The 100 (TV Series) Murphy's Law (2014) User Reviews

Ups, the marmalade

[tenshi_ippikiookami · 7/10 · 25 January 2016]

Stanford-prison-experiment patient Murphy is taking his job as Bellamy's second in command too seriously, so when his knife is found and people suspect him of killing Wells, all hell breaks loose.

This fourth episode of season one is an action packed episode, filled with quite some good moments and nice plot developments. The series is keeping the pace high and not letting the viewer fall asleep. There's still too much "love" going around (it's been one week, so a kiss or two should be expected, though). Putting one-note character Murphy as the center of the episode lets violence take center stage, as he is not one to take things down and Richard Harmon does a good job of making the character feel more human than till now.

On the Ark, Clarke's mother decides to get into a pod and get to Earth to see if her daughter is fine. This helps to keep the tension of power struggle between her and Councillor Marcus Kane (how can he keep that hair-style?).

On the down side, there's also one of those cheesy moments when characters have to act, time running down, but decide they have time to talk, hug and cry. Otherwise, great episode.

Stronger Episode

[im_too_icy_for_this_cow · 8/10 · 13 April 2014]

This was easily the best episode this season, but while the writing can be pretty fantastic, the acting is all over the map. The amount of time between reveals was a bit short, however, which took some of the wind out of the sail of the episodes two big plot points. That said, with the large shakeups this episode did unleash, hopefully the episodes going forward will have more material to work with.

The series has potential, and barring some missteps, this was a change for the better. And ultimately, that's about the best way to summarize the midseason mark. As an individual episode, it was fairly decent, but the amount of variables it has thrown in to the mix now, with several threats on the ground surface, and questions about whether or not establishing contact to the station above will be even possible with the political actions underway spaceside, this could help make things better, by going in two polar directions: Either by shrinking the amount of groups to worry about, and thus giving both the individuals and the threats more focus time, or by expanding them, and thus minimizing the required amount of "fluff" episodes needed to keep the universe interesting.

Either way, this was perhaps the episode that made me the most excited for the series going forward.

Pressure regulator

[ignaciogarita · 8/10 · 11 December 2018]

Clarkes mom: How long does it take you to install a pressure regulator?

Expert young genius mechanic working on a spaceship to earth holding a pressure meter with two hoses attached:

"Hmm a couple hours maybe?"

Good episode, both the Ark and the Earth

[ououzaza · 8/10 · 3 October 2019]

Charlot plot is a bit boring and annoying but i like how it ended. meanwwhile on The Ark, The story is getting more interesting and more.

Murphys law is a great episode

[jackDee-56565 · 9/10 · 10 March 2021]

I love the episode ,it was quite a dark tone and touched on a more adult themes. I felt both stories on earth and the ark were equal in terms of being interesting and entertaining and the last half was great

Another Solid Episode

[slightlymad22 · 7/10 · 20 July 2019]

Plot In A Paragraph: Bellamy (Bob Morley) Clarke (Eliza Taylor) and Finn (Thomas McDonell) try to protect Charlotte when everyone learns she killed Wells. On the Ark, Abby (Paige Turco) risks getting floated in order to give Raven (Lindsey Morgan) the chance to launch the escape pod.

Another solid episode. Bellamy showed he is not the selfish jerk who only cares about himself and his sister. I have never liked the character Murphy, he is an awful person, but I felt sorry for him on this occasion. Though he soon reverted to being the awful person who is easy to hate. Whilst Kane is still a pantomime villain with bad hair and again get a shocking ending that I did not see coming.

We also learnt Raven is in a relationship with Finn. I wonder how that will play out when she reaches earth and finds out her boyfriend has slept with Clarke.

The acting is still teen drama rope at times, but it's getting better.

Murphy's law is 'everything that can go wrong, will go wrong

[Neptune165 · 7/10 · 13 September 2022]

Remember Abby's best friend in the first episode? The actress was a main character in 1x01, but she was cut due to budget issues, the first episode of the100 was shot months earlier and when it got greenlit, they shooted the other episodes. Welcome to what this is actually about. The first three episodes are not at all indicative of what the show ends up becoming. The concepts of mob rule, society's need for laws, and the necessity of a ruling body are what this show is ultimately about right now, a d it's only gonna get crazier. Fun fact bob (Bellamy) and Eliza (Clarke) are married in real life. I also can't wait to see more sorry I'm slow on this show been busy. I personally love Murphy especially later on in the series.