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Terminators and Dogs

I’ve been thinking about how the ability of dogs to detect terminators is both a good thing and a bad thing for story. It’s obviously well-established, but does the idea need a little tweaking?

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Ausiello Reporting TTSCC is “Done”

Entertainment Weekly gossip reporter (a usually accurate one) is reporting that Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles is done. That although an official announcement is awaiting the up-fronts in May,

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The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 1 – Intro & Bible

The Terminator-The Sarah Connor Chronicles season 2 finale has left me fired up. I’m giddy. As long as I have my giddy up and no new episodes are airing, I thought it’d be fun to set up a writer’s room of our own. For every journey, there is a first step.

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TTSCC – “Born to Run” Implications For Season 3

My weekly episode reviews for Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles finished season 2 with the episode, “Born to Run”. Despite having done the podcast and the blog, I’m still not done. My mind can’t stop thinking about the story implications for the next season.

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T:TSCC 0222 – Born to Run

The second season finale of Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles gave fans a couple of answers, a lot of almost answers, and a great big ol’ pile of possibilities for Season 3 and beyond.

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T:TSCC 0222 Fancast – Born to Run

Welcome to this week’s podcast for Season 2, Episode 22 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Born to Run”. This is meant to be played along with the episode video (cuing instructions are at the beginning of the podcast).

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TTSCC Scenes I’d Like to See (Part 6) – Yes

As we head into the final episode of the second season, I had a small exchange pop into my head that would be sort of a cool way to tie up some threads and set the stage for a third season. Once again it involves a meeting between our two lead terminators.

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T:TSCC 0221 – Adam Raised a Cain

The penultimate episode of the second season of Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles delivered a long overdue reset to the series. Not so much of story (though that got a boost), but of character. The characters acted surprisingly in-character this week in a story that was almost totally about trust.

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T:TSCC 0221 Fancast – Adam Raised a Cain

Welcome to this week’s podcast for Season 2, Episode 21 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Adam Raised a Cain”. This is meant to be played along with the episode video (cuing instructions are at the beginning of the podcast).

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TTSCC – The Peanuts Effect

When an ensemble is formed, the creators have certain specific ideas about who is important and who isn’t. Amazingly, the audience doesn’t always hold to those views, and prefer to choose for themselves who are the key characters. As many fans of Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles hold to the idea that the breakout character is Cameron, so too have fans made their picks in the past.

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TTSCC Characters in Scene Counts thru Season 2

Something that comes up on various forums a lot is how often some characters are appearing on the show. For Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles, there has been a fair amount of debate about whether some characters are getting short-shrift when it comes to screen time.

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T:TSCC 0220 – To the Lighthouse

The end of the season 2 roller coaster ride of revelations and implications continues with “To the Lighthouse”. In a departure from much of season 2, this episode gave us not only coordinated attacks against John and the rest of the Connor Cadre, but also an attempt on the life of John Henry by another “sibling” A.I.

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T:TSCC 0220 Fancast – To the Lighthouse

Welcome to this week’s podcast for Season 2, Episode 20 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “To the Lighthouse”. This is meant to be played along with the episode video (cuing instructions are at the beginning of the podcast).

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T:TSCC 0219 – Today Is The Day, Part 2

As a vehicle to let us see John Connor (finally), this was the episode. The story itself tied up a lot of loose ends, helped confirm and deny fan speculations, but most of all it revealed, for the first time, that John is bigger than the events he has to deal with.

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T:TSCC 0219 Fancast – Today Is The Day, Part 2

Welcome to this week’s podcast for Season 2, Episode 19 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “Today Is The Day, Part 2”. This is meant to be played along with the episode video (cuing instructions are at the beginning of the podcast).

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T:TSCC 0218 – Today Is The Day, Part 1

It’s a pain to review the first part of a two-part episode because, by direct inference, you don’t know how it winds up. With the Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles episode, “Today Is The Day, Part 1” (0218), we follow several story threads that beg for various degrees of resolution.

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