In the tenth episode of the second season of\u00c2\u00a0The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/i>, HOW IS ALL OF THIS HAPPENING? Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch\u00c2\u00a0The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Too much,\u00c2\u00a0too much<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Three Dots<\/b><\/p>\n
This show knows how to make me sad??? How? How can it keep doing this? At the end of the day, Sarah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story just makes me horribly sad. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so desperate to help, to change the future, to protect her son, that she pursues a dead end so far that it ends up being a colossal waste of time. This is directly paralleled with Alex Akagi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decisions in this episode, too, since both of them are parents who pursue safety for their own children, no matter the cost. Unfortunately, no one seems to have faith in Sarah. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not convinced that Dakara Systems is the next piece of the Skynet puzzle. Certainly, there are aspects that seem more than just coincidence, and the ties to the Army and AI systems are a little suspect. But without Cromartie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s body or the Turk (OH GOD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO THOSE), there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no real connection.<\/p>\n
So we have to watch Sarah press onwards, arranging to give Akagi half a million dollars for a chip that ends up being a fake. And it sucks, because as Derek points out, sometimes they just get scammed. Hell, the Akagi story itself is pretty sad, too, since Alex just wanted to guarantee some safety for him and his son. But Sarah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s confrontation with Alex is so brutal and violent because \u00e2\u20ac\u201c my guess \u00e2\u20ac\u201c she uses it as a catharsis for her own frustration with the three dots. Alex just happens to be the easiest target. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even think she was all that concerned with the money, you know? Still, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s absolutely no progress made on Sarah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dream. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right back at square one. Is it even \u00e2\u20ac\u0153they\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at this point, though? She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the only one concerned about what the dots might mean. Oh god, WHAT IF IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NOTHING? Why must this show torment me?<\/p>\n
Jesse \/ Riley<\/b><\/p>\n
YOU. ARE. FUCKING. KIDDING. ME. Was I surprised that Jesse had come back for something related to John Connor? No, not at all. I saw the photos under her bed, I suspected as much. I was a little shocked by her purpose, but it makes sense that John would become close with Cameron. But how bad is it? Is it really so awful that she came back just to stop John becoming friends with Cameron? HOW??? HOW BAD IS IT?<\/p>\n
All we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to go on is her word. However, it has to be serious enough that she would bring back a partner to help her infiltrate John\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world. THAT PARTNER IS\u00c2\u00a0RILEY<\/b>. AT NO POINT IN TIME DID I EVER SUSPECT THAT SHE WAS A PLANT OR A MOLE OR A SPY AND\u00c2\u00a0I<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M SO MESSED UP<\/i>. I kept predicting that her relationship with John couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t end well, BUT IT WASN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T BECAUSE SHE WAS A GIANT SECRET. As if this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fucked up enough, Riley is struggling with her duplicity, enough that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s starting to question whether she can stand to live in a world that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a constant hellscape. That scene with her foster mom is just so gut-wrenching because like John, like Sarah, and like most of these characters, Riley has no one to talk to about what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going through. Jesse isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly the most supportive person here; she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more interested in Riley completing her mission than any personal issues Riley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going through. So I think that Riley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last scene in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Strange Things Happen\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is meant to convey that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just accepted her job, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it. She can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go back, and she can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t escape. This is now her life.<\/p>\n
Ellison<\/b><\/p>\n
This man\u00c2\u00a0has<\/i> to be questioning what he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gotten involved with at this point. The death of Dr. Sherman (NO NO NO THIS ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T FAIR) is clearly the start of something horrible. Is this it? Is Catherine Weaver the one responsible for Skynet? All of the signs are pointing to this, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0terrifying<\/i>. I mean, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk about the Turk, which has advanced to the point that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s able to\u00c2\u00a0create new rules<\/i> by which it follows. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fascinating to see how Ellison uses his experience as a detective to determine exactly what happened to cause Dr. Sherman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death. Well, they all know that the Turk cut power from all other systems to cool itself (which is evidence of a sense of self-preservation), but how aware was it?<\/p>\n
The unsettling truth that Ellison uncovers is that the Turk\u00c2\u00a0knew<\/i> that Dr. Sherman was in that room; the Turk\u00c2\u00a0knew<\/i> that cutting power to that room killed Dr. Sherman; and the Turk\u00c2\u00a0simply cannot care<\/i>. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t possess the ability to moralize or judge ethical decisions. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a pure mathematical machine. So Catherine Weaver asks Ellison to\u00c2\u00a0teach<\/i> it ethics??? WHICH WOULD SERVE WHAT PURPOSE? Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, I am so eternally confused by what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trying to do, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to suggest that REVIVING CROMARTIE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S BODY AND PUTTING THE TURK INTO IT IS A HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD IDEA. LIKE THE WORST IDEA. Ellison, what the FUCK are you going to do with this? How could you help her? Certainly you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re aware that this might end up guaranteeing the future apocalypse? WHO KNOWS????<\/p>\n
This show is destroying me.<\/p>\n