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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

"Self Made Man"

Episode number:
 11
Season:
 2
Original air date:
 December 1, 2008
Writer(s):
 Toni Graphia
Director:
 Holly Dale
Special Guest(s):
 Jody Jaress
Savannah Jayde
Melinda Bennett

Synopsis:

  • Terminator takes us someplace we never expected… the 1920s??

  • She never sleeps, so what does she do at night? Cameron's surprising secret life is revealed.

  • History is forever changed when a Terminator is sent back to the wrong time.

  • Riley gets closer to John

Unanswered Questions

  • Is Cameron collecting chips?

  • When will her next glitch occur?


  • Why did the terminator need to kill the governor?

  • Now that the governor will not be executed how will this change the timeline?

  • Will Cameron seek out Erik?


Best Moments

  • John beating up Mike at the party.

  • Cameron making friends with the new librarian and quickly forgetting about the old one, reminding you she has no humanity.

  • Cameron offering help the librarian after he fell from his wheelchair, like flipping over the turtle, giving you hope her humanity is growing.

  • Cameron taking Myron Stark's chip when he is trapped

  • Myron getting his time bearings by looking at the stars

Best Quotes

  • "In case I need it." - Cameron about her 9mm pistol

  • Exchange between Erik and Cameron:
    Erik: "You have no idea what it's like to have something inside of you. Something that's damaged."
    Cameron: "It's like a bomb waiting to go off."

  • Riley about her parents: "They died when I was little in a fire."

  • "I shouldn't be around people" John to Riley

  • "Do you ever think about dying or suicide?" Cameron to Erik

Episode Trivia


  • Rudolph Valentino, the the actor Stark was shaking hand with, was a real person. Valentino “was an Italian actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. Known as the “Latin Lover”, he was one of the most popular stars of the 1920s, and one of the most recognized stars from the silent movie era. Some of his best known roles include the silent films The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
  • Will Chandler’s eulogy revealed that he wanted to build The Pico Tower — the one Myron Stark would eventually construct in the same spot — at Pico and Third in Los Angeles. However, Pico and Third run parallel in LA which this episode contradicting the geography of the area.
  • The episode aired the night of a triple junction: Venus, Jupiter and the moon.

  • The Myron Stark story fits the timeline for the start of Stark Industries - Iron Man movie

  • Executive Producers credit overlay was on Cameron as she was looking at data on an old microfilm...
    Near the end of the episode it was made very clar in an exchange with Erik that she has chip damage and is concerned about it.

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Episode 11 | Self Made Man - Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

Episode 11 | Self Made Man - Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles

Episode 11 | Self Made Man - Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
Episode 11 | Self Made Man - Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
 Battled-scarred Cameron

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spacesaint We have seen John and Riley kiss/how about John and Cameron? (page: 1 2 3) 54 Mar 17 2009, 6:13 PM EDT by nikita302
Thread started: Dec 2 2008, 10:29 AM EST  Watch
We have seen Riley and John lock lips, I wonder the writers will let us see John and Cameron kiss.

Every time she smiles and parts those lips and smiles that smile where just the corners of her mouth turn up, I lose it. I'm a shipper confessed, but we as fans need to see this! If not John, allow Cameron to kiss someone! arrrgh!

I'm 36 years old and love this show a ton. Not ashamed to admit it.
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06SRT10 Is Cameron the Connors Terminator Slave? (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) 148 Jan 15 2009, 12:10 PM EST by notty22
Thread started: Dec 2 2008, 7:47 PM EST  Watch
I posted in Camerons facination with suicide. And read what i had wrote an realized that the Connors tread Cameron like garbage. Derek not so much he seems to be giving her a chance. Cameron is like a butler (no offense to anyone) She has to do basically what they say and has no say about it. Cameron has thought alot about suicide i think its because she cannot express her feeling or what she thinks of a situation or person. The suicide may be her way out of this problem in her own opinion.

Does anyone have any thoughts about this?
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General_Mazaki Cameron's Compassion (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) 129 Dec 26 2008, 3:23 AM EST by Xynoxx
Thread started: Dec 2 2008, 1:35 AM EST  Watch
I noticed something in Self Made Man tonight. Cameron was really showing Eric some compassion. She carried him, she told him to eat the donuts for the sake of his health, and she even scanned him to make sure everything was alright. She tried to converse with him, and befriend him. Unfortunately, Cameron just doesn't know how to do it well. She probably scared the poor guy half to death when she said he has cancer again. Lets not forget how the end of the episode implied that he had committed suicide after all...

I just don't get the writers. They make you start thinking Cameron is starting to develop something, and then they make her a cold bitch, again...And again... AND again.

I suppose that it is nice to have some stand alone episodes in-between the complex episodes, but this show just doesn't have the luxury of spare time. We need some resolution! We need something that will seriously spark interest. People get turned off to shows if it's a friggin' cliffhanger every damn episode, with even MORE unanswered questions.

If any of the writers stumble in and read this, tell your friends. I think I speak for the whole community when I say you need to get your asses in gear.
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