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Dr._Allison_Cameron
Dr._Allison_Cameron
171. RE: John went across time for Cameron... so what?
Aug 27 2009, 5:22 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 27 2009, 5:22 PM EDT
Let me throw out some of my own opinions. Step back and look at the arc of John’s feelings about Cameron.

At the first high school, he was intrigued by her as a pretty classmate who appears interested in him. When she saves his life, he is grateful. And when she shows her abilities, he is impressed. When she stays with him and keeps him at the center of her attention, he is pleased. Outside, intellectually, he tells himself she is a just a robot and he shouldn’t feel an attraction.

Inside, emotionally, he falls in love with her, but he probably doesn’t even realize it. But she knows how he feels inside. And she uses it against him in Samson and Delilah when she says, “I love you, John, and you love me.” Suddenly, appallingly, he not only realizes that this is true, but he also realizes that this machine knows it better than he himself. He is hurt. She has used his humanity against him. His weakness is his love.

He fights against this throughout the rest of season 2. He is conflicted about Cameron, and he sought shelter and solace with Riley. But to no avail. With Riley gone and Sarah taken away, he is alone with Cameron when she breaks him. On the bed, touching, faces inches apart, looking into her big, liquid eyes, he cuts her open and feels inside – a terribly intimate act. She tells him it’s time to go, but his feelings have just swelled up and filled all of his thoughts. At this point, he cannot leave her.

Seeing her deactivated in the Zeira Corp. basement was more than he could take. Grasping at straws, he chooses to jump with Weaver, only to find himself completely emasculated with nothing. Tragic. Love has stolen everything from him . . . 9  out of 9 found this valuable. Do you?