Last week’s episode showed Clarke and her friends discovering the dangers waiting for them on the New World. This week, we’ll finally see who else is living there—and if they pose a threat as well. During “Red Sun Rising,” Clarke and her friends experienced the horrifying effects of eclipse-induced psychosis on the New World. And while that phenomenon probably poses the greatest threat to the settlers from Earth, the promo for the upcoming episode of The 100 suggests that the people of Sanctum may be a close second. Watch the promo teaser here: We know that the characters on The 100 don’t have a great track record when it comes to landing on new planets peacefully, and it seems that Sanctum will be no exception, despite Clarke’s seemingly genuine effort to get off to a good start with the people already living on the New World. Of course, the leaders of Sanctum have every reason to be skeptical of Clarke and her people during “The Children of Gabriel.” Not only does the teaser show Diyoza and Octavia taking down quite a few newcomers, but it’s also likely to come out that Clarke and the others are only here because they destroyed the last livable valley on Earth—a fact that’s bound to come back to haunt them, especially if those on Sanctum have been waiting to return to their old home. Let’s hope Clarke and Bellamy can figure out a way to convince the people of Sanctum that their intentions are good, even if they’ve had a rocky past. They really don’t have many other places to go. Of course, Sanctum doesn’t seem like the safest option at this point either… Here’s how to watch the upcoming episode of The 100: Date: Tuesday, May 14 Time: 9 p.m. ET Episode: “The Children of Gabriel” TV Channel: The CW Live Stream: Watch on The CW or Amazon Prime. Make sure to check Culturess for the latest news and updates about The 100 after this week’s episode airs.<doc-sep>We left off The 100 Season 6 Episode 2 with the group from space and the group already in Sanctum reuniting, just on the heels of the hallucinations bringing up some stuff to the surface. Meanwhile, early flashbacks at the original Eligius group gave us an idea of what happened, or a timeline of events to consider before we officially meet the newcomers to our screen. It now has everyone in the same place, at least the characters we know, just in time presumably to meet Russell VII and his crew. It feels like all or nothing, and all is what we're getting in the next episode of The 100. But there also will be some separation, based off photos and what the trailer has spoiled about the state of the group. The good thing about this season so far that separating character doesn't feel so final, their placement can change in an episode or two, which means there isn't anything set in stone. There is also a big chance that the audience will continue to have information that the characters don't through flashbacks. The episode titles keep mentioning characters from there, which means there is plenty of stories still left to tell over there. Now The 100 Season 6 Episode 3 is using the title "The Children of Gabriel" and in case you needed the refresher, the previous episode set up some fascinating possibilities about what centering a conversation about Gabriel might mean. It could pick up where we left off after that eclipse reaction from Russell, which could be likely since Russell VII is making his big debut too. The synopsis for this specific episode is, "Clarke tries to win over the leaders of Sanctum to let her people stay. Meanwhile, Bellamy, Echo, and Octavia discover a new threat while on a mission to retrieve the transport ship." There is also this very helpful trailer and this exclusive Inside Look into the episode to help arrange our expectations. This preview might contain some light teases about the third episode, with a specific focus on characters and scenes that have been discussed before or have been included in promotional videos or photos. Proceed with caution if you don't want speculation or a variety of theories, but really, who doesn't like that? The 100 Season 6 Episode 2 Review: Red Sun Rising Extending That Friend Circle It might have been fun to spend some time with the people we know, but no way could last for long. Fresh introductions means new characters and new dyanmics to figure out. The photos for this episode make it clear that Russell VII is the first introduction that gets made to the characters. It isn't confirmed that they meet first, but he is in almost all the photos with Clarke so far. The chances are that after meeting the children he will follow not so far behind with skepticism. Because if Clarke has to win him over, chances are they aren't sure what to do with the new people on their planet. There is probably some sense of solidarity since Eligius people are connected to them through Earth. But there's probably that whole conversation about how they blew up Earth thing to discuss, and that