{"id":12030,"date":"2009-04-18T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2009\/04\/18\/12030.html"},"modified":"2009-04-18T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T18:54:13","slug":"sarah-connor-chronicles-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2009\/04\/18\/sarah-connor-chronicles-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Connor Chronicles update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever since Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/cite> started airing, I've been meaning to write in some detail about all the things I like about it.<\/p>\n

For example, although Summer Glau deservedly gets a lot of attention, for me she's not the main appeal of the show: for me, the best part is the interplay between the mother\/son dynamic and the save-the-world thing. It's one of the things I love about certain kinds of sf in general: a balance between a human story (single mom tries to raise teen boy) and a huge world-changing science fiction plot (that teen boy is the future savior of humanity, and he knows it).<\/p>\n

I complained a few weeks ago about an episode I disliked (though I may reconsider that episode in light of a discussion of it I read recently), but the next several episodes after that have been really good. Haven't seen the season finale yet, but looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

Sadly, it may be too late to be saying nice things about the show: rumor has it that the show has been canceled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Fox officially states that \"No decision has been made yet\" and that they'll be \"announcing [their] fall schedule on May 18.\" So I suppose there's some slim degree of hope.<\/p>\n

If you're liking the show and you want to try to help save it, you could stop by the Save the Sarah Connor Chronicles<\/cite><\/a> website. Or you could try voting for it at Save One Show<\/a>. I have no idea whether either of those approaches will do any good--I'm pretty much resigned to the series being over at this point--but I'll keep my fingers crossed 'til May 18.<\/p>\n

I was going to note that with BSG<\/cite> over, and Dr. Who<\/cite> only having four specials this year, and the fact that I still haven't seen Lost<\/cite>, Sarah Connor<\/cite> is my favorite regularly-running TV show, and certainly my favorite regularly-running sf show. But that comment is kind of undermined by the fact that it's the only show I'm currently watching, and the likelihood that it may be over.<\/p>\n

Still, if you haven't watched the show, and if you like the Terminator<\/cite> movies, and if you like thoughtful character-driven sf with usually-good plotting and characters you can care about, it may be worth picking up Sarah Connor<\/cite> on DVD. Nine episodes in season one, a full twenty-two in season two; season two hasn't overall been quite as good as season one, imo, but it's still generally quite good.<\/p>\n

(Added later: We saw the finale. OMG! These last few episodes were jaw-dropping in all sorts of ways. I sure am gonna miss this show.)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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