Clarke and Finn

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Clarke and Finn is the relationship between Clarke Griffin and Finn Collins. They are portrayed by starring cast members Eliza Taylor and Thomas McDonell, and début in the first episode of Season One.

Summary
Their romantic relationship started in the fourth episode of Season One. It ended in the fifth episode of season one. However, they began growing back together at the end of season one and first half of Season Two (They had romantic feelings for one another). Their relationship officially ended in the eighth episode of season two due to Clarke mercy-killing Finn.

Throughout the Series

 * -|Season One =

In The 48, Finn believes that Clarke, as well as the other Delinquents, have been abducted by Grounders. Clarke, while at Mount Weather, worriedly asks Jasper if Finn is in Mount Weather with them, but Jasper sadly tells them that he didn't make it, however, Clarke argues with him by saying that they don't know for sure.
 * -|Season Two=

In Inclement Weather, Finn, along with some others, leave Camp Jaha to search for Clarke and the other missing Delinquents.

In Reapercussions, Finn notices that a one-eyed Grounder is wearing the watch that Clarke's dad gave her as a necklace. He aids the other Delinquents in kidnapping and interrogating the Grounder. He takes a dark path as he gets desperate to find Clarke, and he punches the Grounder repeatedly for information, and threatens to shoot him. Later on, even though the Grounder gives the Delinquents the information they need about Clarke and the other Delinquents, Finn kills him in order to end a dispute between Bellamy and Murphy.

In Many Happy Returns, Finn's "dark path" continues as he gets more and more desparate to find Clarke. At one point, he was even willing to let Mel hang off of an edge of a cliff, and most likely die due to her being exhausted and having trouble holding on, in order to find Clarke.

In Human Trials, Finn reaches the breaking point trying to find Clarke. He starts a fire in The Woods Clan's village, takes the members in that area of the camp hostage, and later guns down many of the Grounders. Clarke shows up and witnesses him doing this and is horrified. Finn tells Clarke "I found you" and walks towards her, but she is so terrified of what he had done that she backs away from him.

In Fog of War, Clarke is still scared of the massacre Finn had created. Finn tries to tell Clarke that the massacre was an accident, and tells her that he did what he had to do. Clarke can't even look at Finn for the longest time. Once the pair hide from the acidic fog in the bunker, Clarke immediately sees Delano, the Grounder Finn had executed, lying dead on the floor. She is horrified by this and Finn immediately covers up Delano's body. Later, Finn hands Clarke her father's watch. Finn also claims that Clarke is looking at him like he's the enemy, but Clarke disagrees, and Finn points out that she doesn't look at him the way she used to. Clarke admits that she doesn't even know who Finn is anymore, to which Finn replies "Neither do I".

In Long Into an Abyss, Clarke defends Finn when Nyko tries to kill him while they are in the dropship. Later, Finn explains to Clarke that even if she can save Lincoln he will never be the same because of the things that he has done when he was a Reaper. Clarke assures Finn that Lincoln is fixable, and so is he. Finn also encourages Clarke to go make peace with the Grounders. At the end of the episode, Clarke is shocked when Lexa demands Finn in return for a peace treaty.

In Spacewalker, Clarke returns to Camp Jaha with devastating news; the Grounders want Finn in return for a truce. Clarke does everything she can to protect Finn from the Grounders. Finn admits that he is in love with Clarke, and that's why he massacred all those Grounders; he didn't care what happened as long as she was safe. Clarke then begs him to stay instead of running away. Both Clarke and Finn are attacked by a Grounder, however, Finn manages to scare the Grounder away, but Clarke is already lying unconscious on the ground next to him. He carries her to the dropship and stays with her. When she wakes, he admits that he thought she was dead because of him. Clarke tells Finn that the things all of them had to do to survive doesn't define who they really are, but Finn questions this and points out that this could be who they are now. Clarke, Bellamy, Raven, Murphy, and Finn come up with a plan to protect him from the Grounders. However, Finn decides to surrender and allows the Grounders to take him away. Later, as he is waiting to be killed, Clarke tries to reason with Lexa by saying she's covered in Grounder blood and that Lexa should kill her instead of Finn. Lexa points out Finn is guilty, and Clarke realizes it's hopeless, so she asks to say goodbye to her lover, and Lexa accepts. Clarke immediately runs to Finn and kisses him and tells him that she loves him, too. They passionately hug and Finn admits that he's scared, but Clarke reassures him that he will be okay. Finn says "Thanks, Princess" and his head drops to Clarke's shoulder. Clarke backs away, holding a knife in her hand which covers both the knife and her hand in blood. Finn has a stab wound in his stomach. Finn said "Thanks, Princess" to thank Clarke for mercy-killing him, stopping his long and painful death that the Grounders were going to give him.

In Remember Me, Clarke shows much sadness after Finn's death. She sees him in various hallucinations. In the last hallucination, Clarke tells him that "Love is weakness" and he expresses sadness, but quietly turns and walks away and eventually fades away.