can't be the right foot to start. The trailer has Clarke getting asked by Simone, Russell's wife, how many people she killed. That has to come from some comment or realization that they make, with the people in Sanctum questioning right away if there is peace to be had with these newcomers. Also don't forget that there was another trailer before the premiere aired, where Simone told Clarke to bow to Russell. That got her a big resounding no, possibly another issue for them to mark down against Clarke and her people? It can't last long though if we then already see Clarke decked out in this new dress that she gets offered. Once again, it is a familiar dress that she wears in a scene with Russell in the original trailer for the season. It is connected to her promising to Russell that they want to do better, over their dinner of exactly one olive according to Clarke's plate. Jason Rothenberg mentioned that Bellamy would allow Clarke to take the reigns, and it looks like that means she is the leader in charge of promising that they aren't a group to fear. With their past track record though, they have a lot of explaining to do and plenty to promise they won't do again. It is Russell's planet and Clarke is just there to play by his rules. Which leads to the big possibility that they will share a conversation about their blood, because there is no way this photo doesn't tease a reveal. It isn't clear yet what role Clarke's blood could or couldn't play to those at Sanctum. They should all have the same blood as her, so in a way she isn't special. Maybe she becomes more of a trustworthy person to them because she shares that in common with them. Or maybe it makes her more vulnerable, that is until they find out about Madi. There is no way that the Flame won't come up at some point this season. Because Russell and his people may not care about their blood, but the idea of having access to past Commanders may be what intrigues them. Madi doesn't have an easy time this season based off the trailer, but how much of that is inflicted by her journey and how much of that comes from her being a target on this new moon? And then, of course, we have the new "friendship" that quite a few of us are looking forward to, Jordan and Delilah. To be fair, odds are these two won't have an intricate love story that will span multiple seasons and planets. They seem to be getting to know each other very soon into Jordan's time on the moon. But the newly released synopsis for the fifth episode of this season teases that Jordan is going to be looking into Sanctum. A fan has also pointed out that the rating for the fourth episode of Season 6 hints at some possible sexual content coming up. So what if Jordan meets Delilah and feels smitten with her, he is new at this whole romance thing, so his first crush comes with him also choosing to trust Sanctum. Maybe they even grow closer in the next episode, but as Clarke tries to make things work in Sanctum, Jordan realizes something about what is happening over there. Delilah could be getting close to Jordan because she likes him or because she has an ulterior motive, either way, they could end up having sex the next episode at least. Then Jordan discovers something or learns through his time with Delilah that Sanctum is not all that it looks like, causing him to look into what is happening. He won't be his mother and father's son if his Sanctum sense didn't mirror their Mount Weather ones. And it all comes together after Clarke's two-episode arc of trying to do better in Sanctum, which supposedly will lead to her and Bellamy butting head? Sides are forming and secrets will be spilled when it comes to Sanctum. The 100 Season 6: Jason Rothenberg on Upcoming Pair-Ups, The Bellarke Partnership, and Characters Facing Their Demons Separation Station It is that lovely time again when the characters that are all in the same place now need to disperse a little to get several plots going instead of one. On the one hand, it makes sense, the story can't have every main character revolving around one story because there have to be different sides to introduce our way. There is also the option of the characters being scattered so they could all individual have a piece to a bigger puzzle, not knowing that the other group might have an answer to their questions about a dilemma they might be in. But first, let's bring up resolution.