"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Heavy Metal (2008)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developer)
John Enbom (written by)

TV Series:

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008)

Original Air Date:

4 February 2008 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

While John continues to have more difficulty coming to terms with a student who committed suicide and felt he was powerless to prevent it...

Plot Keywords:

Skynet | Russian Mafia | Female Terminator | Cyborg | Robot

Cast

Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison
Catherine Dent	...	Agent Greta Simpson
Brian Bloom	...	Carter
Andy Umberger	...	Davidson
Lee Thompson Young	...	Agent Stewart
Garret Dillahunt	...	Cromartie / George Laszlo
Douglas Bennett	...	Guard
Michael Dempsey	...	Detective
Greg Eagles	...	Crewman #1
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Mike
Hector Atreyu Ruiz	...	Driver
Linda Shing	...	Dolores

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12 (TV version) | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16

Company:

Bartleby Company

Trivia:

The red truck being driven off by the thieves is owned by "Tetsuo" corporation. Tetsuo (1989) is a J-horror/cyberpunk/Cult movie by Shinya Tsukamoto, about a man who becomes mechanical..

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the episode, after Cameron crashes the cargo truck and is walking towards Sarah and John who are standing by the Hummer, both doors on the Hummer are open. There is some dialog between John and Sarah, after which they turn back towards the Hummer, and Sarah's door is now closed, and she opens it.

Quotes:

Agent Greta Simpson: *You* trying to impress the boss? Wow. Crank up the Sugaray and call Monica Lewinsky. It's nineteen ninty-nine again.
James Ellison: Sugar what?

Flashes of brilliance

Great 4th episode!

I'm psyched that they've kept the quality high so far.

The formula elements were fine, the Sarah Connor voice-over was above average (meditating on the apt story of the Golem), and there was a nicely scary bit.

Don't wake the sleeping terminator!

The final scene at home was handled with some subtlety, too, with John being nonchalant about his scary day and then noticing his hand shake when he was alone.

I guess this was all done before the writers' strike, because someone good is definitely on the job here.