TV Show Review: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

As much as I want to like this show, I always find myself falling asleep on the couch. Now I admit, it may just be to the late hour it airs on the East Coast, but I believe it's more than that that continues to keep me hesitant about the future of the show.

It started out strong - a bit confusing, but strong. The pilot episode was long awaited, hyped up, and it lived up to everything it was built up to be. It had action, an in depth plot, and a hot girl as a robot. Basically, it was the show every man has been waiting for. The confusion sets in when you realize that you have to more or less ignore the last Terminator movie to stay intrigued. It follows the tremendously popular movies' basis, but with a few twists.

As each episode has aired for its first season, it has built up more and more drama and intensity as to the fate of John Connor, as well as the world he created. The key is to pay attention, but not think too hard. The mind-bending nature of the flashbacks and flash-forwards are enough to make anyone cringe and become frustrated. The action is intense and very well produced, but the fact of the matter is that it's the same thing every episode. Girl finds resistance fighter, girl fights robot, girl wins, John and Sarah flee to a new location. It holds my attention enough that I was to keep watching, but I crave something new a different. And that seems silly, as this show is completely new and different, unlike anything else on television. The fear I have is that the show will eliminate itself on the sheer basis that it has to end eventually. John Connor and his mother can only do so much until they meet back up with his fate in the future. Will they continue on after it comes full circle, or will they simply have to quit?

What I've decided is that I'm going to continue to give it a chance, and pray they don't write themselves into a corner, or lose focus on the uniqueness The Sarah Connor Chronicles holds.