Sarah makes arrangements to purchase the Turk.
This was the final episode of season one, though it wasn't
intended to be. The writers' strike of
2007-2008 prevented the production of the final four episodes of
the season.
Mr. Bianchi (science teacher)
Didja Notice?
The episode opens with a flash-forward scene of the Judgment
Day of this timeline, April 21, 2011. Derek says that Kyle
was 8 years old at the time.
Sarah and Cameron go to the Wi-Fi'd It internet cafe to meet Sarkissian.
This appears to be a fictitious business.
John's remarks about Moore's Law are accurate. Moore's Law
was first described by American businessman and co-founder of
Intel, Gordon Moore in 1965.
At 4:18 in the episode, one of the internet cafe patrons is
looking at a website that is <something>SpyderBuddies.
Sarkissian messages Sarah to meet up at the Valley Square
Mall food court if she's interested in buying the Turk.
This is a fictitious mall in Los Angeles that appeared
previously in "Gnothi Seauton".
Agent Ellison correctly states that the Bible
quotes he makes to Charley are from the Book of
Revelation.
Charley tells Agent Ellison that Agent Kester already
visited him asking him the same questions. "Agent Kester" is
an alias Cromartie used previously in
"Queen's Gambit".
A 1963
Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe with CA license plate
4PCI178 is seen parked in Carlos' driveway at 7:13 in the
episode (we see "Chola" driving it later in the episode). Sarkissian's representative pulls up in a 2006
Lincoln
Town Car seconds later.
Carlos and his friends are watching television on a
Sony TV.
Does anyone know what it is that Carlos and his friends are
watching on television at 7:41 in the episode? It appears to
show a stop-motion animation creature on motorized wheels
racing through a miniature factory setting. It looks like
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The sword in Carlos' living room is supposedly from the Los
Niños Héroes battle during the defense of Chapultepec
Castle. This was an actual battle in 1847 during the
Mexican–American War.
Los Niños Héroes (The Boy Heroes) were six Mexican teenage
military cadets who died defending Mexico City from U.S.
forces.
Derek tells Sarah that the first day after he and the other
resistance members jumped back to 2007, they spent the
entire day at the Century City Mall food court and ate until
they puked. He says that in the future, the mall is a
concentration camp. There is no mall by that actual name,
but he may be referring to
Westfield Century City, an outdoor shopping mall in
Century City.
Century City is a business and upper-scale residential
district in Los Angeles.
At 12:28 in the episode, notice that the food cart behind
Sarah and Derek has the single-serving bags of chips turned
backward at the top of the hanging display to keep the
product logos hidden! I've noticed most of the food and
cleaning products, etc. seen in homes in the series also
tend to have the labels turned away or obscured. I guess the
production didn't want to give free promotion if they could
help it!
At 12:32 in the episode, notice that the food cart menu has
"cold drinks" misspelled as "cold dinks".
Derek pulls a
Beretta
92FS on the stand-in Sarkissian at Sarah's house.
John's
class goes on a high school field trip to the
Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County in this episode.
Morris tries to tell Cameron, but ends up telling John, that
he has a download of Hatful of Hollow and John says
he loves the Smiths.
Hatful of Hollow
is a 1984 album by the English rock group the Smiths.
Apparently, the thug working for Sarkissian drove a 2007
Mercedes-Benz CLS 550 with CA license plate UZ9952,
because that is the vehicle in the trunk of which Cameron
tosses his body after dispatching him. The black car parked
next to it with CA license plate 4PCI310 is a
BMW 318i;
this same license plate is seen in a
later
episode on a
truck Sarah confiscates in "Samson and Delilah"!
Morris asks Cameron if she will go to the Prom with him and
she agrees (with John's prompting). But the Prom does not
come until the end of the school year and we know it's the
beginning of the school year, September or October at this
point, so why would he ask her now? If anything, he should
be asking her to Homecoming. Not to mention, the prom is
usually reserved for junior and senior students (the last
two years of high school for a student) and John is only 16
at this point, so probably just a sophomore. Is Morris a
year ahead of him?
