Raven (Lindsey Morgan) isn’t exactly behaving normally on The 100 these days. Recent episodes found the injured mechanic taking one of the chips that exposed her to the AI known as ALIE (Erica Cerra) – removing her chronic pain but also some of her most important memories in the process.

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Last week, things escalated as Raven, trying to escape ALIE’s hold, was completely possessed by her instead, before once more being put back under her sway, leading Jasper (Devon Bostick) to escape Arkadia with her.IGN has an exclusive new clip from this week’s episode, “Nevermore,” as Clarke (Eliza Taylor) receives some notably harsh words from Raven, with ALIE by her side.Last fall, I was on the set of “Nevermore,” where I spoke to cast members Taylor Marie Avgeropoulos and Bob Morley – but, unfortunately, not Morgan. Though for good reason, given she was literally tied to a bed nearly the entire time I was there, over the course of several hours late into the night, filming scenes where Raven’s friends tried to help her and in some way free her from ALIE. As Bostick told me, “It’s our Exorcist episode. The band's back together, but it seems like we’ve lost one of us.”In take after take, Morgan gave a terrific performance, as Raven was sometimes in horrible pain, sometimes saying terrible things and sometimes completely taken over by ALIE, with Morgan expertly mimicking Cerra's specific speech patterns as the character.With the episode airing this week, I got on the phone with Morgan to chat about what it was like filming this big episode, playing ALIE -- not to mention multiple versions of Raven this season -- and more.

Lindsey Morgan as Raven in The 100.

(L-R) Paige Turco as Abby, Erica Cerra as Alie, and Lindsey Morgan as Raven in The 100.

[Laughs] Sort of, but then I think with everything we’ve done on The 100, it wasn't that crazy! But there were a lot of extenuating circumstances. This episode, we did night shoots like five nights in a row. We really try not to do that because it takes such a toll on everybody, but since we were outside for a lot of it too, it was just brutal. So yeah, it was a special episode!No. I think at this point Raven has fully submitted to ALIE and ALIE is working all the gears. But the interesting thing is it's like ALIE's the puppet master, but it’s still embodied within Raven. Jason [Rothenberg], Kim [Shumway] and I talked a lot about possession and exorcism, of a sense, but ALIE's not necessarily a “demon,” you know what I mean? But it was interesting, because she's emotionless, but she’s maybe… “Spiteful’” isn't the right word, but maybe “consequential.” Because, you saw before, when Raven removed her, she wasn't upset about it, she was just more curious, as far as, "Why would you do this? I take away pain, and humans do everything to reverse pain, to avert from pain. So why would you want it back?"Now I feel like it's like ALIE's working the gears, but it's funneling through Raven's filter. And I feel like Raven is full of fight and rage and anger, and that's been lying there, and she sees things as enemies. So it's kind of like that brought out, almost, a demonic rage inside of Raven that she has been carrying that I think is inside all of us. I think that's why you see Raven really lash out. She just has ALIE telling her, "Get away, get away!" But in Raven's mind it becomes, "Fight, fight! Fight for your life." Unfortunately, she's fighting her friends, but Raven has no idea that it's her friends she's fighting. She just knows she's fighting enemies, and that's the kind of fierceness she would bring to any adversary.I feel like I played a completely different character, a different Raven, all season long. Because even at the beginning of the season, Raven's at the height of her depression. And it's hard to convey, because we have so many other storylines and whatnot, but I wanted to try to find some way to show everyone that Raven's at her lowest point right now, and that's why she takes the chip. So it's like I was playing a completely different Raven in the beginning. So it's super, super, super sad Raven and then it's chipped Raven. Then she's Zen but also still very logical and scientific, so that's a whole other Raven. Then there's ALIE-possessed Raven, so it's not even Raven; it's ALIE working through her. And now it's a Raven/ALIE mesh coming through. So it's literally been different Ravens the entire season long.As far as the ALIE stuff, I remember when I got the script for 310, we were shooting in two days, and Jason's like, "So, you've got this to do." [Laughs] And I was like, "What? That's crazy!" He was like, "It’s fine. You've got it, you've got it!" He was so confident in me, and I'm like, "Okay! I'll do my best." Then he sends me this compilation he called “ALIE's Greatest Hits,” and it's a little compilation of just Erica being ALIE. We'd worked together, but I hadn't really had a chance to study her. Because when you're in a scene, you're not studying your scene partner - you're rehearsing, thinking about your character’s thoughts and emotions.Once I got a chance to study what Erica was doing, I was really impressed as far as the nuance and detail she brought to ALIE. Because ALIE could be very boring. She’s an emotionless computer image. She's like a robot. But Erica brought this awesome, super-intelligent being that was constantly learning. Like when she tilts her head, that's a sign of new information. She's trying to figure out the human race, humanity, because that's how Becca, her creator, created her; to be constantly learning. But the thing that she lacks is humanity, because she lacks that filter of understanding. That's why she is so confused when Raven is fighting her and willingly takes her memories back. So it was very interesting. I studied that compilation, and having Erica on set was great. Basically, if I couldn't get a line, I would go, "Okay, say this line," and she would say it, and I would mimic her; I would parrot her. But if it was a really difficult line, I would need her to do it pretty close to shooting, so I could have it fresh in my mind. But if I overthought it… One line gave us hell, and I was drilling her for it, and she was like, "Lindsey, it's not getting any better." [Laughs] "You've just gotta go with your instincts." It’s not perfect, but I was like, "Okay, I'll give it my best shot," and that's what happened.

Continue to Page 2 as Morgan discusses the character reunion on this episode and if there's hope for Raven in the future.