Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Dietz: You want to, uh, let us little people know what's in the box, or is it classified between you and Queeg? Jesse: It's between Queeg and Queeg. I don't know a damn thing. Dietz: And that doesn't bother you, metal keeping secrets from skin? Jesse: No, it doesn't - not even a little. Dietz: Well, it should - and not just a little, but a lot. Jesse: We were sent to pick up the box and bring it back. So, we're picking up the box and bringing it back. Dietz: And one of us should know why. One of us, not just one of them. Jesse: One of us knows, his name's John Conner.

Sarah: You went to see the body. You shouldn't have done that. John: It was a risk, I know. Sarah: I don't mean the risk. You shouldn't have to remember her like that. That's all. John: There were things I needed to see., and that I had to understand. Sarah: Do you understand them now? John: I think so. I'm sorry I doubted you. Sarah: John. John: No. Not you. (looks at Cameron) Her.

Jesse: Dietz, what the hell did you do? Dietz: Could be anything in there - a machine, a bomb, anything. All right, and we were just gonna run it right through the front door to Serrano. Now at least we know. Jesse: Of all the stupid things … Dietz: Stupid? Stupid is taking their word for it. (points at Queeg) For anything! I'm not afraid of that thing. Jesse: Well, then, be afraid of me. Goodnow: Guys. Dietz: (holds out his bar-coded arm) You spend … any time … in a work camp, Commander? Goodnow: Guys. Dietz: You don't get to tell me anything, and neither does the metal.

Sarah: What was the name of that hippie town we were in before, uh … before Nebraska? Garb-something. John: Garberville. Sarah: Right. Well, that was a culture shock, going from hog farmers and good old boys to pot growers and kids names Sequoia. John: There was only one Sequoia. There were three Sages, though. Sarah: I felt bad for you when we left. You just started making friends. Fitting in. John: Fitting in? I was getting in fights every day. Sarah: Well, you won those fights. John: That's one way of lookin' at it. I hated that town.

(John Henry is painting his small "monster" toys) John Henry: But it's the detail work I find the most interesting. It challenges my fine motor control and there are so many choices. The eyes, for example, the window to the soul. They're the window to the soul, I read that. Ellison: That's what they say. John Henry: Then I should choose my paint more carefully. Ellison: It doesn't matter, John Henry. It's a statue, it's an object. It doesn't have a soul. John Henry: It has eyes.

(Ellison rises to go home and prepares to switch John Henry off) John Henry: Please don't. My monster is incomplete. Ellison: The eyes. What color did you want to use? John Henry: Blue. Ellison: (sitting back down) All right. Pass me one of those. Let's get this done. John Henry: Mr. Ellison? Ellison: Yes. John Henry: Does this make us friends?

Dietz: He could be metal and we wouldn't even know if … Garvin: You want to see metal? I'll show you metal … (picks up food tray) Jesse: Hey! Hey! Enough! Dietz: You're right, Garvin. It's not you. (confronts Jesse) You're not the one who spends all day locked in a room with metal. Jesse: Stand down, Dietz. Dietz: I knew you were a metal lover. But maybe, you're more than that. Maybe you're one of them. Just like that little metal bitch that follows Conner everywhere.

Sarah: Why are you here? Cameron: Protect John. Hunt Skynet. Stop Judgment Day. Sarah: But why are you here? Right now, with us. John sent you here from the future. He sent you away, away from him. Maybe you should think about that. Maybe you should think about why he didn't want you around anymore.

John Henry: Mr. Ellison is our friend. Weaver: Yes, he is our friend. John Henry: Are you going to kill him? Weaver: Mr. Ellison has proven himself to be a capable and loyal employee. But he's still a human being. John Henry: Human life is sacred. Weaver: We have to be prepared for any contingency. John Henry: What contingency would that be? Weaver: Humans will disappoint you.

Jesse: You really want to do it this way? Queeg: I don't understand, do what? Jesse: As XO and ranking human on board this boat, I am relieving you of command - on suspicion of compromise to your programming. Please move away from the controls, Captain. (Queeg complies and stands) Submit to chip extraction. The chip tech will decide what to do. Queeg: Chief of the boat, escort Commander Flores to her rack, she's ill. Jesse: I gave you an instruction, Captain. You must comply. Queeg: My mission order overrides standard behavioral protocols. You have no authority on this boat.

John: If you pretend not to know me, I might shoot you in the head. We owe Riley the truth, don't you think? We owe the dead that much.

Jesse: Where is she? The metal? John: If she were here, you'd be dead. You know that. Would you please gimmie your gun? You're not gonna shoot me. You know I've been running from the machines my whole life. They tried to kill my mom before I was even born. And when I was twelve, they sent one after me. I was a kid. I was stupid, I didn't know what it was all about. Both times, (scoffs) future me sent someone back to stop them. The first time it was a soldier. His name was Kyle Reese, and he died saving my mother's life. The second time it was a machine. I used to wonder why I did that, why I took that chance. I don't wonder anymore. Human beings can't be replaced. They can't be rebuilt. They die and they never come back. You know it wasn't Derek who told me, if that's what you're wondering. He loves you, you know, Derek. You and me, we're the only things he has in this world, the only things. He's like Riley in that way. See, she made mistakes, small things, sometimes - a word or a phrase. Carrots and apples. I'm guessing that's yours. When we were in Mexico, she heard my real name, she ignored it, but a man took my picture and she destroyed his camera. She put herself between me and a machine that was hunting me. So one day I realized, she wasn't treating me like John Baum, she was treating me like John Connor.

Jesse: You saw her. I'm sorry. John: Yeah, everybody says that. The thing is … this is all my fault. I knew Riley was in trouble. I didn't help her. I should've, but I didn't. I knew what she was. I didn't try to stop her. Jesse: You wanted it to be real John: Or maybe I wanted to win? Jesse: You didn't want to be John Baum, you wanted to be John Connor. John: That's just the thing, isn't it? I am John Connor. Go, go. Jesse: Just like that. John: Just like that. If I have to live with this, so do you. Jesse: Would it have worked? John: What? Jesse: If the cyborg had murdered the girl, or if I could've made you believe that she had? John: Would I have sent Cameron away? Would I have killed her? No. Jesse: Well … it's a damn shame then. It's a damn waste.

Jesse: The liquid metal thing inside the box, it came to me before we escaped and it gave me a message for John Connor. For him, not for you. Cameron: Telling me is the same as telling John. Jesse: Dietz was right. Who the hell is running this war? What the hell are we fighting for if telling you is the same thing as telling Connor? You're a damn machine. You're not the same. It's not the same. Fine, to hell with you. You tell John Connor that the metal monster said the answer is no. What does that mean, huh? Hey, tell me. If the answer is no, what was the question? Cameron: "Will you join us?" Jesse: What? Cameron: That was the question - "Will you join us?"

Derek: Billy Wisher was my best friend. He was in my squad, we fought together. We saw things you can't imagine. He was like my brother and I loved him. But it turns out I never really … knew him. His real name was Andy Goode, and back here in this world he created a computer program, a program that becomes Skynet. So Andy Goode is dead, and Billy Wisher is dead too - because I killed him. I came back here and I killed him. He was my brother, and I loved him, and I killed him. And I did it for Kyle …and John, and I did it for you. Jesse: Derek … Derek: Shut up. Jesse: Please … Derek: Shut up! Jesse: You have no idea, you have no idea what they took from us. Derek: Stop it, just stop it. I don't even know you. I don't know who you are. Jesse: I'm Jesse. I'm Jesse! Derek: You're not my Jesse. You never were. John Conner said to let you go. I'm not John Connor.