As the dropship enters the atmosphere, communication with the Ark is lost. Two prisoners die when they unbuckle their seatbelts during the rocky descent.
In the series premiere of , titled "Pilot," 100 juvenile delinquents are exiled from a failing space station known as the Ark and sent to Earth 97 years after a nuclear apocalypse to determine if the planet is habitable. Key Plot Points
A pragmatic leader and the daughter of the Ark’s chief medical officer.
Leadership tension arises immediately. Clarke Griffin focuses on survival and reaching Mount Weather, while Bellamy Blake encourages the group to remove their monitoring wristbands to make the Ark believe they are dead, ensuring the adults don't follow them down.