This could have easily been handled badly and I was delighted when it wasn’t. For those of you who don’t know, the series picks up after T2 and follows Sarah (Lena Headey) John (Thomas Dekker) and another T-unit (Summer Glau) sent back to protect John as they meet up and decide to go to Mexico again. Ugliness ensues and the plan changes to nipping Skynet, the computer system that was smart enough to look around and think ‘What do I need these worms for?’ and commences to wipe out humanity, in the bud. Easier said than done, happily.
Lena Headey’s performance as a woman who is strong because she has no chioce is first rate and Summer Glau’s slightly befuddled by it all cyborg is a treat to watch working it out. One of the most oddly chilling scenes takes place after Glau’s cyborg, Cameron, takes a ballet class with the sister of a Russian baddie looking for him and the fledgling computer that may become Skynet and destroy the world. She lets them both be killed when they’re no longer useful to her.
I also want to mention Richard T.Jones as agent James Ellison. This guy (and the writers) have taken what could have been a one-dimentional bulldog and made him a force, He’s beginning to see that Sarah’s not crazy and this rocks his world. I expect some good stuff from this quarter.
The specials are pretty lame even by specials standards with the exception of cut scenes, most of which I wish they had had time for or would have used.
If you even remotely like Sci-Fi give Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles a try. It’s about as good as Sci-Fi gets on TV.
The series lost me early on when they dropped Kyle Reese's brother into the mix. Yeesh, that was dumb.
From what I have seen, it is ok.
If I am around when it is on, I will watch it.
Good to see Summer getting regular work.