Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Burial

Graveside, everyone’s side trips are done for the time being and they all stand around in their respective corners. Except for Roger, he gets to sit upfront because it’s his father getting planted. Damn. No wonder he’s been a bitch this entire time. Zoe’s at the back with John and Cameron, talking about how Roger’s father took the job because his mother wanted the finer things in life. “Talk about being careful what you wish for.” John thinks that’s a great opening and starts pushing at Zoe again. John asks what Roger’s dad did at the plant, and Zoe doesn’t know. No one knows what anybody did, nobody talked about it. It wasn’t heating and air conditioning, that was for sure. And it also wasn’t an accident that killed everyone. Hearing it said out loud makes John very pensive.

A hymn begins to be sung, and Zoe goes to stand with Roger as people begin to file past the coffin. It gives the cameras an excuse to pan out to Sarah and Derek. She says the man she killed was either a serial killer or a true believer – his wife thinks he was just murdered. Derek duhs that he was, but while she was with the grieving widow, did Sarah happen to hear anything about the drone she thought she saw? Predictably, Sarah reminds him that she didn’t think she saw something, she really did see something, but no, no details as yet. She catches sight of Walsh and asks Derek who he is. Derek, not willing to admit that he bungled his part in the charade, simply says he's a guy looking for something and the best way to find out what it is, is to let him find it. Sarah totally calls him on being made and offers to follow him, she’ll handle it. “Skynet’s here, Reese, I can feel it.” He gives a short chuckle and looks amused. “You called me ‘Reese’ again. It’s what you used to call him, isn’t it? Kyle?” Sarah looks down as Derek continues on to say that perhaps Sarah should let him go. Calling the kettle black, she replies, “Maybe you should.”  Before we degenerate all the way to “I know you are, but what am I?” Walsh walks off which is Sarah’s cue to follow.

Going down a deserted street, Walsh continues to his destination where he prys open a window and climbs in the presumably empty house.

Back at the gravesite, Zoe returns to John who asks her if Roger will be OK. She says he’ll be fine, he smokes a lot of weed. I...have no idea why she thought that was relevant, but it’s an opening for John to let her know his father died before he was born. She says they’re a pair, what with her dad being a pot of ashes and all somewhere. Totally catching the “Wait, what?” of the moment, John says he thought she said she picked out a gray suit for him to be buried in. Busted, Zoe starts in on the, who are you, why am I talking to you, you don’t know what I feel, blah, blah, blah, until she storms off. Cameron walks over with the burning need to tell us Zoe’s not crying. “She’s not doing a lot of things.” The pair watch as Zoe pays her respects and climbs into the car. Guess he’s riding with Derek now, huh?

Maybe she's born with it...?

Ziera Corp and a real close-up shot of Catherine. I’m trying to figure out if the wardrobe/hair/make-up people hate Ms. Manson, or if these all-eyes, way-pale face looks are intentional so that she appears artificial and, um, inhuman. Until we get a flashback shot of Catherine, I guess we’ll never know. In any case, Ellison’s joined her in her office. She notes he’s changed his tie; it’s now nicely plaid, to go with the company theme. He offers his sympathies and she accepts them. He then, for whatever reason, launches into a story about his father’s death, and how it took a long time to get over his passing. It’s...predictably Ellison-esque and I suppose a half-way decent segue into a discussion about Savannah, Catherine’s daughter. Completely missing the point, Catherine is satisfied that children are resilient and Savannah will be fine. Ellison’s surprised she isn’t there (he’s seen her at work before) what with the anniversary and all – wouldn’t she want to be with her mother? Frankly, computer or no, I think the Cat1001 tends to forget she has a human child she’s theoretically responsible for, and this is a good wake-up call. But she covers well, saying the routine is good for a child and she doesn’t want to be disruptive she also makes with an exaggerated (for her) sigh and asks to be left alone. She’s feeling “emotional.” I laugh, and I don’t feel bad about it. Not. At. All. He leaves and as soon as he’s clear, she rings her assistant. “Find my daughter and bring her to me.” And while she’s at it, can she pick up the dry cleaning, too?

Sarah’s been standing in the sun for awhile and with the dark clothes she’s wearing and her fair complexion, she’s wondering how long she’ll have to wait for Walsh to come back out of the house. Impatient, she decides to follow, boosting herself up into the open window. For those of you keeping track – no gloves. Bad Sarah.