When "Chola" arrives at the Connor house, she has blood
stains on her shirt. After witnessing something going down
at Carlos' house from across the street, she must have
waited for the stand-in Sarkissian and his thug to leave,
then went inside to find the slaughtered men. Possibly, she
tried to help Carlos or one of the others and he died in her
arms.
The FBI (Federal
Bureau of Investigation) seal seen on the computer
screen at 18:16 in the episode is the actual seal used by
the FBI. Notice the motto printed on it is "Fidelity,
Bravery, Integrity" also forms the initials of FBI!
After tailing the stand-in Sarkissian, Derek reports that he
lost him at the Cahuenga Pass.
CCahuenga Pass is the lowest pass through the Santa Monica
mountains; the 101 Freeway (Hollywood Freeway) runs through
it.
At 21:12 in the episode, "Chola" drives the Impala to a stop
in front of Nina's Vintage Clothing. This appears to be a
fictitious business. Business stickers for
American Express and
MasterCard credit cards appear to be on the glass door
of the shop.
At 23:26 in the episode, a package of Dixie paper hot dog
trays is seen on the shelf behind the little girl.
At 24:00 in the episode, Iris paper towels and Sequana
drinking water are seen on the shelf next to Cameron. Both
are brands sold by Smart & Final warehouse stores.
The stand-in Sarkissian holds a
Glock 17
pistol on John. Agent Ellison also carries one during the
FBI raid at the end of the episode, as does Cromartie.
At 24:20 in the episode a box of StayLock containers is seen
on a shelf in the back hallway of Wi-Fi'd It.
The FBI file seen at 27:21 in the episode reveals that
Cromartie's alias of Agent Kester has the first name Robert.
The CA license plate of Ellison's car is seen to be 5Q49980.
The car is a 2007
Chrysler
Sebring.
The agents who accompany Ellison to Cromartie's apartment
complex arrive in 2007
Jeep
Commanders.
The song that plays over the action at the end of the
episode is "The Man Comes Around" (2002) by Johnny Cash. It
features several references to the Book of Revelation.
The ambulance Charley drives is a model made by
Horton Emergency Vehicles. It has CA license plate
2IAB345. This same license plate has appeared on various
vehicles in other TV series such as MacGyver and
Lost.
The FBI team that storms Cromartie's apartment carry
Heckler & Koch
MP5A2 submachine guns.
At 42:00 in the episode, the air bubbles from the sinking
FBI agent in the pool are moving in reverse, back
into his mouth! Obviously the shot was filmed with him
rising and then reversed.
Besides the Glock, Cromartie is carrying a Colt M1911A1
rifle as he leaves the apartment complex.
At the end of the episode, Sarah's voiceover remarks on
events in Lord of the Flies. This is a 1954 novel
by English author William Golding about a group of boys
stranded on an island and their descent into savagery.
The image of Sarkissian's passport at the end of the episode
shows that he was born January 22, 1973 in
Yerevan,
Armenia. Additionally, what must be an expiration date or
something for the passport is dated March 2, 20015 instead
of 2015!
Unanswered Questions
Does Morris take Cameron to the Prom? We never find out, as
this episode was the last time Morris was seen or mentioned
in the series! This is largely due to the writers strike of
2007-2008 which prevented episodes 10-13 of this season from
being completed; the character was completely dropped
without explanation in the second season.
WWhy does Cromartie spare Ellison? It is later implied in
"The Mousetrap" that Cromartie spared Ellison because he
might lead the Terminator to the Connors at some point in
the future.
Memorable Dialog
harder than nuclear nails.mp3
counteroffer.mp3
is this your car?.mp3
the wall would be much faster.mp3
she's got murder in her eyes.mp3
your mom's his type.mp3
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