"Didn't see it posted here yet but to sum it up...Cameron was in the basement. Cameron of the future that is, what she will become, is what those men met down there. The music was left of her memories of the ballet incident. She liked dancing so she continues to dance. The men were being experimented (interviewed) upon but not by skynet, skynet would have killed them as soon as it finished any interogation. They definitely wouldn't be allow to escape, not all of them. When Derrik saw Cameron she was accross the room and he knew immediately that she was a terminator model, That occured after the basement incident. After she had destroyed the terminator at the base she said that "sometimes they go bad, no one knows why". I think the Cameron in the basement might have broken off from skynet (remember in T2 that Arnold's "learning inhibitor" placed on the chip by skynet was removed so he could learn about people) and is doing her own thing in what she considers the best interest of John."

"So are you under the assumption that Derek believes that Skynet is the one that did this to her or that Derek thinks that this is a copy of his ex-girlfriend? Because I think if he knew John had been the one to do this to her -- he'd probably hate John since he hates the machines. May look at her as some sort of abomination or something.

I like the idea and I think that they could get a long run out of Derek wrestling with old feelings concerning her but the fact that she almost seems to flirt with John kinda makes me wonder if it's possible that she could be John's daughter.

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"i think Cameron is completely robotic. I personally see no indication that she has any human components. I also don't think she is a Terminator I think she was created for a more subtle task - perhaps more of a research project.

Where does Skynet want to go after the war - what are its long term goals? Is Skynet attempting to understand humanity. Perhaps Cameron was sent to 2027 John by Skynet in order to contain the resistance and steer its actions to further the long term goals of Skynet. A deep sleeper agent or perhaps a sacrificial piece to assess if machines and humanity can co-exist after the war or whether the war needs to be prosecuted to the bitter end.

The theories that Cameron is Skynet I think may not be far off the mark - she isn't Skynet in its totality but she may be an Avatar. If she is ultimately Skynets creature why is she protecting John and getting close - I don't think it is to destroy him (better the enemy you know etc...) rather try to convert him to seeing machines in a more positive light and thus getting him to call the war off. Remember Sarah's postscript to Queens Gambit when it talks about the variables in a war and the possibility of truces etc. ... between combatants. We don't now for certain when Cameron originated (She may have used a time machine to go back to 2027) or when the T888's were sent back.

As far as the events in the basement I think the whole thing was a resistance selection centre for future special ops types. Some sort of psychological assessment was carried out."

"First off how did the RF capture Cameron she is bad to the bone. They could not capture her. So that said John made her from off the shelve parts and a few new ones John created. Keep it simple. Cameron is all machine. We have not yet seen what her design capability are. "

"Actually what I was saying was that her flirting with John made me think that she couldn't be John's daughter. Maybe I didn't word it right.

Anyway I thought it would make an interesting storyline -- not necessarily the way it will go down but interesting none the less.

As for the age difference I don't think that in the future people may be all that concerned with age difference if there isn't a lot of people left alive to choose from.

I actually agree with Balderdash when it actually comes to the show on what Cameron is - I think she's probably completely robotic -- no human parts.I just think it's interesting to look at other theories especially during hiatus."