“It means the usual rules don’t always apply.”
We’re talking obsession, deception, and education this week as Sarah’s chase for the answer to the Dots of Destiny Delusion continues. In other news, Jesse’s hiding things from Derek, and Ellison meets the Babylon AI. No good can come of this, folks, I can feel it.
Previously: Cromartie went down, and ended up with the last person we’d want him to, T-1001, Catherine Weaver . Meanwhile, Catherine has a psychologist named Sherman teaching her pet AI, Babylon. (“The Tower is Tall But the Fall is Short” 2.6) John’s dating a girl named Riley and Sarah doesn’t like it; Derek used to date a girl named Jesse (“The Tower is Tall But the Fall is Short” 2.6) and I bet she’d like that less. But Sarah doesn’t have time for romantic BS because she’s having a mental breakdown and seeing dots all over the place.
Someone’s digging in the Mexican dirt again and as the camera pans up; we can see it’s Ellison. Which, didn’t we just go over this in the previouslies? I guess the directors wanted a pretty shot of Cromartie buried in the dirt so Ellison can wake-up from that image like he’s having a nightmare. Which he is and he does. Hearing something strange outside, he grabs his gun out of his bedside table. He walks toward a window to see Cameron thrusting a piece or rebar into the ground at regular intervals. He shines a light at her and she tells him to go back to bed. Strangely enough, he does without comment. Guy must think he's getting immune to the weird. He's got no idea....
Cut to an office building with valet parking. Derek and Sarah leave the vehicle and tell the valet guy to keep it running. Derek hands the guy a wad of cash. Not smart, Derek. like he won’t remember that huge tip when the police arrive to investigate the break-in tomorrow. Did I say break-in? Why, yes, I did. And sure enough, Derek’s picking a lock. I do note he and Sarah have finally learned to wear gloves when breaking and entering. *snif* They’re growing up so fast. They enter and Derek asks, “Right place?” Sarah glances over at a wall plaque and without missing a beat she replies, “Right place.” Welcome to Dakara Systems, where the logo is Sara’s nifty Dots of Destiny Delusion. Inside the two begin gutting computers and taking hard drives for John to examine.
Which he does, only it’s all vaporware. It’s the design for an AI, all right, but there’s nothing to run it. “It’s like all those articles that you read about how the terrorists that have the plans for nuclear bombs and all they’re missing is the plutonium.” Derek insists that they’re chasing nothing, and it sounds like it’s been his mantra for awhile. Sarah disagrees, which is hardly surprising given her and Derek's constant "debates" on strategy. The door opens and Cameron returns, looking a little muddy and still holding the rebar. “Cromartie’s body is not in Ellison’s yard.” She leaves, and the rest of the Connor Clan just sits there staring out and wondering if they really want to ask her, or if they should just let it go. Derek offers a rare bone, let’s not stop looking for clues, but not here, “this is not the Turk.” I would hope not, since they royally screwed the pooch on that one. (“What He Beheld” 1.9) John tries to suggest looking in other directions and Sarah snaps at him. Methinks she's still not sleeping.
Come morning, John’s discovered that Dakara is looking for major investors. As an apology, he’s set up an appointment and a whole false identity for Sarah. He also included a technobabble cheat sheet so she won’t sound like an idiot. Grudgingly, he admits that Dakara could have the plans for a pre-Skynet AI. After all, Cyberdyne was a start-up once (Movie: T2), Andy Goode was just building a chess program (“The Turk” 1.3) and Barbara Chamberlin was trying to fix LA traffic ("Vick's Chip" 1.8). “It always starts small.” Like the word count on my recaps.
GAAH! Note to self: when posting a comment, wait til you have read all the pages, as you will lose everything you have written otherwise;(
**Derek’s picking a lock. I do note he and Sarah have finally learned to wear gloves when breaking and entering.**
When he's done, could you please send him over to the CW and tell Our Boys that, as that is something that J2 has yet to learn. They still have time, it's only halfway thru SEASON 4!!
**John fixes on one showing a bear catching a salmon mid-leap. He thinks she likes the bear. She emphatically disagrees. It’s not a picture of a bear; it’s the fish being swept out of the water at random, violently. She wonders if the other fish care, or if they even noticed. CLANK! Ow, damn, anvil**
OHH, good catch!
Thanks again for a great refresher, I am almost up to speed for this week's episode, woohoo! It has been a looong hiatus ;(
For an amazing Terminator FAQ compiled by our recapping genius RavenRants, please join us in the TSCC forum, which can be found here:
http://www.tvovermind.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=…
GAAH! Note to self: when posting a comment, wait til you have read all the pages, as you will lose everything you have written otherwise;(
**Derek’s picking a lock. I do note he and Sarah have finally learned to wear gloves when breaking and entering.**
When he's done, could you please send him over to the CW and tell Our Boys that, as that is something that J2 has yet to learn. They still have time, it's only halfway thru SEASON 4!!
