First Hints at Sarah Connor Season Two

Posted by bob in News on July 6th, 2008

With the second season currently in production, the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles spoke with E!’s Kristin Veitch about what’s in store.  First, despite the horrific explosion at the end of the first season, of course Summer Glau returns as the Terminator.  After all, she nabbed the Saturn Award for best supporting actress and is too much fun to leave out.

Glau mentioned that “Cameron definitely has some issues after the explosion. And everybody changes after the first episode.”

News includes the fact that Garret Dillahunt and his Cromartie character have been upgraded to series regular status. “I like him,” the actor said of his T-888 alter ego. “They’re really not bad guys—they’re doing their job. He has no hate in him. He’s like: ‘Look, it’s my job, sorry…Gotta snap your neck.’ “

Series showrunner Josh Friedman commented on Cameron’s emerging personality.  “I think sometimes she does when it suits her. Last year she learned how to paint her nails, and she’s learned how to wear miniskirts and exploit her legs for attention.”

He went on to note that, “I think if there were somebody else in John’s life that could cause strategic problems, I think that’s almost like jealousy, and she would work to eliminate that threat. I think we may see some of that this year.”

Perhaps the biggest change to the series will be the arrival of Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson as a regular.  Friedman dished as to how that happened. “Shirley and [my wife] Christine are actually old friends, so it’s kind of cheating,” he admitted. “I would tell Christine, ‘Oh, you’re having lunch with Shirley, tell her I want her on the show.’ We had no idea what to do with her. We just thought it’d be fun to have her. Then this year, I had written this part and I thought, let’s see if she can come in and do it. But it’s a pretty big part, so Shirley—like anybody else—had to go through the whole audition process.”

The first series will be run as a marathon beginning in August with the second season ready to kick off on September 8.