Not all delinquents are created equal, though. Take Clarke Griffin, for example (played by Eliza Taylor). Our heroine is the practical, protective one, whose detention was political. And you know she’s soulful because she pines for open skies and “the ground.” Then there’s Finn (Thomas McDonell). He’s a wild kid with a heart of gold—his unauthorized spacewalk cost the station a month’s worth of oxygen. Rounding out the main cast are Octavia Blake (Marie Avgeropoulos), whose only crime was being born into a society with strict population control, and her older brother, Bellamy (Bob Morley), who is masquerading as a guard. The party makes its way through a surprisingly lush forest, where they encounter a deer in a clearing. So much for a nuclear wasteland! But when they realize the deer is a creepy two-faced mutant—well, maybe Earth is not the lush utopia they hoped it would be. Meanwhile, back on the Ark, Clarke’s mother, Councilor Abigail, finds herself at the center of a political struggle—and she quickly becomes collateral damage as Councilor Kane seeks to usurp power from the injured chancellor. (We are merely told about an assassination attempt on the chancellor—why something so important would happen off-camera was a weird storytelling choice.) But before Kane can float Abigail out of the airlock she receives a last-minute stay of execution—from the injured chancellor himself! I may not be invested in the Ark’s political intrigue (for now), but I’m curious to see what troubles await our photogenic guinea pigs. I’m hoping their environment plays a bigger role in future episodes. This is supposed to be a post-apocalyptic world—we need to see more than just some mutant wildlife to understand how intense radiation is something to be reckoned with. Some closing thoughts: – Who tried to kill the chancellor? – What’s Bellamy’s story? Obviously he didn’t go to the surface only to keep an eye on his sister. – Wells has a prosthetic leg? Will we find out how this happened?   Den of Geek Rating: 3 Out of 5 Stars Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!