"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Alpine Fields (2008)

Directors:

Charles Beeson
Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developed for television by)
John Enbom (written by)
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TV Series:

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008)

Original Air Date:

8 December 2008 (Season 2, Episode 12)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Terminators come after a family whose unborn daughter plays an important role in the war against the Machines, and Sarah, Cameron, and Derek try to protect them.

Plot Keywords:

Flashback | Flash Forward | Newborn Baby | Necklace | Axe

Cast

Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor (credit only)
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Brian Austin Green	...	Derek Reese
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison (credit only)
Rebecca Creskoff	...	Anne Fields
Samantha Krutzfeldt	...	Lauren Fields
Carlos Jacott	...	David Fields
Johnny Sneed	...	Roger Shafer
Peter Mensah	...	General Perry
Haley Hudson	...	Sydney Fields
Stephanie Jacobsen	...	Jesse Flores

Directed by
Charles Beeson
Bryan Spicer

Writing credits
Josh Friedman		(developed for television by)
John Enbom		(written by)
James Cameron		(characters) and
Gale Anne Hurd		(characters)
Denise Thé		staff writer (uncredited)

Produced by
Natalie Chaidez	....	co-executive producer
Jill Danton	....	producer
Jessie Ward Dugan	....	co-producer (as Jessie W. Dugan)
John Enbom	....	supervising producer
Josh Friedman	....	executive producer
Toni Graphia	....	co-executive producer
Mario Kassar	....	executive producer (as Mario F. Kassar)
Joel B. Michaels	....	executive producer
James Middleton	....	executive producer
Ashley Miller	....	co-producer (as Ashley Edward Miller)
Hilton Smith	....	co-producer (as Hilton H. Smith)
Zack Stentz	....	co-producer
Andrew G. Vajna	....	executive producer
John Wirth	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bear McCreary

Cinematography by
Stephen Collins		(director of photography)
Joseph D. Urbanczyk		(director of photography) (as Joe Urbanczyk)

Film Editing by
Scott Gamzon		(as Scott H. Gamzon)
Heather MacDougall		(as Heather Jo MacDougall)

Casting by
Gayle Pillsbury

Production Design by
Marek Dobrowolski

Art Direction by
Matthew C. Jacobs		(as Matthew Jacobs)

Set Decoration by
Ryan Welsch

Costume Design by
Amanda Friedland

Makeup Department
Ketty Gonzalez	....	hairstylist
Robert Hall	....	special makeup effects created by: Almost Human Inc.
Harriette Landau	....	make-up artist
Leo Corey Castellano	....	key makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Richard De Alba	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)
Christina Guerra	....	makeup effects operations manager: Almost Human (uncredited)
Alex Noble	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Christopher J. Ray	....	post-production supervisor
Hilton Smith	....	unit production manager (as Hilton H. Smith)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joel Kramer	....	second unit director
Dan Lazarovits	....	second assistant director (as Dan 'Laz' Lazarovits)
Jessica Lowrey	....	second assistant director
Glenn Steelman	....	first assistant director
Iris Huezo	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)
A.K. Pavri	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)
Marie-Hélène Riverain	....	dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department
Alan Allinger	....	stage foreman
Rodney Armanino	....	construction coordinator
Scott Buckwald	....	property master
Rachel Block	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Chris Carriveau	....	leadman (uncredited)
Nathan Haas	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Paul Harman	....	sign painter (uncredited)
Damon Hight	....	general foreman (uncredited)
Kay Kropp	....	lead painter (uncredited)
Rick McLean	....	painter (uncredited)
Dim McRemnant	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
Leia Pratapas	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Natalie Richards	....	illustrator (uncredited)
Jefry Shebroe	....	on-set property master (uncredited)
Maret Wicken	....	painter gangboss (uncredited)
Julie Witherington	....	on-set property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor
Dan Hiland	....	re-recording mixer
Richard Mercado	....	sound mixer
Jon Mete	....	supervising sound editor
Gary D. Rogers	....	re-recording mixer (as Gary Rogers)
Brendan Beebe	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Steve Evans	....	utility sound technician (uncredited)
Tim Farrell	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Jessica Goodwin	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Eric Maxwell	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Deron Street	....	first sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Steve Galich	....	special effects supervisor
Garth Steinheimer	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
James Lima	....	visual effects supervisor (as Jim Lima)
John Owens	....	associate visual effects producer
Dave Adams	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Pharoah Barrett	....	3D artist: Entity FX (uncredited)
Mat Beck	....	senior visual effects supervisor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Dan Blank	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Sarah Blank	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Dean Deakyne	....	3D artist: Entity FX (uncredited)
A. Michael Dobbs	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Jason Dunn	....	matte painter: Entity FX (uncredited)
Brandon Flyte	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Brian Harding	....	visual effects supervisor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Junji Hirano	....	visual effects artist: Entity FX (uncredited)
Eli Jarra	....	senior compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Aaron N. Leichter	....	I/O coordinator: Entity FX (uncredited)
Andrew Lema	....	visual effects artist: Entity FX (uncredited)
Ellyn Lewis	....	visual effects general manager: Entity FX (uncredited)
Viet Nguyen	....	systems engineer: Entity FX (uncredited)
Rik Panero	....	digital effects artist: Entity FX (uncredited)
Rob Reinhart	....	digital compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Dan Rucinski	....	visual effects executive producer: Entity FX (uncredited)
Moshe Sayada	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Andrea Shear	....	3D artist: Entity FX (uncredited)
Trent Smith	....	visual effects producer: Entity FX (uncredited)
Mike Spring	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Shane Strickman	....	visual effects coordinator: Entity FX (uncredited)
Takashi Takeoka	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Carol VanHook	....	compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Doug Witsken	....	digital compositor: Entity FX (uncredited)
Kaz Yoshida	....	3D artist: Entity FX (uncredited)

