The 100 (TV Series) Earth Kills (2014) User Reviews

What makes a series tick?

[tenshi_ippikiookami · 7/10 · 24 January 2016]

In the end, it's relationships. If the characters are well developed, we can overcome some shortcomings of the plot, as we care about them.

"The 100" takes one step closer to making us care about that bunch of misfits that are on Earth hoping to stay alive through thick and thin. This third episode is a very solid one, and it also shows that the writers are not going to shy away from taking some hard decisions.

Jasper is more dead than alive, but they took him back to camp, so Clarke, with Finn and Wells go out in search of a plant that may help him get better. On the way, they get "attacked" by a fog ("Lost" style). Will they get back in time to save their friend? And will anything happen to the hunting party led by Bellamy?

As said above, this episode is quite well written. There's still some overacting, and some things just happen too conveniently, but the show is going in the right direction. Clarke, Finn, etc, are being well developed through their relationships, interactions, and some flashbacks from their time back on the Ark (too many, actually). But you will start feeling something for them, for their motives, fears and desires. And when a show can make the viewer feel that, it's a winner.

The Shows First Solid Episode

[slightlymad22 · 7/10 · 20 July 2019]

Plot In A Paragraph: As a dangerous, acidic fog approaches, Clarke (Eliza Taylor) Finn (Thomas McDonell) and Wells (Eli Goree) set out in search of a seaweed-like plant to make an antibiotic poultice for Jasper's wounds, while a vulnerable young girl follows when Bellamy (Bob Morley) takes a group out hunting for food.

WOW the shows first solid episode did not disappoint. We got two character deaths, one a minor character (Adam) who could have developed into an interesting character and a main character (Wells) who I expected to be around for a long time. How he died, seriously shocked me. In killing Wells, the show has actually killed its only person of colour, in the young cast and it's best actor in one go.

There was a nice scene where Clarke and Octavia talk whilst nursing Jasper.

There was something about the way Jaha look at Abbey when she kissed and cuddled her husband. Is there something there?? A future love story by any chance??

Remember they sent all prisoners (100) to earth. They're all under 18, because all crimes are punished with death unless they're under 18. So there aren't any prisoners +18

[Neptune165 · 8/10 · 12 September 2022]

She is not a psychopath nor a sociopath. She is a tormented and traumatized little girl who just wanted the nightmares to stop. She isyoung and impressionable. What Bellamy said and seeing what Clark did with Adam, she took it literally and thought that was how to solve her problems. Mentally ill not crazy or evil. Its a really sad situation but she was just too young with already too much trauma. I liked Clark right from the beginning. Bellamy tried to be the leader but Clark was the true leader because she wasn't trying to be the leader. There's differing opinions on Charlotte and what she did, but I don't forgive her for what she did to Wells. She was young, but old enough to know that you shouldn't murder a son because of his fathers actions. Plus I really liked Wells. And was annoyed that they killed him off because he was a big character in the books that this is based on.

Things are getting interesting

[ououzaza · 8/10 · 3 October 2019]

Well developed characters, Some mysteries opening up. Story are more interesting now.

The 100 1x03 Earth Kills revisited review

[jackDee-56565 · 9/10 · 9 September 2020]

Another strong episode with some added mystery character development, it was fun engaging and entertaining, I feel this series is better then most critical acclaimed shows, its way better then Lost which was a very long and unless watch

Excellent!

[MACEDAO · 10/10 · 23 February 2022]

Great episode with a lot of emotions and used tons of flashbacks like in the book.

Charlotte understood wrong the advice of Bellamy and she was brutal to Wells, I didn't expected that.

When I started watching the 100 I was told off for calling it "the one hundred". Apparently it's meant to be "the hundred". So I'm glad you also call it " the ONE hundred!"

[Neptune165 · 8/10 · 12 September 2022]

