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词条 Self Made Man (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Production

  3. Reception

  4. References

  5. External links

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| title = Self Made Man
| series = The Sarah Connor Chronicles
| season = 2
| episode = 11
| airdate = {{start date|2008|12|01}}
| length =
| production =
| writer = Toni Graphia
| director = Holly Dale
| producer = Ashley Edward Miller
Zack Stentz[1]
| editor =
| music = Bear McCreary[1]
| photographer = Stephen Collins[3]
| guests = * Billy Lush as Eric
  • Oren Dayan as Mike Silver
  • Todd Stashwick as Myron Stark / T-888

| episode_list = List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles episodes
| prev = Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point
| next = Alpine Fields
}}

"Self Made Man" is the 20th episode (11th of the second season) of the United States television series The Sarah Connor Chronicles (T:TSCC). Aired on {{start date|2008|12|01}},[2] "Self Made Man" explores Cameron's nighttime activities of enlisting help to research a Terminator's presence in the past, as well as John Connor's continuing relationship with Riley Dawson.

Plot

Written by Toni Graphia,[3] the plot of "Self Made Man" consists of two separate storylines.

While the Connors sleep, Cameron (Summer Glau) secretly visits the library and her friend, bone cancer survivor and nighttime library attendant, Eric (Billy Lush); it's revealed that Cameron has been doing this regularly to improve her human disguise and infiltration capabilities.[4] After discovering the 1920 photograph of a T-888 model Terminator (Todd Stashwick), Cameron uses the library's resources to deduce that it time travelled to the wrong date. The T-888, having accidentally killed the architect of a downtown landmark (Pico Tower) crucial to its original mission of assassinating the governor of California in 2010, it invented a new identity: 1920s Los Angeles realty magnate, Myron Stark. As Stark, the T-888 funded and designed the building itself before ensconcing itself inside a wall to wait for New Year's Eve 2010. Returning to the library after finding and tending to Stark, Cameron damages her relationship with Eric by revealing to him that his cancer has returned; the following night however, Eric is missing, but Cameron is unconcerned and succeeds in wooing the new attendant with the doughnuts she had brought for Eric.

Simultaneously with Cameron's escapades, John (Thomas Dekker) also sneaks out of the house, responding to a phone call from Riley Dawson (Leven Rambin). Meeting her at a house party in Van Nuys, they leave after John beats up the host (Oren Dayan) for accosting Riley—who stole his lighter. Driving to a vista overlooking Los Angeles, John and Riley discuss their relationship and supposed foster family backgrounds. The official T:TSCC blog revealed that John Connor's fight was written knowing that he's still dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder and having killed Margos Sarkissian earlier in the season.[5]

Production

"Self Made Man" is the third T:TSCC episode written by Toni Graphia, whereas it was director Holly Dale's first foray into the Terminator franchise.[5]