Dakara. Sarah’s going to town on Alex. She’s in full-on Jack Bauer mode, asking him, “Who are you working for?!” But she’s a little nuttier than Bauer and so she wants to know everything else, the chip, the AI, the dots, all of it. Beyond stealing her money, Alex is clueless as to what she’s asking. “It’s just a logo, you crazy bitch!” She hauls him into the next room, where Cameron’s got Xander at gunpoint. Alex finally ‘fesses up to the scam and poor Xander looks heartbroken. They needed an excuse to not make the Air Force deadline. Alex tells Sarah where the money is and they leave.
Jesse comes home and Derek’s waiting. “John Connor’s my nephew. Three people know that, you’re the fourth.” (So either Cameron's not considered a person, or she hasn't figured that out yet. Interesting.) He tells Jesse that he’s here to fight a war, to stop Skynet before it can get started, but he can’t afford any more secrets. So if they're going to do this, and there's anything she hasn't told him, now would be the time. Instead of the truth, she cracks a joke about stealing his toothbrush awhile back. Trying to keep a straight face, he cracks back that he wasn’t using it to brush his teeth. She laughs and they hug. Oh, man, she is going to break his heart and it is going to KILL ME DEAD.
Back home, John’s been waiting for Sarah to come home. Her face is blood-splattered and as he hugs her, I’m reminded, with real subtlety, exactly how much these two lean on, and take strength from, each other. I'm also reminded on how that dynamic has been changing the last season. Kudos to Lena and Thomas for that scene, it's very nicely done. Of course, Riley has to tap on the door to ruin the moment. John opens the door and they exchange silly jokes. She tells him that she rejects his rejection and asks him to go for a walk. They leave, I heave.
Inside, Sarah’s cleaning up, looking at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. On her face the make-up department has placed three precise drops of blood. Furious, Sarah breaks the mirror and we see her reflection in two of the broken shards. Get it, Sarah's broken? Good, 'cause the scene’s done.
Back at Zeira Corp, Catherine has been thinking about rules and what Ellison said about teaching ethics and the Ten Commandments. She says she’s not qualified to teach those things. Gee, you think? She decides she wants to show Ellison something and she leads him down to the basement. During the trip, she gives him the story of John Henry, “[He] defeated the machine, but he couldn’t stop progress.” The door opens and when they enter John Henry’s room, Ellison stops dead. Sitting in a chair is Cromartie's chassis, wired into the AI mainframe.
“Hello, Mr. Ellison. My name is John Henry.” He attempts a smile. “How are you today?”
Credits.
Next time, we’re skipping two mostly stand-alone episodes and going straight to the mid-season finale, “Earthlings Welcome Here” 2.13. However, if you’d really like a good Cameron-centric episode, “Self Made Man” (2.11), is for you. If you want more Derek angst and Jesse backstory, you need to be all over “Alpine Fields” (2.12).
In the meantime, go play in the forums – I’ll try to keep Riley out.
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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