Doc MacGyver

Totally agree about the baseball scene. I thought that was fantastic, and such a great gift for Dereck to give John, especially with the reveal that he's known the entire time that he's his nephew.

The pool scene was fantastic, especially since it employed the oft-forgoten "Less is More" technique. It changed what could have been a mindless shoot 'em up into something much more artistic. And I LOVED the use of Cash's song, especially since when Ellison was quoting Revelations to Tommy Gavin's brother, I said, "you know, like the Johnny Cash song." after he was done.

I also have to give mad props to both the show and to Brian Austin Greene (still can't believe I just typed those words) for giving me a healthy respect for the actor. He plays it beautifully subdued with bitter anger and sadness boiling just under the surface. Plus, that scene where he capped fake-armenian in the dome was totally badass.




Loved this as well, since it echoed - in a minor way - the whole, "sending your own father back in time to knock up your mother" thing. Ah, fun with time travel!



(Seem to be quoting the hell out of you, Jadzia - my apologies)

I laugh EVERY time someone says it, whether it be Lena or "The Fox Guy", since my roommates and I always refer to it as some variation of "The Sarah Connor Connah Chrona Conicals....icals" without fail.



-Doc

B.A.

Same thought crossed my mind.

wm lopez

It was a good 1st season, but I didn't like how they are trying to connect the Bible's Book Of Revelation with what's going on. I don't mind it END OF DAYS, DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, THE OMEN but don't try to put it in a sci-fi show.

ckw4b

I never watched 90120 so I never saw BAG in a role other than Derek Reese. That being said, I think his portrayal of a resistance soldier from the future is spot on. He plays a perfect borderline nut case who is clearly suffering from bouts of PTS.

I love that he has no sense of personal boundaries (i.e., uses Sarah's toothbrush and rummages through her room) and that he's willing to kill anyone to stop the creation of Skynet.

magiccmom

Loved the scene with Derek bringing the little girl out. "Not my kid" "Not mine either", then covering her eyes and blowing the guy away. Pretty unexpected stuff.

Fanboy

I'm gonna guess you've never made the connection between Judgment Day in the Terminator universe and the biblical Judgment Day.

Peep

Cromartie only kills threats. Not pussies.

Jeeden

Yea, well as terminators in the past have acted, the fact that he was standing in his walking path was him interrupting his mission and reason enough for him to kill him


I'm thinking what someone else mentioned that he has something to do with skynet...maybe not creating skynet, but killing him would have put skynet in danger (made more people look into his work and get further than he has or maybe someone who knows him would have been distraught enough to stop their work which was a piece of skynet's creation)

Cardiff Giant11

Ok maybe I'm the only one who is bothered by these but
1)So Kyle Reese is alive and like 5 years old in 2007, despite being killed in T1? Even with all the Time Travel this franchise has, we've never seen such a thing. I always assumed die in the past you're dead period. Weird
2)I was surprised Derrek was the older brother. I figured Kyle was. I didn't get to see all of the episode that took place in the future so this may have not been a new thing to everyone but I didn't know it before.
All in all I like the series but for a season finale both episodes were average, this series has done much better episodes.

GoldenJCJ

So was I. Considering how much older a 1984 Michael Biehn looks than a 2007 Brian Austen Green I figured Kyle was the older one. I guess they made Derrek the older one so he could play the "protector" role in the series.

Deftones

Meh. I'm not sure why I'm just not digging this show. I think I was anticipating more action, and less running and hiding. The finale didn't do much for me either.

alfredog1976

I don't think being killed in the past necessarily erases your existence. Kyle Reese was still born (in 2002 or whatever year he was born), grew up and time traveled to the past and protected Sarah Connor.

Tom Banjo

Which, now that you mention it, the original Judgement Day was in 1997, before Kyle was born, according to the show. Which is not really a paradox, but means that I guess we're supposed to believe that originally Kyle was born after JD. But, thanks to blowing up Cyberdyne in T2, Kyle now knows what pre-JD was like.
I think I'm giving this show more thought than it deserves.

JTH182

I'd have to see it again, but I don't think that was the same guy at all... I think this is a completely different guy. The clerk was just that, a clerk.

GoldenJCJ

B.A. is right, the Armenian was the clerk at the front desk. When john found his picture on the computer I realized it was the same guy that Sarah slammed head first into the counter. Also, we never got proof that he was the little girl's father but I think we were supposed to put two and two together to figure that out.

sb5

Kyle Reese's future self dying after being sent back to the past has no effect on young Kyle Reese still existing. It's happened in other time travel TV shows/movies as well (for example,



in 12 Monkeys).

Useless Trivia: The guy who blew up Cameron is the voice of Dr. Venture on the Venture Bros.

While the show is far from perfect, overall I ended up really enjoying it, and really would like to see what happens next...

...which, knowing my luck, means it's probably going to get canceled.

candyrocket786

Fantastic season!

Great performances from all the cast, especially:

Brian Austin Green
Summer Glau

Hopefully, we'll get this one on Blu-Ray.

Jadzia

Yes, they even showed a quick flash-back to the guy at the counter.

Bateman

The same guy from the tech cafe. Dr. Venture.

mugwump

I wasn't really expecting to like this show at all. I didn't care for any of the actors, the general premise, or the fact that it was going to be a weekly TV show. After sitting through the artificially truncated first season I have to say that this is one of my favorite new series of the year. Sure it has some serious continuity issues but I appreciate the fact that they're keeping things grim and not going all camp on the viewers -- save for a few of Cameron's more painful to watch scenes.

I guess I'll just wait for Fox to do the inevitable at this point.

JTH182

Guess I missed it then. I thought the clerk was blonder (if that's a word) than the guy who blew up the truck.

wm lopez

Well, the Bible's doomsday has a lot to do with anti-christ which is something that TERMINATOR can't use since it's the cyborgs that are going to end mankind. So why they even mention the Bible's Book of Revelation to try and connect the story line doesn't make sense.

chanster

I thought these episodes were a real let down, especially after the great Dr. Silverberg episode. I fell asleep during most of it.

Hotblack

It's a metaphorical reference to a well known story about the end of the world, because the subject matter of the show deals with a similar theme. It's a common literary and dramatic device: they expect you to see that there are certain parallels, but still two different stories.

Brian Shannon

The producers have already indicated that they are not concerned with details. This is as good as it gets