"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Goodbye to All That (2008)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developer)
Ashley Miller (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008)

Original Air Date:

6 October 2008 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

John and Derek sign on for military school to protect a key future Resistance hero from termination. Back at home, Sarah and Cameron protect a young boy who shares the same name as the intended target.

Plot Keywords:

Military Academy | Tar Pits | Phone Book | Skynet | Russian Mafia

Cast

Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Brian Austin Green	...	Derek Reese
Shirley Manson	...	Catherine Weaver
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison
Jonathan Jackson	...	Kyle Reese
Dean Norris	...	Nelson
Billy Unger	...	Marty Bedell
Will Rothhaar	...	Martin Bedell
Beau Billingslea	...	General Hobbs
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	Triple-Eight Terminator
Rene Heger	...	Pyle
David Cheaney	...	Martin Bedell
Johnny D'Agostino	...	Bartender

Runtime:

52 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:12

Company:

Bartleby Company

Trivia:

During a number of the flash forwards, the resistance members referred to the Terminator Tank as an Ogre. An Ogre, in the Steve Jackson game of the same name, was an extremely large (about 50 metres in size), heavily armed and armored cybernetic tank that was virtually unstoppable.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Sarah returns with the magazines to Kacy's hospital bed she places them on the bed as she sits. The cut scene clearly shows the magazines left on the bed but when the scene cuts back, Sarah has the magazines back in hand and places them on the bed a second time.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Triple-Eight Terminator: Martin Bedell?

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Ridiculous

Derek plants claymores in the woods around the school where the students go running? Really? Yeah, great idea. Also, how the frak is he walking around with that .50 caliber Sniper rifle? That is a highly specialized, extremely dangerous weapon (officially banned from use against humans because it does so much damage) and one that you absolutely do not carry around patrolling a military school crosscountry course - and they just hand it to the new guy (who gets the job without formal experience) and have him walking around with it? Also, lucky no students went running.

Oh, and the whole kidnapping a little boy thing works well with the "keep a low profile" strategy. Plus, the little guy was pretty cool about a cyborg trying to kill him and being abducted.

I appreciate the show for its tone, but this was just too much.