Quotes

 * Finn Collins: "Why so serious, Princess? It's not like we died in a fiery explosion."


 * Clarke Griffin: "Try telling that to the two guys who tried to follow you out of their seats."


 * Finn Collins: "You don't like being called Princess, do you, Princess?"


 * Clarke Griffin: "Do you see that peak over there?"


 * Finn Collins: "Yeah."


 * Clarke Griffin: “Mount Weather. There’s a radiation-soaked forest between us and our next meal. They dropped us on the wrong damn mountain.”


 * -- Pilot


 * Clarke Griffin (To the Delinquents): “Wait. There’s not supposed to be a river here.”


 * Finn Collins: "Well, there is. So, take off your damn clothes."


 * -- Pilot


 * Clarke Griffin: "Finn! Finn, stop it! Calm down!"


 * Finn Collins: "We're dead to them! Don't you get that?!"


 * Clarke Griffin: "No! There's still hope!"


 * Finn Collins: "Even you don't believe that! It's over, Clarke! They're going to die up there and we're alone!"


 * Clarke Griffin: "We're not alone! You're not alone! You're not alone."


 * -- Murphy's Law


 * Raven (To Clarke about Finn): "Do you love him?"
 * Clarke: "I hardly know him."


 * -- His Sister's Keeper


 * Clarke (To Finn): "I can't do this without you."


 * -- Contents Under Pressure


 * Finn: "We should talk about this."
 * Clarke: "You have a girlfriend, Finn. There's really nothing left to say."
 * Finn: "Hey, hold on. It's true, I care about Raven. But you and me, we started something."
 * Clarke: "It's nothing we can't stop."
 * Finn: "Are you sure? 'Cause I'm not."


 * -- Unity Day


 * Finn: "Clarke, I love you. I'm in love with you."
 * Clarke: "You broke my heart. I'm sorry. I- I just can't."


 * -- We Are Grounders (Part 1)


 * Finn: "I found you."


 * -- Finn after finding Clarke in Human Trials


 * Finn: "Even if you can save Lincoln... He won't be the same. The things he's done... They'll stay with him."
 * Clarke: "We don't know that."
 * Finn: "Yes, we do."
 * Clarke: "Lincoln's savable... And so are you."


 * -- Long Into an Abyss


 * Clarke: "Bellamy told me you were here. What are you doing?"
 * Finn: "I have to go."
 * Clarke: "Where? There's nowhere to go."
 * Finn: "I'm putting everyone in this camp in danger."
 * Clarke: "There are Grounders everywhere, Finn. They'll kill you."
 * Finn: "Maybe that's what I deserve. For what I've done."
 * Clarke: "You were trying to find our people. Trying to save us."
 * Finn: "I was trying to save you, Clarke."
 * Clarke: "Finn."
 * Finn: "I'm in love with you. Everything that's happened, everything I've done, all that matters is that you're okay, that you forgive me. Say something."
 * Clarke: "Don't leave. Please."


 * -- Spacewalker


 * Lexa (To Clarke about Finn): "But Finn is guilty."
 * Clarke: "No, he did it for me. He did it for me."
 * Lexa: "Then, he dies for you."


 * -- Clarke about Finn's massacre in Spacewalker


 * Clarke: "I love you, too."
 * Finn: "I'm scared."
 * Clarke: "You're going to be okay. You're okay."
 * Finn: "Thanks, Princess."


 * -- Finn and Clarke say their final goodbyes in Spacewalker


 * Clarke: "Love is weakness."


 * -- Clarke to Finn while hallucinating him in Remember Me

Notes and Trivia

 * Finn Collins and Clarke Griffin first met in Pilot.
 * Finn's nickname for Clarke is "Princess".
 * Clarke and Finn kiss for the first time in Murphy's Law.
 * Clarke and Finn kiss for the final time in Spacewalker.
 * They sleep together for the first time in Murphy's Law.
 * The next morning, Clarke learns that Finn has a girlfriend.
 * Clarke saves Finn's life once when she performs surgery on him by removing a poisoned knife from his side in Contents Under Pressure.
 * Finn saves Clarke's life twice. Once when he helped lead her away from the bridge in Unity Day after the Grounders and Delinquents begin to fight at the bridge. The second time was when he killed a Reaper that tried to kill her, in We Are Grounders (Part 1).
 * Finn confesses his love for Clarke, but she rejects him because he broke her heart in We Are Grounders (Part 1).
 * Finn becomes mentally unstable (suffering from symptoms of PTSD) when he believes the Grounders have already killed Clarke, killing 18 Grounders in Human Trials.
 * His dark path scares Clarke.
 * Clarke confesses her love for Finn and mercy-kills him, stopping the painful death the Grounders had planned for him in Spacewalker.
 * Finn is the second character and second Delinquent Clarke has mercy-killed.
 * The first was Atom.
 * Finn was Clarke's first love.
 * Clarke suffered PTSD from the guilt of killing Finn, leading her to hallucinating him multiple times.
 * In Clarke's mind, she has killed her one true love.