Sarah Connor Update
It turns out that my SCC obsession mostly dissolved as soon as I handed in my final essay for the course I was studying this semester. I didn’t really think I was stressed by studying but in hindsight I realise that it is hard to fit everything in with just a few hours once the kids go to bed to try and cram the readings and reflections and then put together an essay as well as being able to find time to relax between working and sleeping. Don’t get me wrong, there is a sacred one hour slot before bed which is devoted to science fiction and this seems to be enough most of the time.
Having said that, SCC has been going some interesting places and at this stage I think I have to warn you very solidly that if you intend to watch this second season, the spoilers in this post are likely to truly wreck it for you so don’t read any further.
*** SPOILERS FOLLOW, GOD HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL ***
There have been two episodes since I last posted. Mostly The Brothers of Nabulus was a setup for Mr Ferguson is Ill Today.
The religious themes have been highlighted in SCC lately. John and Sarah seem to have a connection with Spanish style catholicism and we see crucifixes in every second episode. This article on io9 discusses some of the religious stuff:
it was really nice to see the clash between Summer Glau’s Old-Testament kill-them-while-they’re-suffering-circumcision-pain attitude, and Sarah’s New Testament forgiveness. And then of course Summer turns out to be totally right, because the guy that Sarah allows to live then rats them out to the bad Terminator. Meanwhile James Ellison is being tested… just like Job. (Although maybe he should worry when his evil boss starts to encourage him to think of himself as a Biblical figure. Is she trying to get him to worship Skynet? It sure sounds like it, when she asks who spared him.)
In Mr Ferguson is Ill Today, we see a terminator executed in a chapel and as he shoots, he spreads his arms to shoot in two directions and mirrors the crucifix above the altar. I’m not sure what the writers were getting at there. Are they suggesting that the Terminator is some kind of Jesus? Perhaps it fits the judgement theme.
It may also be a precursor to Cromarti coming back from the dead? Sarah smashed up his chip but Ellison knows where the endo skeleton is so I bet he will let Catherine know to come and get it so that when the Connors return to properly burn it, it will be gone.
[tags]sarah connor chronicles, terminator, season 2[/tags]
