Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep 

Sarah suspects that something fishy is going on at the medical clinic where she is being treated for insomnia. During her stay, she has flashbacks to a run-in she had with a man from the plant whom she thought she had already killed.

Director:

Scott Lautanen

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
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison (credit only)
Julie Ann Emery	...	Nurse Hobson
Ned Bellamy	...	Ed Winston
Michelle Arthur	...	Dana
Manny Montana	...	Hector
Sashen Naicker	...	Night Tech

Storyline

Sarah checks herself into a clinic for her constant insomnia and to probe into her thoughts at the man she was forced to kill and begins having nightmares of her being held hostage by the guy forcing physical and mental mind games on her. But as Sarah begins to suspect that her attending nurse is not who she appears to be, she slowly discovers that the line between dream and reality is not what it appears to be.

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Plot Keywords:

dream | insomnia | nightmare | sleep clinic | biting self | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

A nod to "The Fonz" (Henry Winkler) from Happy Days when Cameron taps the vending machine with the heel of her fist to release the food in the way Fonzie would fist club the jukebox and other machines to get them going. Extra points, Cameron is wearing a leather jacket.

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Goofs

The patients in the clinic are not clothed in patient garb; they are wearing martial arts outfits.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sarah Connor: Midnight is the witching hour - if you believe that kind of thing, and most people won't admit it if they do. Midnight is the time when a door opens from our world into the next, and we are visited by dark spirits of the shadowlands. The incubus, the succubus, the old hag. Visitors are known by many names, but each story bears the same marks. The demons come after midnight in the first three hours of the new day, when we are alone and vulnerable, deep asleep and helpless, when we ...

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Connections

References Frankenstein (1931)

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Soundtracks

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles End Credits)
Written by Bear McCreary

User Reviews

Playing With Mind

Sincerely this episode was messed up. Nothing is really totally clear and it was pointless. Like I said before, I guess they are getting out of ideas for there episodes. I start thinking about quitting this show.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 February 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bartleby Company, The Halcyon Company, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1