What He Beheld

Season 1, Episode 9, Aired
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Sarah finds herself in a business transaction with a mysterious business man. Meanwhile, Cromartie closes in on John and Agent Ellison discovers a nemesis at the agency. However, events seem to spin out of control yet again. Will Sarah manage to stop the future war against SkyNet while protecting the life of her son?

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  • What the hell is Dan from Eastenders doing in this?

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    By winterbehaviour, Sep 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    I love this program sooo damn much and when I watched this episode I squirming and shouting at the screen just as much as ever! Bizarrely (for me) Craig Fairbrass who played Dan in Eastenders (a dreary British soap set in the east end of London-where I live incidentally and it is nothing like that) is in this. Oh how he plays the bad guy so well... I was being sarcastic there but he is actually good in this lol.
    There where too many good things in this episode so here is my summary of the best bits!:

    1. Cameron is standing next a nice looking (BMW I think) car and Johns friend says, wow is that your car?
    Cameron replies, no its the man I killed's car. Hes in the trunk. Shes not joking.
    Johns friend then plucks up the courage to ask her to the prom (boy is he going to get a surprise if he tries to cop a quick feel.)

    2. Sarah, John, Derek and Cameron go after (fake) Sarkissianin in his internet cafe-come-mob-den and he runs away like a little ****y and hides away in a little room.
    Sarah: can you get through that door?
    Cameron: Yes but it'll be quicker to go through the wall.
    Proceeds to then punch through the brick wall!

    3. Derek brings out (fake) Sarkissian's daughter as a hostage to save John who is being held at gun point by (fake) Sarkissian! The look on the young actresses face was priceless. Derek then shoots (fake) Sarkissian in the head narrowly missing John.
    What I don't get is that the daughter later says that that wasn't her daddy but anyway.

    4. Ellison (you idiot) then decides to go after Cromatie with 20 armed FBI men knowing full well Cromatie is a cyborg. A massacre ensues. Cromatie lets Ellison live for some unknown robot reason. Perhaps it doesnt suit his mission eh?

    5. Derek's birthday present to John: He takes him to a park to see young Derek and Kyle (5 years old) his future dad. Had to be the best moment of the season when John realises who its is. Derek also reveals he knew all along that Kyle is John father (boy I feel sorry for anyone that hasn't watched Judgement Day..)

    6. No wait, this was the best moment. Cameron is going to the Jeep to go and get John a birthday cake just as John discovers the true identity of Sarkissian on the hard drive. We see the real Sarkissian slinking away just as Cameron turns the key and Ka-booom! up it goes. I was shouting at this point I can tell ya.
    Is she dead? is she ok? ...well I already know since I watched episode 1 of the second season straight after I couldn't wait!moreless

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  • Sarah and John go to war with the mysterious faction that bought the Turk. The FBI closes in on Cromartie, unfortunately for them.

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    By iltarion, May 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    This faux season finale is sort of a mess through the first 40 minutes. Great acting and some brilliant dialogue throughout though, as usual. Ellison's Bible quoting makes much more sense here than it did in The Demon Hand. Charley gets the drift, but does his best to keep his mouth shut. This decision and Ellison's own eventually leads to the disaster at the end. Once again, very well acted and well written scene.

    Though I certainly have no issues with the acting or the dialogue of the Sarkisian subplot, some of the writing, as far as story goes, just doesn't make a lot of sense. The highlight of the idiocy is when Cameron decides to hammer through a cement block wall instead of simply kicking in a door. Go figure. Okay, with that mess finally over, the episode goes to another level with its last three scenes. The scene at the park between Derek and John was one of the best scenes in the series up until this point, and probably the most emotional. Derek finally showed a human side to his character and became much more likable. I admit that the first time I saw the scene where the FBI attempts to arrest Cromartie, I was disappointed. I had wanted to see the action, bullets fly. However, watching it a second time, I am very impressed by how the director turned this scene into something extremely unique with the Johnny Cash song and the shots from the bottom of the pool. VERY cool. Pretty shocking how Cromartie walks away from Ellison at the end. I have always thought that was a brilliant idea. Ellison can still do some good things for Cromartie, hopefully by finding Sarah. Apparently, either Ellison wasn't completely a true believer yet, or he was just unaware of the kind of firepower it would take to take down a cyborg. He should have read into past events from T1 and T2. He would have known better.

    The final scene for me almost did more to irritate me with the show than make me want to watch more. INCREDIBLY convenient that Cameron happened to be the one sent for the cake. And, of course, you know she won't be disabled by that one blast. Getting rid of her character pretty much would have been series suicide at that point. Fortunately, whether it all added up or not, and I don't think it does, it DID set up a fantastic Season 2 premiere episode.moreless

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  • John has to decrypt about a 1000 files, he's supposed to be a computer wiz, but he does this decryption manually, file by file, on Windows!

