The mission to kill John Connor just can’t be stopped.
At the end of the early ‘90s Terminator movie duo, Sarah Connor prevents the robotic Terminator assassin sent from the future from annihilating her son John. This is but a small detail in the universe where “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” exists.

15-year-old alleged messiah John Connor is in the middle of a classic “evil company trying to destroy Earth” plot, only this time with a young fembot girlfriend named Cameron who could be saving him or trying to kill him, depending on the episode.

Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey play the Connors, while Summer Glau glows as the violent and often maimed Cameron.
“Beverly Hills 90210” alumni Brian Austin Green fills screen space as John’s uncle and the “only connection to his father.” Teen stars aren’t the only forgotten faces surfacing in season two of the show. As alternative rock band Garbage’s front lady Shirley Manson plays a questionable executive in her first “professional acting role.”

While the story has been told and retold many times, and dialogue clearly is not a priority, The Chronicles does feature women in strong leading roles.
Sarah Connor’s sole mission in life is to keep her son alive and out of harm’s way in a labyrinth filled with looming danger. The mother-son dynamic fluctuates and is in a way accurately descriptive of actual moms and sons and how they interact.
Manson’s role as a high powered, murderous executive gives the classic villain character an unused, un-sexualized female form and introduces the viewer to the different power dynamics existing between the show’s women.

Overall, “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” is an easy watch. There’s not much to keep up on or figure out, as an enormous fraction of the show is pure action. If things blowing up, guns being fired and plenty of blood are personal favorites and a common theme in your television viewing, “Sarah Connor” is going to be a great viewing experience.

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