"Yes, I am, one of those who said it was realistic. snip... I'm as pissed off as anyone. BUT this does not detract from the realism.
I would, for example, absolutely despise it, if they offed Cameron in a sort of the-T-must-die=canon BS. ... "Resurrecting" Cameron won't do. She is the once and future. No other will do; as this would be a total negation of the premise.
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"His own story? Not exactly. This isn't some solo fantasy for Mssr. Friedman to take with him into the bathroom at night. It's a commercial work of fiction - science fiction, at that - whose purpose should be to interest and reward viewers. That means viewers can and should have expectations about logic, consistency, taste, character development, ... a host of criteria that distinguish talented writing from slop.
You may feel unqualified to dictate such matters to Josh Friedman. That's your prerogative and from your comments, I'd say you're right. But I prefer not to abrogate my privilege as a critical viewer to pass judgment on whatever I please, in this case, on ill-conceived and poorly executed writing.
What condemns this episode more than anything else is the fact that it has alienated so many loyal fans. Whatever "artistic" merit it may or may not have, it's a suicidal tactic for a television series (especially one at risk of cancellation) and therefore, for the umpteenth time, STUPID!"

"I agree with you.

I do think if they were going to kill him it would have been just a tad betterif he spotted the T-888 and got a shot off first to the dome, but it just bounced off: shoot Glock (mm's at it isn't going to do much damage. Meanwhile the shot it fires back will take you out.

This would have given every scene more peril as small arms fire against a tank is not a fiar fight: the Conners might as well throw rocks at it, that's about how much "protection" they have in their hands."

"Thank you! I completely and absolutely agree! And what sucks so much is that I feel so dirtied by how this was handled, like all of the time I spent defending this show and being so optimistic, it was for nothing. If JF can do this to Derek, who really isn't a major character, but one a lot of fans do care about, and in such a totally unbelievable manner, what hope is there? Derek would have NEVER come out of cover like that, with a T in the area, NEVER, and this is what Josh and his crew created, and yet we have to believe he would why?

I have never. ever loved a show as much as this one and now I am finally in the boat of many who see how much potential has just been pissed away, and for what?"

"Actually I intend not to watch the show anymore - I'm fed up with the incompetent writing - and from the ratings it's clear that a lot of initial viewers and fans have made the same choice. Want to see examples of good writing? Try watching "Breaking Bad." You don't see heavily invested characters snuffed there, purely for infantile" shock value." If Josh Friedman subscribes to your idiotic stand that it's "his show(!)" alone and no one else's business, then he deserves to wind up sitting in his bathroom reading unproduced scripts. Maybe you can join him there."

"It truly hurts me to say this, but right now, I really don't care if they get another season, because quite frankly, I don't think that JF knows how to follow through with an awesome thing when he's got one. He has missed SOOOO many opportunities, and it's not just with Derek, but with ALL of the lost/dropped story lines and to be honest, now I don't even put it past him to destroy Cameron and even though I'm not a shipper, I'm not dumb enough to fail to see that is where the viewers come in.

I am so sad and yet, this is the exact reason why I don't get into serialized tv. Josh, my eyes have been opened and you ruined the best thing out there. I will not EVER watch another show of yours if you do not pull some kind of tv miracle and redeem yourself. "