Sarah Connor Chronicles 2x02-2x04

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I didn't write up 2x02 or 2x03 largely because I don't remember them and/or didn't have much to say at the time. The nuclear power plant arc largely baffled me until the end, and some of me wishes they wouldn't come up with such a dramatic way to give Sarah cancer (possibly). I suppose this way, she's less likely to pass it on to John? And the entire John-Riley subplot bored me. Show! Please do not use long blond-haired outcast girls as a means to get the viewer interested in John's school life! Especially when other plots involve, say, saving people from nuclear meltdown or averting the upcoming machine apocalypse.

While I liked the episode with Charley and Michelle, I am very sad they killed her. Partly I am sad because of the Woman in Refrigerator thing, but mostly I am sad because I actually grew to like her a lot in that episode. I also loved the scenes between her and Sarah. I was going to say that some evil part of me would be amused if Charley became Sarah's Man in Refrigerator, and then I remembered that she already has one in Kyle Reese.

And oh, Ellison. Do not be seduced by the dark side! It makes me worry a lot about your life expectancy!

This week's episode: made of win! Cameron character development, insofar as Cameron can develop. I love getting a look at her origin, and now I really want to know more about her reprogramming, if she has in fact been reprogrammed. And she has Allison Young's memories! How in the world did she get those? I mean, they could have been programmed into her, but the emotional reactions don't seem to be something that the terminators can be programmed to have. So...? Is she acting on Allison's emotions? Extrapolating? Can terminators have split personalities?

Plus, this week's one-off blonde girl was at least interesting.

Sadly, Sarah's plot this episode was largely filler, although it may prove to be very relevant to later episodes. And I did like getting the story of John's birth.

Also also, I like that the show has a lot of POC as extras. It'd just be nice if more of them were in the main cast...

Oh! And we get to see more of Ellison's personal life, which is always a plus.

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Michelle: I also liked her development in the episode, and was sad that she died. But, the fact that they did develop her so well helped make her death less fridge-y for me. She wasn't just a plot device for angsting up other characters, she had agency and played the central role in her own story.

Sarah's fridge: I have been expecting Charlie to be fridged since Episode 1.01. I really don't want to see that happen, because I like how they have a male character in the traditionally-female "healer" role. I would say that Michelle is a WiR for Sarah (and for John), as well as for Charlie--the final scenes of that episode indicated to me that they were all upset about failing to save her.

This week: I think the points of the Sarah-landlady plot were (1) to show Sarah making a human connection with somebody other than John, and (2) to emphasize for especially-dense viewers the parenthood metaphor which forms the thematic basis for Sarah's story.

POC: I read somewhere that a multi-racial actress will be coming on as a recurring character pretty soon. I don't remember her name, but she was in the Battlestar Galactica Razor movie. She's going to be another time-displaced Future Resistance fighter.

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I am really glad that the show ended up giving Michelle a lot of character before she died, especially because it could have so easily gone the romantic rival way.

I'm also less annoyed about the WiR aspect because Charley's so clearly not the protag of the show. His angst just serves to amp up Sarah's!

And yaaaay actress news!