Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles/Fridge: Difference between revisions

== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ==

* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' is often brilliant, but one moment that stands out in my mind came after Jesse {{spoiler|killed Riley}}. She went to a bar, started drinking heavily, then picked a fight with a bunch of USAF personnel. I assumed she was just acting out because she was depressed about what she'd done; it was only half an hour later that I realized she started the fight to have an explanation for the bruises on her face.

* Another moment in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' came earlier in the series when {{spoiler|Riley}} slashes her wrists. John reacts with immediate concern and horror, while Cameron only looks on, nonchalant. At this point, the audience is thinking, "Wow, what a cold metal bitch!", especially when you remember Cameron has already seen a successful suicide attempt and reacted with visible surprise. Fridge Brilliance becomes evident when you realize not only has Cameron been reading enough about suicide to know about deliberately unsuccessful attempts preceding an actual attempt (the "cry for help" stage), but also as a Terminator she has "detailed files" on human anatomy and has been witnessed performing surgeries and making diagnoses of illnesses and injuries. So the reason why she's unconcerned is because ''she knows the wounds are non-lethal and just to get John's attention''. Bravo writers, for sneakily providing a much more subtly in-character explanation than simple depraved indifference.

** There's also a sequel to this brilliance; even though {{spoiler|Riley later admits the wounds really were to get John's attention, her behavior around Jesse hints that it was actually an attempt to get ''hers''.}}

 

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