Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Recaps

• FinaleWatch: 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'

  I think we can all admit that "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" has had its share of ups and downs this season. For every heart-stopping murder of a main character, we've gotten an episode where nothing, absolutely nothing, occurs. As for the season finale, while it didn't tie up all the loose ends, it certainly was pulse-pounding.

• 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' gets into kidnapping

  I have to hand it to "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," they have absolutely no problem killing off main characters or doing other taboo things. We can all assume that John Connor will survive the series, but after killing Charley last week and doing what they did this week, I think all other bets are off.

• 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' brings back Charley

  Sarah and company left their home tonight on "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." She and John went to spend the night in a lighthouse. Lighthouses are of course your basic nondescript abode, the kind of place in which you can lay low and not be noticed. A lighthouse naturally is the exact right place to stay if you're hiding from the world.

• 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' sets its sights on Jesse

  The basic problem with "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" giving us a couple of Jesse-centric episodes in a row is that Jesse is wholly unlikable. She's evil in a slow, mundanely evil way. If she were evil in a fun, over-the-top, killing folks willy-nilly, crazy way (like when she offed Riley) she'd be far more enjoyable.

• 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' questions Cameron's loyalty

  I go away for one weekend, miss one episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," and miss the moment I'd been waiting for ever since we first met Riley. I thought maybe the Terminator gods were punishing me. Well, I'm back this week, and happy to report that the show is still out of its desert doldrums, and Riley didn't magically get reanimated.

• 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles': "You can't stay here anymore ..."

  Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles showrunner Josh Friedman has been making the rounds to everyone who would listen over the course of this week, acknowledging that, yes, the first three episodes back from the hiatus were really slow, but things definitely pick up over the season's final six weeks. This week, we get psychology, we get action, and we get real plot payoff. It just so happens that all of that occurs with Jesse and Riley, two characters loathed by much of the fanbase. Well, I liked everything with those characters in this episode, at least. Your mileage may vary.