Earthlings Welcome Here (15 Dec. 2008)

Sarah turns to a UFO convention for answers about the "three dots," more details about Riley's mission are revealed, and Ellison begins working with Catherine Weaver's AI prototype, "John Henry."

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developed for television by), Natalie Chaidez,

Stars:

Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Garret Dillahunt	...	John Henry / Cromartie
Shirley Manson	...	Catherine Weaver
Leven Rambin	...	Riley Dawson
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison
Dinah Lenney	...	Eileen / Alan Park
Michael Hyatt	...	Dr. Barbara Morris
Barry Livingston	...	Pete
William Stanford Davis	...	Pastor Jonas
Ned Bellamy	...	Ed Winston
Stephanie Jacobsen	...	Jesse Flores

Storyline

Sarah attends a UFO convention hoping to get information on the three dots. She is pointed in the direction of Abraham, a blogger who has written about them. Only problem is no one quite knows who or where he is. At home, John is re-decorating his room with Riley's help, always under the watchful eye of Cameron. Through flashbacks, we learn more about the connection between Riley and Jesse. Now that Catherine Wheeler's AI computer has taken humanoid form in what was Cromartie, she wants Ellison to teach it ethics.

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Plot Keywords:

ufo convention | ufo | motorcycle | dirt road | tattoo | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 December 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the flashback when Riley is in the car with Jesse and sees John for the first time he still has long hair. This is a mistake as Riley met John in the episode "Automatic for the People", however John had already cut his hair in the episode before, "Samson and Delilah".

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sarah Connor: In 1490, the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca landed on the shores of the New World, seeking power and fortune. He was immediately attacked and captured, almost all of his traveling companions murdered. Enslaved, de Vaca chose to embrace his captor's beliefs and learn their ways. He became a healer. Over time he was freed, and de Vaca attracted his own following, who believed he had the power over life and death. The desert had transformed him. He was not the first, and he would not...

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Connections

Featured in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Today Is the Day: Part 2 (2009)

User Reviews

easily the weakest out of the whole series

OK um...this is the weakest episode of Terminator: TSCC the plot is Sarah goes to a UFO convention or whatever just because of the 3 dots I thought this was TSCC not Independence day. there is a twist an ugly woman that Sarah meets is actually a man in drag (which to me was hardly surprising and disturbing) Cameron and John play a very little part in all of this and there's the mystery guy with a biker helmet who we have no idea of who that person is or why he wants to kill them oh right let me guess he's a Terminator... NO he's not he's some guy working at a facility that NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE well it couldn't be as embarrassing for the Terminator's as Terminator Salvation. I'm done here