The site will no longer be updated, find out more.97 after a nuclear war, the last humans reside in an orbital station known as "The Ark".Faced with running out of resources, 100 juvenile delinquents are sent to Earth to find out if it might be livable again.After The Walking Dead, Falling Skies or Revolution, it's The CW's turn to embark on the post-apocalyptic series with The 100. Of course, we can't escape the adolescent component that defines the network.Based on the novel by Kass Morgan, this pilot takes us into a world where a nuclear war has made the Earth unlivable.It has now been 97 years and the rest of humanity lives in a huge station called The Ark orbiting the planet.This society is governed by strict rules starting with a judicial system that leaves no room for redemption.Any crime committed by an adult is punishable by death – minors are detained until they reach majority.The 100 will very quickly develop around two situations from which a sense of urgency must be born.On The Ark, time is running out.Resources are becoming scarce and there is no longer what is needed to sustainably meet the needs of the population.A kind of fight for the survival of the species is then set up through the various adult figures.Henry Ian Cusick, Paige Turco, Kelly Hu and Isaiah Washington bring a more than palpable seriousness to the situation, despite the stereotypes and a certain lack of ambivalence.If the adult cast largely knows how to adapt to a scenario lacking finesse, the situation proves to be more difficult to manage for the young people sent to Earth.The latter are presented as dispensable, but also the possible hope for humanity if they manage to survive.It is unfortunately on Earth that The 100 takes a more The CW direction, integrating into its plot scenes of disconcerting superficiality and installing strings specific to a teen, which seems a little laughable in such an environment.Not everything is to be thrown away, but the lack of attention to detail drags the episode down, despite its undeniable potential.Most young people act a little too stereotyped or without too much thought.We can doubt the survival instinct of some (they are strangely lucky with water).What's more, the dose of mystery that is injected adds weight to the whole.The staging certainly does not help, the episode not really trying to impose any visual identity.All the same, there remains a modified planet and a need to move forward and adapt in order to survive which helps the pilot to stay on course.The creative team can then play as much with the beauty of the world as with the horrors that lurk on Earth where what can be benign in certain circumstances can easily turn into a real ordeal.This first episode of The 100 delivers a little too many stereotyped situations and there is a lack of care to make this return to Earth really believable.Despite this, it arouses a certain curiosity thanks to a post-apocalyptic universe which seems to be able to stand out in its own way from the others.©2006-2021 Critictoo, the TV series webzine - powered by Wordpress.Critictoo.com participates in the Amazon EU Partner Program, an affiliate program designed to allow sites to receive remuneration through the creation of links to Amazon.fr.