Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2.1 Samson and Delilah

Happy Birthday, Star Trek!

Um, I mean, Oh look! A post! There must be television! No I will not blog my reviews of Bones. And if you're lucky I'll leave you out of my opinions on House, M.D. What else am I going to talk about, politics?






No! Wait! Come back! I was kidding! (For now.)

So here we are. Back for a second season. Please don't cancel my show! It's so good right now! I tell you, that was some soothing, relaxing, low key television. (Ok, maybe compared to the later seasons of Angel.) Yikes!

This was Terminator. Last season there were some obvious and mostly successful riffs on The Terminator and Terminator 2. IMHO they did well with it because they managed to stay surprisingly faithful to the continuity of the movies while they were busy coming up with their own stories. It was one of my favorite things about the show last year. Last night (we'll see if I really post this on Sept. 9) tapped into the "it's going to kill ALL of us! RUN!" panic that the first movie did so well.

Bear McCreary continues to be the hardest working composer on TV. Didn't realize that the singer in the beginning was Shirley Manson. Makes sense, of course. (She's SCOTTISH?) And yes, Bear, I immediately thought of the "When the Man Comes Around" montage. But it worked. Now give me my soundtrack of the BSG midseason closer. Thanks.

Alright, mateys! Here be spoilers!

Ok, I didn't see this coming at all. I was thinking we'd have a whole "how do we put Cameron back together" storyline. I didn't think that the car-bomb was just the beginning. And who knew Summer Glau could be so scary? And then she turns around and make you say "Awwww, you're not REALLY going to chip her, are you John? ARE YOU?" That was horrible. In a really great way. I was a little disapointed at the relatively neat wrap up. I had a few resolutions of my own. It seems that this will be hanging over them for a while though. And I really like that Cameron thinks this was a terrible idea. I love that about her: That she's more ruthless than Sarah.

I think (I hope) this is where John comes into his own. This is where John gets his own agenda. This is where John starts to know that nobody can lead him except him. That his judgment is best. (And if it doesn't involve Cameron or MAYBE his mom, he might be right.) Last year I thought John was the weak link of the show. Any time I think that I might be able to beat up John Connor, that's bad. (Furlong was a punk, but he was feisty.) This "new" John might be fairly tough. And I really don't think that's going to sit well with Uncle Derek.

Not much Ellison. That's too bad. I really really like Ellison. Looks like he's going to get his own special hell this season.

Ah, we have a budget this season? So bring on the T1000s. I'm not as crazy about that idea as I might be. But it does continue the time-travel tangle that has made this show so much fun so far. Not sure about Shirly yet. Did they show really need a Lex Luthor? But we'll see.

Sarah. Yeah, Sarah still rocks. Sarah is still harder than nails and makes PBJ sandwiches. It looks like she's taught John well. I'm sure that's not going to go well at all. Her name is on the titles, but it might be the John Connor show this season. But who knows?

Um, see you round, Charlie.

Ok, that was a fun hour. What's next? Oh, that's right, you're going to get cancelled in four episodes. (What? Of course I'm an optimist. Why?)