It was an exciting night for the WB at New York Comic-Con last night! Fans who waited in line first for a bracelet and then to get in for the last event of the night were treated to the exclusive premiere of Season 2 Episode 1 of The 100!

We last left the 100 squaring off against the Grounders in a heated and bloody fight, while Jaha (Isaiah Washington) makes the ultimate sacrifice for the Ark, as it goes to ground. Season 2 promises to be no less bloody (is this regular network TV?) and filled with many close calls.

Watch the season 2 premiere on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 9pm on The CW. The answer to “Where the hell is Clarke?” (Eliza Taylor) is answered.

The WB press release of The 100 2.1 “the 48”:

Season one of The 100 saw the human race return, after a 97-year exile in space, to a wildly transformed Earth”¦only to discover that the human race had never truly left. Clarke found herself forced to lead a band of disposable juvenile delinquents as they faced death at every turn: from a world transformed by radiation, from the fierce Grounders who somehow managed to survive in it, and, perhaps worst of all, from themselves. Meanwhile, as The 100 fought for their lives on the ground, The Ark’s situation was no better. Both on the ground and in space, the final episodes revealed the true desperation of their plight, as our heroes risked everything just to stay alive. Noble sacrifices and heartbreaking choices changed everyone forever, and left them scattered to the wind at season’s end. The epic second season picks up with the group still scattered and desperate to be reunited. As members of The 100 and new arrivals from the Ark stake out their place in a dangerous and beautiful new world, they are confronted with the physical peril and moral dilemmas that come with reforging society. What kind of life will they build? And what will it cost them? This season’s quest will challenge them more than anything that’s come before. Hearts will be broken. Lives will be lost. Heroes will be born. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, The 100 returns Wednesday, October 22 at 9/8c on The CW.