So, I have been trying to do a write up of The Sarah Connor Chronicles for awhile now, however, every time I open a word document I can only come up with one word; perfection. See, the thing with Terminator and Sarah Connor is that the former is probably my all time favourite movie, ever, and the latter is my BIGGEST girl!crush. I would turn lesbian for Sarah Connor. Anyways, the point is while I tend to ignore the existence of T3 as part of the Terminator franchise I am in absolute awe of SCC. Like completely without question in awe of the series. It is the one show that I will watch from beginning to end without fast forwarding bit or hunt down spoilers because I want to enjoy the series in the now. What I’m trying to say is that the series has done an amazing job of recreating all the reasons of why I was in love with the first 2 films; the plot feels cohesive, the characters are wonderfully fleshed out, and there is an injection of some brilliant ideas into the franchise.


I have seen the first 6 episodes of the series, and episode 6, Dungeons & Dragons blew me away. I love how dead people in this series get a chance to have their story told, I love how no one is ever redundant in this show, I love how they brought the spectre of Kyle Reese in the form of his brother, Derek Reese. I admit it when he said he was called Derek Reese I mentally SQUEEED for several minutes. It was one of those moments that you half hoped for and half dreaded, because OMFG! It was going to fuck Sarah and John over.

I really want to know what was in the basement; who did torture and why the music.

One of the things that I got from Derek’s memories, and I’m unsure whether this was done intentionally or not, the slightly sinister cast to John Connor in the future; a man who is the saviour of the human race, but a man who is secretive, controlling and potentially all powerful, no one question shim. And that, well that is kind of scary. Also, I kind of love how the young John shows a very strong line of ruthlessness in his personality when the teenage angst isn’t overpowering higher brain functions. He can be impulsive but by the gods he is down right cold when it comes to making decisions about the big picture and a stranger’s life. He was perfectly willing to let Derek die before Sara told him that Derek was his uncle.

I LOVE the show to tiny bits, and anything I say will probably be biased, but honestly, I have not spotted one thing that they have done wrong yet.