A Lie Guarded

A Lie Guarded is the fourth episode of the fourth season of The 100. It is the forty-ninth episode of the series overall.

Continued struggles with leadership and trust in Arkadia and Polis take violent turns while Abby leads a team to a distant location hoping to find answers.

Starring

 * Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin
 * Paige Turco as Abigail Griffin
 * Bob Morley as Bellamy Blake
 * Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia Blake
 * Devon Bostick as Jasper Jordan
 * Christopher Larkin as Monty Green


 * Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes
 * Richard Harmon as John Murphy
 * Zach McGowan as Roan
 * Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha
 * Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane

Guest Starring

 * Sachin Sahel as Eric Jackson
 * Jarod Joseph as Nathan Miller
 * Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre
 * Luisa D'Oliveira as Emori
 * Ty Olsson as Nyko
 * Tasya Teles as Echo
 * Nadia Hilker as Luna
 * Chris Shields as David Miller


 * Ben Sullivan as Riley
 * Alex Pangburn as Hayes (Arker man)
 * Brad Bergeron as Stevens (Ark Guard)
 * Jarett John as Seiku
 * Charles Zuckermann as grizzled Trikru warrior
 * Craig Erickson as Arker man
 * Will McDonald as Wilson (Ark Guard)
 * Joseph John Coleman as Taggart (Ark Guard)

Quotes

 * Octavia: "'Rogue'. I'm a warrior."
 * Kane: "No. A warrior knows when not to kill."


 * Luna: "What if the fight is all we are? We torture, kill, betray. We pretend we're more than that just to make ourselves feel better, but it's a lie."


 * Raven (to Luna): "It's not your blood that defines you. It's your heart."


 * Clarke: "You have to know that a random lottery is risky. We could end up with no doctors, no engineers."
 * Jaha: "You saw that we have to give them something to fight for. We can't tell people they have no value."
 * Clarke: "That's not what I said."
 * Jaha: "That's what they heard. The list was pragmatic, but the people need to feel like they have a say in their fate."


 * Bellamy: "Doesn't matter what we do. We'll always end up here – in the brink of war."


 * Bellamy: "Octavia will get there first. She'll warn them you're coming. You'll lose."
 * (Echo tosses Octavia's broken sword to the ground.)
 * Roan: "She wouldn't be taken alive."
 * Bellamy: "No."
 * Roan: "I am sorry."
 * Echo: "It was a good death."

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode marked the first dialogue between Jaha and Monty.
 * Jackson's first name was revealed by Monty while reading Clarke's list of 100 people. His first name is Eric.

Body Count

 * Unnamed Ark Guard – shot by A.L.I.E.'s drone
 * Nyko – shot by A.L.I.E.'s drone
 * Stevens, an Ark Guard – killed by Echo
 * All Trikru members left in Polis – killed by Azgeda warriors
 * Two Azgeda warriors – killed by Octavia

Behind the Scenes

 * In the initial drafts, this episode started with an assassination attempt on King Roan, but it was cut for space.
 * There was a scene with all the Sky People lifting the radiation shield into place. It was filmed but later cut.
 * To make Octavia's horse (Helios) lick her hand in the final scene, the crew used molasses.
 * The title has two meanings:
 * It's from the quote, "An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded." This might be a reference to Clarke hiding the truth about Alpha Station only being able to support 100 people out of the 500 Sky People.
 * It is also a visual pun: "A Lie Guarded" → "ALIE Guarded", referencing the drones guarding A.L.I.E.'s Island.

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