Back in Jesse’s hotel room, she’s coming out of the shower to discover that someone’s spread her Connor Clan surveillance photos all over her bed. Behind her, Derek appears from the next room with a gun and a scowl. “You got 30 seconds. Go.” Jesse thinks he’s joking and, sweetheart, he’s really not. She says she was sent back to find him, to find John, and is upset that Derek didn’t tell her he was living with them. Specifically, “Her. It. Metal.” She’s been sent to do something about Cameron, about how John trusts her, talks to her, and in some ways, prefers her to soldiers like Derek. She thinks that she’ll ruin the man John’s supposed to become and you can tell by Derek’s expression that he doesn’t entirely disagree. He says he has to think about it, though, and turns to leave. Jesse asks him why he was sent back and he rounds back. “I love you, but don’t push it.” We fade from Jesse’s concerned face to...
…the title card! Da-da-dum-da-dum! Clank!
Ellison’s arrived to Zeira Corp to see a number of LA’s finest on the scene. He’s friendly with one of the guys so he gets the low-down on the hoe-down. A recent heat-wave induced power-outage killed the power grid in the area. A man was working alone, got locked in, and “Easy-Baked” in the A/C and vent-less room he was in. It was slow and painful. As the body is wheeled out, Ellison takes a look at the face. We recognize it, but Ellison gets his exposition from Catherine. Dr. Boyd Sherman, a consultant on project Babylon. Listen, show, if you’re going to rehash the previouslies, can we not have them in the first place? Ellison’s curious, and becomes concerned when she tells him the AI actually caused Sherman’s death by re-routing the building’s back-up power to protect itself. Ellison’s concerned about the AI’s control over the building and Catherine non-answers that its control only extends to the resources it needs to survive and grow. He asks Catherine if the AI knew it was killing a man, and she replies, “I don’t know what its intentions were.” But I bet we’re gonna ask, aren’t we?
It’s time for Sarah’s meeting at Dakara, and she as Cameron arrive wearing outfits that make me wanna hiss, “Ohhhh, Barracuda!” They arrive as some Air Force brass leaves, and the owner, Alex, introduces himself to Sarah “Gale”. No, I’m not joking, it’s yet another Wizard of Oz reference. There’s some chatting about the recent break-in, and some bonding bout the 80’s and we get a convenient parallel family structure when we awkwardly discover that the developer raised his young son alone after his wife died in a car crash. Awwww. They also get to bond over challenging genius kids and the necessity for overnight miracles. Sarah has to grudgingly admit that she doesn’t have enough to “save” Dakara and she looks genuinely sorry.
John arrives at a house where children are playing and laughing, they might be the first genuinely happy people on this show in a very long time. He’s looking for Riley, so I guess this is her foster home, then. We’re introduced to the foster parents so Riley can dismiss them and call them aliens – they’re too nice. She has a spiel about them taking in losers, cast-offs and rejects and she finally cuts herself off, perhaps realizing she's laying it on a bit too thick. She changes the conversation to her bedroom posters and 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. Even John looks pained and tries to leave, but Riley reminds him that there’s a point to this scene beyond her issues. There is? John sits and painfully tells her that even though he promised an explanation back in Mexico, he doesn’t have one. Riley blows it off badly and tells him he can just be there, with her, and not have to explain anything. He leaves anyway.
Sarah and Cameron are summing up the Dakara meeting: three dots, an AI with a name (Emma), and the Air Force. What does it add up to? “Not the Turk.” Cameron replies. Xander, the son and designer, doesn’t play chess, he plays Go, a game that might have more outcomes than there are atoms in the universe. He’s offered to teach Cameron to play, but Sarah really wants info on his AI. “It’s not the Turk.” She repeats, Xander doesn’t play chess. Is Sarah not listening? Cameron’s starting a game of Go and states, “Strange things happen at the One-Two point.” By now, Sarah’s as curious at the episode title as I am, so Cameron helpfully exposits, “It means the usual rules don’t always apply.” Sarah disagrees, the rules are rules – they always apply. Cameron tries to tell her that Daraka will go under, they’ll miss the Air Force deadline, and me, I think that’s a good thing if they’re a Skynet progenitor. But no, Sarah’s determined to see the tragedy through even if she has to fund it herself. Why? “It’s written in blood on my basement wall.” Why haven’t they washed that wall yet? You just know someone's going to break in at some point and see it. Sarah opens her hand to reveal three Go pieces, in her favorite formation.
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=…
[...] seems that TV Overmind is a little behind the times. Click HERE for their review of “Strange Things Happen at the One-Two [...]
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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