In the fifth episode of the first season of\u00c2\u00a0The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/i>, TOO MUCH JUST HAPPENED IN THIS EPISODE. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For discussion of suicide and statutory rape<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Goddamn, that was a GREAT episode, one that just pushed the whole show in a fascinating new direction. Part of me just wants to end this review right here so I can go watch the next episode, BUT I COULD NEVER DO THAT TO YOU. (One day, I will. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve wanted to for so long.) Seriously, though, I knew that this was going to be a wild ride once the whole point of this episode WAS MURDERED. I thought that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Queen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gambit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d would focus on continuing conundrum of Andy Goode, which was still compelling to me. As I suspected, burning his house down wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough to stop his computer program, so Sarah has to face the same problem again. Does she kill Andy Goode if he wins the chess tournament? Would that even\u00c2\u00a0matter<\/i>?<\/p>\n
WHO KNOWS BECAUSE A THOUSAND OTHER THINGS HAPPEN AND SUDDENLY I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M NOT EVEN CARING ABOUT THIS QUESTION BECAUSE HOLY SHIT, ANDY IS DEAD. ANDY IS DEAD AND THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S THE FOURTH RESISTANCE MEMBER AND THERE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A T888 AND\u00c2\u00a0HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THE FINAL TWO SCENES.<\/i> HOW????<\/b><\/p>\n
Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s back things up.<\/p>\n
Adventures in High School<\/b><\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not\u00c2\u00a0super<\/i> into all the scenes at John\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s high school, though I\u00c2\u00a0am<\/i> delighted by every scene that features Cameron attempting to learn human behavior. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 christ, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, Summer Glau plays an emotionless robot navigating the complicated world of PEOPLE so perfectly, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s overwhelming sometimes just looking at her face. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it! Somehow, I have to survive through 26 more episodes of this, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just wondering who thought this was okay? What did I do to deserve this?<\/p>\n
On a more serious and less ridiculous note,\u00c2\u00a0WHAT THE FUCK WAS UP WITH THAT GUIDANCE COUNSELOR<\/i>? So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that happened, right? His creepy interrogation of Cameron truly was a hint at the cause of Jordan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s suicide, right??? Because y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. That has to be the explanation behind this. Why else would he want to know what she said before she died? What else would make Jordan so fearful of her parent\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reaction that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d kill herself? My god, that guidance counselor had a relationship with Jordan, someone found out, taunted Jordan with those paintings, and she committed suicide as a result. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a little bit frustrated that the show is so ambiguous about this, though, particularly when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not that ambiguous about\u00c2\u00a0literally every other plot<\/i>. I still feel like this is all guess work in the end. Is this part of some longer serialized story or something? I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T KNOW.<\/p>\n
Loss<\/b><\/p>\n
I had so much to say about the ongoing struggle to either kill Andy or let him live, and then, halfway through \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Queen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gambit,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Andy is sacrificed. (Get it? He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the queen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gambit for\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I actually don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know. Who was behind this???) (Oh lord, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the T888 also<\/i> sacrifice himself in order to gain the upper hand? TOO MANY LEVELS.)\u00c2\u00a0Immediately, the rug is pulled out from under us, Brian Austin Green is on our televisions (WHERE DID HE COME FROM, I FORGOT ABOUT HIM), and everything is a huge, huge mess. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a fascinating parallel between Derek and his brother, since both of them were pursued by a Terminator while locked up. Right??? Oh, lord, does that mean Derek is gonna die next?<\/p>\n
Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not talk about that right now. Except we\u00c2\u00a0have<\/i> to because grief and loss is so pervasive throughout \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Queen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gambit.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Andy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gone and we have no idea who killed him. I thought that it made sense that Derek had just completed his mission, but that wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t his purpose here. So who stole the Turk? Who else knew what it meant? This episode feels so monumental specifically because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s upsetting. After Andy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death, Sarah is not prepared to handle the death of Derek, either. She hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even grieved for Andy, and I imagine that at this point in her life, Sarah is sort of used to those around her dying. Hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nearly everyone she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crossed died by now? Aside from Tarissa and John, THEY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122RE ALL DEAD.<\/p>\n
Emotionally, this is upsetting, but the narrative itself is upset, too. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve now got to consider that some other party was responsible for Andy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death and has their own reasons for stealing the Turk. I have no idea what the hell they did with the T-888\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s body, but even if they carted it off for their own needs, THEY LEFT HIS HAND BEHIND. Ellison now has undeniable evidence of Sarah Connor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s claims, AND I NEED TO SEE HOW HE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS. But holy shit, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, the final scene of this episode is the most exciting one. I was so ready for Derek to die that I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even remember that the show had already foreshadowed this moment. Remember, Charley was a heroic EMT??? HOW DID I FORGET THAT? Because I was distracted, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why. Holy shit, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s there, he knows where they live, HE HAS TO BECOME A PART OF THIS. I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T.<\/p>\n
MUST WATCH MORE.<\/p>\n
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