Shopping. Riley’s looking at clothing and from behind her a voice says, “Cute top. You said you wanted to talk?” The owner of the voice? Jesse. Oh, dear. After a commercial break, we come back and the two girls are talking in the dressing room. Jesse’s acting kindly, worrying about how much sleep Riley’s getting, it’s...creepy. Riley thinks she’s losing her relationship with John, but Jesse points out that he’s unsteady, he needs Riley to steady and support him, get him to talk and trust her. Crossing to a three-way mirror, Riley looks at herself. “There’s a lot of mirrors in this world, didja notice that?” We see two of her faces reflected back. Subtle, show, real subtle. She’s breaking up a bit as she tells Jesse that she can’t do “this” any more. Like all good handlers, Jesse calms her, saying she knows Riley might have real feelings for John, it's understandable. “What if I want out?” Jesse asks her how that would work, where would Riley go? Um, back to her foster home I’d guess, but Riley’s not that smart, and Jesse becomes an even more twisted bitch by kissing the top of Riley’s head like a concerned parent. “You can do this. You have to do this.” This is going to end oh-so very badly for these two, isn’t it?
Back at home Derek and John are unloading weapons and ammunition boxes in broad daylight. Derek shows John a belt and asks him if he can see the three dots, three dots everywhere thanks to Sarah’s growing, and apparently contagious, obsession. He’s concerned the Clan’s losing its focus, forgetting what they’re supposed to be looking for. “I remember. I always remember.” John insists. “Do you? Are you sure?” John’s very confused and wants to know what the hell is wrong with Derek today. You mean other than the usual? But that’s not the point, Jesse’s words are still stuck in Derek's head and so he needs to know that John can see clearly. He needs it as badly as he needed Charles Fisher's concession last week. He doesn't get it.
Sarah and Alex are chatting outside, more about the 80's, and Sarah, almost outs herself as a time traveler. Alex starts talking about a friend of a friend (of a guy) who has an awesome super-chip willing to lease it to Dakara for a deposit. It can run their entire AI. Sarah asks how much. Half a million. SOLD!
Ellison and Matt the Babylon tech are wandering through the server rooms so Ellison can a) complain about being cold and b) Matt can explain about Babylon’s huge power/cooling needs. Ellison, ever the biblical scholar (“The Demon Hand” 1.7), tells us the story of Babylon. Man makes, God smites. This gives Matt a chance to joke about God giving it a shot as he recaps what happened when they lost power. Ellison asks Matt if he knew about the work Sherman was doing with Babylon and he dismisses it as “touchy-feely” stuff. Ellison wonders how Babylon feels about that and Matt just stares. “It’s a computer. How does a coffee maker feel about coffee?”
Sarah and Cameron are counting diamonds again. Cameron notes that it’s not enough and when Sarah asks what is she replies, “Everything.” Sounds good to Sarah. As she scoops up the diamonds, three fall into the shape of the D.o.D. It’s my new drinking game y’all, wanna play Spot the Dot?
Dinner with the chip people, and it’s going slower than Sarah would like. Alex calms her, telling her that they have to finesse the Japanese chip-makers. Oh, and by the way, is she sure she wants to do this in cash? Oh, Sarah. Toasts are exchanged, mostly so Cameron can bust out her Japanese language skills, and afterward Sarah gracefully (for her) forces the exchange. Sarah thanks the chip-guy, “Domo arigato,” and he leaves with the cash. Alex is impressed at her lingual skills, but no, Sarah was simply a Styx fan. I bet someone in the writer's room gets a perfect score on the "You know you're a child of the 80's when..." quiz every time doesn't s/he?
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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