EDIT

Episode Summary

The Connors and Weaver face an epic battle that will change everyone's fortunes.
9.6
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Superb
857 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate It
  • Brilliant, sad, hopeful, amazing. those are only a few words I could think of.. breathtaking finale!

    10
    "Perfect"
    The finale to season 2 was more than I could have ever imagined! It left my jaw on the floor. I cannot believe FOX would end this show! This show has been a breathe of fresh air for me and I can't think of anything better than it's imminent return!

    Please help see to it that the show returns. I recently found this website (about 2 or 3 days ago) http://www.savethescc.com. News updates state that SyFy (aka SciFi) and another channel are looking at buying it and continuing the series. Let's hope and do everything we can to help. Side note: Only one story has ever given me the same feeling that the finale gave me. Final Fantasy 7. That may sound weird to you but I remember the feeling...so many mixed together. The feeling of sadness and desperation, and then soothed with the sensation of hope and wonder. Very emotional, very intense. BRAVO!moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    7 1
  • I just got finished watching this series online - TSCC and I must say that it

    9.5
    "Superb"
    is one of the best series I have ever seen. Great show, great acting, good action, great story line, etc. And the ending to this final show - OMG What an ending! There was/is so much to build on here but what happens???? It was canceled a year ago while all these idiotic "reality" show flourish. I don't get it..... Is it true that Fox and the American audience would rather watch some stupid "reality" show, some vile cartoon, some NOT funny sit-com, etc rather than this great show. PLEASE PLEASE let there be a DVD movie to at least wrap up all of the story line.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    7 1
  • FOX U IDIOTSSSSS?? Money FREAKS?!!

    10
    "Perfect"
    i didn't watch the show on TV cause i though how ridiculous it could be, i mean robots?!! and i waste all this time, but now i've finished the whole series and its magnificent.

    i still can't imagine that they've canceled a show that is so brilliant and so amazing like this?!! you know what, dont get you hopes high for Fringe either, i have a feeling they will cancel it too... i hate FOX.

    as for the season 2 finally it was so perfect. Sarah (Lena Headey) was brilliant, Cameron was unbelievably awesome.
    what i did understand from the episode is, remember the creature that was on the sub with Jesse, she said to her 'tell conner i say no' as John asked her to join them, for what? it appears a union between human race and these things to fight skynet. however i think that it wasn't John who asked her, it was Cameron and back then the creature refusing causing no good to both sides.
    the creature goes back in time as Weaver to built John Henry in order to fight skynet, so Weaver asked Cameron to join her, which she accepted i believe because she isn't that strong and deep inside she is made to kill human (as she said to John in the hotel). which means that what Cameron did was the best for humans = best for John. but i still didn't get why she wrote i'm sorry John.

    GREAT EPISODE though, you don't see much series that has good finally, he usually suck, and yet here they cancel it. i hope some other channels will pick it up, TNT or SYFY maybe... thank you for reading i know it came late but i didn't thought the show would be THAT good.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    10 2
  • Best Series Finale, Ever!

    10
    "Perfect"
    Well, I'm not happy the show had to end. But if it had to go, this was the way to do it. So many things we as viewers already knew, or guessed, but it's another thing indeed to see the reveals and how the characters deal with them. What drives Cameron and Weaver? They're both clearly much more than programmed machines? Where does the line get drawn between machine and human anyway? Which side of it is everyone on? What do John and Cameron feel for each other? Love? Something else? I guess we'll never know for sure. Here's hoping this story get's continued someday!moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    4 1
  • My hate affair with Fox continues

    9.5
    "Superb"
    After watching this episode, it's clear the writers were onto something after a mid season slump in which the quality was lacking. It's been a while where there has been a massive form revival in a TV series after sub-par episodes and this just proves what all fans will be missing if there was a third season.
    It is an understatement to claim this is the ending it deserved. A lot more action involved and I did like it when Cameron got shot up and we get to see her endoskeleton while the sexual tension between her and John grabs the attention. So many questions were left unanswered like what was going to happen to John in the future and Sarah and Ellison in the present, where is Cromartie/John Henry, what is really going on with Cameron, what is Weaver actually doing to help bring down SkyNet, Miles Dyson's son's disappearance. There is certainly no closure to be gained from this and by cancelling this show, I feel like an addict suffering from withdrawal. In summary, I feel that fans will be felt let down it's gone but savour what was there I say. In the event Hollywood makes another Terminator movie, this TV series will be the last thing that reminds viewers of the franchise's quality in the last decade. We can only hope the head of Fox has an epiphany and green lights a third season. The show's composer, Bear McCreary, asked Josh Friedman (the creator) to explain what would have happened after this episode and was quoted as saying "he told me enough that I know season 3 would have been our best." It's hard to disagree.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    4 1

