Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has found a new interesting theme to explore. Can machines have a "soul" and are they still machines if they have a "soul"? The question is raised when the terminator Cameron starts to show some new interesting skills. We finally get to meet Doctor Silberman again, the doctor responsible for Sarahs treatment during her stay at Pescadero State Hospital. That's the mental hospital we all remember from T2. He has withdrawn from society and moved to a house up in the mountains. He still has vivid memories of what happened the day Sarah Connor escaped from the hospital. That's where the "demon hand" or the "hand of god" comes into the picture. Both Sarah and the FBI agent Ellison are looking for him. Neither doctor Silberman nor agent Ellison have the best day of their lives in this episode. Cameron is sent after Dmitri and the Turk (a chess computer). To get close to him she starts to take ballet classes from Dmitris sister. It's obvious that Summer Glau actually knows how to dance. I hope the series will explore the terminator Camerons interest in ballet and Chopin and what that implies. As Sarah says: "machines cannot appreciate beauty, they cannot create art. If they ever learn these things, they won't have to destroy us. They'll BE us." Are Cameron and the terminators turning into Cylons? Maybe she not only know how to dance - maybe she's religious too?
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