A T-888 is sent back to kill a young man who will become one
of John's most important lieutenants in the Resistance.
Martin Bedell (Resistance fighter in the future, dies in a
flash-forward in this episode)
P. Bain, I. Baker, A. Bales, D. Benjamin, N. Boll, J.
Brinkman, T. Briones (students at
Presidio Alto Military Academy)
Mr. Nelson (dies in this episode)
Beck, Darrow, Cleary, Evans, Ryan, Stent, Livie (cadets at
Presidio Alto Academy)
Mr. and Mrs. Bedell (Marty's parents)
Didja Notice?
Derek's
Beretta 92FS handgun is seen on the kitchen table as
he's explaining Martin Bedell's death at the beginning of
the episode.
The newspaper featuring the article about Bedell's death
also has a headline about new Glendale city clerk Razari.
Glendale
is a city in Los Angeles County. Razari appears to be a
fictitious city clerk.
When Sarah suggests that it's just a coincidence that a
different Martin Bedell was killed in their 2007 timeline,
Derek asks her, "How many coincidences named Sarah Connor
got killed, before Skynet finally locked in on you?" The
answer is at least three Sarah Connors have been killed in
the PopApostle Terminator chronology: two in
The Terminator and
a third in
"One Shot" (though our Connors are not aware of the
third one).
Derek says that Bedell attended West Point and helped John
put the Resistance together. "West Point" is the popular name
for the
United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
John finds through an online search that the "real" Bedell
is currently attending Presidio Alto Military Academy prep
school in
Carlsbad, CA. This is a fictitious institution though
there is an Army and Navy Academy military prep school for
junior high and high school boys in Carlsbad. "P. Alto" was
one of the names written in blood by the dying Resistance
member in the Connors' basement in
"Automatic for the
People".
At 3:28 on the Blu-ray, we see that the Connors' Dodge Ram
pickup is equipped with the Rambox, a storage space within
the truck's walls for secure storage of items. However, the
Rambox was not introduced until the 2009 Ram model, while
the story takes place in 2007 (but was filmed in 2008 after
the model was released).
During the drive down to Carlsbad, Derek remarks to John
that he hasn't said anything since
Anaheim,
"40 miles of silence." But the map on the pickup's GPS shows
they are on Interstate 405 approaching the Costa Mesa
Freeway, less than 20 miles from Anaheim.
Catherine Weaver and James discuss Serrano Point Nuclear
Power Plant, which Weaver has an interest in. The plant was
previously seen in
"Automatic for the
People".
The school sign seen at 5:29 on the Blu-ray states that
Presidio Alto Military Academy was founded in 1895. It can
be seen here that the mounted letters of "MILITARY ACADEMY"
are not quite aligned properly, indicating that the sign is
a hastily made prop for the episode.
A
Schwinn bicycle is seen parked at the bike rack on the
Academy grounds at 5:48 on the Blu-ray.
At 5:50-6:00 on the Blu-ray, the production does a good job
of avoiding having the production crew reflected in the
shiny black paint of the Connors' Dodge Ram...but some
crewmembers and equipment can just be made out in the
reflection on the chrome casing of the vehicle's sideview
mirror!
At 6:00 on the Blu-ray, Derek parks next to what appears to
be a Ford M151 'MUTT' jeep utility vehicle, produced for the
U.S. Army from 1959-1982 by Ford, Kaiser Motors, and AMC
General.
Derek's memories of future battles depict the Resistance's
Hammerhead Bunker and Kansas Bunker.
In
Derek's memories of the future, Kyle refers to Terminators as
"tin cans".
Kyle tells Derek the convoy will move down Wilshire to
Century in the next hour.
Wilshire and Century are major boulevards in Los Angeles.
At the Academy, General Hobbs tells Derek he lost one of his
TACS a couple weeks ago, a teacher-advisor who kept the
students from going "all Lord of the Flies on us."
TAC stands for a member of a Tactical Apprehension and
Containment team.
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by William
Golding about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited
island and their regression to a primitive, savage state.
Does anyone know what this
flag is, seen on the wall of Marty's living room at 9:28
on the Blu-ray? It's similar to the war ensign of the
Republic of Texas from 1836-1839, but has fewer stripes.
About 12 seconds later, another flag, looking like an early
U.S. flag is seen hanging above the fireplace mantel, but it
has too few stripes, only 10 (while all official U.S. flags
have had 13).
At 9:38 on the Blu-ray, Marty has to pause his video game
when the doorbell rings, saying, "I got to A.F.K., a
minute."
A.F.K. is a term used in online video game play, standing
for "Away from keyboard."
