I liked this episode, you guys, it was good. But (don’t hate me) I didn’t love it. It was a solid showing from The 100, but I’m so used to epic mind blowing tales of adventure and terror that this one didn’t make it into my tops.
The premise was A+ for sure, but the execution was about a B, which averages a B+… I THINK? I don’t know, I was homeschooled by apes. I do know a lot about bananas, though (classic monkey joke). Basically if this WERE a high school metaphor that I refuse to let go, the last three episodes of The 100 would have gotten full scholarships to an ivy league school, while this episode maybe needed more extracurriculars on it’s application, ya know?
Don’t get me wrong, there were quite a few moments from I Am Become Death that made me sit up and smile / shield my face from fear / pump my fist in the air. For example, this will forever be known to me as the episode where Raven uttered the beautiful words “but not how I want to be loved” and gave Finn the ol’ heave-ho.
Also, Beautiful Creepster.
High fives all around, you guys.
Buuuuut, this will also live on in my memory as the episode where Jasper became a huge jerk-wad for no reason, and Raven essentially decided to commit heroic suicide after some boy troubles. (Heroic suicide is only cool when it’s done by Bruce Willis)
Okay, okay, stop crossing your arms at me, I’m done with the jibber-jabber. Let’s photo recap!
In the comments of last week’s recap, some fans had theories that it wasn’t actually the ship we saw explode, or that there were likely tons of survivors.
Everyone be dead, guys… everyone be dead. Does this mean Abby and Diana and all those extras are dead? It sure seems that way (but I really hope not! What are we thinking, escape shoots?)
It was very explosive, and probably won’t be important later so we should just forget about it.
Back at camp Jasper was regaling the huddled masses with his tales of bravery.
Red Shirt Girl #4 girl was HAVING IT, until they heard a ruckus.
Huzzah! Let us all raise a glass to the return of the Beautiful Creepster! You shall never know how much we missed you, please never leave us again, and never, ever stop being so damn creepy.
I could tell Bellamy had missed him based on his immediate attempt to murder him. Oh boys! (That’s how they show affection). I loved when he was all, “think about Charlotte!” and Clarke shot back with “I am thinking about Charlotte!”. Haha, hey Bellamy, hey Clarke, remember when Charlotte brutally murdered Wells? That was weird, eh?
Over in tent-di-Jasper, a glorified extra was throwing herself at an adorkable hero, but he wasn’t having any of it.
I am WITH YOU, Monty! Like… what? That came out of nowhere! Take a long hard look at Monty’s face. That boy is hurting and I DO NOT like it! I get that every relationship, even one as adorable as Monty and Jasper, has conflict. But both the onslaught and resolution of this one seemed very forced, and it made me wonder what the point was.
But then I got distracted by some very gross stuff.
This was all very disgusting and very awesome. Clarke figured out it was biological warfare because she is easily the smartest person on this show, including the adults and the animals and I’m sure most of the ghosts we don’t see.
Then one of the extras died, and we were reminded that this show loves killing people, so if you have a favourite character, maybe say your goodbyes just in case?
You guys, this Red Shirt gave the death scene his ALL, and we never even got to see his face. I feel kinda bad. Like… can he even use this on his reel?
Octavia is still very peeved at Bellamy for their fight and his torture of her boyfriend, which happened AT LEAST five days ago, so maybe just get over it, you know? It’s not like he stole your slushy cup or anything. (My brother did that twelve years ago and I still haven’t forgiven him, which I think is fair)
Anyway, she wasn’t sick and Clarke asked her to scamper off again to get a cure from Lincoln.
Haha, Lincoln did not give an eff, you guys. If there were a scale measuring how many effs he gave about Octavia’s friends and family, we would question whether or not the batteries were working because the needle simply would not move.
He was all, “let’s peace out”, to which she replied, “sure.” (paraphrasing)
Clarke mentioned to Bellamy that she sent his sister on a dangerous mission, and he basically just rolled his eyes and was like, “Claaaaaaaarke!”
Then all the extras started spitting up blood into each others faces (very rude), and everyone was panicking until Clarke starting shooting a gun into the sky.
But then she collapsed and Finn caught her.
Octavia gave everyone the skinny on the Grounder attack and they did not think it sounded like a good time.
Murphy offered Clarke his hammock and I thought, “huh, I guess the Beautiful Creepster had an epiphany whilst being brutally tortured by the Grounders. I’ll buy that.” And I DID buy it, you guys… *sigh* this show loves to throw me for a loop, and I love you for it, The 100. Never stop.
Finn, Bellamy and Raven came up with a plan to blow up the bridge with the explosive raspberry jam from the exodus ship. It DID come in handy!
But then Bellamy got sick and could no longer take the shot!
Murphy helped the extra who tried to kill him that one time, and said they were “good”. Haha, oh Murphy, you trickster!
Then this happened:
I refuse to caption this with my stupid smart ass remarks because this scene was beautiful and perfect and made me misty. Bellamy admitted he was scared, and Octavia was there for him. *sniff* shut up, stop looking at me, *blows nose*.
Finn and Jasper noticed the bomb was missing and raced after Raven, but not before Jasper extended an invitation to Monty.
I don’t get it, and I shall stop trying to.
The Beautiful Creepster tried to help Bellamy, but he wasn’t having it because I guess he’s still pissed about his one-week surrogate daughter jumping off a cliff of her own accord.
Clarke had a little chat with him about Murphy being super nice now, then they discussed the possibility of Jasper and Finn failing as a sure thing. You guys, is it just me, or was Eliza Taylor killing it with comic timing this episode?
We checked in with Raven, who was setting up the bomb and shooting it herself from short range for no discernible reason.
I suppose one could argue that she heard the Grounders and figured it was now or never, but why did she go alone in the first place? If she had waited approximately 3 minutes, she would have had back up and could have moseyed on out of there without a care in the world. Or had she planned on pulling a Bruce Willis a la Armageddon all along?
I don’t know, and quite frankly I don’t want to know. I don’t care for this message, so let’s just move on.
Jasper was missing a bunch, but then look who showed up with another gun!
They blew up the bridge and it made a very cool mushroom cloud and then Clarke said the title of the episode to really drive it home. “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Get it, guys? GET IT?
Then we had a sweet break up scene with Octavia and Lincoln.
Octavia decided to stay with “her people”, which was swell.
Monty and Jasper got a heroes welcome while Finn took Raven inside, and the most glorious thing happened:
Finn did NOT care. Do you think he’ll invite Clarke to their bomb shelter of love right away, or wait a few days?
Speaking of Clarke, she was having a nice chat with Bellemy outside the wall.
Little did she know:
BAH! Awesome! Oh, Beautiful Creepster, you never disappoint. I love a good redemption story, as you’ve probably noticed with my love for Kane (missed you!), but this is a thousand times better. Banger choices, The 100!
There were some really solid performances this episode all around, but special high fives go out to Marie Avgeropoulos, Bob Morley and Ricky Whittle for making me feel things.
As I mentioned, this wasn’t one of my favourite episodes, but they can’t ALL be favourites, right? The 100 remains one of the best parts of the week, and I’m anxiously awaiting next week’s episode. Dichen Lichman is back! Huzzah!
SOME STUFF
- So I guess the arrow that hit Lincoln wasn’t poisoned. Okay. Good.
- Why do you think the Beautiful Creepster chose not to wash his face once he got better? Do you think he was using the dirt and blood to hide a zit?
- “We’re running towards the war drums? I hate this planet.” Oh Jasper, you are still the best, even if you were inexplicably a D-Bag this episode.
- Is this really the last we’ll see of Lincoln’s abs, or will he come back in a grand gesture to win back Octavia?
- What did you think of I Am Become Death? Am I totally wrong? Was this the best episode yet?
That’s it from me, see you guys next week for some horrific violence and teen angst!!
[Originally Posted May 2014 on tv.com]
Toni Watches 
ORIGINAL POST COMMENTS:
tessamclelland
Dec 04, 2017
RIP Derek the Extra! Lol, poor guy
tessamclelland
Dec 04, 2017
And when he asks her if Murphy hurt her *dreamy sigh*
tessamclelland
Dec 04, 2017
I personally love the part where Bellamy asks Clarke if she needs anything, and when he smiles… haha, I think every Bellarke shipper in the audience was sighing and swooning! XD 😍♥️😆
BeautifulCreepster
Apr 19, 2017
Also all I can think of when they said “I am become death, destroyer of worlds,” is “I am become cat, destroyer of furniture.”
BeautifulCreepster
Apr 19, 2017
I actually quite liked I Am Become Death.
First of all, I wonder if they could have made Murphy’s blood barfing scene even more gross. They literally shot the scene from below him, so it look like he was barfing on you. Ugh, also wondering how they managed to do that without getting the fake puke on the camera.
You may be too good of a person to refuse to caption the sweet scene between Bellamy and Octavia but I’m not, so I’ll just be honest here. Despite the scene being all cutesy they really did shoot it from an unattractive angle, as in you can see straight up his nose. Not to mention the blood on his face makes it look like he’s just eaten some pasta without a napkin. I think I just ruined the scene for everyone. Oopsie.
AcornArmy
Dec 02, 2015
“Buuuuut, this will also live on in my memory as the episode where Jasper became a huge jerk-wad for no reason, and Raven essentially decided to commit heroic suicide after some boy troubles”
I prefer to think of Raven’s break-up with Finn and her decision to go on a solo mission to blow up the bridge as two separate, unrelated events. Raven just doesn’t seem like the suicidal type. I’d rather assume that she just didn’t think the others were as reliable as she is, so she took off on her own. And then once she got to the bridge, she figured if she wanted it done she’d better do it herself, even if she had to blow herself up in the process since she was then too sick to do it from a distance.
AcornArmy
Nov 26, 2015
“So I guess the arrow that hit Lincoln wasn’t poisoned. Okay.” – Either that, or Lincoln just knows the guy who shot him and what kind of poison he uses on his arrows, so Lincoln could take the antidote.
Kitekat123
May 27, 2014
I can’t even explain how much I love your recaps, thank you so much for writing these!!!
audreyapple
May 27, 2014
One of the things I really love about this show is how awesome all the ladies are. In the first episode, I was sure they were going to play Octavia as a rival to Clarke (and then she would have been written like a mean girl) but nope! It just keeps surprising me! Even the love triangle with Raven wasn’t too laboured in terms of the girls competing with each other. It’s lame that there’s even the suggestion of them fighting over Finn, but I think the show’s making it pretty clear that the girls are all wicked good. Even the one who was crushing on Jasper seemed pretty badass, and his reaction to her was totally lame.
The one thing I really hated about this episode was the lingering look between Octavia and Jasper at the end. I just don’t feel them. Jasper is funny, but he’s a bit too Fedora Nice Guy for me.
bubujin_2
May 24, 2014
Bummer! I was actually hoping for a continuance of Romeo Lincoln and Juliet Octavia. Actually, I really wanted Octavia to elope run off with Lincoln so that a third major story line could develop: Octavia goes native, learns Grounder ways, and then later returns to the 100 85 (or is it fewer now? I’m having a hard time keeping track!) as a cultural bridge to help establish the new world order. I don’t think that’s the last we’ll see of him. There are definitely strong feels between them and I thought the two had good on-screen chemistry despite how little we saw them both together.
Sorry writers of The 100 but hydrazine (isn’t that what Raven called that nasty, explosive liquid?) is colorless (you all should have checked something like this: http://www.amgas.com/hydrazine.htm). But you all had to sex it up for TV, didn’t you?
And I was kind of disappointed that we didn’t get any scenes of the Ark this episode. Last gripe: if the lander from last week’s episode was burning up on re-entry, any surviving debris would have been scattered for hundreds of miles and identifiable body parts would have been mostly reduced to splinters.
Mangalore
May 27, 2014
Well, we sex up plenty of odorless or colorless gases and liquids so they get a distinctive smell or look for security reasons. I don’t see a stretch of that stuff having a colored component for whatever handling reasons.
As for the lander: It lacked its parachute. Clarke and Co thought it was fine until they realized it was going too fast and didn’t have its parachute out.
It didn’t burn up on reentry but simply landed face first in the rocks.
cosminmoise13
May 24, 2014
Hmmm… so Raven said ”game over” to Finn? Good for her! I guess the Belarke fans will have to wait a little longer now that Finn will probably try to get Clarke back…
ash7
May 24, 2014
Great recap! I totally fell for the Beautiful Creepster’s tricks too! I’m glad I’m not the only one. Can I just say that I love how nice everyone is on this board?
aparnahemapriya5
May 24, 2014
i swear i watch this show just saw that i can enjoy your photorecaps more!
i’m glad Raven finally broke up with Finn. about time! i sure hope Clarke doesn’t go running to Finn the moment she gets to know. because frankly I have started to absolutely love Clarke(i didn’t at first) and they better not ruin it! also i kinda like Bellemy and Clarke together.
as for Lincoln……i hope he comes back. this show and us viewers should not be deprived of his sexy abs.
beautiful creepster…..creeps me out….in the best way! i’m interested to see where this will go!
all in all a pretty good episode. not the best but good enough.
can’t wait to see next week’s episode! and ur awesome photorecap!!!!!
nicholaskmoose
May 24, 2014
OK there was something funny in that scene with Octavia and Bellamy. When she said the “I’ll always take care of you” thing, and he said “That’s what I said to you the day you were born” and she was like , “I know, you told me that like a hundred times.” -that was just funny to me. Like either Bellamy forgot that he says that to her constantly, or he just assumed she wasn’t listening or whatever, but it was just funny to me that she broke the moment by complaining about it.
And props to you for mentioning the actress who plays Octavia by name this time. I think the last time you mentioned her you called her “that actress” -but in your defense, Marie Oarfolkajokopus is a really hard name to write. I think I may have spelled it wrong.
Savvytvfan91
May 23, 2014
Do you think that they broke off the triangle to create a new one?
From Clarke/Finn/Raven to Finn/Clarke/Bellamy?
missaliss16
May 23, 2014
Ugh. Yes, it’s looking that way, isn’t it? I mean, just think about all those random close ups of Bellamy’s face every time Finn did something for Clarke. Which I’ll admit was kinda cute… however the whole love triangle things is just so over done. On the bright side at least a Finn/Clarke/Bellamy love triangle will be much more interesting and much less dejected, mopey, and codependent.
Savvytvfan91
May 23, 2014
If there has to be a love triangle, I am much more interested in the one with Bellamy, Clarke and Finn.
Toni_watches May 23, 2014
I’m all love-triangled out for this season. I hope they wait until Season 2.
Savvytvfan91
May 24, 2014
That would be so good!!!! But can we be that lucky?
Savvytvfan91
May 23, 2014
Awesome recap as usual!!!
I mean I didn’t really notice that it felt flat, just that it wasnt as awesome as other episodes.
Loved the pictures of Finn hesitating, so awesome, gave me a good ol’ chuckle!!
Yeah Dichen Lachman next week!!!!
nicholaskmoose
May 23, 2014
The reason that the Jasper being a dick to Monty thing worked was because it didn’t go as expected. when a dork gets any amount of power of course it will go to his head-( When ANYONE gets any amount of power it will go to their head) and there will be a good chance he starts stepping on the people who helped him on the way up. But the classic way this should have played out was: Jasper becomes hero, Jasper gets girls, Jasper disses Monty, Jasper gets offered another mission, Jasper fucks it up, Jasper loses girls, Monty doesn’t want to take him back.
Instead, they had Monty come to the rescue and ALSO become a hero! I liked that.
abbyshop88
May 23, 2014
the last scene after Murphy killed Connor, he put the bloody cloth in Raven’s hammock, I guess he tried to pin the murder on Raven?
modernfamily120
May 23, 2014
I have one thing to say: The bromance!!!
Oh and also Abby’s dead, and that sucks. 😦
abbyshop88
May 23, 2014
Abby is not dead, she’s somehow save and still on the ark, read the synopsis for the next episode
6rar
May 23, 2014
The second Jasper was mean to Monty all I could think was, “Oh Toni_watches is gonna be mad about this”
Savvytvfan91
May 23, 2014
Same!! I was thinking this is gonna piss her off but the beautiful creepster is back so she will be happy and then they became friends again at the end!!! I find myself thinking more and more about how certain scenes will be recapped!!
_Fire_Ice
May 22, 2014
OMG so excited. I agree this episode wasn’t as good as I expected it to be, sorta like the one where they were all drugged. Psychedelic nuts and biological warfare are both really interesting ideas and you could do so much with them, I felt like it was just another thing happening though in both episodes. I love that this show is fast paced and all, but it also can’t be afraid to slow down and seriously develop the intensity of things. I figured it was kinda realistic in the sense that when you crash on a planet, unprepared and have to fight for survival from day one than all of it would seem like it was happening really fast.
But I’m rambling, on to this episode’s events specifically. I love that Raven and Finn are now over, Raven is too awesome to put up with that bullsh*t. BUT now I’m worried that we will end up having to deal with Finn hardcore trying to get with Clarke, while Raven is still sorta depressed, and Clarke is torn about whether she should go for it with Finn so soon after him and Raven breaking up, it is gonna be annoying.
The Beautiful Creepster was awesome, I figured he would come back, but I never fell for that rehabilitated sociopath act. I mean did anyone notice, especially at the end when he was killing that guy, his eyes looked like he had grounder make-up on.
I don’t think we will see Lincoln again anytime soon. This sucks, but I think he has run his course, now we get new more deadly grounders.
As for Jasper, I think they just wanted to give him more of a rounded personality, they just didn’t do it well. Like everyone loves /loved Jasper and thought he was this adorable, sweet little nerd. BUT everyone else has been changed, both for the good, the bad, and a little in the grey. There is no reason Jasper should be exempt from that.
Poor Abby and the ship. I said it last week and I’ll say it again. I actually hope they all died and they don’t magically have them survive. BUT there didn’t seem like that many bodies, of course they could have been scattered all over or completely incinerated.
My main concern is next week. The promo looked like a Clarke/Finn episode, not my favourite. We had been making such good headway into the Clarabell ship. Also I want more of the Ark soon. Sh*t is going down up there and I wanna see how much and how bad.
bluemorphotat
May 22, 2014
“… this one fell a touch flat.”
Exactly how I felt Toni_watches!
“So I guess the arrow that hit Lincoln wasn’t poisoned.”
Right forgot about that one!
“Why do you think the Beautiful Creepster chose not to wash his face once he got better? ”
Since apparently there are but very few mirrors… people tend to forget what they look like… That is why I have one mirror right on my flat’s door so I can take a good look at what I look like before facing the the world LOL! (It took a few embarrassing situations to learn that one!)
Very nice recap as usual! Thanks!
Toni_watches
May 23, 2014
Mirror on the door, eh? I should try that one! 🙂
bluemorphotat
May 23, 2014
😉 Never fails… it can even be scary sometimes (Who’s that??? Oh! That’s… me? :-S) but mostly it’s lots of fun! ;-P
TatraFan
May 22, 2014
I think is more horrific Teen Angst and Semi-Laughable Violence…
this is what the series needs…
falafelfalifulfalafol
May 22, 2014
The Beautiful Creepster is changed. He’s smart now.
Let’s hope this brings us Awersome Raven back.
Charissa29
May 22, 2014
Everyone is calling out Jasper for being a douche, but props to Devon for being so such a realistic dbag!
mad-pac
May 22, 2014
I loved Finn considering pros and cons and the “I thought you were nice now” part. Nice job!
DesolaKazeem
May 22, 2014
“Are all my pals gonna die?” “Absolutely” Hahahhahah this is all so true. The sudden Jasper douchiness kind of came from nowhere.
jjtigs
May 22, 2014
Jasper was an ass in this episode. He needs to knock his ego down a few pegs. Monty is too adorable for words.
I think my favorite scene was when Clarke came out of the tent with the gun in one hand. It was just so badass and you can tell she was thinking “I’m surrounded by idiots.”
“You guys, is it just me, or was Eliza Taylor killing it with comic timing this episode?” It wasn’t just you. She was nailing those lines.
Raven wanted to die because she knew it was over with her and Finn? That’s the impression I got. Bad message to send. She also could have ruined everything by doing it herself. Now that she dumped Finn, please let her stay single. I will be pissed if they throw another love interest at her this season. At least wait until season 2. Let her have a story that doesn’t involve being a love interest for once.
I LOVE the beautiful creepster. I’m scared they’ll kill him off, because I can’t see how else this will end once they find out what he did. I KNEW there was no way he wouldn’t give in to the temptation to get his revenge. The guy he killed is the first one who wanted him hung, right?
For the first time I wasn’t annoyed at Finn. He actually did something smart and came up with the bridge plan and he risked his life for both Raven and Clarke.
_Fire_Ice
May 23, 2014
I’m still iffy on Finn. I feel like the show instantly tried to set him up as this good hero type guy, but at the same time undermined it all the time. Like when he didn’t want to go back out and look for Jasper, when he wanted to use the bomb to scare people off but didn’t want the responsibility of planting it. I could also be really biased because I have a thing about cheating, so he will probably be on my sh*t list until the episode he dies. I understand he didn’t expect to see his girlfriend ever again, but as Raven pointed out he could’ve waited more than 10 days. He instantly was all over Clarke. Plus he continued to push things even when Raven showed up. To this day, he didn’t have the balls to break up with Raven, she had to do it for him. I just don’t like him, something about his character irks me.
missaliss16
May 26, 2014
AMEN. I could not agree with you more. It seems that they really do try to play Finn in the middle so he comes across as the fun-loving likable one, but he just comes across as indecisive and immature to me. I think you outlined his character flaws very well from the cheating aspect to not taking responsibility when he should have. Here’s to hoping they kill Finn!
mahalablair75
May 22, 2014
tbh i liked it alot better than last weeks lol but, thats probably just because bellamy was in that one for about 2.5 -_- anywayy lol ur photo recaps are the besttt lol i look forward to them every week almost as much as i look forward to the actual episode lolol keepp makeing themm there awesome! ugh im hoping for more bellarke, i dont even think i have to say it anymore, at this point, im pretty sure its implied. lolol anyway keep up the good work with your recaps! i love them! (:
davidbergfors
May 22, 2014
Toni, your recaps remains one of the best parts of the week, and I’m anxiously awaiting the next one.
Lincoln will be back, (I hope) and I too loved that sibling scene.
Like you said, every relationships has to have its ups and downs, but the tare between Monty and Jasper felt a bit rushed, glad we’re through it though.
I was waiting on a scene from the ark in every turn, but i guess The 100 want to leave us in uncertainty another week.
Til next time!
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