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The Sarah Connor Chronicles: What He Beheld (season finale) - VIDEO
(S01E09) This is continued from the "Vick's Chip" episode post.Finally, everything comes together. There are references to several episodes (if not every episode) throughout the season and there is something of a climax (albeit a disappointing one). Agent Ellison finally reappears after sitting the last episode out and he comes to the conclusion that killer robots from the future are after the Connors. What's he smoking?
For some reason, I thought Derek was the younger Reese. Obviously, I was mistaken. One of the comments in previous reviews pointed out that Kyle and Derek were alive in the current timeframe. Obviously, this plot point hadn't escaped the writers. Good thing Skynet doesn't know who John's daddy is.
I'll make some commentary about this episode than wrap it up with my thoughts for the entire season.
Obviously, the big telling scene of the episode was John meeting his father Kyle as a child. It's a very nice birthday gift from Derek given how much John is desperate for a daddy-figure. Of course, John probably asked for an iPhone.
When the British gangster (who wasn't Sarkissian) left the room, didn't he hear Sarah telling Derek to follow him? Yeesh. Couldn't she have waited a minute or two longer?
I so want to go to the prom with Cameron. Since she's all blowed up now, I guess he'll have to find another date.
Man, Derek is COLD. Even if the little girl wasn't the British guy's daughter, shooting him like that in front of her was as cold as any robot. Maybe there isn't too big a difference between the good guys and the bad guys.
It makes sense that Derek knew of his relationship with John all along. He even acted in an avuncular manner towards him. I do hope we would see him again in future seasons (maybe even as a regular), but I think there's enough of an "out" built into the finale if they can't get Brian Austin Green back.
When I think of the climactic scene to any sci-fi series, I think of Johnny Cash music. Okay, that's not true. Perhaps it was some sort of playful irony having a black man fight a Terminator to a song by the Man in Black.
If the show does get picked up for a second season, we now have the mystery of why Cromartie didn't kill Ellison. Did he consider Ellison inconsequential? Or was Ellison necessary for Skynet's future?
I can think of at least two ways in which Cameron could survive that blast. The first is that the explosion didn't affect her chip and she could repair herself and grow her skin back (although it was mentioned that Terminators could be destroyed with intense heat). Second, another Terminator model just like her is sent back.
Overall, I enjoyed the series. The writing started weak but ended strong (my personal favorite was "Dungeons and Dragons," the episode in which Derek remembers the future). On the other hand, the ratings started strong and ended weaker. The ratings aren't in yet for the final two-parter, but I don't see a significant bump occurring. No doubt Fox just wants to sell the complete series on DVD and move on.
It's science fiction on Fox. It's on the bubble as of right now, but it's an expensive series that gets mediocre ratings by Fox's standards. I'm just waiting for the final word.
| Why did Cromartie not kill Ellison? | |
|---|---|
| What's the fate of Derek Reese? | |
| How did Cameron survive the explosion (if at all)? | |
| What happened to the suicide girl from John's high school? |
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