"I'm starting to wonder if Krazykaleb is right about all of us thinking with our Johnsons (see Cameron/John making love thread)! ;-)

Seriously though, I think Derek's look while watching Cameron dance was one of disbelief and faint horror that the machines he hates with a passion is somewhat gaining...humanity. Dance is a wholly unnecessary and inefficient use of time for a robot, and Derek knows it. By Cameron exploring dance, Derek realizes that she has the capacity to grow beyond her programming.

His look - to me, anyway - was equal parts fear and wonderment."

"If John did create Cameron we have no evidence that he told Derek. It's obvious that John doesn't share everything about what is going on -- he doesn't explain himself -- he simply gives orders that he expects to be obeyed.

As for her just imitating a person who was dancing I think that the whole point of the scene with the dancing was to show that she had moved beyond moving mechanically and was actually expressing herself from the soul.If she was just imitating she would have still been moving mechanically.

It wasn't that she danced that floored Derek -- it was how she danced. Machines aren't supposed to express themselves that way. It was in total opposition to what Sarah was saying in the voice over -- that the machines cannot create art - that was exactly what Cameron was doing.

I think you're right sidspappy -- it was equal parts fear and wonderment."

"I know it's fun to guess and predict. But maybe he just simply hates those damn machines and doesn't care if one is working on their side or not, he friggin hates them. "

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“She lies” an interesting choice of words because it infers that she at some point told Derek an untruth, I don’t recall her lying to Derek in the flashback episode so it could be another clue to the basement and what happened there.
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"If John did create Cameron we have no evidence that he told Derek. It's obvious that John doesn't share everything about what is going on -- he doesn't explain himself -- he simply gives orders that he expects to be obeyed.

As for her just imitating a person who was dancing I think that the whole point of the scene with the dancing was to show that she had moved beyond moving mechanically and was actually expressing herself from the soul.If she was just imitating she would have still been moving mechanically.

It wasn't that she danced that floored Derek -- it was how she danced. Machines aren't supposed to express themselves that way. It was in total opposition to what Sarah was saying in the voice over -- that the machines cannot create art - that was exactly what Cameron was doing.

I think you're right sidspappy -- it was equal parts fear and wonderment."

"Maybe Cameron is more like Seven of Nine. Human first, and altered by the Borg. Cameron could have been a fighter in the war on machines, and was "saved" by future John. Using Skynet's own tools, John "created" Cameron. Maybe all that was left of Cameron was her brain which he placed onto a terminator's body. Not as farfetched as it sounds, since this was a premise of a Star Trek episode where Spock's brain was stolen and used to run a computer system similar to Skynet."

"One thng we all know, is that Derek has some history (or future) with Cameron that we don't know about. What do you think the connection is between Derek Reese and Cameron Phllips?

Post your ideas here and check out the Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2 Predictions page for more dishing and dissecting on Season 1!
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