Perverse Instantiation (Part 2)

Perverse Instantiation (Part 2) is the sixteenth episode of the third season of The 100. It is the forty-fifth episode of the series overall. It aired on May 19, 2016. It was written by Jason Rothenberg and directed by Dean White.

Summary
In the season’s epic and mind-bending conclusion, our heroes begin to face the reality of their tragic situation. Everyone prepares for a final showdown.

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
 * Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha
 * Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane

Guest Starring

 * Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa
 * Erica Cerra as A.L.I.E./Becca
 * Michael Beach as Charles Pike
 * Jarod Joseph as Nathan Miller
 * Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre
 * Jonathan Whitesell as Bryan
 * Luisa D'Oliveira as Emori
 * Sachin Sachel as Jackson
 * Rhiannon Fish as Ontari

Quotes

 * Clarke: "Jasper, what are you doing here?"
 * Jasper: "Trying to stop you. You've seen the City of Light now. It's perfect. There's peace, happiness, safety. Why would you want to deny that to anyone?"
 * Clarke: "She's torturing people to get them here, Jasper, taking their memories, controlling them. This isn't even you. This is A.L.I.E."
 * Jasper: "She's doing what has to be done."
 * Clarke: "She took away our choice. Human beings have free will. We get to decide how we should live."
 * Jasper: "Human beings are the only species that act against their own self-interest. We torture each other. We fight, hurt each other, break each other's hearts. None of that exists here. A.L.I.E. is protecting us from ourselves."


 * Abby: "If your mind dies, you die."
 * Clarke: "The Flame will protect me. I don't know how I know. I just... know."
 * Bellamy: "I believe you."
 * Abby: "Do you even know what you're looking for?"
 * Clarke: "I'll know when I find it."
 * Abby: "May we meet again."
 * Clarke: "We will."
 * Bellamy: "We'll keep you safe."


 * Pike: "If we're gonna survive this, we'll need to stand together."
 * Octavia: "Now you say that."


 * Monty: "What happen when A.L.I.E is updated?"
 * Raven: "She'll delete the kill switch. We won't be able to stop her."
 * Harper: "So, find the damn kill switch."


 * Bellamy (to Octavia): "O.? O., listen to me. I know how you feel. I let my need for revenge put me on the wrong side. I don't want that for you."


 * Pike: "Wasn't the wrong side. If the Grounder army was still there when Lexa died, they would have attacked, and you know it."
 * Bellamy: "I wanted to see things like you. I needed that, to believe that they were bad and we were good. I don't know what I believe anymore. I just know I have to live with what I've done."


 * Lexa (to Clarke): "Our fight is not over."


 * Clarke: "I never thought I'd see you again."
 * Lexa: "I told you my spirit would choose wisely."


 * Lexa: "We can't let them follow. Go. I'll hold them off."
 * Clarke: "No, Lexa. I love you."
 * Lexa: "I'll always be with you."


 * A.L.I.E.: "If you pull that... you will be killing everyone. See for yourself. The nuclear power plants that were destroyed by the bombs have begun to melt down. My drones detected the first of them four months ago. There are more than a dozen at-risk plants around the world, seven currently burning. Global radiation levels are already rising. By my calculations, in less than six months, ninety-six percent of the Earth's surface will be uninhabitable... even for those born in space, so, you see, the City of Light is the only thing that can save you."


 * Bellamy: "They're unarmed, but they won't feel pain, and they won't stop until they're out cold."
 * Miller: "Copy that. Go for the knockout."


 * A.L.I.E.: "The last time I warned my creator of a threat to human survival, she chose to lock me away and came here to work on my replacement."
 * Becca: "Define 'perverse instantiation.'"
 * A.L.I.E.: "Perverse instantiation... the implementation of a benign, final goal through deleterious methods unforeseen by a human programmer."
 * Becca: "Like killing 6.5 billion people to solve overpopulation. The goal isn't everything, A.L.I.E. How you reach the goal matters, too. I'm sorry that I didn't teach you that."


 * A.L.I.E.: "Would you really condemn the human race to die in 6 months?"
 * Clarke: "We'll figure something out. We always do."
 * Becca: "Yes, Clarke. There's still hope."
 * A.L.I.E.: "According to my calculations, there is not."
 * Becca: "10 seconds."
 * A.L.I.E.: "Let me ease their pain, Clarke. We can save the human race together."
 * Clarke: "You don't ease pain. You overcome it... and we will."


 * Clarke: "Thank you."
 * Murphy: "Just another day on the ground, right?"


 * Monty: "I know this world can suck, but at least it's real. We can get through this together."
 * Jasper: "You really believe that?"
 * Monty: "We will be happy again, I promise."
 * Jasper: "I'm sorry I stabbed you."
 * Monty: "I'm sorry I shot you."
 * Jasper: "I didn't feel it."


 * Clarke: "A.L.I.E.'s gone."
 * Bellamy: "Yeah. I figured. Clarke, you're not acting like someone who just saved the world."
 * Clarke: "Because we didn't... Not yet."

Notes & Trivia

 * Eliza Taylor says that she thinks that this is her favorite episode.
 * This episode makes it the first time Abby Griffin had to directly kill someone.
 * Both the Battle of Polis, and the Battle of the City of Light take place concurrently in this episode.
 * These two battles are both part of the War Against A.L.I.E..
 * Goof: Abby slices Ontari's chest open and immediately starts squeezing the heart, which would be impossible without sawing through the sternum first.

Body Count

 * Two Grounders - shot by Bellamy
 * One Grounder - shot by Abby
 * One Grounder - killed by Pike by breaking his neck
 * A.L.I.E. - Terminated/Deactivated by Clarke by pulling the kill-switch
 * Charles Pike - killed by Octavia
 * Ontari - Brain damage, then brain dead body used to keep Clarke alive in the City of Light

Behind the Scenes
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