In another scary case of real life catching up to our fictional world, The Sun recently profiled a Canadian inventor, Le Trung, credited with developing the first successful “fembot.” Let’s just hope no one gives Aiko her first 9mm anytime soon…

TV Critic superstar Alan Sepinwall has kindly been devoting a little weekly time to us on his popular blog. In this week’s take on Self Made Man, Sepinwall mentions that “the show has been consistently entertaining on an episode-by-episode basis for most of the season such that it’s not an urgent need for answers. But at some point, I would like a sign that the writers know where this is all going.” Trust us, Alan, it’s going somewhere.

As if you didn’t have enough reason already to watch, next Monday’s Alpine Fields takes on the great debate as to whether the Connors and company can actually alter the future with their actions in the present. And the following week’s fall finale, Earthlings Welcome Here, will tackle Sarah’s obsession with the three-dots, bringing you to a surprising conclusion. Where will it lead? Trust us, it’s not just going somewhere, it’s going somewhere good.

Following last week’s episode, our very loyal supporter Charlie Jane Anders at Io9.com wrote an interesting piece on the series entitled “All The Terminator Chicks Are Psycho And/Or Robots”.

Without specifically noting it, Anders opened up a complex discussion about female empowerment in his opinion piece. Obviously, Terminator has always been a franchise that embraced the strong female hero, but here Anders points out that in the Strange Things… episode “Sarah Connor continued to come unhinged, after her breakdown in the Mexican episode and her weird dreams… She decided three random smudges were the crucial clues to the end of the world…” He goes on to write that “Sarah’s been a little bit loony throughout this show, but it seems to be a building theme. And this was the first time she was crazy AND wrong. Until now, she’s been crazy but right about everything.”

Clearly we’re not going to reveal where Sarah’s pursuit of the three-dots leads her (stay tuned!), but there is something to be discussed about this “unhinged” Sarah. Take for example, Sarah’s hardcore beatdown of Alex Akagi, the Dakari Systems con-man. Here we see a side of the character that fans have always known existed (T2), but hasn’t actively been drawn out in our series up until now.

The real question is does the return of this aggressive, wild Sarah Connor necessarily counteract the idea of her as a female hero? Or does it actually enhance the empowerment she represents, a woman that is still emotional but is willing to take action with her own hands. It’s a grand feminist discussion that is really unique to this franchise, and in particular, this show — a character study of a mother who must protect her adolescent son, the future savior of mankind, while preparing him for his destiny.

So what say you, loyal Sarah Connor followers? Has she gone off the deep end or is Sarah merely embracing the dichotomy of her fate that’s engrained so deep within her? Discuss away…

We haven’t linked up to our digital friends in a while, so here’s a few that have some things to say about our little robot show.

Io9 wonders why we don’t have as big an audience as Lost (so do we…), the TVAddict shows support for our eventual move to Friday nights, and Alan Sepinwall weighs in on Monday night’s David Silver vs. Toby Ziegler battle.

And hey, it wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t share a fun little clip of good sport Brian getting dunked for charity on Monday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show!

Thought it was time to check in with our friends across the internets and see what’s being said about this little series.

The TVAddict asks if Stephanie Jacobsen is really a robot sent from the future to kill John Connor? Io9 proudly exclaims that “this is how you do a science fiction show about religion!” And congratulations are in order as our own John Connor, Thomas Dekker, has been named by Hollywood Reporter to their list of the Next Generation of Talent. How very cool.

TV Guide’s Infanity were on the set of this Monday’s episode, Brothers of Nablus. Lisa Joyner and crew visited before the second season premiered, but keep your eyes peeled — there’s some great snippets of new material. Take a look!

The Halloween spirit has taken over the Sarah Connor set as everyone puts the final touches on their costumes for tomorrow! Lucky for us, our friends at the Sarah Connor Society put together an amazing jack o’lantern template for the perfect endoskeleton pumpkin!

Take pictures and let us know how your pumpkin comes out!

Scooptacular Sarah Connor supporter Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly nabbed an exclusive clip from this coming week’s episode, Brothers of Nablus. Stop by his site to check it out.

Alabama.com website pronounced today that we “rock,” Crave Online talks to Shirley about man vs. machine, though she talks to io9 about her not-so-secret desire to see some “robot sex.”

Really interesting — VFXWorld delves into our very cool season two visual fx (particularly animating the T-1001). And hey, did you get to vote for Summer in AOL’s poll for “Fall TV’s Sexiest Female Stars” yet?

On the eve of tonight’s big, super-sized episode, Goodbye to All That, we get a love letter from MSN and a glowing endorsement from io9 who declares it our “best episode yet.”

Update: Thanks to Jeck for a link to another love letter from new fan/friend of the family, Fred Topel, on Scifi.com. You guys are the best.

Update 2: Ace just linked us to another review of tonight’s episode. IGN calls it “pretty damn awesome every week, but is even more notable this time out.” Hey, thanks!

Of course you have to help out and check it out live tonight at 8PM on FOX!