TSCC 2.19 This is the Day, part 2: Picspammy discussion (spoilery if you haven't seen it)

[worlddescending]

This episode, I will go out on a limb and say, is one of the best, if not the best episode of the series. It is the best concerning Thomas's performance.

I didn't cap the whole ep, but the three scenes that were what I view as the crux of the ep.

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[driftlight23]

I totally, totally agree. That whole scene with Jesse - Thomas just transforms. He lets you see JOHN CONNOR, after so many hints. I love it. And *really* interesting to know that about the final scene. <3

[worlddescending]

He also told her that the crying scene was 2 takes, because that's all he could manage-- he's not much of a cryer (hee)

and the Jesse scene, he said, took a good bit of time.

[driftlight23]

I'm always fascinated by the process and technique of acting. I think the quality absolutely shines through in this episode from everyone, but Thomas just rules.

I was going to post that I want to see him being like that with Sarah and Cam, but ironically they're probably the only two people he can show his weaknesses to... and then eventually it'll only be Cameron.

Ooh, that explains a lot about the future when you think about it - if there's no Kate Connor, then there has to be Cameron. It's like an alternate universe take.

[worlddescending]

I was just thinking about that! They are (so far) creating a future without Kate and only, so we're told, Cameron.

How lonely indeed.

[driftlight23]

So Cameron effectively becomes the only 'family' he has, the only link to his youth. Pushing Shakespearean levels on the Tragedy-o-meter! ;)

[worlddescending]

So true! Which does, one can argue, make for a very tragic existence.