I hold The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TSCC) to a much lower standard than shows like Battlestar Galactica and Lost.  In other words, TSCC, in my eyes, has a lot more leeway when it comes to getting away with silly stuff and the occasional cheesy bit.  It has from the beginning, just because it has an admittedly cheesy premise to begin with.  But, last Friday’s episode upped the bar, and while I’m still not ready to compare it to BSG and seasons 1-4 of Lost, I think cancelling the show would be a huge mistake.

With no news, fans are left speculating about the fate of the show.  I really have no guesses.  Ratings have been in the toilet, despite a few weeks of increases.  If it were not for the Terminator movie coming out next month, I’d say that I’m 100% sure we won’t be getting a third season.  I think the movie is the only thing saving it at this point.  So I’m 50/50.  I’d like to say that, if I were an executive, I’d give TSCC a few more episodes next fall just to see if the movie sparked any interest.  But I’m not an executive, and they tend to make stupid decisions, so I really have no idea.

Anyway, it was good to see the creators of the show were not ignoring the 50/50 fate, and crafted an episode that serves as a pretty good end to the entire series.  Actually, not pretty good – this ending was awesome.  I can’t believe it was only one hour.

My favorite scene would be obvious if you’ve been following these blogs since day one (I need to dig those up to see what has happened and if anything I said is relevant)—John and Cameron’s sex scene.  Okay, so they didn’t have sex, but damn.  Damn.

Damn.

Cameron taking off her clothes and telling John to get on top of her.  Then, handing him a knife so he can cut her open and feel her insides to see if there were any leaks… how tense was THAT?!  John lingering over her face and getting closer and closer with the soft lighting and then, after a moment of silence, Cameron says:  “John, we should go.”

Damn.

Damn.  Damn.

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NERD ALERT.  I spend time on the Star Trek message boards (who doesn’t, amIright?)  This guy who was into Photoshop was making all kinds of photos, mostly putting different actors heads into Star Trek pictures.  I wish I remembered his name because I can’t find him now.  Anyway, he was taking requests so I couldn’t help myself.

I’m experiencing anxiety over watching Battlestar Galactica from last Friday.  I’ve seriously considered not watching the final episode.  I do not want this to end.  I’m content with the last image of this show being Saul and Adama in the Admiral’s quarters as the camera pulls away from them as they contemplate loosing the Galactica and merging their society with the Cylons.  I can make up any ending I want in my head.

On Lost, Desmond wants “Our Mututal Friend” by Charles Dickens to be the last thing he reads before he dies.  I want Battlestar Galactica to be the last thing I watch before I die.

Of course, when you live in a hatch, you don’t have to be afraid of spoilers.  So for that reason alone I’m sure I’ll watch it in a tear-soaked t-shirt for 3 hours this Friday.  I have to be alone, because if I’m not I’ll be embarrassed.

As for Terminator, it seems to be turning around after the abysmal 3-episode arc of Sara’s tormented psyche.  That was brutal.  I still don’t think it’s as good as it was in the first part of the season, but it seems to be heading in that direction.  I was 50/50 for Riley’s character, I could go either way—so her death really didn’t effect me.  Now, Jesse is getting on my nerves.

And Cameron is being weird and creepy.  I suppose she always has been, but something about her has been even more off lately.  I think that’s exactly as it should be — you should be scared whenever you see her — but I don’t have to like it!

The ratings were up last Friday, so it’s still unclear what Fox will do with it.  I wish they take the route of Lost and say “two more years no matter what,” so the producers can give us two more seasons with a clear direction.  But something tells me we’ll soon be reading headlines that people think are clever like “Terminator:  Terminated!”

This is an excerpt from a much longer story I’m working on that takes place in the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles universe.  It centers around the relationship between John and Cameron, and fuck you if that’s creepy.

I realize now that “If I Had My Way” sounds a bit childish, like I’m pissed off at the show and so am writing a story about how it would be if only I had my way.  That’s not the case.  Perhaps I need to think of a better title for the story, but “If I Had My Way…” will be part one of a two or three part story, the end of which will be titled “…I’d Burn This Building Down.”  These titles are taken from the song that played in the opening clip of season two, “Samson and Delilah,” sung by Shirley Manson.

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