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All
  • Trivia

    ADD TRIVIA
    • Goof: Cameron tells John that Sarah has lost 11% of her weight and speculates that this is the result of her developing breast cancer. But weight loss is only associated with advanced breast cancer that has metastasized (spread to other parts of the body). If her cancer had been that advanced she would have had noticeable lumps in her breasts and likely elsewhere. Her slim physique and frequent self examinations would never have allowed her to miss the cancer in its earlier stages before weight loss could be an expected symptom. Edit
    • Goof: Cameron's eye glows red, but in the series' pilot at the Dyson's residence it is shown that her eyes glow blue. It is debatable as to whether or not this is a goof, however. In early promo materials her endo-skull was shown with red eyes as well, despite more than one use of the blue eye effect she used throughout Season One to prove she was a Terminator. She also had a full color HUD unlike other Terminators in the franchise whose eye-color matched their HUD color, so it is possible she could change eye-color for different uses, though this issue was never explored on-screen. It's also worth noting that this is the only episode where her endo-eye is actually exposed. Edit
  • Notes

    ADD NOTES
    • Original International Air Dates: Norway: November 14th, 2009 on TVNorge Sweden: December 10th, 2009 on TV6 Finland: January 24th, 2010 on Sub Czech Republic: January 28th, 2010 on Prima COOL Slovakia: October 22nd, 2010 on Markiza Edit
    • Auldridge refers to Catherine Weaver as a "citizen of Scotland." As Scotland is a constituent country of the United Kingdom, rather than a sovereign nation, natives of Scotland are legally British citizens. Edit
    • This marks the first (and last) time a character uses the word "terminator". It happens in the final scene when Sarah says to Catherine "you lying Terminator B***, you're building Skynet!" Edit
  • Quotes

    ADD QUOTES
    • Auldridge: Ten years ago you murdered one Miles Dyson, employee of Cyberdyne. Long time gone, but the man's still dead, so we've got that. Eight years ago, you and your son and a high school friend of his blow up a bank vault and die in the explosion. Now, of course, you're still alive, which is inconvenient for many, but the bank's still blown, so we've got that. More recently, and by that I mean Monday, you participated in a firefight leaving five dead and kidnapping one Savannah Weaver, daughter of Catherine Weaver and citizen of Scotland, making this incident both federal and international. Two of the dead were off-duty law enforcement officers, and that usually gets you the needle, but in that, I do digress.
      Sarah
      : Agent Auldridge?
      Auldridge: Yeah.
      Sarah
      : You're a funny boy.
      Auldridge
      : Well, that's what Mom says.
      Sarah
      : I never liked funny boys.
      Auldridge
      : I doubt they like you either, Ms. Conner. So there's two ways I can bring your son into custody - with your help, or dead. Which do you think it should be?

      Edit
    • John: I need a computer. I need to do research. Cameron: You want the blueprints for the Los Angeles County Jail. John: Do I? Cameron: So you can plan how to get your mother out. But I'm not going to let you do that, you should know that by now. John: I do know that by now. Cameron: Then what is there to research? John: Power sources, shielded nuclear power sources. Cameron: Like mine? John: Just like yours. Cameron: Why? John: I wanna know if being around them all the time can give you cancer. Edit
    • (John Henry and Murch are playing a "monster" dice-based game) Weaver: Who's winning, Mr. Murch? Murch: Well, it's not really that kind of game - although I'm a little bummed that he killed the Umber Hulk so fast. Weaver: I'm sure you've considered the possibility he can roll whatever number he desires. Edit
  • Allusions

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Sarah: (to Father Bonilla when Cameron comes to free Sarah from prison) Gird thyself. The story of Peter being rescued from prison by an angel is told in the Bible's New Testament book Acts 12:8. After the angel causes the fetters to fall away from the apostle, he tells Peter to "Gird thyself", or get himself ready so that the angel can lead him safely from prison. Edit
    • John Henry: I attack the Umber Hulk. (rolls dice) 20. Murch: Wow. Okay, that's … crit with the Vorpal long sword to the Umber Hulk. Unbelievable. Lucky roll. The "Vorpal sword" is originally found in Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking Glass (1871). In Jabberwocky, a poem read by Alice, a young boy wields a Vorpal sword while fighting the Jabberwocky. Today, primarily based on Dungeons & Dragons, many role-playing and computer games have "vorpal sword" weapons in them. Edit
    • Title: "Born to Run" is the title track to Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album. Edit
More
Less