Nov 11 2008
The Sarah Connor Chronicles Episode 2-8
TV.com: Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today - John and Riley face some fatal aftermath on their trip to Mexico. Sarah and Ellison finally meet up.
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Recap & Review: If you are a fan of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, you might have already heard this news. In case you haven’t, Fox is moving the series to a new time slot in January. House will be moving into its current time slot to make room for American Idol when it makes its come back in January. The Sarah Connor Chronicles will move to a Friday night spot at 8/7c. This will put it airing before the new Joss Whedon series, Dollhouse. Friday is known as a death night for Fox, so we will have to see just how well the series does.
This week, we see the troubles young love can cause. We knew it would happen eventually. John has a little crush on Riley, and the closer these two get, the more it upsets Sarah. This episode is a bit different because we jump around from different points of view. The episode opens in Sarah’s and Cameron’s as we see them both try to talk sense into John. He needs to back off of Riley. Each woman has her own methods. Sarah goes with the direct approach, and Cameron goes to his male side. As some would say, sex sells. A little good skin never hurt.
Of course, we know otherwise because soon after Cameron leaves John in his room, he leaves with Riley. He wants to show her the town he grew up in back in Mexico. Things start out fine, but they don’t stay that way. Someone recognizes John, and that is where the trouble starts. Riley gets involved as she tries to help John, but she is caught by the police in the process. Instead of leaving her there, John goes back and they are both taken into custody.
The cops will let them go though if John’s parents come to pick him up. He calls Derek and puts in his alarm code. This gets Derek and Cameron on their way. Sarah has her own problems as Cromartie also has reappeared. He has returned to the house to look for John, but he isn’t there obviously. He kidnaps Sarah, and takes her to Mexico to look for John where an unlikely friend comes to help them, James Ellison.
He comes in when John is spotted in an FBI alert, and he decides to get involved. He doesn’t do this to bring in John, but to set him free and then to save him from Cromartie. He finds John, and they find Sarah together. Cromartie has shot through the jail just minutes before Derek and Cameron arrive on scene. The five all meet together, and once Riley is sent back home their focus becomes a showdown with Cromartie. A battle they win, and they bury him.
You have to wonder if this is the last we will see of him, or if he will rise from the dead again. While they are working to bury him, Sarah and Ellison have an exchange, and we see Sarah have a breakdown of sorts. She has broken under the strain, but this brings mother and son back together. This was confusing episode at first with the different points of view coming into play. Once that was established, the episode moved at a fast pace, and it was one of the better episodes for this series. The move to Friday night worries me though. For the latest in television listings, check What’s Hot on TV .
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