Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete Second Season

Genre : DVD ( DVD )
Release : 2009/09/22
Price : $23.99

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Things blow up. Someone you think is a human turns out to be a shape-shifting Terminator. There are confusing forays through time and discussions about what happened when in which version of the past and/or future. But really, the second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles--unfortunately the final season of the series--is about family, connections, and the things we do to protect the ones we love. Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) has an especially rough road, nearly dying and becoming obsessed with a three-dot symbol and detours through a world of UFO obsessives. John Connor (Thomas Dekker), a.k.a. the guy who will grow up to lead humanity's resistance to the hated machines, gets tough and gets a girlfriend. His uncle Derek (Brian Austin Green) gets a girl as well, and the women in their lives turn out to have a surprising connection. Cameron (Summer Glau), the Terminator sent to protect John, suffers some damage and reveals some surprisingly human secrets of her own as her relationship with John gets more emotional and complicated. Shirley Manson (lead singer of Garbage) joins the cast as Catherine Weaver, an icy executive with… well, suffice it to say that a familiar (and threatening) face shows up in her company. The special features are extensive and include featurettes on the writing, effects, stunts, music and more. This is a fitting sendoff for an ambitious show. --Stephanie Reid-Simons

Stop waiting and get it, you will have no regrets. Some of the episodes in season one were a little lame, and the first two of this one are not much better. The remaining 20 episodes are fantastic. I want to emphasize that the continuing mythology is mysterious, intriguing and unrelenting making this more like Lost than Star Trek. There are some annoying things that occur throughout the series like musical overlays during critical scenes, but that is really just annoying. If you like good story, this is the series for you even if you didn't watch the movies (although it would help you understand better if you see them first).

The only thing bad about this series is the moron who canceled it when it reached it's heartbreaking creative peak at the end of this season. If you are interested in the Terminator franchise this is probably it's greatest incarnation since the first film, yes it is not as straightforward as a movie, but it certainly surpasses T3/T4 in terms of story quality. Terminator is a series of films I have loved since I was a child, but none of the films brought me to tears as this series did. The characters just feel authentic and believable, and the series uses them wisely to set out a fantastic story. This is a must see.. and someone needs to get the Third season out.

TSCC was a fun little series that never should have been canceled. It spans the gap between T2 and T3 and answers many of the unanswered (often unasked) questions. Though camping with some over the top performances the series remains fun for fans of the films. It only refrences the events in the first and second films (only ones that should have been made) although it take a great deal of creative license. One of the few shows that gets better with every episode and it appears that those involves really fought to keep it on the air.

The quality of the blu ray disk it's self is very good. You get a sharp image with lots of clarity and colors that truly pop. As far as prime time shows go this looks as good as any.

Ultimately TSCC is a fun show for fans of the films but won't appeal to many beyond that. As there are only two seasons it one mustn't give up too much time if they choose to go along for the ride.
If you're a fan of the first two films who have been let down by the newer ones this (though vastly different in tone than the films) is certainly worth the price of admission.

It's a crying shame that so many in America just seems to hate quality, science fiction, television! I recently watched the entire (2 season) series and it was way better than I had thought. I think the rating systems need to be re-enginneerd now that DVR's are in so many more homes now! Its to bad that just when you get into a show, like this, it gets cut off and never concludes properly and the end of season 2 was one hell of a cliffhanger! Shame.

This season shows lots of character growth and development, and explains how someone capable of saying this quote from T2:

"If someone comes on to you with an attitude you say 'eat me.'" - John Connor

Actually starts to develop into The Savior of Humanity.

This is so much better than T3 and T4, and if the same people who worked on this series were to have done T4, it would have been done right. The pacing, themes, moods, and character development of this Season all compliment and support the storyline. Filled with tense moments, edge of the seat plot twists, superb performances, in my opinion this is as thrilling as watching T2 but way more intriguing... Like video games have a replayable factor to them, so do movies and TV shows and the replayable factor in this far outmatches anything else done for the Franchise.

There are subtle undercurrents and twists and points of reference throughout this show that illustrates the clarity of vision and depth of development. Haven't seen it's like since the Shield. Fox should never have cancelled this show.