"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Pilot (2008)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

David Nutter

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developer)
Josh Friedman (written by)

TV Series:

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008)

Original Air Date:

13 January 2008 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A modern-day warrior and single mom hides from a government out to get her and her teenage son.

Plot Keywords:

Skynet | Russian Mafia | Female Terminator | Cyborg | Robot

Cast

Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison
Owain Yeoman	...	Cromartie
Sonya Walger	...	Michelle Dixon
Nick Wechsler	...	Deputy Ridge
Charlayne Woodard	...	Terissa Dyson
Dean Winters	...	Charley Dixon
Aurora Antonio	...	Wiseass
Chad Brummett	...	FBI Agent
Aaron James Cash	...	Terminator (as Aaron Cash)
Jason Grutter	...	Police Officer
Gary Houston	...	Mr. Ferguson
Deborah Martinez	...	News Anchor

Runtime:

46 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Netherlands:16 | Netherlands:12 (TV version)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sarah Connor Pictures

Trivia:

The Terminator "Cromartie" is an anime/manga reference to Cromatie High school. One of the students is a robot.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the bedroom scene where John Connor is complaining about having been moved to a small town, he is listening to the song "Pardon Me" by Incubus on his CD Player. The song is the intro to the scene, which is cut off when his headphones are removed. This breaks continuity because it is supposed to be September 1999, and the "Incubus" Album "Make Yourself," which the song was first featured on, did not come out until October of that year.

Quotes:

John Connor: My mom, she's kinda uptight. Actually, she's really uptight.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

Promising Beginning

In 1999, Sarah Connor has been living with her son John and her boyfriend Charley Dixon in Oklahoma for six months. When Charley proposes her, Sarah feels that it is time to move and travels with John to Red Valley, New Mexico, leaving Charley without any notice but her engagement ring. Later, FBI Agent James Ellison meets Charley and discloses the classified files of Sarah Connor. The teenager Cameron Phillips befriends John in his new school, and he has a crush on the girl. However, when the Terminator Cromartie arrives in school to kill John, Cameron saves him and John finds that she is an android sent from the future to protect him. Sarah discovers that the project Skynet had proceeded after the death of Miles Dyson and she decides to find the creator of the powerful machines traveling to 2007 to protect her beloved son.

This "Pilot" of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" has a promising beginning, supported by a charismatic cast leaded by the fantastic Lena Headley, great story with a good transition from 1999 after "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" to 2007, and magnificent special effects and make-up. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Piloto" ("Pilot")