The .45 Longslide (with laser sight)
pistol used by the T-888 while targeting Marty is an AMT
Hardballer variant, a stainless steel clone of the Colt
M1911 pistol, made by Arcadia Machine & Tool, a firearms
manufacturer now owned by High Standard Manufacturing
Company. The T-800 in
The Terminator also used one.
The rifles used at the shooting range at the academy are
Colt M16A2s. The SPORTS mnemonic John uses to aid Cadet Pyle
in clearing a jam in the weapon is one actually used in the
military, standing for "Slap, Pull, Observe, Release, Tap,
Shoot".
Pyle refers to John as a "pleb", a term used among higher
level students at U.S. military academies for a freshman. It
comes from the term used in ancient Rome for common
lower-class citizens.
At 15:17 on the Blu-ray, Derek has a
Barrett
M82 sniper rifle slung on his back.
When John steps into a small seep of tar at 15:41 on the
Blu-ray, Derek tells him to be careful, "It's tar. La
brea." It may sound as if he's speaking of the La Brea
Tar Pits, over 90 miles away from the academy in
Carlsbad...but he's actually just using the Spanish word for
"tar", la brea.
At 25:12 on the Blu-ray, Marty's parents are interviewed on
KPFW television in Los Angeles. This is a fictitious L.A.
station, though there is a Spanish language religious TV
station with those call letters in Dallas, Texas.
Books seen on the Connors' bookshelf at 26:18 on the Blu-ray
are Intimacy, Ultrametabolism,
PowerLiving by Jake by Jake Steinfeld; The Complete
Cancer Cleanse by Cherie Calbom and John Calbom;
Final Sanction; Forbidden Desire;
Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for
Consumers by Ronnie Cummins, Frances Moore Lappé and
Ben Lilliston; Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda by
Joe Alexander; and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L.
Frank Baum. These are all real books.
"The Final Battle"
Part 9 reveals that The Wizard of Oz is one of
John's favorite movies; of course, the Connors have also
adopted the last name "Baum" as their identities in The
Sarah Connor Chronicles.
The copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz seen
here appears to be an original edition (or facsimile) of the
1899 first printing of the book. If an original, it would
actually be worth quite a bit of money!
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Cameron remarks that
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is John's favorite book.
Ellison visits the Busted Atom, the same bar near Serrano
Point nuclear power plant that was seen in
"Automatic for the
People".
Oddly, one of the notices posted on the bulletin board at
the
Busted Atom appears to be an authorization to perform
surgery on someone by a Dr. Carl Vucelich. Vucelich was a
character played by actor Ron Rifkin in several episodes of
the 1994-2009 TV series E.R.
At 29:18 on the Blu-ray, Derek loads his Barrett M82 with
Raufoss Mk 211 ammunition rounds.
Raufoss Mk 211 is a real world .50 caliber projectile. Derek
remarks that he saw Kyle take down an HK with that round and
that Kyle liked it better than his plasma rifle.
Derek tells John a story about he and Kyle coming across a
buck in
Griffith Park while they were hunting for food during
the future war.
Catherine Weaver remarks to Ellison that she would like to
see her company lead the world into the next century. This
might imply that the T-1001 would like to prevent Judgment
Day. Later episodes hint that she seeks to create an
artificial intelligence in the current time period that can
stand against Skynet.
At the
Busted Atom, Nelson tries to tell the bartender that all the
beers he's drinking are for his heart, referencing the
"French paradox". The French paradox is a term that
originated in the 1980s, about how the French people have a
lower incidence of coronary heart disease, despite the fact
that they tend to have a diet high in saturated fats, which
medical studies otherwise suggest causes heart disease. Some
researchers have suggested that the French people's high
rate of ingestion of wine may be a mitigating factor.
As Nelson and a female bar patron (the T1001) make out
outside of the
Busted Atom, an old advertisement painted on the wall reads
"Drink Weddington's Philadelphia" something. Whatever it is,
it appears to be a fictitious beverage.
Sarah's description of the differences between the book and
film versions of
The Wizard of Oz to Marty is accurate.
Notice throughout the Academy scenes that the ammo clips in
the rifles have blue tape at the bottom. This is to indicate
that the clips are loaded with blank rounds.
The Resistance members seem to often refer to HK tanks as
"ogres".
At 46:04 on the Blu-ray, the bus Marty gets on has a sign
indicating it is headed for Studio City.
Studio City is a neighborhood of Los Angeles.
At 50:13 on the Blu-ray, a box of Club crackers is seen on
the kitchen cabinet in the Connor house. This is a brand of
crackers made by
Keebler.
Memorable Dialog
how many coincidences named Sarah Connor got killed.mp3
scale of 1 to 10.mp3
make it stop, reconsider its life choices.mp3
before the nightmare begins.mp3
your professional robot opinion.mp3
blow its head off.mp3
I'm working on it.mp3
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