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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Extreme Critic

Terminator: TSCC: My Thoughts On the Second Season

April 11th 2009 22:20


Let me just start off by saying this is a show that more people should be watching. It is consistent and has an interesting way of telling a story that could potentially be very boring. The show explores many themes mostly about human nature, I think.

I think some people just don't get the show. I think they expect it to be more action packed, but that's not the point. The title says it all. It's a chronicling of Sarah Conner's life, following the events of the second Terminator movie. Yes she is constantly on the run and looking over her shoulder, but it's not always going to be machine fights, car chases, and shoot 'em up action. That's what I love about this show. It's emotional and makes you think.


There are a few negative things though. In my opinion Lena Headly is miscast as Sarah Conner and I think the producers realized this and started giving a lot of screen time to the supporting cast. All of whom are wonderful actors, so much so that they out shine the lead in just about every scene. Headly is just not strong enough as an actress to carry this series. Again, just my opinion though.

I really hope this series gets picked up for another season, it's not looking good though. If you're a fan of the movies at all do yourself a favor and check out this series!

MY FAVORITE EPISODE OF THE SEASON
Born to Run: A wonderful season finale. The best episode of the season and series so far. And that is saying something. So many great episodes like, "Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today", "Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter" and "Adam Raised a Cain"



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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Self Made Man

December 2nd 2008 19:59


Well, this episode had an interesting factor going for it, but that's about it. We are finally shown what Cameron does at night and it leads to a pretty cool, but mostly slow plot. The episode was all about what happened when a T-888 is sent to the wrong time. I like how he still figured out how to accomplish his mission, which was to assassinate the Governor of California. I wonder if that is going to factor into future plots of the show, like if they will try to figure out why the Gov. was important enough to be eliminated.

I guess some other important stuff happened. Riley succeeds in getting closer to John, making me wonder what her real objective is now. This show sure does prolong some of it's story lines. It took like 8 episodes to finally reveal that Riley is not who she says she is. Whether or not that is a smart move is yet to be seen.

For the most part this episode was slightly boring, but it built to a cool climax once Cameron figured everything out. I guess episodes like this must exist so it can set the stage for much bigger episodes.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point

November 26th 2008 00:34


Once again the show not only entertains but explores human nature. This episode is all about what happens when we get obsessed with something. We start seeing what we are obsessed with everywhere. Derek said it best... "First it's the dots, then the A.I. Now it's the chip. Whatever you've needed it to be, that's what it is."

And I guess I should stick to my guns when I make my predictions about characters. First I said Riley would play a more significant role down the road, then down the road came and she was still just a pseudo love interest for John, so I said I was wrong. Well, I guess I'm wrong about being wrong. I loved the reveal when we see Jesse approach Riley at the clothing store and then their conversation later. I'm guessing Riley came from the future with Jesse and they are trying to "save" John, but in different ways.

That brings me to another point. the plot progression on this show is timed so well. Most shows give you big reveals and twists in spurts, but I like it when a show always keeps you guessing and the big twists and reveal are not contrived for the sake of drama.

I look forward to this show more and more with each episode. The plot is always kept fresh.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Complications

November 19th 2008 00:05


Something that I love about it this show is its capacity to make you think. Human nature, psychology, or life in general. This was one of those episodes. Its main objective was to be thought provoking


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today

November 12th 2008 00:10


Wow, this was a wicked cool episode. Sure, I've seen it done before, but it's very hard to pull off. They did a really good job pulling it off. I especially liked the scene with Sarah in the trunk of the car. I loved how every different story overlapped some what, but each time it's told from a completely different point of view. It was very ambitious of Daniel T. Thomsen (writer) and Michael Nankin (director) to approach the episode the way they did


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Brothers of Nablus

November 5th 2008 00:38


Well this was the first episode of the season that has been a little disappointing for me. It was a pretty poor script, in my opinion. The dialogue was still up to par, but it was a poorly crafted script


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Tower is Tall But the Fall is Short

October 22nd 2008 01:00


In my review of the last episode I talked about the rumors that the show was close to being canceled. Well, FOX has quickly shown those rumors to be utterly false when they ordered the show for a full season. Personally I am glad because this is turning out to be a very good show


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Goodbye To All That

October 8th 2008 05:32


I've been hearing a lot of reports that this show is dangerously close to being canceled. I really hope this isn't true because this show has so much potential. But that hasn't stopped FOX in the past. Does anyone remember Firefly and the severely under appreciated Point Pleasant. At least they've had the good sense of extending their order from 13 episodes to 22 episodes for Fringe However, hearing talk of cancellation gets me thinking about the show's end game. How DOES Josh Friedman see the show ending. I mean, I honestly can only see the show ending the same way as Terminator 3 did or something similar to that. To end it in a completely different way would be nonsense


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Allison From Palmdale

September 30th 2008 19:28


Summer Glau really stood out this week in her performance. She basically had to play three different people. The terminator, before she was reprogrammed, Alison from Palmdale, and a memory lost Cameron. It was a very impressive performance. It reminded me of that episode of Angel where Amy Acker had to play both Fred and Illyria. However I am kinda unclear on what happened with the memory loss thing. Did she just suddenly get it back at the end of the episode


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Mousetrap

September 23rd 2008 04:27


This was an okay episode, in my opinion. We get a lot of cool things that happen, but it seemed to lack the intensity of the last few episodes. We get to see more of Riley and I am getting very interested in her character, she is not just some girl John met at school


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Automatic for the People

September 16th 2008 03:46
John makes a new friend. Is Cameron jealous?


This show is really shaping up to be something great. It has really stepped it up and it continues to do so every episode. We get several great glimpses into the future and some more great action


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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2nd season premier

September 9th 2008 03:12


The 2nd season premier picks up where the 1st season finale left off and we get a really nice slow motion intro set to music. I thought the intro was very creative but it went on too long and left you wanting the action to get back to full speed


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