Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

[Triforcer]

This week's episode should have been titled Awesome McWinsauce.  Although I think the terminators are already starting to go down the Buffyverse vampire route- superbadass at the beginning, and killed by a stiff breeze at the end.

[HaemishM]

[Cyrrex]

I strongly agree with the last two posts.

[kaid]

I am guessing the liquid death terminator lady will wind up procuring the body of the terminator they buried so its very likely he will be back in some form or another. Hell the guy rebuilt himself from a head.

[schild]

[Triforcer]

[palmer_eldritch]

I thought the scene where Cameron was talking to Derek Reese in his ammo dump was interesting. She seemed much more human than normal, and you didn't get the impression she was doing it to manipulate him like she was with Connor.

They do seem to be laying the groundwork for doing something more interesting with her than the simple "a robot who learns to feel emotion" line.

[Nevermore]

She's been making mistakes.  Her chip must be damaged.

[MrHat]

I'm sad to see Cromartee go.  I was really enjoying his interactions with everyone.  He seemed to be similar to Cameroon just on the opposite side.

[Riggswolfe]

I'm sad to see Cromartee go.  I was really enjoying his interactions with everyone.  He seemed to be similar to Cameroon just on the opposite side.

I am too and I wonder if it had anything to do with the actor being in that 1 Life episode? As in, maybe the actor is going to move over to Life soon?

I'm getting some weird vibes off of Cameron lately. For instance, the whole flashback episode, and her basically using feminine wiles to try to get John to agree to what she wanted. Any thoughts?

[Reg]

Why is it that nobody ever notices that John Connor is years younger than he should be? I could see people just assuming his Mom has aged well but John should be in his 20s at this point without the time travel right?

Edit: Ha. That'll teach me to post before I finish watching. The Mexican police did notice that he should be 24. Never mind!

[HaemishM]

And all the official records say that John Conner is dead, which is why the agent got the call about Conner's ID getting flagged.

[Slyfeind]

Oh damn. Best thing on television right now. "We're not built to be cruel." Gotta love that shit.

[Triforcer]

I thought last week was good, but...damn.  This is some good shit. 

[schild]

Yea, this weeks episode was exceptional. So was Chuck and Boston Legal - really, the whole week has been good. Except Heroes, that was a piece of shit.

* schild heads over to the Heroes thread.

[Cyrrex]

She was almost flirting with him.  "I can feel sensations..."  Yeah, we bet you can.

But yeah, another really good episode.  I'm really surprised at how consistently good this show is.  Hell, I even like Brian Austin-Green's character.

[kaid]

Still she is right how could an infiltration bot be an infiltration bot were they not capable of pretty good tactile sensations. It may not be feeling as we understand it but it would be silly to assume that they cannot feel sensations.

I am pretty sure in the future she and conner were lovers. When the show started right as they met she came across as very human acting. Once she started running with them she started acting more machine like. Now she is going back the other direction so I think a lot of her more robotic actions is intentionally done for a reason.

[Riggswolfe]

When the show started right as they met she came across as very human acting. Once she started running with them she started acting more machine like. Now she is going back the other direction so I think a lot of her more robotic actions is intentionally done for a reason.

I honestly assumed it was one of those things that sometimes changes between pilot episodes and the regular series. Like they went "shit, better dial her back to machine and show her becoming human so we can have a character arc!"

[palmer_eldritch]

Loved this episode. A Blade Runner reference, guest stars from Buffy and the West Wing (as well as the Battlestar Galactica girl) - plenty of geek stuff, which is fun.

I think I'd assumed the show was going to be all about John and his mother constantly on the run from the robots. Perhaps arriving in a new town each week and moving on at the end of the episode, like the Incredible Hulk or something (Bill Bixby version). But it's much more than that. It's surprising me how good it is.

[Triforcer]

One very minor nitpick with the episode

[kaid]

I did not get that either. Why not clean up both and be done with it why take any chances.

[Cyrrex]

Good points, but

[Nevermore]

So is that what was going on in the basement of that house from the first season?

[Cyrrex]

I wondered the same thing, but I don't think so.  Who knows?

[HaemishM]

Good episode. Every time you think the show is going to go one way, it veers off into left field but in a good way.

[Riggswolfe]

Good episode. Every time you think the show is going to go one way, it veers off into left field but in a good way.

[palmer_eldritch]

On Triforcer's point:

[NowhereMan]

Yeah watching this after Heroes really highlighted how crummy Heroes has gotten. I still enjoy it but Terminator's in a whole other league.

[Ironwood]

Christ, now I've caught up with some of this, I don't think the world is ready for a Scottish T-1000.

[Cyrrex]

Another very solid episode.  A couple of interesting new plot lines.


Oh, and...

[Triforcer]

Liked the storylines this week, but every single actor in the show seemed to decide to take the week off, acting-wise.  Lot of scenes with people having really weird expressions on their faces, while giving wooden dialogue. 

[Cyrrex]

Huh.  I didn't notice that at all.

One of the things I really like about this show is that I really cannot predict where the plot is heading...there are several interesting strings that may end up getting resolved in several ways. 

[Triforcer]

One of the great things about the concept in general is if they ever need to change cast members, they can go "omg timeline shift because mosquito died" and suddenly everyone is different.   

[schild]

Hey! A Bauhaus shirt!

[schild]

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Show is fucking great. That means it's gonna get fucking killed.