Crazy Like Fox
As a hard core sci-fi fan and lover of the Terminator franchise I have been quite enjoying the last two seasons of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox.
This series benefitted from some great writing and characterisation, and took the story and characters in directions we were never going to see in a 90-120 minute feature film. Season 2 ended with a real cliffhanger which whetted the appetite for what was to come. A lot of loose ends were tied up in that final episode to give you that “ahhhhhhhh!” moment and leave you realising you were about to be introduced to the most important part of the story arc.
And then Fox cancelled it!
Apparently it wasn’t getting the ratings, and I can’t say I am surprised. I have never understood this stupid American idea that you can just hack a series into two halves and have 2-3 months hiatus between them.
Couple this with the fact that the episodes were wandering a bit mid-season (setting up a bunch of those loose ends I mentioned) and even die-hard fans were struggling to keep up once the series resumed. New viewers must have been wondering “WTF?” and probably never bothered tuning in again after watching one episode.
Given this stupid scheduling snafu, and the wonderful story arc teaser, Fox really needed to give this one another chance.
But this is not the main reason. After the inevitable publicity the new movie is going to generate next month, wouldn’t you think new viewers would come flocking to the third season of TSCC? And in being introduced to this new story arc, would want to buy the DVD sets for the first two seasons? In short, following the release of the movie, wouldn’t you think the TV series would become a sure fire money spinner?
Or at least, if you were a TV executive, wouldn’t you want to give it one more season and find out?
I sincerely hope someone else sees the potential in this series and Fox will sell off the rights. But I am also left wondering if, BECAUSE of the new movie (and potential story arc conflicts), there is something else in store?
