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You know, despite all the DRAMATIC things that happened in the Sarah-Charlie-John storyline - and there were many! - I, I still kind of found myself more compelled by everything that was happening in the John Henry storyline. Possibly this is predictable, given that:

1. John Henry and Savannah PLAY WITH DUCKS, and
2. Ellison, Catherine, and Savannah are very, very clearly visually set up as a Family Unit(TM), which is kind of fabulous, and
3. Continuity continuity continuity! And now I am all hopeful that Teresa Dyson will make a recurrence.
4. JOHN HENRY THINKS HE IS JESUS. I FIND THIS HILARIOUS BEYOND WORDS.

Um. Not that I am not sorry that Charlie is dead! Or that I did not get all nervous at the breast cancer fakeout, although I cannot decide whether I think that was a great subversion of expectations, or far too much coincidence (seriously, they decide to inject the tracker into her breast? Who does that?) But the Charlie thing was not really a surprise, and I am made sad by Sarah and John individually growing more isolated as the rest of the cast grows closer together (see: wacky Derek-Cameron bonding exercise! I am filing that into the same category as 'life-changing field trip with Zuko'.) One of the tensions of the story has always been whether or not John has to grow isolated in order to grow into a leader, but . . . Sarah started off isolated, and despite her BFF-of-the-week, she's grown more and more isolated as the show goes on. And, unlike with John, there's no one who consistently tries to get her to break out of that isolation.

That's maybe why I keep wanting the BFFs-of-the-week to stick around, why I want Sarah and Ellison to interact, why I wouldn't mind even Derek and Sarah growing closer at this point, although it wouldn't be my personal favorite dynamic. Someone's got to at least try and break through Sarah's barriers. And it's not going to be John - her role is to try and protect him and prevent his isolation, not vice versa. This is the Sarah Connor Chronicles, it's about her development too; I really want her to have a lasting, strong dynamic with a non-John person, and I keep hoping the show will give it to me.

In the meantime, Team Weaver keeps interacting in different and interesting ways and is becoming this close-if-bizarre family unit (John Henry: "Let's be friends!" Ellison: "NO. I mean, maybe. I mean, what? :/") and that may be why it's the most fascinating part of the show right now for me. Also, how adorable John Henry is when playing with toys.