It would be an understatement to say Clarke Griffin (Eliza Taylor) has seen and done some shocking things at this point on The 100 and Season 3 began with her in a very different place, both physically and mentally, as a result. More recent events have found her reunited with Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey), though that dynamic remains very complicated as well, to say the least – as we wait to see Clarke’s reaction to Lexa bowing down and pledging fealty to her.

Eliza Taylor as Clarke Griffin in The 100.

(L-R): Eliza Taylor as Clarke and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa in The 100.

Zach McGowan as Roan and Eliza Taylor as Clarke in The 100.

Last month, at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, I spoke to Eliza Taylor right before a panel took place for The 100 . We discussed Clarke’s state of mind, her similarities to Lexa and what she makes of Roan (Zach McGowan) – her captor early on this season, who has turned out to have a more complicated agenda than it initially appeared.I should note this interview is somewhat shorter than the others I conducted with other The 100 cast members at TCA, simply because we got a late start due to a jam-packed schedule that day, and us speaking mere moments before the panel was set to begin.[Laughs] She’s not great, no!She's been doing anything she can to be by herself, to live independently, and essentially, to run away from her problems. I think the scene with Niylah is purely physical. It’s needing to be held, to connect to a human for a minute, but as you saw, as soon as it’s over, she’s out of there. Because she’s still completely messed up about Lexa and Mount Weather and what she’s done.It’s a very different side of Clarke!Obviously there’s this time jump between Season 2 and 3. This is the first time that we’ve actually skipped more than a day. It’s three months later and she’s been carrying this stuff forever thinking she’s never going to see Lexa again and when she does, it just all comes out. It’s very un-Clarke like, but I really hope audiences get a kick out of it because you never really get to see her just go bats**t crazy.Oh, she has good reason![widget path="video/embed/playlist" parameters="slug=the-100-season-3-set-interviews"]And the answer is yes. The answer is absolutely yes. "I would do anything to save my people, the same as you, as much as I hate you for it." And that’s really difficult for her and that’s why she’s so conflicted. It's like, "I hate what you did to me but I definitely would have done the same thing."Yeah, I think that’s what makes them so rich and compelling. I really adore their connection and their similarities, even though they don’t want to admit them.It’s actually a very similar thing. Roan is from the Ice Nation, which are the most brutal of all the clans. They are "fight and die for your nation." They are brought up as trained killers. It’s crazy. And Roan surprisingly doesn’t carry those beliefs. He’s a good person. Somehow he’s managed to grow up wanting what’s best for people without having to kill them, which is exactly the same way Clarke is with the way she grew up. She grew up in a very brutal world, in space, where they would execute people for petty crimes and she didn’t believe in it; she fought against it. Weirdly enough, even though she was a prisoner of his, they connect and realize that they’re quite similar.It’s fantastic and it kind of felt like a no-brainer at this point. Every single one of the women on this panel have such different characters. We’re so diverse. I think we’ve all brought something completely unique to the show and I can’t take credit for that, because a lot of it is the writing. It’s amazing and it’s a first for me!Oooh, I don’t know what to say! What can I tease? I don’t know… It’s tough. I’ll give you… the fans are gonna love it! [Laughs]

The 100 airs Thursdays at 9:00pm ET/PT on the CW.Eric Goldman is Executive Editor of IGN TV. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheEricGoldman , IGN at ericgoldman-ign and Facebook at Facebook.com/TheEricGoldman