda. Kane later explains that he came to speak to her daughter Gaia. She takes them to her.

Gaia explains that the Second Dawn symbol is the holy symbol of their order. It adorns the crypt of the first commander, Becca. The crypt is in the temple. But there is one complication, it's controlled by Azgeda. Kane tells Indra that they have the royal seal and that there'll be no need for a fight.

They are soon stopped by Azgeda. Kane tells them that they seek safe passage to the temple and shows them the royal seal. They allow them to pass. However, this does not convince Indra. At the first chance she gets, she guns them down. Kane is furious, but Indra explains that if there is a bunker inside the temple, Azgeda will never see the inside. She continues ahead, as Jaha urges Kane forward telling him that the war isn't theirs to fight. They enter the temple. Gaia tells them that it's beneath the altar. Jaha digs around and finds the entrance, however, there is one problem. The key won't open the entrance.

In the lab, they are preparing Emori for the radiation chamber. Abby doesn't manage to inject her, so Clarke takes over. After contemplating, she injects herself instead. Her mother is not happy with this. After two hours have passed, Clarke's preparing to be tested. Abby doesn't want to let her go in. She explains that she saw Clarke with radiation poisoning her vision. Abby then smashes the radiation chamber until it's unusable.

Back in Polis, Kane, Jaha, Monty, Indra, and Gaia are about to give up, when Monty has a thought. He ponders for a moment and asks them that what if the phrase "From the ashes, we shall rise" is not a motto, but an instruction? Upon realizing this, Jaha puts the key in the flame, and it burns into a smaller key with the number twelve etched on it. Jaha tries to place it in the keyholder and turns it. It opens up and they enter the bunker.

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