The Sarah Connor Chronicles
So now I have another Fox show with a renewal to fret about. Let's forget dangerous precedents for the moment, though, and celebrate a splendid first season. Unspoilery, I can say that what impressed me most and hit my narrative kinks is the ensembleness of it all. This show has a knack for a) giving its regulars interesting personalities and
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So who was the little girl, anyway? Sarkissian's daughter, or just a random someone's kid? If she was his kid, it adds something to his deliberately bombing Sarah's 'daughter'.
Apparently a few of the subplots from this season were cut out for lack of time - a lot of the school-based stuff was barely developed, but enough to be intriguing. I mean, what was going on with the graffiti? Was the counsellor having an affair with the suicide girl, and did Cameron realise this as she seemed to? What's going on with that Cheri girl? I just hope Morris' crush on Cameron doesn't end with him getting killed.
Oh, and I also liked how Cameron's chip just looked obviously more 'advanced' than VIck's chip.
I really do love this show, more than I've loved a show for a good while - for all I liked Heroes, I could only watch it on television - any attempts to see it on my computer end with me pausing during a Mohinderlogue and forgetting to go back.
But yeah - I absolutely agree that the minefield scene was bizarre and horrible, especially with the strange implication that this is somehow mercy over Cameron's idea of killing him outright. Frankly, nightmare-inducing - I'd probably rather be killed outright if I had to choose.
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I think she has to be Sarkissian's daughter, given that she said her father works in the wi fi bar, plus she was waiting in his office. The question is, does he know Cameron is not human? He could have figured it out if security footage shows her destroying a wall with her fists. Otherwise he has to believe she's human and indeed Sarah's daughter, and yeah, that adds something.
High School subplots: presumably we'll find out in the next season (which has to come!)? Because yes, a lot of unanswered questions.
I just hope Morris' crush on Cameron doesn't end with him getting killed.
Same here. Mind you, it's possible that the next season starts with all of them moving elsewhere and start anew under different names while John is repairing Cameron, in which case Morris will be spared but we also won't see him again. Derek and Sarah made a pretty good case about them being a target if they stay in Los Angeles.
But yeah - I absolutely agree that the minefield scene was bizarre and horrible, especially with the strange implication that this is somehow mercy over Cameron's idea of killing him outright. Frankly, nightmare-inducing - I'd probably rather be killed outright if I had to choose.
Me too. Whatever was that scriptwriter thinking?!?
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Sarkissian's daughter. She says her daddy's in the cafe when Sarah asks post-shooting, and Sarkissian turns out to be the guy who stopped Sarah and Cameron in the first netcafe scene so Sarah could pay him the admission fee. The man whose head Sarah slammed into the counter and who hit the button under the counter so fake-Sarkissian in the back of the cafe knew she was coming. Although I think Sarkissian couldn't know just who was going to be in the jeep when the ignition would be turned on (thereby setting off the bomb, I thought) - it was happenstance that it was Cameron and not John and Sarah, who were talking about going out for dinner.
Since fake-Sarkissian is dead, does the real Sarkissian know Cameron's not human? Given that we saw the back rooms have CCTV, he might have footage of Cameron busting through that wall, which could lead to interesting plot developments if the show doesn't get canceled.
Apparently a few of the subplots from this season were cut out for lack of time - a lot of the school-based stuff was barely developed, but enough to be intriguing. I mean, what was going on with the graffiti? Was the counsellor having an affair with the suicide girl, and did Cameron realise this as she seemed to?
The counselor was having an affair with Jordan, yeah. I recall that one of the photographs he was looking at during Cameron's visit was of a door with a yellow bra hanging from the doorknob; the door was completely painted over in white except for the letters IDAN - as in "guidance" counselor. (Someone on the TWOP forums was the first to point this out.) I thought Cameron did realize what had happened, although Summer Glau's acting in that scene was uncanny enough either way. Great acting, though I have to wonder at how fast the counselor accepted Sarah's "tornado" explanation, since Cameron's behavior was noticeably left of human-normal there.
The minefield scene just doesn't compute - I suppose it's theoretically possible he could retrace Cameron's steps out of the field, but it's extremely unlikely a live minefield in the U.S. wouldn't be under some heavy fencing and protection in the first place. And the only way it even remotely makes sense in terms of character is if Sarah figured the open field was already clear and left him there to make him sweat, considering that as of the season finale, we're still in a place where Sarah supposedly hasn't killed anyone on purpose yet. Even then... the minefield's not a good way to resolve that loose plot end. It's practically on par with the blood type non-science, a mistake that could have easily been avoided if the show had consulted anyone.
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Yup. They don't, in fact, have live minefields in the US, so far as I know. There's no training-related reason to do it. There are former live-fire training ranges with unexploded ordnance on them, and those are either cleaned up or under serious security to prevent anyone coming onto them. (Although there is an urban legend about some guy and his new 4WD and an open range in South Carolina...) My suspenders-of-disbelief broke at that scene: such a field doesn't exist, and if it did, you certainly couldn't just drive right up to it.
And the only way it even remotely makes sense in terms of character is if Sarah figured the open field was already clear and left him there to make him sweat
Which is still a fairly awful fate, if the guy honestly thinks he's going to die with every step he takes. And it's supposed to be a closed military base, so presumably nobody's coming by to rescue him anytime soon.
I try to pretend that scene didn't happen, frankly.
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Heh. We can go shopping for new suspenders-of-disbelief together. Although it wouldn't be worth it for that scene.
Which is still a fairly awful fate, if the guy honestly thinks he's going to die with every step he takes. And it's supposed to be a closed military base, so presumably nobody's coming by to rescue him anytime soon.
I try to pretend that scene didn't happen, frankly.
Me too.
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