<doc-sep>Things are not looking good on the ground, or in space, for our favorite delinquents on The 100. The sixth season's second episode, "Red Sun Rising," poses more questions and hurls more threats our heroes' way. While Clarke and the group on the ground fight off the effects of a mysterious airborne illness causing them all to go just a tad crazy, the crew in space battle a masked enemy even as they reckon with their own sins. We're Jessica Toomer and Alyssa Fikse, and we have not succumbed to whatever toxins are making everyone else go mad, so you can trust us to lead you through this particular hellscape. Robert Falconer/The CW Alyssa: Well, this week on The 100 began with a pretty horrifying flashback. We get a glimpse of the first Eligius III crew to reach Sanctum, and as is to be expected, things go south really fast. The whole deal with the Lightborn family was never going to end well after their shrine was discovered in the first episode, but yikes. Call me overly sensitive, but the image of a white man with a gun on a rampage left a really bad taste in my mouth. Jessica: Yeah, I could’ve done without the mini-massacre too, but I do find it interesting to see who’s affected by this airborne illness and who’s not. Also, the guy’s daughter obviously didn’t die because she’s the author of that children’s book that Clarke’s been consulting in the present so I’m hoping we see more of her. Did you get any Griffin family vibes from watching the Lightborn’s interact? Because I did? Alyssa: I definitely got shades of the Griffins in the Lightborns, for sure. I’m sure that will be an interesting thing for Clarke to confront as she uncovers more about Sanctum. But right now, she’s busy dealing with the group continuing to crack and being chained to a wall. Not. Ideal. Murphy really knows how to pick at scabs better than anyone, doesn’t he? I get that he’s resentful, but yikes, my dude. Let Clarke live. I really can’t handle this group’s selective amnesia over the fact that every single one of them is a killer multiple times over. It’s not just Clarke! Jessica: As much as I love a messy Murphy, his hypocrisy is starting to grate on the ol' nerves. Giving Bellamy a pass for nearly hanging him in season one by claiming Clarke “pressured” him into doing it is the biggest stretch. Clarke’s not perfect by any means but it certainly feels like everyone would rather blame her for their poor choices than cop to their own responsibility. One thing that still bugs me about how this season has kicked things off is that, while Clarke is constantly answering for everything she did and didn’t do in season five, we have yet to see anyone take Bellamy to task for his decisions regarding Mady and Octavia. I’m all for the “reckoning with our sins” plot device but it needs to be more evenly spread out amongst the core group because we all have skeletons, y’all. The one good thing about this planet driving them all nuts is that those skeletons, at least in a roundabout way, are being dug up. Alyssa: Exactly. And I thought the way that the toxins affected everyone a little differently was very interesting. Bellamy exhibited it outwardly, looking to fight everyone that he thought was a threat, while Clarke went inward. The toxin made her want to kill herself, and not others, and girl, that tore me up inside. She is carrying around so much guilt and the fact that her subconscious mind went directly to treating herself as the main threat, not those around her, is so telling. I wish there was therapy on Sanctum because our girl NEEDS IT. I am hoping that the alliance between her and Murphy out of necessity starts to mend things. They are my favorite unexpected team. Jessica: I’d love an entire episode solely focused on those two. They’re similar in so many ways that I think they could really get sh*t done but also, hash out their personal differences in an exciting, dramatic way. I think Murphy recognizes a bit of himself in this new, self-hating Clarke and he might be the only one who can pull her out of that. He has plenty of practice in that area after all. Of course first, he’s got to survive whatever it is that’s infecting him and turning his veins an ugly shade of black. Is he slowly becoming a Nightblood? Is that what happens if you manage to avoid the madness caused by the toxins in the air? I have So. Many. Questions. Alyssa: They definitely opened up more questions with that one. I understand that a show needs mythology, but I did slightly roll my eyes at the fact that we’re at a completely different planet and we’re still being brought back to the Nightblood. It might be time to shake things up a bit in that regard. However, if it means that Murphy lives, I can get over it. Robert Falconer/The CW Jessica: Speaking of getting over things, our girl Octavia is having a rough time of it up in space. She’s trying to hold onto a modicum of power even though her old crew would gladly see her dead, she’s struggling to find her place in this new world order, and she’s still trying to get to the ground to find her brother. At first, I saw Octavia’s arrogance and combativeness this episode as proof she’s learned nothing from her mistakes on Earth but I think this is how she copes with all of the horrors she’s caused. She’s so bitter about her loss to Diyoza because she believed if she took that valley, everything she did in the bunker would’ve meant something. It can’t be easy to face the hard truth that maybe you did terrible things (for the