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The time: today. The stakes: all our tomorrows. A nascent AI, assisted by droids, continues to edge toward world domination and the ruin of humankind. It accepts no limits. It fears no one. Except John Connor. The machines know John, now 16, is the future head of the resistance. They know he is growing in abilities. They must find and terminate him. But Sarah Connor is there, protecting and instructing her son as he becomes the man he’s destined to be. The hunt is on in a season of powerful revelations, breathless pursuits and bravura effects. A mysterious 3-dot symbol (do UFOs provide a clue?), a girlfriend for John (is Cameron jealous?), ZeiraCorp (can it master the renegade software called Turk?) – Season 2’s 6-disc action arsenal is locked, loaded, ready to amaze.

Things blow up. Someone you think is a human turns out to be a shape-shifting Terminator. There are confusing forays through time and discussions about what happened when in which version of the past and/or future. But really, the second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles--unfortunately the final season of the series--is about family, connections, and the things we do to protect the ones we love. Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) has an especially rough road, nearly dying and becoming obsessed with a three-dot symbol and detours through a world of UFO obsessives. John Connor (Thomas Dekker), a.k.a. the guy who will grow up to lead humanity's resistance to the hated machines, gets tough and gets a girlfriend. His uncle Derek (Brian Austin Green) gets a girl as well, and the women in their lives turn out to have a surprising connection. Cameron (Summer Glau), the Terminator sent to protect John, suffers some damage and reveals some surprisingly human secrets of her own as her relationship with John gets more emotional and complicated. Shirley Manson (lead singer of Garbage) joins the cast as Catherine Weaver, an icy executive with… well, suffice it to say that a familiar (and threatening) face shows up in her company. The special features are extensive and include featurettes on the writing, effects, stunts, music and more. This is a fitting sendoff for an ambitious show. --Stephanie Reid-Simons

Customer Reviews

Scriptwriting, acting, excellence... Better than you might think

Reviewed by Laurence R. Hunt, 2010-03-08

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is better than you might think. It looks and sounds like an action series, and I'll grant you that there is plenty of "action." However, the scriptwriting is at the highest standard. Character development is nuanced and subtle. The dialogue is rich and surprising. And the episodes leave you with much to think about. For my taste, there is more action, and certainly more shooting, than necessary (I don't require any at all to be entertained). Thus my top-rated science fiction series this year remains the brilliantly-conceived and character-driven Stargate Universe (I haven't seen Caprica yet). Nonetheless, I really look forward to each episode of this series, because the characters and stories are so rich and complex. You might wish to reconceptualize this series as a science fiction/drama employing an action "theme" as a driver. The writers are brilliant. The acting is superb, with Summer Glau an old favourite from her Firefly days.

Great series ended too soon.

Reviewed by badger39, 2010-03-07

It's very sad that the execs decided to kill off The Sarah Connor chronicals. I've always been a fan of the Terminator films and I think the tv series carried on the themes and the development of the charecters well. As a series Sarah Conner got off to a good start and only seemed to get better and better. The new charecters developed and progressed well throughout the show, particularly Summer Glau's terminator Cammeron.
But as said the network execs got cold feet and just looked at the viewing figures in the states and made the cowardly decision to pull the plug just as the production team were getting into their stride.
This second series is the best and longest of the two and demonstrates the strengths and some of the future direction of the show.
Maybe one day some wisdom and guts will grow within tv execs and they'll give Sarah Connor Chronicals one more try.

5 stars

Reviewed by Dawn Clark, 2010-03-06

This has been an amazing series, and I cannot believe it appears the network have cancelled it! What were they thinking????? Watch it anyway, it is far better than the recent film (which I still enjoyed).

Excellent T.V. Sequel to popular movies

Reviewed by R. Worth, 2010-03-03

It is a daunting task to come behind successful movies and produce a weekly T.V. show of the same subject, but the Sarah Connor Chronicles have done just that. I love it and look forward, hopefully, to other seasons. The actors and writers of this series are splendid.

Season 2 is my favorite Terminator movie

Reviewed by Cleo, 2010-02-19

I consider the final episode's final season as the intentional ending of this series. It's beautiful and sad because that which can't be replicated is sacred. Skynet needs to get got.