Goodbye to All That (6 Oct. 2008)

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.

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developed for television by), Ashley Miller,

Stars:

Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

John and Derek go undercover at a military academy to eye and protect a certain Martin Bedell, a cadet who will be John's chief soldier during the future war, from another Triple-8 Terminator who arrives from the past to assassinate Bedell. Derek flashes back to his days in the resistance and quarreling with his brother, Kyle, as well as Bedell, over their military tactics to fight. Meanwhile, Sarah and Cameron try to protect another Martin Bedell, a young boy, whom the Terminator briefly mistakenly targets. Elsewhere, Ellison learns a little more about the sinister Catherine Weaver as she beings grooming him for the job at her corporation.

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Plot Keywords:

military academy | tar pits | phone book

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bartleby Company, C-2 Pictures, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

When John is talking to a fellow Military School cadet on the firing range, just before Martin Bedell shows up, John's yellow goggles are on his head, then on his nose, and then on his head again.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

User Reviews

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.