TSCC: Final episode
POSTED BY: somaholiday
UPDATED: Saturday, December 20, 2008 00:27
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Originally posted by Riverlove:
HK prototype? I like that theory. Is that what was inside the secret warehouse? Maybe another site location for Shirley Manson's corporation? AI for HK's?
That is what I took away from the episode. I think the thing Sarah saw might be some sort of drone or prototype HK that either Shirley Manson's character is having developed. I doubt it's military because the security at that place was non-existant.
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Originally posted by Riverlove:
Or just maybe Skynet IS an alien entity. An alien that can be a symbiot with machines. Maybe the whole J Day thing is a first strike and mopping-up operation for the machines, with a pending alien occupation after the machines have secured the planet?
Dear and fluffy Lord I hope not! That would just be too out there and so not in keeping with the Terminator story.
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Originally posted by somaholiday:
god i hope not... i'm not a fan of the alien angle.
I'm not a fan of it either. If they go that route I will most likely stop watching.
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I think that Derek's gf is pissed b/c in the future, John relies way too much on Cameron (according to her). She probably thinks that Cameron is some sort of spy or double agent, secretly working for the machines and manipulating him (although if she were working for the machines, she could just kill him)... maybe she's just uncomfortable with John being so close to a machine, relying on Cameron so much (in the future and the present), etc. I think that's her angle.
I agree. I think she is so blinded by hate for the machines she is loathe to see their leader relying on one for protection, help, etc. I wonder if this is just something she is doing on her own or if there are others in the future trying to break John away from Cameron.
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Originally posted by somaholiday:
I agree that the UFO plot didn't fit in with the rest of the show - the whole "obsession with the 3 dots" plot has gotten the show way off track... still, I think it's got some good places that it can go (the show, not the UFO plot) if the writers make the right decisions.
Yeah, the UFO angle just seemed way off base to me. Maybe if they tie it into HK sightings or something it might get it a bit more back on track. Seems there has to have been a better way of getting from point A to point B.
I am hoping they wrap up the 3 dot thing soon. It has been going for a bit too long now in my opinion.
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There won't be an alien angle to TSCC, but there may be a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) angle. Personally, I think it's just a hullucination. Sarah's been pretty nutty since Cromartie died. I think she's going to hullucinate about Kyle Reese for a while and then get up and drive off in her jeep.
Anything else is too preposterous to consider.
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I liked the "fall season finale" (seriously, just call it a Christmas Break Cliff Hanger, lol), but it definitely wasn't one of my favorite episodes this season. It did its job of making me want to tune in when the show comes back in Feburary, but then I was going to tune in anyway!
I don't think the UFO plot line has anything to do with aliens, or actual UFOs. Sarah at one point asks if the drones could be military tech, and the guy she's talking to responds that the government doesn't have anything that advanced. Having done some R&D work for the DoD in the past myself, and then read in the press about how the "state of the art" in that field isn't very advanced, I know from personal experience that the government often has things, especially in the R&D phase, that are much more advanced than the stuff they actually talk about or allow to be photographed.
I also know that they tend to have each contracting group working on one specific angle of the research or development, and other groups working on other aspects, without anyone knowing about the other -- much like "Abraham" described. Usually this is done to keep potential government secrets from getting out before they're even realized, but a couple of times when I've heard about other DoD funded R&D, I've been a little shocked to think about how the DoD could combine my project and their project. So I do think sometimes someone high up at the DoD is thinking about ways to put all these things together, but then farms out all of the individual parts so that no one will catch on. (For anyone who has seen the movie Real Genius -- "All you would need is a giant spinning mirror!")
Anyway, what I took away from the episode is that the US government, in the show, has advanced the science of robotics enough that they may have working autonomous flying drones, at least in the research phase. Given that Judgement Day is suppose to be coming up fairly soon in the show (2011 I think?), they may be laying the groundwork for Skynet being far enough along already that they'll be able to make the 2011 deadline.
As far as Riley, I don't think we've seen the last of her, more's the pity. I wouldn't be surprised if this changes her and John's relationship, though I don't know if it'll be for the better or the worse. I liked the scene with Riley and Jesse, but hopefully this subplot is nearing its end. I want to see more of John and Cameron, even if there's conflict between them, or conflict within John regarding his feelings. None of the shows I watch have any good "ships" right now (you listening Heroes??), and I'm really craving that tension.
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i need to re watch that episode...
was anyone able to tell which direction she had sliced her wrists?
was the across the arm "cry for attention"
or the proper way to off ones self, down the arm following a vein?
or did we not get to really see the wrists???
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