Well, actually it does that for about 10 minutes while John ponders how his life isn’t normal and what it might be like to be that way. And then once those ideas have surfaced it applies full throttle again with hobnailed boots. The strengths of this episode are the performances of Lena Headey and Thomas Dekker who are occupying their characters of Sarah and John with increasing confidence. They’re good, but I’m less convinced by the Derek Reese persona, who’s now been elevated to the main cast. There seems little depth or subtlety to his character, but then that’s an opportunity for an interesting episode I’d suggest. Summer Glau as the idiosyncratic Terminator Cameron carries on her good work, with her character now exhibiting much more unpredictable behaviour since she was damaged. At one point she tells John she can’t trust him any longer, since he made the poor tactical decision not to destroy her! You just can’t please some women, or robots, I guess. The most intriguing sub-plot that’s being developed is the intersection between Agent Ellison and Sarah. It’s obviously going to happen, but when? I think holding it out until the end of the season would be excessive, so I hope that don’t do that. There’s a final tease with the brief reappearance of Shirley Manson as Weaver. She doesn’t actually get any lines this week, but she gets to do her party-piece, which is enough. Check out our review of the season opener here.