right reasons initially) that were ultimately all in vain. Or maybe I’m just too soft where Octavia’s concerned? Alyssa: I tend to be too soft towards Octavia as well. I don’t think it’s fair that everyone is putting all of the blame on her for the bunker, but at the same time, I do think she has some atoning to do. I think that she realizes that, but she has no idea where to begin (honestly, WHERE DOES SHE BEGIN? ), and because no one on this show has been taught healthy trauma coping mechanisms, she falls back on old defenses. Her arrogance, her intelligence, and her resourcefulness. Not the time, but I get it. She has some old habits to unlearn, and that is grueling work, so lashing out makes sense to me. Jessica: Something that still rubs me the wrong way is how the show is letting Abby off the hook for her choices last season. I understand her character went through something truly harrowing with her addiction, but just because she’s overcome that doesn’t mean she gets a pass on all of the other sh*t she did while completely sober. Abby explaining to Octavia that the difference between them is that Abby regrets her choices was the biggest load of B.S. this show has ever fed us. It’s obvious that Octavia regrets her choices too, she’s just not emotionally equipped to vocalize that right now. And some half-assed apology to Raven and a moment with Kane where they wax poetic about doing better on this new world is not a redemption arc. Again, if we’re going to throw some characters under the bus for their bad decision-making, chuck them all. Alyssa: Agreed. Abby has been through hell, but I feel like the show’s writers are always on her side, and I don’t think that they are on Octavia’s. I’m very curious to see how the season shakes out for her, and I truly hope that it’s focused on having everyone face what they’ve done, reckon with it, and move on.<doc-sep>
After getting acquainted with the dangers of the New World, it looks like Clarke and her friends will finally meet the people living on Sanctum. The sixth season of The 100 has steadily been setting up the concept of the New World, introducing fans to Planet Alpha—or Sanctum—at the end of season 5, then slowly bringing on the dangers of this strange planet during the first two episodes of season six. But while Clarke and her friends have taken the time to explore their new home, they’ve yet to meet any of the people already living there. This changes at the end of the last episode, when the eclipse comes to an end and the people of Sanctum begin heading back to their homes. Judging by the promo for “The Children of Gabriel,” however, their relationship with those residing on the new planet might get off to a rocky start. Watch the teaser for the upcoming episode here: The people of Sanctum are skeptical—and perhaps rightfully so. The new teaser opens with a new character, presumably one of Sanctum’s leaders, asking Clarke and the others, “How many people have you killed?” This could be in reference to the people who invaded Eligius IV’s ship last episode, as Diyoza and Raven killed a few of them in order to save the rest of Skaikru. It could also be a more general question, since it seems inevitable that the settlers from Earth will eventually need to get into their background—including why they’ve come to Sanctum in the first place. And then, of course, there’s the problem of Clarke’s people continuing to kill those living on Sanctum during this episode… Clarke doesn’t shoot first. On the brightside, Clarke does seem to be making the effort to have a peaceful start with the people of Sanctum. She’s clearly learned her lesson from the accidental war Skaikru started with the grounders after landing on Earth, and she doesn’t want a repeat of that. In the teaser, we get a clip of her holding up her hands in a sign of surrender. We also hear her tell someone—most likely one of the leaders on the new planet—that she and her people come in peace. Of course, her statement rings a bit ironic because… Octavia or Diyoza might shoot first, though. Although Clarke may finally restrain herself from being the first one to shoot, it doesn’t look like Octavia or Diyoza are playing by the same rules. The teaser shows a brief glimpse of Diyoza tossing a weapon at someone sneaking up to the ship from a cluster of bushes. Fans know Diyoza wants a peaceful world for her child to live on, but we also know she won’t hesitate to defend herself if necessary. Diyoza hits her target in the promo, and it appears to be someone in a suit and gas mask approaching them. Odd… The trailer for the next episode also ends with Octavia back in action, and that might not be a good thing for our heroes. We see her swinging around her sword, and though she only appears to take down one person during the promo, she looks like she’s been at it for a while. But who is she fighting, and why? The 100 airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on The CW.