Pilot 

97 years after a nuclear war, human kind is living in space. 100 juvenile delinquents are sent down to Earth to see if the planet is habitable.

Director:

Bharat Nalluri

Writers:

Jason Rothenberg (developed by), Jason Rothenberg (written for television by)

Stars:

Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Thomas McDonell

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Eliza Taylor	...	Clarke Griffin
Paige Turco	...	Dr. Abigail Griffin
Thomas McDonell	...	Finn Collins
Eli Goree	...	Wells Jaha
Marie Avgeropoulos	...	Octavia Blake
Bob Morley	...	Bellamy Blake
Kelly Hu	...	Callie 'Cece' Cartwig
Christopher Larkin	...	Monty Green
Devon Bostick	...	Jasper Jordan
Isaiah Washington	...	Thelonious Jaha
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Marcus Kane
Terry Chen	...	Commander Shumway
Richard Harmon	...	John Murphy
Sachin Sahel	...	Dr. Eric Jackson
Alessandro Juliani	...	Jacapo Sinclair

Storyline

Prisoners are sent down to Earth 97 years after humans had left the planet after a nuclear fall-out. They're sent from a space station where humans now live, but they do not have resources and supplies to live and survive in space station much longer. The 100 are therefore used in order to determine if Earth is habitable once more, the 100 must learn to adapt to their new surroundings quickly but factions begin to emerge amongst the 100 and not everyone is playing ball.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode takes place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September 2149

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Goofs

Once the 100 landed on Earth, in the first 5 minutes, Clark's hair goes from looking like it hasn't been washed in a week, to just came out of a beauty saloon.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Clarke: [narrating] I felt the sun on my face. I see trees all around me, scented wildflowers on a breeze. It's so beautiful. In this moment I'm not stranded in space. It's been 97 years since a nuclear apocalypse killed everyone on earth, leaving the planet simmering in radiation. Fortunately there were survivors. Twelve nations had operational space stations at the time of the bombs. There is now only the ark, one station forged from the many. We're told the earth needs another hundred ...
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Soundtracks

Radioactive
(uncredited)
Written by Alexander Grant, Ben McKee, Joshua Mosser, Daniel Platzman, Dan Reynolds, and Wayne Sermon
Performed by Imagine Dragons

User Reviews

Had potential but quickly ruined with cliche teenage issues

Couldn't get past 10 minutes of episode 1. The show had potention with its story line but it's ruined with the overly used cliche teenage drama and terribly played out issues that even 10 year old kids are smarter to work out. Was painful to watch the first episode.. Very painful

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 March 2014 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alloy Entertainment, CBS Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD