With The 100 kicking off a new season on Wednesday night, executive producer/showrunner Jason Rothenberg spoke to IGN about what’s next on the ever-intense CW series.
Season 4 begins with Clarke still processing that the world’s remaining nuclear power plants are on the verge of meltdown, with just months left until life will become unsustainable. Rothenberg discussed how Clarke responds to this new threat, plus the ongoing role of the Grounders on the series, and Bellamy’s new philosophy.
IGN: Everyone on this show has dealt with a lot and arguably Clarke has dealt with more than anyone. How is she handling this situation? It’s not tangible in a way that the other threats have been and it is all encompassing. Is there a fear of it overwhelming her?
Rothenberg: A, yes there is a fear of it overwhelming her and everyone. And B, no she won’t let it do that. She will, as she always does, find a way to rise above it and fight through it. Whether or not she’ll come up with an answer that’s good enough in this situation is what we’ll watch play out over the rest of the season. It is unlike any other problem they’ve ever faced because essentially there is no answer to it. It’s just about who survives and how and not whether or not we can stop this thing. For Clarke, it’s about, for the first time really, rising above her clan and realizing that they’re all in it together. On some level, that’s the story we’re all living through right now, as a people in the world. We’re all facing the same potential climate disaster and we all live in a world where the environment doesn’t respect a country’s borders. We will watch Clarke this season transcend her tribalism to try and come up with a solution to save everybody. Whether or not she will be able to do that remains to be seen.
IGN: Last season you expanded a lot on the world of the Grounders and that’s continuing here, as Roan is a regular part of the cast now and you’re having characters like Echo and Luna return in expanded roles. Are there still some surprises left to reveal about how the Grounders function?
Rothenberg: I think so. I think it’s safe to say that we’re always trying to add layers and build the world out and understand these people that our heroes have plopped down in the middle of. On some level, by no choice of their own, they landed in the middle of an ongoing battle for survival in which not everyone can survive and on some level, that’s what this season is too, but on a bigger canvas and in a bigger way. We’ll continue to meet characters from different clans and continue to try to unfold the mythology and spirituality of that people because it’s fascinating to me.
IGN: Is it fun for you guys to take a character like Echo, who popped up at the end of Season 2, and then briefly at the beginning of Season 3, and be able to elevate her and show different facets of her?
Rothenberg: Tasya [Teles] as an actress has been surprising and it’s always great, I think, to discover talent and give people a shot to show what they can do. She comes out of Vancouver and you’re right, was a small player in Mount Weather in the cage next to Bellamy, betrayed Bellamy in Season 3 -- and all of our heroes -- and now comes back with that baggage in a big way in Season 4 and continues to be a part of the story going forward. So that’s one of the characters I’m excited for people to get to know for sure.
IGN: How is Bellamy functioning in the group this season and how much is everything that happened in Season 3 weighing on him as they have this new crisis to deal with?
Rothenberg: It’s weighing on him hugely. I think he realizes he made a mistake. He definitely followed the wrong leader in PIke and it lead to some really poor choices. But I think he gets a bum rap and I think Bellamy would say the same thing. I think he had justifications for what he did. That said, it was a massacre and it weighs on him, and so does the decision he made in Season 1 when he threw away the radio which lead to the culling on the Ark. All of those choices, cumulatively, weigh on his conscience and his soul. He’s really trying to figure out a way to write that book. He faces a death sentence. He knows he’s going to die, or potentially is going to die, in six months and he wants to do as much good [as possible] in six months before he goes out. Can he get redemption? Is it about that? I don’t think so. I don’t think he’s consciously trying to make up for the bad s**t that he’s done but he’s certainly turned a page and is trying to save as many people as he can today with less concern for tomorrow - as opposed to others who are operating the way the show has operated prior to this season which is “sacrifice the few to save the many.” That’s a justifiable thing to do and that’s a story we’ve told multiple times. Bellamy’s not okay with that anymore.
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