Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming is the fifth episode of the first season of The 100. It is the fifth episode of the series overall. It first aired on April 16, 2014. It was written by Bruce Miller and directed by Milan Cheylov.

Summary
Clarke's new-found romance with Finn is threatened. Octavia suffers a blow to the head and wakes up to find a Grounder watching her.

On the Ark, Abigail exposes Kane's plan to reduce the population of the Ark. When the people learn the truth, they do something not even Chancellor Jaha could have imagined.

Starring

 * Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin
 * Paige Turco as Abigail Griffin
 * Thomas McDonell as Finn Collins
 * Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia Blake
 * Bob Morley as Bellamy Blake
 * Christopher Larkin as Monty Green
 * Devon Bostick as Jasper Jordan
 * Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha
 * Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane

Guest Starring

 * Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes
 * Ricky Whittle as Lincoln
 * Alessandro Juliani as Sinclair
 * Mac Brandt as Tor Lemkin
 * Chris Browning as Jake Griffin (Video only)
 * Celia Reid as Roma
 * Chelsey Reist as Harper
 * Lilah Fitzgerald as Reese Lemkin
 * Genevieve Buechner as Fox
 * Shane Symons as Jones

Quotes
Fox: [to Finn and Clarke] "Did you guys see that? You know it's from the Ark right? It had to be."

Thelonious: [to Abigail] "Today, there are so many things I wish weren't true."

Bellamy: "Jaha deserved to die. You all know that."

Raven: "Yeah, he's not my favorite person, either. But he isn't dead."

Bellamy: "What?"

Raven: "You're a lousy shot."

Abigail: "You'd leave Reese without a father?"

Tor: "This morning, you told me my daughter was going blind and there was nothing I could do to help her. Turns out there is."

Thelonious: [to Kane] "I know what I'm doing is right for my people, they inspired me."

Thelonious: "And we hereby commit these souls to the deep, who at their last gave all to the world of the living and may be remembered forever until there is no more pain, no more suffering and the abyss itself shall give her dead and return them to us."

Notes & Trivia

 * The title of this episode is a reference to the 1977 movie Twilight's Last Gleaming.
 * This episode has the most deaths of the whole series apart from We Are Grounders (Part 2) which has an unknown number of deaths but it is over 300.

Body Count

 * Tor Lemkin in The Culling.
 * Cuyler Ridley's wife in the Culling.
 * 318 other Sky People who volunteered for the Culling.
 * Unknown number of Grounders killed by Delinquents' flare (mentioned in Unity Day).

Production Notes

 * This episode premiered on April 16, 2014.
 * Twilight's Last Gleaming attracted 1.80 million viewers on the original airing and had a ratings/share of 0.5/2 in the key 18-49 demographic.