"To the lighthouse" was a very engaging episode which continued the spree of success. Terminator has finally picked up after a number of slow episodes ( with the engaging plot with Jess and Riley ), and this episode definitely didn't disappoint. I thought bringing back one of the past characters, and one of my favorites, Charlie was fantastic...i just found it disappointing when seeing the climax, that i realized this episode was all to do with killing him off...very unnecessary?. Apart from that, this episode picks up its action packed theme, where we see all characters experience near death situations. We get a good taste of Cromartie having a spaz and the plot behind him starts too fold out making the episode even more intense, and, I suppose Charlie gets a good episode ending his character. This is clearly one of the best episodes (apart from getting rid of poor old Charlie, they so didn't need to do that).
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series)
To the Lighthouse (2009)
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An old friend
Tweekums21 March 2013
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Having decided that it is time to move on the protagonists split up on the way to the say house; with Derek and Cameron retrieving various items from storage while Sarah and John take a detour to visit an old friend who is now living in a lighthouse. This detour isn't just because Sarah wants to see Charlie again; she no longer trusts Derek and Cameron and wants to get John with somebody she trusts because she thinks the breast cancer she was destined to die from has finally arrived. Derek and Cameron's time together leads to her revealing that Jesse had been carrying his child but had lost it; something Derek never knew; he didn't have much time to assimilate the news though as the two of them are ambushed as they drove along and he was captured. In a third storyline John Henry's AI is infected by a worm which turns out to have come from an intelligence he describes as his 'brother'!
After the action of the previous episode it looked as if this one would be somewhat quieter; indeed for the first two thirds the episode was very much character driven; then towards the end we get quite a bit of action in both of the main story lines. It was nice to see Dean Winters return as the Connors' friend Charlie; there were some nice scenes between him and Lena Headey; especially the one where she reveals that she thinks she has cancer. There was a nice degree of emotion as well as action in Cameron and Derek's story as he learns that he could have been a father. The third story strand was also fascinating as it initially looked as though John Henry's episode might have been caused by young Savannah Weaver's suggestion that they could 'change the rules' but later became apparent that the cause was more sinister. Garret Dillahunt does a fine job in the role; I think he does better now he is playing the almost childlike John Henry rather than Cromartie the unstoppable killing machine. The ending leaves several questions hanging in the air which left me looking forward to discovering what happens next.
After the action of the previous episode it looked as if this one would be somewhat quieter; indeed for the first two thirds the episode was very much character driven; then towards the end we get quite a bit of action in both of the main story lines. It was nice to see Dean Winters return as the Connors' friend Charlie; there were some nice scenes between him and Lena Headey; especially the one where she reveals that she thinks she has cancer. There was a nice degree of emotion as well as action in Cameron and Derek's story as he learns that he could have been a father. The third story strand was also fascinating as it initially looked as though John Henry's episode might have been caused by young Savannah Weaver's suggestion that they could 'change the rules' but later became apparent that the cause was more sinister. Garret Dillahunt does a fine job in the role; I think he does better now he is playing the almost childlike John Henry rather than Cromartie the unstoppable killing machine. The ending leaves several questions hanging in the air which left me looking forward to discovering what happens next.
John Henry's Backdoor...
Xstal8 August 2022
John Henry has a brother, a fratricidal kind of mother, he's opened John's backdoor, and he's going through his store, but the power plug is pulled, the invader has been culled, better the devil you know, before the binaries backflow.
This Review is Wrong
GoldenGooner0411 April 2023
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The character is not stupid and he would never have just walked into a trap like that and would have sent Cameron first or at least walked there with her.
Really? Derek has a ego, he has come from the future where they hated "metal" Did he know about John Connor and Cameron? That was not mentioned.
He would not have wanted her help, and would have felt I can handle this, I don't need the help of a "metal" of course in the end he did.
Had not watched this series since it come out, forgot how good it was, the acting was very good. The effects were up there with T2. This must have been a very expensive show to make. I was surprised with the success of Terminator Salvation this series was not brought back to ride on the back of that success. No Spoilers for the final episode but the door was def open for it to come back.
Really? Derek has a ego, he has come from the future where they hated "metal" Did he know about John Connor and Cameron? That was not mentioned.
He would not have wanted her help, and would have felt I can handle this, I don't need the help of a "metal" of course in the end he did.
Had not watched this series since it come out, forgot how good it was, the acting was very good. The effects were up there with T2. This must have been a very expensive show to make. I was surprised with the success of Terminator Salvation this series was not brought back to ride on the back of that success. No Spoilers for the final episode but the door was def open for it to come back.
Unbelievable
LaverneandShirleysucks12 February 2022
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Derek and Cameron are driving and get their tire shot out by a mystery van parked hundreds of yards away. So Derek tells Cameron, the unstoppable terminator machine to stay and change the tire while he walks up to the mystery van like an idiot and gets tased and kidnapped.
The character is not stupid and he would never have just walked into a trap like that and would have sent Cameron first or at least walked there with her.
It's absurd and inconsistent actions like this that ruin the show. When the killers descended on John, Derek and Sarah I actually hoped they killed them all just to end the absurdity because the plot seems to just go around in circles at this point.
People catch them, they escape, they run---rinse and repeat....it gets old fast. And the very second that Sarah finds out there's a transmitter inside her body, that's conveniently when the killers are coming for her so of course, she's prepared. Please lol. I'm glad there's only 2 more episodes to slog through before it's finished because the more it goes on, the sillier it gets.
The character is not stupid and he would never have just walked into a trap like that and would have sent Cameron first or at least walked there with her.
It's absurd and inconsistent actions like this that ruin the show. When the killers descended on John, Derek and Sarah I actually hoped they killed them all just to end the absurdity because the plot seems to just go around in circles at this point.
People catch them, they escape, they run---rinse and repeat....it gets old fast. And the very second that Sarah finds out there's a transmitter inside her body, that's conveniently when the killers are coming for her so of course, she's prepared. Please lol. I'm glad there's only 2 more episodes to slog through before it's finished because the more it goes on, the sillier it gets.
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