"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" To the Lighthouse (2009)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Guy Ferland

Writers:

Josh Friedman (developer)
Natalie Chaidez (written by)

TV Series:

"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008)

Original Air Date:

27 March 2009 (Season 2, Episode 20)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Sarah and John hit the road without Cameron and Derek to stay with Charley Dixon, where she reveals to Charey that her cancer may have emerged. Meanwhile, a computer worm infects John Henry.

Plot Keywords:

Skynet | Russian Mafia | Female Terminator | Cyborg | Robot

Cast

Lena Headey	...	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	...	John Connor
Summer Glau	...	Cameron Phillips
Brian Austin Green	...	Derek Reese
Garret Dillahunt	...	Cromartie / John Henry
Shirley Manson	...	Catherine Weaver / T-1001
Richard T. Jones	...	James Ellison
John DeVito	...	Young John
Mackenzie Brooke Smith	...	Savannah Weaver (as Mackenzie Smith)
Gina Gallego	...	Dr. Martinez
Shane Edelman	...	Matt Murch
Dean Winters	...	Charley Dixon
Luisa Vitor	...	Receptionist
Massi Furlan	...	Delivery Man #1
Dominic Flores	...	Male Nurse

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Charley serves John a second helping of his bouillabaisse, although John previously has eaten only one spoonful of the soup and could hardly have finished his first bowl. Also, when Sarah becomes interested in the soup a little later, Charley pretends that it had run out, although John's bowl is still left untouched on the table.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sarah Connor: When John was a child, the legends of the jungle were his fairytales. His favorite was the story of El Viejo del Monte - the old man of the forest, a merciless hunter who killed every animal in his path. El Viejo didn't eat his prey. He left it behind to rot in the soil...

Movie Connections:

References Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

I liked Charlie...

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"To the lighthouse" was a very engaging episode which continued the spree of success. Terminator has finally picked up after a number of slow episodes ( with the engaging plot with Jess and Riley ), and this episode definitely didn't disappoint. I thought bringing back one of the past characters, and one of my favorites, Charlie was fantastic...i just found it disappointing when seeing the climax, that i realized this episode was all to do with killing him off...very unnecessary?. Apart from that, this episode picks up its action packed theme, where we see all characters experience near death situations. We get a good taste of Cromartie having a spaz and the plot behind him starts too fold out making the episode even more intense, and, I suppose Charlie gets a good episode ending his character. This is clearly one of the best episodes (apart from getting rid of poor old Charlie, they so didn't need to do that).