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    By ronbarak, Dec 08, 2010 Report Abuse
    There is one strange occurrence in this episode, quite out of character for John Connor: John has to decrypt about a 1000 files, each takes some 5 minutes. 5000 minutes is almost 3 and a half days. Now, john is supposed to be a computer wiz/hacker, but he does this decryption manually, file by file, on Windows! He does not use a decent operating system (e.g, Linux, or even using cygwin on Windows), he does not even write some scripts to automate the decryption task: he's just going to sit there, for 3 days straight, and do this decryption manually. Now, that's not a computer wiz.moreless

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  • One of the best.

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    By w4u, Jun 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    I hate the cliffhangers. It's too stressful just waiting to see what happens next. The idea that comes from John's birthday, the importance of life is well written. In this episode there is a good balance between hope (celebrating a birtday) and desperation (judgment day, cromartie, fear of death). The scene at the park, John and his uncle Derek are watching the youngest Kyle and Derek, was awesome and also so emotional.
    Garret Dillahunt is a good actor and he really did a great jog by playing Cromartie. I believe that almost he is a cyborg.
    And, Agent Ellison finally sees everything his own eyes. Derek knows the truth about John's identity.moreless

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  • Between mission and life

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    By Parricida, Feb 14, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode really lovely shows again that they are just people and despite trying to save the world they are ordinary people - they do have birthdays and the way that theme just followed trough all the action packed episode - from the field trip to the explosion in the end, that park scene in the middle - it was just such a brilliant scene. I think best of the whole season and the concept - meeting first time his dad - as a little boy.

    And the whole catch for Turk.. and then the storyline with agent Ellison. Finally that seemed to get a connection - he is more and more realizing what he is in and that scene there.. with Cash song and that stunning camera work from below water.. amazing.

    I really love the way they ended this season.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • When John and Derek are watching Young Derek and Kyle play baseball in the park, Young Derek hits the ball and travels past the right of Young Kyle. But in the next shot, Young Kyle runs left to retrieve the ball. Edit
    • Goof: There is a typo on Sarkissian's passport. One date is recorded as March 2, 20015. Edit
    • At the beginning of the episode a guy is playing a video game; Bungie's Halo 2. Specifically the chapter Metropolis. Edit

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    • Brian Austin Green (Derek) received the "With" credit. Edit
    • Dean Winters (Charley) received the "And" credit. Edit
    • In Latin America, this episode was translated as "Contemplacion", which means "Contemplation". Edit

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    • Sarah: Your birthday is important. John: No, it's not important. Finding the Turk, stopping Skynet, Judgment Day. That's important. That's our life. Sarah: It's our mission. This is our life. If we stop caring about that, then we're lost. Edit
    • Derek: (watching young Kyle play) Throws pretty good for a five year old, huh? Your father always had a nice arm. John: (tearing up) How'd you know? Derek: Every time I look at you I see him. Besides, your mom's his type. Happy Birthday. Edit
    • Derek: (about the park) It's beautiful here, isn't it? Y'know, you stay here long enough you fool yourself into thinking this is how it's always gonna be. Then you remember what this place'll look like when it's on fire and you realize you'll do whatever it takes to keep from watching it burn again. Edit

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    • Hatful of Hollow: Hatful of Hollow is a compilation album released in 1984 by The Smiths, an (often melancholic) English Indie-Rock-Band active from 1982 to 1987. Edit
    • Revelations: The biblical verse that Agent Ellison recites is an amalgamation of Revelation 6:1 and Revelation 6:8, from the King James Version of the New Testament. Edit
    • Los Niños Héroes: At Enrique's nephew's house hangs a sword with the inscription Los Niños Héroes. Los Niños Héroes (the "Boy Heroes" or "Heroic Cadets") were six teenage military cadets who died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle (then serving as the Mexican army's military academy) from invading U.S. forces in the September 13, 1847 Battle of Chapultepec. Their commanders, General Nicolás Bravo and General José Mariano Monterde, had ordered them to fall back from Chapultepec but the cadets did not; instead, they resisted the invaders until they were killed, with accounts maintaining that the last survivor leapt from Chapultepec Castle wrapped in the Mexican flag to prevent it from being taken by the enemy. The cadets are honored by an imposing monument at the entrance to Chapultepec Park; and the name Niños Héroes, along with the cadets' individual names, are commonly given to streets, squares and schools across the country. For many years they appeared on the MXP $5000 banknote, and they currently appear on the MXN $50 coin. Metro Niños Héroes the Mexico City Metro is also named after them. Edit

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