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So are you thinking the real human Cameron was in the room and got killed there? I don't know... I think something happened to him that we don't know about yet. When John asked him "Do we do this alot in the future? Sneak around in the dark?" The way Derek answered him: "We do this alot," seemed very Terminatorish. But I find it hard to believe that he's been replaced by a machine. At least by a machine that knows it's a machine. Why would a T have gone to the trouble of taking John to see his dad?
There's also the unanswered question of why the machines let the left the prisoners alone all of a sudden with an axe to get themselves free. They all seemed to know it was a set up of some kind. I think Derek has either been replaced or brainwashed.
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Well we know Derek wasn't replaced by the simple fact that he was shot and needed surgery. I think Charlie would have noticed he wasn't human. Just, y'know, putting that out there.
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Wasn't this season supposed to be 14 episodes but trimmed to nine because of the writter's strike? I'm wondering how things would have unfolded differently if they ran another 5 episodes this season. We have so many lingering plot threads going right now.
I hope next season changes up the status quo a bit.
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Well I imagine a chunk of that would have covered the two high school threads of the mysterious girl and the weird graffiti.
As for Derek, Cameron and the room; She may have been there or another of her model (he did jump on her the second he saw her) I doubt that he saw a human with her face as the time frame would be too small.
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About Cameron, I agree with the consensus of her perhaps being in the room, but maybe as another member of the resistance who was also captured and tortured to get information from Derek.
Either way, they still have some sort of familiar connection in the future.
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I'd buy another of her model somehow being in that room and used to get info from Derek. He looked whipped when he came out like he'd been broken. Maybe he gave something up to save her only to find out she was a machine pretending to be tortured.
The finale didn't seem like much of a finale. Seems like should be one more episode. And yah... the high school girl plot needs to be tapped more. They can't just leave it hanging after making it so obvious that it's something we should be wondering about.
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"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." Fans need not worry: Sources say that "Terminator" will be back. Fox executives like the creative product and thought the finale's performance last week was solid. The network also spent a considerable amount marketing the show, giving Season 2 some cost benefit. Also: The fourth "Terminator" movie comes out in 2009, and as "The Simpsons Movie" proved, there are promotional advantages to film-TV synergy.
"Knight Rider." The February movie performed well for NBC. Sources say the network is in talks with a showrunner who is familiar with NBC primetime, which suggests a regular series order is likely.
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"Jericho." CBS must make this decision quickly since only three episodes remain in Season 2 and the network has to choose Ending A or Ending B. Two conclusions to the season have been shot. One puts a narrative lid on the series (lest protesting fans pelt CBS executives with thousands of pounds of nuts again), the other more of a cliffhanger. CBS notes that the show gains from DVR viewership and online viewing, but after its performance the past two weeks, most doubt the citizens of "Jericho" will live to fight another season.
"Reaper." Critics loved the pilot of the CW's supernatural drama, then griped that the series lost its way. The show returns tonight against ABC's "Lost" and needs divine intervention to come back strong enough to make the network add it to its list of previously announced pickups.
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Reaper is yet another Joss Whedon show that will likely give studio execs the opportunity to screw him. I've never seen it (as I don't have the cable) but hear it's pretty good.
Now I'm off to go buy the new Serenity graphic novel and watch my Firefly box set.
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No way is Reaper a Joss Whedon show. I know I only caught about 10 mins of the pilot, but I'm reasonably sure I'd recognise the Whedon influence. It felt more like a Kevin Smith movie, or one of those shows that appears on Sci-Fi for three episodes and disappears without a splash.
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I thought for sure it was... but now that I look, I can't find any reference to him. Kevin Smith is listed as having directed one episode... hmmm... well, sorry for the mis-info.
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