Bodyguard of Lies

[[Season Two]], Episode 14

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“	Maybe life should be about more than just surviving. Don’t we deserve better than that?	”
— Clarke to Lexa

Bodyguard of Lies is the fourteenth episode of Season Two. It is the twenty-seventh episode of the series overall. It was written by Kim Shumway.

Summary

While preparing for battle, Clarke and Lexa have a heated discussion. Desperate for help, Raven has Wick summoned to the engineering room. Jaha and Murphy encounter a perilous roadblock. Meanwhile, at Mount Weather, Bellamy is in a race against time.

Plot

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Cast

Starring

Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin
Bob Morley as Bellamy Blake
Marie Avgeropoulos as Octavia Blake
Christopher Larkin as Monty Green (credit only)
Devon Bostick as Jasper Jordan (credit only)
Paige Turco as Abigail Griffin (credit only)
Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane (credit only)
Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha
Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes
Ricky Whittle as Lincoln (credit only)

Guest Starring

Richard Harmon as John Murphy
Johnny Whitworth as Cage Wallace
Alycia Debnam Carey as Lexa
Adina Porter as Indra
Steve Talley as Kyle Wick
Toby Levins as Carl Emerson
Ian Tracey as Vincent
Jedidiah Goodacre as Craig

Quotes

Murphy: "A shower would be nice right about now… Wash off the rest of Harris."

Jaha: "These mines are just another test of our faith."

Wick: "I’ll have you know I was a god at fluid dynamics."

Raven: "You think you were a god at everything."

Wick: "Empirical evidence doesn’t lie."

Clarke: "I did it to save Bellamy, so that we could win this war. Don't you see that? If we'd evacuated Tondc, Mount Weather would've known that someone tipped us off. They would have found your brother."

Octavia: "No. Bellamy would have never told you to do that. He would've found another way."

Clarke: "I couldn't take that risk."

Octavia: "Right. Because you’re in charge now; you decide who is disposable. You would've fit right in on the Council."

Lexa: "Plans don't last very long in battle."

Lexa: Once Bellamy shuts down the acid fog and the battle begins everything will be clear."

Clarke: "What if he can’t? What if it was too dangerous and I sent him in there anyway?"

Lexa: "You care about him?"

Clarke: "I care about all of them."

Lexa: But you worry about him more?"

Clarke: I couldn't have kept us alive all this time without him. We need him. And now I might be the one who gets him killed."

Lexa “The truth is, we must look into the eyes of our warriors and say, go die for me."

Clarke: “If only it were that easy. Can we please just get back to the plan?"

Lexa: “No! You could be a leader your people look to, pour their hopes and dreams into. Someone they would fight and die for.”

Clarke: "I never asked for that, I'm just trying to keep us alive"

Lexa: You were born for this Clarke, same as me".

Clarke: What the hell is wrong with you? You can't just kill everyone you don't trust."

Lexa: "Yes I can."

Clarke: Well I won't let you."

Lexa: You were willing to let her die two days ago, nothing has changed".

Clarke: "250 people died in that village I know you felt for them, but you let them burn."

Lexa: "Not everyone, not you."

Lexa: "I do trust you Clarke."

Clarke: "I know how hard that is for you."

Lexa: You think our ways are harsh, but it is how we survive."

Clarke: "Maybe life should be about more than just surviving. Don’t we deserve better than that?"

Lexa: "Maybe we do."

Clarke to Lexa: "I’m not ready… to be with anyone. Not yet."

Octavia: to Clarke: "I'll fight this war with you now because I want our friends back. But, after that we're done."

Indra: "I know it bothers you they knew about the missile."

Octavia: "How could you not hate them?" Indra they almost killed you."

Indra: "They didn't do anything the enemy did. Lexa's a great Commander because she's ruthless. That's how I'll win this battle."

Octavia: "That's wrong."

Indra: "That's war."

Murphy: "Tell me what level of crazy is too much for you? I'm just curious."

Jaha: "We need a boat and a boat appears. This is our destiny. The City of Light is out there and we're going to find it."

Notes & Trivia

Wick's first name was revealed to be Kyle.
Raven and Wick sleep together for the first time.
Lexa and Clarke share their first kiss together.

Body Count

Harris and another Sky Person killed in The Dead Zone by Land Mines
Garza and at least 5 other Mount Weather Guards killed by Acid Fog explosion

Behind the Scenes

Episode title :

The title of this episode is part of a famous World War II quote by Winston Churchill: "In wartime, truth is so precious that she must often be attended by a bodyguard of lies." The quote can be interpreted as: In times of war, people must lie to protect/conceal the truth.
"Bodyguard of Lies" is also a book written by Anthony Cave Brown that is based on the quote. ^[1]