Review: 'Sarah Connor' - Allison From Palmdale

With rumors flying that "Sarah Connor" might be cancelled soon, I hope this isn't my last review of this show. Last year had a lot more action, but I don't think this season has been as bad as some have said. Yes, it's been more oriented to drama, but I think variety is a good thing in a genre show. I love watching Cameron grind another Terminator's head into the dust, but every time?

This week, we get more drama and some action. Summer Glau gets to play two roles, Cameron the Terminator and Allison Young the human. I think she does a good job of changing characters, good enough for me to be able to follow what was going on. It sure seems that Cameron still is having problems related to the explosion at the end of Season 1.

In the future, a girl who appears to be Cameron is running from someone or something chasing her. She gets outside of the building she's in, then jumps into what seems to be a lake or a stream only to be caught in a net and returned to her captors.

Back to the present, where John and Cameron are going to the store. John tells her that he's headed to Radio World (love those close-to-reality store chain names), then asks her to pick up food for him at the grocery store.

While shopping, Cameron starts to flashback to scenes she remembers from the future, then goes catatonic. The police are called, and they take her to the local jail's holding cell. When John returns, he hears people in the store talk about Cameron's apparent seizure, and goes to the prison to find her.

Cameron meets Jodie, another girl in the same cell. As they talk, Cameron remembers that her name is Allison. She recalls that a Terminator burned a bar code into her forearm, but doesn't say anything about that. The two are released after no charges are filed, and Jodie sees that Cameron is carrying a wad of bills, so she becomes Cameron/Allison's new best friend. Jodie takes her new buddy to a restaurant along "The Boulevard."

John, a step behind, finds out Cameron left with Jodie, and begins asking everyone he sees if he or she knows where Jodie is. The girls register in a halfway house after being confronted by an acquaintance of Jodie's. Cameron gives him all her money just to make him go away since he's threatening Jodie to return his laptop. Jodie gives Cameron a necklace she says she found at a thrift store.

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