Review - 'Sarah Connor' - Goodbye To All That

The show is still on the air! They even promoed the episode coming in two weeks! Woo-hoo!

This week's episode shows how tough life is for anyone in the L.A. area named "Martin Bedell."

Yet another Terminator from the future appears and begins going through the phone book, killing everyone with that name. The first is a man cooking out in his backyard, always a dangerous thing on this show.

The T Team learns about his execution on the television. Derek realizes what's going on right away, and John checks the listings for that name. There are two more "Martin Bedells" left, so they split up, the guys going to find the student in the nearby military academy, and the girls hurrying to protect a kid with the same name.

John gets to enter the academy as a "plebe," and Derek gets drafted to help as a fill-in instructor.

As John and Bedell get to know each other, Martin confides in John that he has met a girl he wants to run away with. John feels guilt that his friend probably won't get to have a regular life, just as he can't. The more Derek is exposed to the military lifestyle, the more he's reminded of his future and the terrible loss of life. He dresses down a student who approaches combat like a game, causing the other students to consider him "intense."

Meanwhile, Sarah and Cameron pluck away "Little Marty" from the Terminator's grasp, but his parents think he's been abducted. Little Marty knows better, and begins to bond with Sarah and Cameron. Sarah begins to help Little Marty do a book report on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," one of John's favorites. He also tells Sarah "thank you," something she's not used to hearing.

After some time, they realize that the Terminator likely has realized that the child is not the one he wants, so they warn Derek that it is on the way.

Derek sets up a trap in which the students give him a signal when the Terminator appears. Of course, none of the other students are in danger but John and Martin, so they get passed by. Derek blasts the Terminator in the head, but it still keeps coming. Martin ends up in the Terminator's sights, so John calls out to it who he is, distracting it. John leads it into a small tar dpit where it is shot some more and then burned. Martin is shocked by what he has seen.

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