Some huge events are underway on The 100 right now, as Bellamy’s decision to help Pike (Michael Beach) massacre a Grounder army sent to protect Arkadia has caused some massive rifts between former allies, including Clarke (Eliza Taylor) and Bellamy (Bob Morley). Lexa (Alycia Debnam-Carey) was intent on attacking Arkadia in retribution, until Clarke convinced her not to respond with more violence – though it remains to be seen how that choice will go over amongst those who follow Lexa.

On top of that, Raven (Lindsey Morgan), still in massive pain from her crippled leg, has taken the chip given to her by Jaha (Isaiah Washington) – causing her to see Alie (Erica Cerra) for the first time.Shortly after The 100 executive producer Jason Rothenberg recorded an episode of IGN’s Channel Surfing devoted to The 100 , I asked him some additional questions, on the heels of last week’s episode, about what’s next for Raven, Bellamy and Lexa, now that they’ve gone down these new paths.

Lindsey Morgan as Raven in The 100.

Bob Morley as Bellamy and Eliza Taylor as Clarke in The 100.

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Lexa in The 100.

When you take that chip -- the key, as Jaha called it -- you are instantly incorporated into the hive mind that becomes Alie. Alie is able to take away your pain. Her ultimate goal is to make you happy and better. That is literally what she’s trying to do. She still believes she’s following her reason for being built in the first place, which is to make man better. Raven now is pain free and that’s going to be interesting for Raven, I think. It’s hard to talk about, because I don’t want to spoil too much, but like everything we try to do in this show, it should make you think about how maybe it’s not such a bad thing. She was in debilitating pain, as the episode charts. To relieve that pain, she makes that leap. ‘What the hell does she have to lose?”, as Jaha say. Of course there will be ramifications and consequences. It won’t all be a party. But for a little while, it’s going to be pretty good for her to be pain free.He believes he’s doing that for her own good. He believes that it’s dangerous [in Polis] and he’s keeping her there to protect her. That’s what’s behind that moment. I think, in that episode, there’s a few scenes -- like with Bellamy and Kane -- where Bellamy says what he feels. He reminds that audience that Tri Kru killed 37 of his people before Kane even got to the ground. Obviously it’s a huge area of conflict with Lincoln, who is standing right there, and that’s hard for Bellamy. It’s hard to square that circle... “I love Lincoln, Lincoln is my friend, my sister loves Lincoln and I believe now that we are unsafe because of those people.” And by the way, they had a kill order on Lincoln. Maybe the kill order has been lifted by now, but in Bellamy’s mind, Lincoln is an exception and is someone he is trying to reconcile his choices with the Grounders with. So I feel like that scene that you’re referencing with Clarke is one where Bellamy states his case and we see the levels of pain that he is in. It will haunt him, because on a human level you can’t participate in something like that and not have that.Again, there’s historical precedent of people involved in massacres like that. A switch flips in your brain and you do these things. The My Lai massacre took place over hours and hours and hours. Bellamy is going to have to grapple with something like this forever and I’m not sure he’s recoverable. People will have to decide that themselves as they watch that story. In that scene, he lays it out. He says, “Lexa abandoned us.” He says all of the things that people needed to hear to understand his choice. And some people still won't agree with his choice, because I think we’ve done a good job of dimensionalizing the Grounders. People really believe that Lexa is a hero, even though she betrayed them. They really believe Indra is a good guy, but she abandoned Octavia not too long ago. It’s complicated and Bellamy is grappling with that and he's made a choice and gone down a path now that has put him on the opposite side of Kane and Lincoln and his sister and Clarke. That’s what the season’s about… How do we get back? How do we get the band back together when they’re on opposite sides of a civil war?I hope so. I hope people will eventually be able to root for him again or love him again. His friends, his sister, Kane, Clarke, are voicing what the audience might be feeling. Octavia says, “What’s the matter with you?” Kane says, “Is this who you’ve become?” Clarke says “I know you don’t want war.” People are feeling that in the audience and that’s good. I think the experience hopefully, in this last episode, is saying, “We’re not crazy. People in the show feel the same way. Bellamy, how could you do this? Can't you see that these aren't the bad guys? That they were here to protect us?”Octavia says, “Does it make you proud that these are people that were here to protect us?” We’re not letting him off the hook for it and I hope the audience won’t let him off the hook for it. I think the audience will be in the seat of Clarke and Kane and Octavia for sure. It’ll be a hard road. The question is, in the narrative, how far is he going to go? When is he going to wake up? How far down that path will Pike lead him and have Bellamy still follow? Bellamy is a follower. He’s a soldier; a general. He needs to be lead. There’s nothing wrong with that. There are very few people that should be president. There are very few people that should be a general, also. Bellamy is that. He needs to hook his wagon to the right leader. Right now he’s obviously not. It doesn’t excuse what he’s done. I’m not suggesting that a good argument is, “I was following orders.” That will never be the case. He’ll never get off the hook saying that. It’ll be a dramatic journey back.Pike will be demanded and getting him will be a lot more challenging because he is in charge and he has the guns. Lexa is progressive, in a sense. She united these warring clans together against an enemy. Mount Weather was a force that allowed her to do that. This season we see her wrestling with the political instability caused by that. She did get her mojo back by killing the Ice Queen but her influence now… Clarke is an advisor to the Commander at this point, and she trusts Clarke and is swayed by Clarke in that episode in a huge way. But Clarke is only appealing to something in Lexa that was there anyway - the desire for peace. Having been attacked the way that they were in episode five, as Clarke said, she would have been justified to roll over Arkadia and killed them all. That’s the way things had been done in the past. But that’s also an opportunity to turn the other cheek and walk the walk. If you believe in peace or nonviolence, this is your chance. Unfortunately, that means Pike has to recognize what she’s done and say, “Okay, fine. I get it.” And disarm. It’s a safe bet that Pike isn’t going to say “Cool, we’re all good and I trust you now.” Pike wants to establish a nation. He wants to be self-sustaining and prosperous and at peace. He will kill his way to that if he has to. Historical precedent has been set. That’s the way, unfortunately, sometimes, nations are formed. He’s going to keep doing that and it’s going to test Lexa’s newfound philosophy, for sure.

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