Season 2 is coming to an end with one hell of a spate of excellent episodes and with each one John loses someone significant. This week it was the turn of Derek whose death was one of the most brutally short and unsympathetic deaths of a major character on television (outside of HBO dramas anyway). It was however very fitting for the show as the very premise of the show is the brutal struggle to prevent or ensure the virtual annihilation of the human race by the machines.
Weaver seems to confirm that which has been suspected for a while that John Henry is in fact not destined to become Skynet but that humanity’s survival depends on his survival. The third faction that we saw in the future may be established here and now through Weaver and John Henry, working against Skynet but not with the humans. It may be that humanity’s survival is too important to be left in the hands of human beings (they will disappoint you).
The little girl that plays Savannah is wonderful, she has a great rapport with Garrett Dillahunt as John Henry. Donald, where’s your trousers? has never been so haunting as it was here.
Derek’s death and Sarah’s subsequent arrest might just be the final push needed to transform John into the John Connor that is capable of saving the human race and leading the resistance against Skynet.
