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"Gnothi Seauton" is the second episode of season one of the science fiction/action TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which is based on the popular Terminator film series created by James Cameron back in 1984. The episode was directed by David Nutter with a script written by series developer Josh Friedman. It first aired on the FOX Network on Friday, January 14th, 2008 at 8:00 pm.

Synopsis
John, Sarah and their new Terminator companion, Cameron, have been in the year 2007 for three days now. John is getting impatient as Sarah will not let him leave the house. She still needs to get them fake papers so they can forge new identities for themselves. Sarah says that she is going to track down Enrique. Cameron reveals that there are other resistance fighters operating in this time era. Sarah orders Cameron to help her track them down.

They arrive at the resistance fighters' safe house, but everyone appears to be dead. One of the bodies however, is a T-888 playing possum. The machine leaps up and Cameron and he begin fighting. The fight carries out onto the street and Sarah steals a motorcycle to run it down. Cameron however, is hit by an oncoming vehicle however, and the Terminator escapes.

Sarah and Cameron then go to see Enrique. Enrique is overjoyed to see Sarah, but tells her that is no longer in the business of making fake I.D.s. He is, by his own word, "El Finito". He refers Sarah to his nephew, Carlos.

They go to a rough looking barrio where Sarah talks with Carlos. He tells her that fake papers will cost her $20,000, but Sarah doesn't have anything like that type of money. During their conversation, Sarah learns about the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11th, 2001. While Sarah deals with Carlos, Cameron waits outside. She begins imitating the posture and gestures of a member of Carlos' group named Chola.

Back at the house, John continues to go stir crazy. He passes the time by making up voice mail messages for his phone. Frustrated and bored, he decides to leave. He goes to an electronics store, where he avails himself of all the advancements in computer technology. While surfing the web, John learns about Charley Dixon and his current whereabouts.

John sneaks out and goes to Charley's house. He is not home, and John looks at his family photos. When Charley arrives, he is shocked to see John, who is nervous, as the world currently believes that Sarah and he died in the bank robbery in 1997. Charley tries to talk to him, but John panics and flees the house.

Later, Sarah and Cameron meet back up with John. They all drive back out to the resistance fighters' safe house where John finds a wall safe. Inside, they discover money, as well as diamonds, which Sarah then uses to purchase the fake credentials. Returning to Carlos' house, she overhears Carlos refer to his uncle as a rat, a snitch. This infuriates Sarah.

Sarah and Cameron return to Enrique's place. Pointing a gun at his head, she demands to know what Carlos was talking about. Enrique tells her that he was informed the Feds of the whereabouts of a man who had once kidnapped a woman and drove her from Oregon in the trunk of his car. Sarah is unsure if she can trust him at this point. Cameron takes the initiative and shoots Enrique to death. She defends her action by stating that he could have been lying.

Meanwhile, a construction worker finds the robotic skull of the Cromartie Terminator and takes it home. The skull comes to life and transmits a signal to its body, which is buried in a junk heap. The body rises and goes off to reconnect with its head.

Notes & Trivia

 * "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Gnothi Seauton" and "Gnothi Seauton" both redirect to this page.


 * This episode is rated TV-14.


 * This episode is production code number 3T6851.


 * This episode is included on disc one of the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season DVD collection.


 * This series was developed for television by Josh Friedman.


 * Executive producer Mario Kassar is credited as Mario F. Kassar in this episode.