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sarah connor chronicles recap
Summer Glau Plays With Knives. A Lot.
Last night's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles made for a fantastic season ender: tons of action, knifeplay, closure, and fresh riddles. But I'll be pissed if it turns out to be the series finale. Spoilerwarning! More »
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Comment by EarthSmiles: WOW. Double WOW (that'd be a WOW-WOW). There are so many goodies in this episode you hardly know where to... 27 Responses | Other threads
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Sarah Connor's Worst Nightmares All Come True
Well, I didn't see that coming. Any of that, really. My jaw dropped multiple times during last night's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, an episode I had to watch twice in a row. Spoiler rampage! More »
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Comment by Aaron Roberts: Derek's death, while seemingly a throwaway, might not be. Wasn't there a line later in the episode indicating that... 13 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Paranoia Doesn't Always Keep You Alive
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been on a slow boil of character development... and last Friday, it started to pay off. Big time. There will be spoilers. More »
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Comment by twophrasebark: Okay, I am going to say it. I find the revelation that John Henry has an evil twin brother to be...... 14 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Sarah Connor's Future Just Keeps Getting Worse
Friday's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles proved, once and for all, that the Riley storyline was worth hanging in there for. Not to mention, that a character-driven drama can also raise tough philosophical questions. Spoilers! More »
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Comment by Arceus: I want a spinoff existing entirely of the misadventures of Catherine Weaver and John Henry the wacky robots. I could... 12 Responses | Other threads
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If the Terminator Hand Fits . . .
Cameron's been framed for murder, but who's going to believe a Terminator? Especially one who says things like, "I lie sometimes, but I'm not lying now." Spoilers for last Friday's Sarah Connor Chronicles below... More »
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Comment by geesejuggler: I'm not quite sure how I feel about this episode. On one hand I like how Derek knows something's off... 7 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Be Careful Whose Death You Wish For
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is firing on all cylinders again, with an episode that unravels more secrets of the future, and gives us a major turning point in the Riley-Jesse storyline. Killer-robot spoilers below. More »
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Comment by twophrasebark: Am the only one who thinks Riley wasn't definitely dead? If they wanted us to consider Riley dead, why use a... 10 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Ask A Terminator About Your Love Life
Here's the moment where Friday's Terminator episode lost me, and never quite got me back. You keep waiting for Summer Glau to say something awesome, and then she just adds to the banality. Spoilers avaunt. More »
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Terminators Always Come In Through The Front Door
Last night's Terminator episode was pretty much pure win. I love the "dysfunctional family trapped in a cabin with a monster outside" thing. It's always a recipe for goodness. And once again, we saw the show building on the Terminator mythos from the movies without going too far off the reservation. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Comment by Isernbreegen: I love this show so much. Yes, it's probably the last season. But who knows ... maybe some other network... 4 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
A Piece Of The Terminator Action
Top ho! It's a 1920s Terminator speakeasy party, with flappers doing the Charleston and some positively ripping cocktails. I've been excited for the killing-machine-meets-Valentino episode of Sarah Connor Chronicles since I read some pages from the script, and it was just as mold-breaking as I'd hoped. I'm beginning to think this show's at its best when it's doing a weird digression, rather than trying to push the overall plot forward. More »
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Comment by evilmike: Does anyone else suspect that this episode gave us an answer to the mystery of the three dots? They're a stellar... 8 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
All The Terminator Chicks Are Psycho And/Or Robots
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles started out as the show about women who kick robot ass and get the job done. Now it's the show about crazy chicks who can't keep their eye on the ball. Don't get me wrong — it's still one of my favorite shows, and last night's episode still left me eager to see what happens next. But it also left me a little worried about the women I was celebrating as "alpha females" just last week. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Comment by Conrad: All Chronicles is teaching me (not being a huge terminator fan to begin with), is that John Connor is both... 5 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Why Isn't Terminator The New Lost?
Watching last night's episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, I couldn't help wondering why this show hasn't become the new Lost, with a cult following and 12 million viewers. The Terminator show deserves it: last night's episode wasn't the best of the season, by a long chalk, but it was thrilling and disturbing, and it raised questions I was thinking about all day today. Oh, and there are spoilers. More »
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Terminator: Seduction!
Finally, we see why having a Terminator in the shape of Summer Glau might pose some strategic advantages, in a scene that either made you go "hubba hubba" or made your skin crawl... or maybe both. Last night's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was one of the most action-packed yet, but it was also one of the most psychotic, which made for an all-around good time, despite a few flaws. Spoilers ahead! More »
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Comment by jpedersen: and yet no one comments on the fact that cromartie got offed with a shotgun. what happened to, "fully armored, very... 5 Responses | Other threads
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THIS Is How You Do A Science Fiction Show About Religion
One of my big worries for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been the tendency to dip too far into religious allegory. But last night's episode, "Brothers of Nablus?" Totally converted me. I'm now a zealot for the Bible stories in the Terminator universe, thanks to Cameron's Old-Testament bloodthirstiness and the show's little twist about New-Testament forgiveness not always being the best policy. Click through for spoilers and rehashing. More » -
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Everyone's In Therapy On The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Last night's episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles featured Battlestar Galactica's Stephanie Jacobsen. And perhaps in her honor, it was the most BSG-esque episode of the pre-apocalyptic robot-fighting show so far. That was both a good thing and a bad thing, as the Connor clan worked out their issues with the help of a friendly therapist. I want you to consider this recap a safe space to discuss major spoilers, below. More »
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Inside Every Street Girl, There's Really A Psychopathic Robot From The Future
It's funny how easily robot-apocalypse trauma can look like runaway street girl trauma to a trained social worker. Last night's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was back to making the funny juxtapositions between the fucked up stuff in our everyday lives and the supreme fuckage of the robo-slaughter to come. Along the way, it yielded some pretty bizarre/awesome moments, and managed to be the best episode of the season so far. Details below. More »
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Comment by twophrasebark: So... The Cameron that John Connor reprogrammed in the future... is NOT the Cameron that got sent back to our present? It... 20 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
You Can't Escape The Beastwizard! (As If You'd Want To)
This moment from last night's Sarah Connor Chronicles illustrates perfectly why the Terminator spin-off show is one of the most inventive and bizarre on television. Our bad Terminator has stolen the identity of an out-of-work actor, George Lazlo, and then gone and wasted 20 FBI agents to the strains of Johnny Cash. Now Lazlo is being blamed for the massacre, and his old direct-to-video sword-and-sandal movies are becoming cult classics as a result. It may be a little bit loopy, but if it lets us see Garret Dillahunt stretching out in a new direction, then it rules. Another great clip from Beastwizard, featuring the best use of tiger stock footage ever, below. More »
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Comment by Monsieur.Mind: I love the show in general, but this ep was weaker than usual. Nothing anybody did made any difference this... 2 Responses | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
I Married A Terminator!
