Join or Die

Join or Die is the thirteenth episode of the third season of The 100. It is the forty-second episode of the series overall. It aired on April 28, 2016. It was written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson, and directed by Dean White.

Summary
Clarke is on a mission that could change everything. Meanwhile, Murphy gains insight that might prove useful in ensuring his survival. Lastly, Kane reaches a breaking point.

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 (archive footage)
 * Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes (credit only)
 * Richard Harmon as John Murphy
 * Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha
 * Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane

Guest Starring

 * Erica Cerra as A.L.I.E.
 * Michael Beach as Charles Pike
 * Genevieve Buechner as Fox
 * Adina Porter as Indra
 * Rhiannon Fish as Ontari
 * Nadia Hilker as Luna
 * Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre
 * Jarod Joseph as Nathan Miller
 * Sachin Sahel as Jackson
 * Victor Zinck Jr. as Dax
 * Shane Symons as Jones
 * Katie Stuart as Zoe Monroe
 * Aaron Miko as John Mbege
 * Celia Reid as Roma
 * Eli Goree as Wells Jaha (archive footage)

Quotes

 * Pike: "Welcome to Earth Skills."


 * Pike: "Perhaps you'd like to tell us the key to surviving on the ground."
 * Murphy: "No, not really. No."
 * Pike: "Ms. Blake, how about you? The key to survival on Earth, what is it?"
 * Octavia: "Not dying?"
 * Pike: "You can laugh all you want, but we've got a lot to learn here... making fire, tying knots, how to navigate using the stars, how to hunt. You have to learn which plants you can eat and which..."
 * Jasper: "Which ones we can smoke?"
 * Pike: "Mr. Jordan, that is precisely why we had to separate you and Mr. Green. Listen. The answer to my question. The key to surviving on the ground and on the Ark is to keep fighting at all costs against all odds. The minute you give up, you're dead. Am I boring you, Mr. Murphy?"
 * Murphy: "I'll survive."


 * Bellamy: "Come on, O. How long?"
 * Octavia: "I don't know. I can't even look at you... because every time I do, I see Pike putting that gun to Lincoln's head. I hear the gunshot. I see him fall."
 * Bellamy: "I didn't kill Lincoln."
 * Octavia: "No, but he is dead because of you."
 * Bellamy: "I came to you. You didn't take my help. If you had just trusted me, I..."


 * Jasper: "We're running out of daylight. We should stop in the sun, recharge the battery."
 * Clarke: "What sun? We keep going until it dies."
 * Octavia: "We keep going until we get to Luna."


 * Indra (to Pike): "You should have killed me on that battlefield. I won't make the same mistake. You killed 300 of my people. Now you'll take 300 cuts by my hand."


 * Bellamy: "Let me guess, you came here to fix things, Wanheda the Peacemaker."
 * Clarke: "I came to see if you're ok."
 * Bellamy: "Well, I don't need your help. Clarke, I've lost her."
 * Clarke: "Give her time, Bellamy. There may be blood on your hands, but it's not Lincoln's."
 * Bellamy: "Some of it is."
 * Clarke: "Maybe, but you didn't want that to happen. You tried to stop it. Octavia will forgive you eventually. The question is, will you forgive yourself?"
 * Bellamy: "Forgiveness is hard for us. I was so angry at you for leaving. I don't want to feel that way anymore."
 * Clarke: "You know, you're not the only one trying to forgive yourself. Maybe we'll get that someday... but we need each other, Bellamy. What we're doing now, the only way we're gonna pull this off is together."


 * Murphy: "Listen to me! Our real enemy is out there. Jaha has an army of chipped soldiers. They don't feel any pain. That means they're not gonna stop until all of us either join them or die."


 * Murphy (to Pike): "Go float yourself. Everything I learned, I learned on the ground."


 * Murphy: "What are the odds?"
 * Pike: "John Murphy?"
 * Murphy: "Told you I'd survive."


 * Murphy: "Ask yourself this. You want your revenge or you want your people to live?
 * Indra: "Both. I'll get my revenge. Just not today."


 * Clarke: "Luna, you're the last of your kind. The last Natblida.
 * Luna: "So, Lexa's dead as well."
 * Clarke: "Her spirit has chosen you to become the next Commander. Titus entrusted me with the flame to give to you.
 * Luna: "Then he should have told you that I left my Conclave swearing to never kill again."
 * Clarke: "You don't have to kill. To lead is your birthright. How you lead is your choice."

Notes and Trivia

 * Luna and the oil rig are first seen in this episode.
 * Crucifiction can be seen in Polis (the dead grounders on the crosses in Polis)

Body Count

 * Several grounders hang on crosses, and the blood of countless others runs through the streets. The title of the episode suggests many are dying for refusing to join A.L.I.E.'s cause.

Behind the Scenes

 * This episode is Isaiah Washington's favorite.

Music

 * In a flashback, when the Delinquents are seen entering the Dropship, an acoustic version of "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons is played in reference to Pilot when the Delinquents first step foot on Earth. This is the second time the music can be heard.

Video