The people in space were already in space. There were 13 stations in the beginning, that was established in the opening narration before Clarke was taken out of the Ark cells. There is a certain sense in sending someone that young. If they are sending people to the ground, to see if it's survivable, they have a limited number of ships to use, they want as many as they can in that ship to reduce the burden on the life support systems, and they are only sending "juvenile offenders" because they would have been floated for what they did if they were 18+, are the least likely to be noticed as being gone, and you only have 100 juvenile offenders across all ages incarcerated, an early teen would make some sense, as you still reduced the burden on life support by that much, and they are old enough to at least "grasp" what's going on, whether the others would look out for her is another question, since you're sending juvenile offenders down, without even talking to them about it first, very questionable. When Charlotte was watching as Clarke finished the one who had been trapped out in the acid fog. I couldn't help but think of Lizzie from TWD. I did feel their method of execution leaves something to be desired. I mean, they knew when executing Clarke's father that life support was already being strained. And their method of execution is "put them in an airlock, close the interior door... open the exterior door and let a chamber of breathable air be vented into space to eject them." Though it may sound cruel, simply locking the airlock until they pass out and die of hypoxia then sending someone into the airlock in a suit, depressurizing, and then opening the outer door to throw them out would actually be easier on the life support systems. (Through probably harder on whomever has to empty the bodies out of the airlock) She got the idea and reason to kill wells from Bellamy and the method from Clarke (stab in the neck for a quick death and humming to calm the victim).

Double Whammy

[galet09 · 7/10 · 4 April 2014]

Although I really liked this series so far I was very disappointed in this particular episode. They killed off two characters, one of whom was one of my favorites, Atom, and the other who I thought an integral part of the series, Clarke's best friend, Wells. I thought Atom was interesting both physically (his features) and as a character and possible love interest for Octavia. He dies a horrible death helped along by Clarke, which in that case was a mercy killing The other character Wells is killed by a child! She blamed him because Wells' father was responsible for her parents being executed.

If this is any indication of how the series is going I may not end up staying with it. IMO it's far too soon to be killing off regular characters. We barely have had time to really develop bonds with certain ones but I was doing that with Adam, and I even liked Wells after the truth came out on who was responsible for Clarke's Father being floated. Then right after that he's murdered. After he and Clarke cleared the bad blood. Couldn't they have waited a bit? The writers seem to be in quite a rush to kill off someone in every episode.

For now I will still watch as I am curious to find out what is behind the golden mist that keeps appearing and destroying people. I mean that's something new that wasn't on earth when the survivors left.

But if they kill off any more main characters as I said I doubt I will continue to view then. My favorites right now are Clarke, Bellamy, Jasper and Octavia. So we'll see what happens.

HOW and how NOT to do a Character Death, both displayed in the same episode.

[gennadragonrider · 1/10 · 2 May 2020]

This episode had multiple deaths in it, (too many for such an early episode), but I am going to highlight 2 of them that show the polar good and bad of doing a character death.

On one hand, we have the death of Clarke's father.

This one was done very well, even though we had seen very little actual screentime of her father, because of: 1. The Emotional Buildup/Aftermath 2. The Twist 3. The Death Scene Blocking/Great Acting

This death scene actually got me emotional, whereas I rarely get emotional even over sadder scenes in films or shows. The character of Clarke's father was built up by the impact of his loss on Clarke and the attitude around how he died in general. The twist, (pertaining to just who had ratted him out to be executed), actually did catch me by surprise and added a LOT of meat to possible future storyline opportunities. And though in the current time of the episode he is dead, we do actually watch his death through a flashback, which is grounded by previous flashbacks that portrayed him as an individual who liked sports and had relationships. This gave the scene momentum to hit hard when it came, even though we already knew it was coming.

Another character dies in this episode. His name is Wells.

Wells was really built up in this episode, his relationship with Clarke established, and, it seemed, he was finally puzzled right into place to become a thriving member of the main cast. Opportunities for future heartache and stakes sprung open.

Then at the end of the episode, he's randomly stabbed in the throat by a little girl who was only just introduced in this episode, had a shallow character backstory that mimicked EVERY OTHER CHARACTER'S and yet was supposed to be a stand out feature, somehow. I've also learned that this character soon dies also. There has been NO amount of sympathy built for the little girl, (She's so insignificant and random that I forgot her name), so the viewer can't even fathom how or why she suddenly stabbed what should've been a main cast member to death. She has no personality, she is barely a character, and to top it off, her acting, especially in this scene, was just mediocre. I don't blame the actress for this, however. The writing was incredibly lackluster for someone who shanked a main character in the third episode of a series that is trying to pull in viewers.

I felt absolutely no emotions for this death but annoyance. I was legitimately angry that they wasted a character like Wells for absolutely no reason. It did not stimulate an emotional response. It did not make me feel anything for the character that killed him, as I could only see that character as a plot device, or an actress playing a part, not an actual cohesive part of the story.

It was such a dumb decision, or at least so poorly executed, I lost all interest in the show, that I was ready to binge, immediately and haven't felt like going back to even see for curiosity's sake how the story moves forward since.