Since you’re playing nice today, we thought we’d give you a little early heads up at this week’s brand spanking new episode, Adam Raised a Cain! Who coordinated the simultaneous attack on the Connors and what do they want? Who or what is John Henry’s “brother”? And what is Weaver’s deal? Only two episodes remain this season…
Adam Raised a Cain
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“They stay in hiding mostly. And only attack when provoked.”
Adam Raised a Cain
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…round of awesome behind-the-scenes factoids, that is! Get the scoop on last Friday’s To the Lighthouse right here and catch up before this coming week’s new episode.
We traveled west for this episode, shooting the actual lighthouse and beach/dock in two separate locations (they were cut together to appear as though the dock was right outside the lighthouse). The dock is located at the Cabrillo Beach Youth Waterfront Sports Center in San Pedro, CA but the lighthouse is actually the Point Vicente Lighthouse, owned by the State of California, and located in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Obviously, this episode marked the return of Dean Winters as Charley Dixon. But did you notice what else was back? Flashbacks to Sarah and Young John Connor (played again by John Devito) in the Nicaraguan jungle haven’t been used since all the way back in Queen’s Gambit. These scenes were shot in the Warner Bros. woods on the backlot.
Oh and speaking of returns — Derek and Cameron had a pretty important conversation in this episode, didn’t they? After Cameron rescued Derek he asked her why she came for him. “You know the location of the safehouse. John’s location.”
But Derek responds, “That would would never happen.”
“It has before,” she reminds him.
But what exactly does that mean? Master of all things T:SCC (see: Josh Friedman) has given me permission to confirm that it indeed does imply that Derek was tortured and gave up John’s location some other time. Yes, then.
In To the Lighthouse we discover that John Henry has a “brother”/shares code with another AI birthed from another descendent of Cyberdyne (we already know John Henry/The Turk’s creator, Andy Goode, interned for Myles Dyson). John Henry flashes a picture of Miles Dyson up on the screen — the first time we’ve seen him since the photo in the Pilot. What you may not know is that we originally shot a different opening for one of the episodes in the first season in which Sarah had a dream that Dyson confronted her with dynamite strapped to his body. Hence the mysterious photo that some of you may have seen from FOX last season.
Speaking of scenes that never made it into the episode, there was originally a scene to take place earlier in To the Lighthouse that featured Sarah, fresh from the shower, examining all her recent wounds and discovering the lump in her breast. It was shot but cut in post-production.
For the religious fans out there, many Christians believe that Jesus quoted Psalm 22:1 when he exclaimed, “My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” in Matthew 27:45-46. This is exactly what John Henry said when plugged back in by Murch in this episode. Thoughts?
Sarah’s voiceover returned this week compliments of writer Natalie Chaidez, who is quite fond of the technique. In fact, every one of her episodes (Queen’s Gambit, Automatic for the People, Earthlings Welcome Here, Some Must Watch…, and To the Lighthouse) feature voiceover. Most also feature the classic Sarah Connor tank top. Nat’s a purist and we love her for it.
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Our march towards the season finale continued tonight with To the Lighthouse. Talk about it with your fellow Chroniclers (and probably Zack) right here after it airs.
Hey astute Chronicler, here’s a little Top Five List of some exciting things to look for in tonight’s all-new episode, To the Lighthouse — trust me, you’ll want to see it live.
5. John Henry accesses some very important information that may inform your opinion of what’s up with our favorite redheaded T-1001.
4. Cameron takes a bath.
3. Sarah Connor voiceover! Sarah Connor flashbacks!
2. Lots of gunfire.
1. More on one of the series’ longest standing mysteries.
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It’s Friday! It’s all-new Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Tonight we’re back with To the Lighthouse featuring the return of another fan-favorite character. Check out another spoilery preview from the episode below.
To the Lighthouse
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SPOILER ALERT! Here’s your first, FOX-sanctioned look at our season finale, Born to Run. How do they end up there? What’s this reconciliation like? And what’s going down? Find out in three short weeks.
Friday’s all-new episode is entitled To the Lighthouse, borrowed from the amazing novel by Virginia Woolf. Are you familiar with it?
Here’s what Wikipedia has to say:
“A landmark novel of high modernism, the text, centering on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920, skillfully manipulates temporality and psychological exploration. To the Lighthouse follows and extends the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, where the plot is secondary to philosophical introspection, and the prose can be winding and hard to follow. The novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls the power of childhood emotions and highlights the impermanence of adult relationships.”
And here’s what I have to say about our To the Lighthouse:
“A landmark episode nearing the end of season two, centering on the Connor family and their journey away from their old house. While we always explore psychological ramifications (we like layers), the plot of this episode is not necessarily secondary to philosophical introspection (this one’s got both), and the prose is not winding nor hard to follow (so get everyone to watch it!). This episode includes both dialogue and action and (as always in this series) recalls the power of childhood emotions and highlights the impermanence of adult relationships.”
To the Lighthouse was written by Natalie Chaidez (Some Must Watch…, Earthlings Welcome Here, Queen’s Gambit, etc) and directed by Guy Ferland. It airs this Friday at 8PM/7PMc on FOX.
Wa-la! Your very special first look at this week’s upcoming episode, To the Lighthouse! Some of you astute video podcast viewers may recognize part of this clip from our special behind-the-scenes preview back in January. Enjoy!
To the Lighthouse
Friday - 8PM/7PMc
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