Synopsis

• The exciting two-parter continues as Jesse’s submarine mission in the future takes a fatal turn that has unforeseen consequences for John, Sarah and Derek (Brian Austin Green) in the present. Also, Sarah deals with Cameron, who has become a liability, and John steps up and makes a life-or-death choice.
  

• Also referred to as "The Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter"
  

• John Henry makes enourmous developmental strides: small motor skills with detail painting, datan mining and determining conclusions, proper incremental conversaion building, and manipulation of James Ellison. Catherine compliments John Henry on his manipulation with, "That's progress."
  
  

• John Connor confronts Jesse about using then killing Riley.
  

Unanswered Questions

Best Moments

• Most ignoble moment in 19 episodes: Jesse shoots Qweeg in the head.
  
  

• Beautiful moment at start of show when Jesse looks at Derek with stars in her eyes. Derek's Jesse truly loved him.

• Liquid metal terminator rising out of the box.
  

• Liquid metal monster wagging her finger at Jesse and crew in a scolding way before it slithers off to hide and observe crew

• Jesse confronting Captain Qweeg.
  

• John Connor confronts Jesse, takes her gun but does not kill her. He repeats all the points that we said about knowing Riley was from the future plus: The photographer called him by his real name and Riley did not flinch or question.
  
  

• John Connor summarizes all the clues that we blogged about "Riley is from the future" to Jesse.
  
  

• Catherine talking to her young John Henry about humans. Now she smiles warmly.
  
  

• Cameron's hand twitches when she talks to Sarah about why she is here with John.
  
  

• John Connor shows he is not the Great Communicator when he tells Sarah to just throw a rug over the hole in the floor. He casually covers thing up like the Liquid Terminator in the box.

Best Quotes

• "Who the hell is running this war? What the hell are we fighting for, if telling you is the same thing as telling Connor?"
  

• Derek about Riley: She was a good kid, she didn't deserve what happened to her.
  John: Few people do.

• Derek about Cameron: If she wants me dead, I'm dead.
  Then John to Derek: I want to talk to you about the future...yours.

• Dietz to Jesse on the submarine: And that doesn't bother you - metal keeping secrets from skin?
  Jesse: No, it doesn't. And not even a little.

• John to Cameron past Sarah: I'm sorry I doubted you - no, not you - her.

• Dietz to Jesse after the liquid metal monster killed shipmate: I told you. This is what happens. This is what they do.

• John to Sarah: Well I broke the rules.
  
  

• Sarah to John about fighting in Garberville: You won those fights.
  John: That's one way of looking at it.

• John Henry to Ellison: Mr. Ellison, does this make us friends?

• Sarah to Cameron: Why are you here?
  

• Cameron: Protect John, Hunt Skynet. Stop judgement day.
  Sarah: John sent you away - away from him (in the future). Maybe you should think why he didn't want you around anymore.

• John Henry to Catherine: I convinced Mr. Ellison to leave this body in operation.
  Catherine: That's progress.
  John Henry: Mr. Ellison is our friend. Are you going to kill him. Human life is sacred.
  Catherine: We have to be prepared for contingencies...Humans will disappoint you.
  

• Jesse to Qweeg: You have no right to impose summry justice...not like that.

• Liquid Metal monster to Jesse: Tell John Connor the answer is "no".

• John to Jesse: We owe Riley the Truth. We owe the dead that much.
  John to Jesse about why he sent terminators back to protect him and his mother: I don't wonder anymore. Human beings can't be replaced.
  
  

• Dietze to Jesse trying to initiate rape scene: I knew you were one of them. Maybe we should check for metal.

• John to Jesse: I am John Conner - Go.
  Would I have sent Cameron away?
  Would I have kiled her?
  No.

• Jesse to Cameron: It (Liquid Metal monster) gave me a message for John Conner.
  What was the question?
  Cameron: Will you join us?

• Derek to Jesse: Billy Wisher was my best friend...It turns out i never really new him....So Any Good is dead. I killed him. I did it for Kyle, John and you.
  I don't even know you. You're not my Jesse. You never were. John Conner said to let you go.
  I'm NOT John Conner

• Derek's first closing monologue to John - about his button watch: Complications - that watch. It has complications. Something I've learned. Something I've been thinking about...Time, the future...
  You lead... we follow.
  
  

• Jesse to Cameron: The metal monster said the answer is "no". What ws the question?
  Cameron: Will you join us?

  
  

• Jesse to John arrogantly after he told her that her scheme would not have worked: It's a damn shame.

Episode Trivia

• Episode is also being called "The Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter"
  
  
• John Henry refers to eyes as the windows to the soul just as Cameron did in Season 1.
  

• Future Cameron seems to be wearing a jacket similar to her present-day purple leather one.
  

• Executive Producers Credits overlay was on Cromartie with James Ellison looking on. In a departure from past reveals, we immediately see Cromartie manipulate Ellison into leaving him on that evening. Catherine enters the room and compromises Ellison's "human life is sacred" training.
  
  
• The liquid terminator shook her finger after killing and taking the form of Lt. Goodnow like the liquid terminator in Terminator 2.
  
  
• From previous episodes Catherine Weaver has a pet eel.