The Tinder Box

The Tinder Box is the fifth episode of the fourth season of The 100. It is the fiftieth episode of the series overall. It aired on March 1, 2017. It was written by Morgan Gendel and directed by John F. Showalter.

Summary
Clarke makes a desperate plea with a former allied force in an attempt to avoid a war and ensure the survival of her people.

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 (credit only)
 * Christopher Larkin as Monty Green


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

Guest Starring

 * Sachin Sahel as Eric Jackson
 * Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre
 * Tasya Teles as Echo
 * Jessica Harmon as Niylah
 * Chai Hansen as Ilian


 * Chris Shields as David Miller
 * Ben Sullivan as Riley
 * Jarett John as Seiku
 * Jojo Ahenkorah as Costa

Quotes

 * Roan: "It is a trap. We're already in it."


 * Riley: "I have a clear shot on the King.
 * Monty: "This is a tinder box. One shot, and we'll be at war. If you do this, it will be a massacre."


 * Monty: "Or he's heading to that cave to execute the King of the people that made him a slave."


 * Harper: "Wait. You'll never make it past that army. What are you doing?"
 * Monty: "Stopping a war."


 * Roan: "You grieve for Lexa, yet you've learned nothing from her. She was Trikru, but she rose above loyalty to clan. You tell yourself you have, too – the great Wanheda, the Commander of Death who says she wants to save everyone yet builds a ship for herself, for her people."


 * Clarke: "We have more bullets than you have men. You'll lose."
 * Roan: "Maybe. We'll both take losses, Kane and Bellamy among them."
 * Clarke: "You think you can shake my resolve? I was willing to sacrifice my own mother to stop A.L.I.E."
 * Roan: "And I was willing to sacrifice mine to help you. Ain't we a pair?"


 * Raven: "So, what, I survive long enough for everyone else to die? I can't do that Abby. Even if it costs me my life... you have to let me go."


 * Bellamy: "Trust me when I tell you, if this turns into a massacre, it will never get out of your head. War made me a murderer. Don't let it happen to you."

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode's title sequence started with an image of Becca's lab. In other episodes, the lab is only shown near the end of the title sequence.