By Daniel
Derek has a bunch more "war is hell" moments and flashbacks, while John learns that Bedell is feeling the pressure from a full family tree of war heroes and other hyper-successful men. All he wants to do is run, a sentiment that resonates with John, who's conflicted, because he knows he needs Martin to finish school head to West Point and help fight the Terminators, but in present day he wants to encourage Martin to run away and be with his girlfriend. Whu-tish! (That's the approximate sound of a whip cracking.)
Meanwhile, Agent Ellison has his first assignment from Catherine Weaver: investigate the supposed meltdown at Serrano a couple weeks ago. He discovers a lot of inconsistencies as to what happened and by whom and such, and he's not the only one asking questions: so's the plant manager, who says any problems could delay the plant's opening year. Ellison tells Weaver, who winds up seducing the plant manager and killing him, but considering the black-haired bar hound Catherine turned herself into, I'm guess it was completely worth it. But really, if you have someone asking questions about a supposed meltdown, is killing him actually going to ensure that certain timelines are adhered to?
Cameron figures the T-888 must be on the trail of military cadet Martin Bedell, because the trail's gone cold on the obnoxious videogame player. So Derek's warned that the Terminator is probably on it its way to the military school, which I guess justifies his using the other cadets in a war-game simulation that isn't really much of a simulation at all. The cadets serve as an early-warning system when it comes to the approach of the T-888, giving John and Derek time to set up an ambush that ends up with the Terminator shot and stuck in some handy tar pits. They thermite his metal ass, just around the same time that the other Martin Bedell is reading The Wizard of Ox to Sarah. The part about the wicked witch melting comes at just the right time to serve as a metaphor, but I can't help thinking that the younger Martin Bedell is having the time of his life with two hot older females looking after his every whim.
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