Stunts
Joel Kramer	....	stunt coordinator
Deja Howell	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunt double: Lena Headey (uncredited)
Tree O'Toole	....	stunt double: Summer Glau (uncredited)
Scott Workman	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Bishop	....	rigging best boy
Steven Hubbell	....	grip
Matthew Berger	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jack Chouchanian	....	key grip (uncredited)
Joe Chouchanian	....	grip (uncredited)
John J. Ellingwood	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Chris Hood	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Donald S. Hubbell	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
James Jermyn	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Lance Oyabu	....	electrician (uncredited)
Paul Schmidt	....	key grip: second unit (uncredited)
Jason Selsor	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Aaron Ali Tichenor	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Scott Whitbread	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lisa Beach	....	original casting
Sarah Katzman	....	original casting

Editorial Department
Joshua Alan Baca	....	online editor (uncredited)
Brian Barr	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Iris Hershner	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Leandra Jones	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Mark Sawa	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Gregory Sweeney	....	music coordinator
Chris Bleth	....	musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Tom Brissette	....	additional engineering (uncredited)
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer (uncredited)
Aaron Roethe	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
Aaron Roethe	....	scoring coordinator (uncredited)
Laurence Schwarz	....	assistant engineer (uncredited)
John W. Snyder	....	scoring assistant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
George Graham	....	transportation co-captain
Robert J. Morton	....	transportation captain
Steve Brill	....	transportation dispatcher (uncredited)

Other crew
David Flannery	....	production assistant
Kelly Leffler	....	script supervisor
Mindy Stevenson	....	corporate finance
Denise Thé	....	production staff
Jennifer Diane Torres	....	production assistant
Armando Boquiren	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Amy D'Alessandro	....	titles (uncredited)
Kayla Franklin	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)
Heather Kilness	....	unit medic (uncredited)
Carlos G. Lopez	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Yuell Newsome	....	stock librarian (uncredited)
Lisa Owad	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Damon Rivetti	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Lori Russell	....	key assistant location manager/scout (uncredited)
Leif Tilden	....	location manager (uncredited)
Mike Weiss	....	script coordinator (uncredited)
David Dino Wells Jr.	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios

Special Effects

• Entity FX

Other Companies

• Foto-Kem  film processing (as Fotokem)
• Khaos Digital  video playback services
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Reel Security  Production Security
• Zane/Pillsbury Casting  casting (as Zane/Pillsbury, C.S.A.)

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Quotes:

Anne:Are you married? To your son's...
Sarah Connor:No - barely knew him.
Anne:Lucky you. You think you're getting this...
[pointing in the general direction of David]
Anne:Then you realize you got that.

Movie Connections:

References "Dr. Phil" (2002)

An episode without John

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This episode opens with Derek looking after a heavily pregnant, injured woman and her teenaged daughter. A flashback to six months ago shows us how they are members of a family being hunted by a terminator. Sarah and Cameron come to help then when they are in their cottage deep in the woods. Not surprisingly they think Sarah's warnings are the ravings of a mad woman and to make things even more difficult she has no idea which family member is the actual target. We learn that in a flashforward to the future where Derek is trying to rescue the one person who appears to be immune to the effects of the terminators' latest bio-weapon. Back in the woods the family's various secrets come out and it becomes clear that the daughter is the only one not hiding a secret that could tear the family apart.

This episode is rather unusual in that it doesn't feature John Connor in any of the three time periods. In many ways his role in the story is taken by teenaged Lauren Fields; Samantha Krutzfeldt does well in the role. The story itself may me considered filler by some but it was still entertaining; there was some good action as Cameron fought the attacking cyborg as well as a reasonable amount of humour. There is a good amount of tension as we don't know which member of the family is being hunted and there is a feeling that other members could be killed before the actual target is rescued. Overall I'd say this is a pretty good episode; missing it might not spoil the series over all but it would still be a shame as it is well worth watching.