Ourselves Alone (6 Mar. 2009)

While Derek does surveillance on a lawyer he suspects may be connected to Skynet, Sarah and Cameron begin to have doubts about Riley.

Director:

Jeff Woolnough

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developed for television by), Toni Graphia,

Stars:

Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Brian Austin Green	...	Derek Reese
Leven Rambin	...	Riley Dawson
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison (credit only)
Alex Carter	...	Ko Samuels
Alison Martin	...	Molly Malloy
Stephanie Jacobsen	...	Jesse Flores
Gregg Perrie	...	Aaron
Leslie Thurston	...	Nurse
Tina Casciani	...	Working Girl
Stephen DiCenzo	...	Davey

Storyline

Cameron's glitch returns which she realizes that it could spell bad news for everyone. Sarah begins to investigate more into Riley and thinks John had told her about the apocalyptic future, which John denies, as does Cameron. Meanwhile, Derek begins tailing a powerful lawyer who may have a connection to Skynet with Jesse's help, but with nobody aware that she is behind all the mishaps that have been going on... and that Riley soon learns the real reason why Jesse recruited her.

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Plot Keywords:

apple | helicopter | tear on cheek | returning character killed off | depth charge | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

John Connor: [referring to Riley] Were you gonna kill her?
Cameron Phillips: I don't know what I was going to do.
John Connor: What do you mean you didn't know what you were gonna do? Since when do you not know what you're gonna do?
Cameron Phillips: I don't know. I should've killed her. She's a threat to you.
John Connor: That is not your decision to make.
Cameron Phillips: It's usually not a decision.
John Connor: Well, obviously it is this time. And it's not yours.

User Reviews

A shocking finale

As this episode opens a pigeon flies around the Connor house; Cameron takes it outside then crushes it… not a huge shock considering she is a terminator but she meant to let it go; clearly something is wrong with her. She tries to repair her arm and is seen by Riley, she in turn is convinced that Cameron will kill her for seeing that she is a machine. That isn't the only problem with Riley; after her suicide bid Sarah tries to find out more about what happened. A visit to her step father suggests somebody has spoken to her about Judgement Day and her 'school councillor' knows about the trip to Mexico… of course this is actually Jesse not somebody working for the school. As Cameron tries to fix herself Riley eventually realises what Jesse has planned for her and confronts her; this confrontation has a shocking conclusion that I certainly didn't see coming.

For the most part this is a character driven episode; we are made to wonder whether Cameron can be trusted anymore and Sarah's doubts over Riley increase as it becomes clear that she has spoken to somebody about things that could cause them a lot of trouble. This is interesting enough but not particularly exciting; the same can't be said about the end though; the fight between Jesse and Riley was exciting and has a surprising outcome. There is also a secondary plot featuring Derek's attempts to get information from a lawyer involved with Skynet; this doesn't go anywhere though; hopefully it will in the next episode.