**John fixes on one showing a bear catching a salmon mid-leap. He thinks she likes the bear. She emphatically disagrees. It’s not a picture of a bear; it’s the fish being swept out of the water at random, violently. She wonders if the other fish care, or if they even noticed. CLANK! Ow, damn, anvil**
OHH, good catch!
Thanks again for a great refresher, I am almost up to speed for this week's episode, woohoo! It has been a looong hiatus ;(
For an amazing Terminator FAQ compiled by our recapping genius RavenRants, please join us in the TSCC forum, which can be found here:
http://www.tvovermind.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=…
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Actually I saw an article in canada.com this morning that I posted in the forum about that very thing…how the network is hoping Dollhouse will boost TSCC ratings…(I hadn't realized that things were that bad for the show)
http://www.canada.com/entertainment/tel … story.html
Sorry, broken link ;(
http://www.canada.com/entertainment/television/Te…
Ahhh, html fail. I know it well.
I really hope the one-two punch works, Terminator may be uneven in places *cough*Riley*cough* but it's a good show that asks good questions.
I totally didn't see the Riley being from the future bit til the actual reveal when Jesse was talking to her- did anyone figure that out beforehand? I just sat there with the "Bzuh?" look I have had over much of the season on ALL my shows. I now have a flowsheet for who recaps what when, *and* one for my shows and its characters and WTF plot bunnies ;)
LOL – now you know why I made that FAQ. I suspected Riley wasn't a local girl after that first conversation with Jesse, and her flip-out with her mom was the clincher – I kid you not, they lifted dialogue right out of T2 for that.
I still admit it was jarring seeing her in that flashback-forward.
I like how your review points how utterly incompetent the Connor Team is at crime.
How about the wonderful moves in “Brothers of Nablus”? Like showing up on the fence’s video surveillance system, you know, the fence who turns up dead later on, or visiting the family of the guy who turns up shot by Cameron an hour later?
Let alone Derek walking around L.A. with his “411 jacket” to cover his gun and his tattoos – every cop in town takes one look at him and says, “Ex-con! Armed robber! Stop and frisk!”
These idiots are leaving a trail the Hardy Boys could follow. A blind cop could follow these people.
Like Travolta said in “Swordfish”, “I’m talking about realism. Realism. Not a pervasive element in modern American cinematic vision.”
Josh will be up here in San Francisco in a couple weeks for WonderCon – and I’m going to be all over him about this stuff. Dude! Hire me as a script consultant before you get canceled!
I KNOW – I still think my favorite is Sarah’s absolute incompetence behind the wheel when she’s stressed. I haven’t ‘capped an episode yet where I can mock it, but she manages to do it on a regular basis.
If they ever manage masks AND gloves, I might fall off my chair.
I like how your review points how utterly incompetent the Connor Team is at crime.
How about the wonderful moves in "Brothers of Nablus"? Like showing up on the fence's video surveillance system, you know, the fence who turns up dead later on, or visiting the family of the guy who turns up shot by Cameron an hour later?
Let alone Derek walking around L.A. with his "411 jacket" to cover his gun and his tattoos – every cop in town takes one look at him and says, "Ex-con! Armed robber! Stop and frisk!"
These idiots are leaving a trail the Hardy Boys could follow. A blind cop could follow these people.
Like Travolta said in "Swordfish", "I'm talking about realism. Realism. Not a pervasive element in modern American cinematic vision."
Josh will be up here in San Francisco in a couple weeks for WonderCon – and I'm going to be all over him about this stuff. Dude! Hire me as a script consultant before you get canceled!
I KNOW – I still think my favorite is Sarah's absolute incompetence behind the wheel when she's stressed. I haven't 'capped an episode yet where I can mock it, but she manages to do it on a regular basis.
If they ever manage masks AND gloves, I might fall off my chair.
Actually I saw an article in canada.com this morning that I posted in the forum about that very thing…how the network is hoping Dollhouse will boost TSCC ratings…(I hadn't realized that things were that bad for the show)
http://www.canada.com/entertainment/tel … story.html
Sorry, broken link ;(
http://www.canada.com/entertainment/television/Te…
Ahhh, html fail. I know it well.
I really hope the one-two punch works, Terminator may be uneven in places *cough*Riley*cough* but it’s a good show that asks good questions.
I totally didn’t see the Riley being from the future bit til the actual reveal when Jesse was talking to her- did anyone figure that out beforehand? I just sat there with the “Bzuh?” look I have had over much of the season on ALL my shows. I now have a flowsheet for who recaps what when, *and* one for my shows and its characters and WTF plot bunnies ;)
LOL – now you know why I made that FAQ. I suspected Riley wasn’t a local girl after that first conversation with Jesse, and her flip-out with her mom was the clincher – I kid you not, they lifted dialogue right out of T2 for that.
I still admit it was jarring seeing her in that flashback-forward.
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