Check out Variety’s review of ep 3. So awesome! Comparing it to Small Wonder is hard core, man! That’s why they make the big bux. I can’t find it, but I think the ratings for this one were way, way, waaaay down. Prolly won’t make it.

The scenes with the “bad” terminator holding hostage the scientist to regrow his skin and skin tissue was creeeepy. And effective.

The second ep was a little better than the first, but I still didn’t love it. I *think* that the FBI guy is kinda starting to be a believer - you see it in his face after he hears about the robot arnold blowing the school. But you’re totally right that it’s completely ridiculous that pretty much the whole robot is left behind (obviously, since the head can reassemble himself in the future) and nobody notices that “Hey this is a super advanced robot” in the crime scene and just shovel it all into a dump. WTF? Sigh.

Still, I hope the show gets better! I’ll watch it for a few more, I think.

I thought that the choice of terminators sent back to protect John was a funny one. They could have sent a big, brawny terminator a la Arnold in T2, but instead they send a lithe, young woman who often wears miniskirts. Even without the stylish clothing and nice hair, she’s easily my favorite character on the show simply because she’s so much more interesting than either John or Sarah.

Some parts that were illogical: why is the FBI so hot to get Sarah Connor when there’s a “bad” terminator going into a school and a bank and shooting things up? There has been no indication that the police are making a bona fide effort to get this guy. The scene where he tears open his thigh to get the gun stashed in his leg was outrageous. I guess that makes it more interesting than if he had just stashed it in his briefcase or pocket. And the construction guy finding the terminator head and a dismembered hand killing another construction worker. Shouldn’t the police check that out? You know CSI would find the homocidal arm and conclude that it’s made of material not of this earth or time. Now that there’s actual evidence that objects from the future are on present day earth weakens the psychology story with respect to Sarah. The cops think she’s crazy even though she’s telling the “truth.” With proof of the future on earth, that angle goes out the window. Anyway, that’s a departure from the film I think.