Terminator's rules for keeping the romance in your marriage: Always think about the other women you've strangled during a tender moment, so she'll see the fire in your eyes. Keep her wine-glass full at all times. Do the finger-lip thing, women love that. The best part about the "I Married A Terminator" scenes from last night's Sarah Connor Chronicles is that Summer Glau's Terminator is taking seduction notes. Which is the main reason the show needs a second season — to see Summer put those lessons into action. At the prom. More »
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Sarah Connor Chronicles Wants To Be Battlestar Galactica
Sarah Connor's uppercut to her ex-shrink's jaw was one of the most satisfying moments in last night's episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. That annoying psychiatrist who kept Sarah drugged and locked up in Terminator 2 finally apologizes to her for being such a jack-ass (after he's just torched an FBI agent) and she decks him. Awesome. The rest of the episode was scattershot, but actually pretty great. Click through for a recap, with spoilers. More »
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Comment by lava: I think I'm getting it now - just watched these back episodes on Hulu. The music, and the mystery torture room... more » | Other threads
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sarah connor chronicles recap
Too Many Skeevy Uncles And Stepdads On Sarah Connor
Did you have a skeevy uncle when you were a kid? One who hung around the house way too much, drank all your parents' beer and shouted random obscenities at your boyfriends or girlfriends? Did you ever wish you could watch a whole TV show about that uncle, plus maybe a skanky stepdad for good measure? Well, then Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Brian Austin Green are in your corner! Here's Unka Brian, freaking out on John Connor's kitchen table and having acid flashbacks to the time he got naked with a bunch of his buddies. More »
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Summer Glau Unscrews Your Head On "Sarah Connor"
They don't make Terminators as tough as they used to, judging from how easily Summer Glau incapacitates one in this scene from last night's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. But on the upside, she's a lot better at simulating human emotions than Arnie ever was. Or is it really all just a simulation? Look at the weird look she gets when she's staring at the electronic "soul" of the Terminator she's just deactivated. Or her weird interactions with the proto-robots elsewhere in the episode. And click through for a clip of Summer's Terminator in grief counseling. More »
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Smother Mothers Are Scarier Than Evil Cyborgs
Sarah Connor needs to stop strangling John with her apron strings, according to last night's Sarah Connor Chronicles. After all, the world ends in just four years, and weedy Thomas Dekker has to morph into Christian Bale by then. Never mind that Sarah's still the show's real bad-ass, as seen in this clip. Don't call her "Lady!" Anyway, the show's missing the point: FutureJohn isn't supposed to be an action hero, he's supposed to be a leader. And leaders make smart decisions. More »
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By charliejaneComment by James McGrath: I took it a different way - that the future of artificial intelligence is scary because parenting is scary, and... more » | Other threads
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It's Mean Girls With Killer Robots!
Robo-teen Summer Glau tries to bond with some real girls and comfort a hazing victim, only to get called "bitch-whore," in a scene from last night's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (She decides "bitch-whore" is her new nickname, which should totally be a running subplot.) Someone's harassing the girls of Terminator High with giant stencils and bras, and Summer is out of her depth. We also had a lot of way-subtle girl-grooming=violence moments, a Kill Bill-Robert Oppenheimer mash-up, and the world's craziest explanation of the Singularity. Click through for spoilers. More »
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By charliejaneComment by aerrin99: Huh - I actually thought Summer was fairly noticeably awkward and 'a freak' in her attempts to be a teenage... more » | Other threads
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Sarah Connor Is Bionic Woman's Meaner Big Sister
Sarah Connor uses a motorcycle as a projectile weapon in this great set piece from last night's Sarah Connor Chronicles. Compare that with this lame motorcycle-fu clip from the last Bionic Woman, where the whole sequence is just a set-up for a dumb PMS joke. It's a good reminder that even though Sarah Connor once again sobs about her impending nervous breakdown, Connor is still a million times better than the alternative. More reasons why after the jump. More »
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By charliejaneComment by kronik: @misplacedwords: Agreed, but, as stated earlier, the kid is still just a boy. Sneeking off to the mall and stuff... more » | Other threads
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Why Did They Wimpify Sarah Connor?
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has all the ingredients for an awesome ride: Lena Headey's angry commando mom, widescreen action sequences — and naked Summer Glau kicking ass, in this clip. We won't know for a while if the show can sustain this level of excitement every week. For now, though, we're psyched — and we've done a comparison for you between the unaired pilot and the one that did air. You'll discover that Sarah Connor's character was seriously wimpified. More »
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By charliejaneComment by Defendant: I did see T3, and I enjoyed watching it, but I agree that it was not as good as the... more » | Other threads
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