“ | You can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved. | ” |
— Kane later repeated by Bellamy |
Gimme Shelter is the seventh episode of the fourth season of The 100. It is the fifty-second episode of the series overall.
Clarke's arrival on the island quickly takes a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, Bellamy tries to avoid further tragedy in Arkadia.
Plot[]
The episode unfolds with Octavia riding on a horse in the woods. She gets off the horse and hides behind a tree. Unexpectedly, we see Ilian walking through the woods and he approaches her horse. She jumps out and puts a knife to his throat. Ilian says that he can help her, but she wants no part of it. He says that he owes her for sparing his life, then lightning begins to strike and rain falls. Ilian refers to it as a strange rain, then Octavia orders him to get on the horse. They ride away.
In Arkadia, Kane welcomes Bellamy back. The acidic rain starts to pour heavily, as alarm rings throughout the camp, signaling everyone to run inside for cover. As Harper tried to run towards shelter, she shoves one of the Arkadian citizens who tried to help her, causing him to fall to the ground and begin screaming in agony, as people push past him, not helping him up. Bellamy notices this and asks Kane to help him rescue the fallen citizen. They succeed in getting him inside. However, Bellamy wants to find Octavia, but Kane stops him. He reminds him that his sister is smart and can take care of herself. During their conversation, panic is growing inside their shelter. Everyone is stripping down and dousing themselves with water in order to get the burning rain off their bodies.
Back in the woods with Octavia and Ilian, they also strip down and start to drench themselves with fresh water. Octavia then tells Ilian to make a fire since he's clearly good at doing that.
At Becca's lab, we see Clarke arrive and meet with her mother. They begin to talk about how the hydrazine is the only shot they have. Abigail also tells Clarke that Raven is currently under sedation and that she needs to take it easy. She walks over to a microscope and begins looking at bone marrow. She then reveals to Clarke that injections with Luna's bone marrow can possibly give them Nightblood. However, they'll need a human test subject and they don't know who yet. During this, Emori overhears everything.
Back at Arkadia, Harper approaches Kane and blames herself for not helping the fallen citizen. He's currently not doing well and chances of him surviving are very slim. Kane then gets into a conversation with Bellamy. Bellamy decides to put on a protective suit and go out into the black rain. However, the suit is useless and Bellamy runs into a rover. He's talking to Kane and then decides to drive into the woods after hearing a distress call. Kane attempts to stop him, but it fails. Bellamy drives off into the black rain.
Meanwhile, Clarke and Emori are walking through the woods talking about black rain. She explains to Clarke that she's upset that everything is failing. Emori also tells Clarke that Skaikru is lucky to have her. They approach Becca's mansion where Murphy is listening to loud music. He is also cooking and shows Clarke that he's becoming a really good cook. Just as Clarke walks off to take a shower, Emori tells Murphy that they're leaving. She tells him that Skaikru is going to sacrifice a human in order to test a Nightblood solution. Emori feels that the sacrifice will be her. However, John tells her to calm down and that everything will be fine.
Seconds later, we see Clarke enter a bedroom and look at herself in the mirror. She then gets into the shower and cleans herself off. Following that, she lays in bed and closes her eyes. Suddenly, Clarke hears mysterious noises in the mansion. She grabs her gun to investigate and eventually enters an office. She lifts one of the blinds and notices a hole in the window. Murphy walks in and tells her not to be afraid, but Clarke warns that someone is in the mansion.
Suddenly, we see Emori taking food in the kitchen. A mysterious Grounder attacks her, but Clarke and Murphy show up to deter him. Once they stop him, Emori begins to question him and wants to kill him. Murphy stops her from doing it, but Emori suddenly asks about where the "others" are. They decide to tie him up for questioning. However, Emori tells Clarke that once he's done talking, then she gets to kill him.
In the woods, we see Bellamy driving the rover while speaking with Mark and Peter on a two-way. Mark and Peter are the who the distress signal is coming from. As he's driving to rescue them, the rover gets stuck in mud, and he's unable to continue. On another two-way, Kane tells him that there's no way he'll be able to get to them. Bellamy informs Mark and Peter he can't get to them. Bellamy begins to beat the steering wheel in frustration.
Back at Becca's mansion, we see Clarke tending to Emori's minor wounds. Emori swears that she's going to get revenge on the man for his actions against her and her brother, Otan. Clarke claims that she understands Emori's plight, but she doesn't believe her. She explains her banishment from her clan during her infancy and Clarke admits that she understand that. After Emori finishes the talk, she walks away.
During their conversation, John Murphy is talking to the man, but then Emori comes in and starts punching him in the face. Clarke wants her to stop because she'll kill him. She says, "What if his death can save us all?" It becomes clear who Clarke wants to volunteer as the Nightblood solution guinea pig.
