Like Mother, Like Son By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Mondays on Fox, 9 PM “Heavy Metal” Written by John Enbom Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan A series based on a cheesy movie franchise really has no right to be this good. Terminator gets better every week, and if at times it presents us with standard action sequences or relies on well-worn tropes of character and story arc, that only means it has hit the standards set by some of the best television there is. The series debuted with a couple of slam-bang episodes and…
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: “The Turk”
Justification By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Mondays on Fox, 9 PM “The Turk” Written by John Wirth Directed by Paul Edwards I was wrong. This series is shaping up to be as much about Sarah Connor as about the new Terminator. It takes a strong actress to hold the screen against a Terminator, but Lena Headey is hitting every one of her scenes out of the park in this episode. The first few episodes after a pilot are often weak and uncertain, but this episode came on as strong as the…