There are common themes that run through all literature, film and theatrre, the last estimate puts it at seven basic plots, which are variations on the hero cycle as first investigated by the late Joseph Campbell. It is adherence with these common threads that creates a bond with the audience and resonates with that part of them called race memory.

This page is just my attempt to examine some of the common themes that I've noticed with the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Feel free to disagree, change and otherwise pull to pieces.

The Journey theme.

First mentioned in the second episode where Sarah makes a sarcastic comment abou Cameron being the tin man . Cameron looks askance at her but lets the comment pass by until the last few moments when she says , "I know what the tin man is," and before Sarah can reply she cuts straight to the heart of the matter. Instead of saying what the tin man is, she says what the tin man needed. "He needed a heart." In this snatch of conversation we get an idea of Cameron's secret agenda. There may be other secret agendas but this is one that picques her curiosity. She goes onto explain that future John used to talk about it a lot and it was his favourite story.

Now the Wizard of Oz has three main characters, the cowardly lion, the straw man and the tin man, I've not left out Dorothy but she comes later. The cowardly lion would equate to John Connor, both need courage, the straw man needs a brain, as does Sarah Connor because she tends to rush straight in without thinking. Cameron is the tin man, she needs a heart. I'm thinking Dorothy on a larger scale is the human race, propelled for the most part unkowingly on this journey to the Emerald City, the promised land?

The keystone to this lies in their new last name in the second episode, Baum after the writer of the Wizard of Oz and their former home state?
Kansas.

I don't know how closely the writers will adhere to this theme, there are definite references to the apocalypse as Agent James Ellison has pointed outbut it is an example of what I would like to see on this page. If you've seen a theme or plot device that has echoes in either popular fiction, movies or literature then feel free to throw your doodlings on this page.

Looking forward to reading comments and critiques.
Cheers,
Alastair