Back in the woods with Octavia and Ilian, she continues to not speak to him. Ilian tries to carry on the conversation, but Octavia's focus is on sharpening her knife. Ilian begins to sadly reminisce about his responsibility for his family's death. He then wants to know Octavia's sad story, but she tells him to shut up. Despite her reluctance, Ilian feels that Octavia's previous demeanor before becoming a killer still exists. However, she tells him that he's wrong. She then proceeds to walk into the black rain, but Ilian stops her. She then kisses Ilian and tells him to make her feel something else. They proceed to make love and, for this moment, she's not thinking about Lincoln.
Moments later at Becca's lab, we see Abby walking around and her hand is shaking. She receives contact from Kane and he explains that the black rain is there. He says that they need a solution and she says that there may be a solution. However, in order to find it, she needs to do something that she doesn't really want to do. She asks Kane if she takes a life to find a cure, does it make her a murderer? Kane says that he doesn't know how to answer that. Suddenly, we see the fallen citizen from earlier is finally dead as Harper weeps over him.
Later on, we see Bellamy attempt to contact Mark and Steve. However, he receives no answer. Kane then tells him that he did what he could. Bellamy starts to lament about how he's failing everyone including Octavia. Kane reminds him that he did everything that he could for her as well. He says that Bellamy can't save someone that doesn't want to be saved. Additionally, his mother would be proud of the man that he became. Bellamy bitterly reminds Kane that he floated his mother.
Back at the cave with Octavia and Ilian, we see her wake up and realize that the storm is over. Ilian tells her that he's going home. She picks up a couple of curved daggers, then proceeds to drop them into a puddle. Octavia catches up to Ilian in the forest and tells him to get on the horse. She offers to take him home and he accepts.
Finally, back at Becca's lab, we see Abby inject the mansion prisoner. Abby puts the needle inside of him as Roan, Clarke and Jackson watch. Murphy and Emori also watch. She admits that the prisoner is not anyone that she knows. Her plan was simply to get someone else experimented on instead of her.
Cast[]
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 (credit only)
- Lindsey Morgan as Raven Reyes (credit only)
- Richard Harmon as John Murphy
- Zach McGowan as Roan
- Isaiah Washington as Thelonious Jaha (credit only)
- Henry Ian Cusick as Marcus Kane
Guest Starring[]
- Luisa d'Oliveira as Emori
- Sachin Sahel as Eric Jackson
- Chelsey Reist as Harper McIntyre
- Bradley Stryker as Rock Line Thief
- Chai Hansen as Ilian
Co-Starring[]
- Jesse James Pierce as Louis
- Peter Flemming as Mark (voice only)
- Joseph John Coleman as Taggart
- Tori Katongo as Arker Woman
- Paul Dzenkiw as Arker Man
Quotes[]
- Emori: "Ignore me. I'm just upset that our mission here has failed. Hopefully your mother will come up with another way. You're just like her. Willing to do anything to save your people. Skaikru's lucky to have you."
- Clarke: "We're not just doing this for Skaikru."
- Emori (to Clarke): "I was cast out of my clan as an infant because of this. I was forced to steal to survive. Forced to kill. You were loved. Told you were special. I was thrown away like someone's garbage. You know nothing of my pain."
- Abby: "If I take a life, to find a cure, does that make me a murderer?"
- Kane (to Abby): "Taking a life should never be easy. I hope it's not easy for you. Your humanity is your greatest strength. Sometimes we need a different kind of strength. We need to survive. Then we can all find our humanity again."
- Bellamy: "I can't protect anyone. I couldn't protect my sister. It was my responsibility, and I failed. My mom passed out. She was there. She was in my hands. She was so helpless, and now what is she? Is she even alive? What is she? I––"
- Kane: "You didn't fail, Bellamy. You did everything you could for her. You came to the ground for her. You can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved. Your mother would be proud of the man you've become. I know I am."
- Bellamy: "You floated my mother."
- Clarke (to Abby): "None of us like what we're doing here. Not even to someone like him. But if this works, we survive. Simple as that."
- Murphy (to "Baylis"): "I love someone who was beaten and tortured by a man who thought he could control her."
Notes and Trivia[]
- First time Clarke Griffin and Emori have an interaction/conversation.
- This is Henry Ian Cusick's 40th episode.
- Roan appears in this episode, but doesn't speak.
Body Count[]
- 18 Sky People (radiation exposure from the black rain)
- Louis
- Mark Colton
- Peter Colton
- Erin
- Samuel
Multimedia[]
Music[]
Stars | HEX.LOVER.KILLER | The Delta Riggs | [1] |
State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) | Regions of Light and Sound of God | Jim James | [2] |