Terminator: The Mousetrap

"The Mousetrap"
Series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2, Episode 3
Air date	September 22nd, 2008
Writers	John Wirth
Director	Bill Eagles
Producers	Ashley Edward Miller; Zack Stentz; John Enbom; Natalie Chaidez; Toni Graphia; Mario F. Kassar; Andrew G. Vajna; Joel B. Michaels; Jill Danton; James Middleton; John Wirth; Josh Friedman; Jessie W. Dugan; Hilton H. Smith
Starring	Lena Headey; Thomas Dekker; Summer Glau; Brian Austin Green; Garret Dillahunt; Shirley Manson; Leven Rambin; Richard T. Jones
Episode guide
Previous "Automatic for the People"	Next "Allison from Palmdale"

"The Mousetrap" is the third episode of season two of the sci-fi/action TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the twelfth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Bill Eagles with a script written by John Wirth. It first aired on the FOX Network on Monday, September 22nd, 2008.

Cast

Principal Cast

Actor	Role
Lena Headey	Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker	John Connor
Summer Glau	Cameron Phillips
Brian Austin Green	Derek Reese
Garret Dillahunt	Cromartie
Shirley Manson	Catherine Weaver
Leven Rambin	Riley Dawson
Richard T. Jones	James Ellison

Guest Starring

Actor	Role
Sonya Walger	Michelle Dixon
Busy Philipps	Kacy Corbin
Dean Winters	Charley Dixon

Co-Starring

Actor	Role
Lisa Canning	News anchor
William C. Mitchell	Pastor

Crew

Developed for television by Josh Friedman
Based on characters created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd

Ashley Edward Miller - Co-producer Zack Stentz - Co-producer John Enbom - Supervising producer Natalie Chaidez - Co-executive producer Toni Graphia - Co-executive producer Mario F. Kassar - Executive producer Andrew G. Vajna - Executive producer Joel B. Michaels - Executive producer Jill Danton - Producer

James Middleton - Executive producer John Wirth - Executive producer Josh Friedman - Executive producer Jessie W. Dugan - Co-producer Hilton H. Smith - Producer Stephen Collins - Director of photography Marek Dobrowolski - Production designer Scott H. Gamzon, A.C.E. - Editor Bear McCreary - Composer

Notes & Trivia

• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was developed for television by Josh Friedman. Based on characters created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd.
• This episode is rated TV-14.
• This episode is production code number 3T7305.
• This episode aired in the United Kingdom on Virgin 1 on November 6th, 2008.
• This episode is included on disc one of the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season DVD collection. The DVD includes audio commentary for this episode by creator Josh Friedman and executive producers James Middleton and John Wirth and actors Thomas Dekker and Summer Glau.
• Executive producer Mario Kassar is credited as Mario F. Kassar in this episode.
• Co-producer Ashley Miller is credited as Ashley Edward Miller in this episode.
• Co-producer Jessie Ward Dugan is credited as Jessie W. Dugan in this episode.
• Co-producer Hilton Smith is credited as Hilton H. Smith in this episode.
• Editor Scott Gamzon is credited as Scott H. Gamzon in this episode.
• Actor William Charles Mitchell is credited as William C. Mitchell in this episode.
• This is the second appearance of Kacy Corbin. She appeared last in "Automatic for the People".
• This is the fifth and final appearance of Sonya Walger in the role of Michelle Dixon; dies in this episode.

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Quotes

• John Connor: What are you doing?
• Cameron Phillips: This is the absolute center of the house.
• John Connor: Excellent. Good work.
• Cameron Phillips: The house is moving.
• John Connor: What?
• Cameron Phillips: Moving. The east by southeast section of the house is moving.
• John Connor: Really, where's it going?
• Cameron Phillips: Down. At a rate of 0.93 millimeters a year.
• John Connor: And what, does that effect the security system, or sight lines for the night scope? How does that effect the safety of one John Connor?
• Cameron Phillips: It doesn't. But next summer we're going to have to repaint.

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• Kacy Corbin: I've only been wanting a TV in here for a hundred years. Maybe two hundred.
• John Connor: That long, huh?
• Kacy Corbin: Well, a while. Ex-baby daddy wouldn't have one in the bedroom. Look where that got me. well, that, six beers and the rhythm method. Too much information?
• John Connor: Yeah, a bit.

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• Cameron Phillips: There's something alive up there.
• Sarah Connor: Is it something that can hurt us?
• Cameron Phillips: It's a bird. I'll kill it before it flies away.
• Sarah Connor: No.
• Cameron Phillips: Maybe later?
• Sarah Connor: Maybe never.

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• Sarah Connor: I hope you didn't steal cable for her.
• John Connor: Nobody that pregnant should be forced to watch network television. It's bad for the baby.

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• John Connor: I'm not a child anymore. I could go to the store, see a friend, or do whatever the hell else people like me do.
• Cameron Phillips: There are no other people like you.

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• Michelle Dixon: What are you doing here? I know he brought you. You didn't have to come.
• Sarah Connor: I did.
• Michelle Dixon: For Charley?
• Sarah Connor: I just did. Frankly, I thought it'd be easier. I thought you'd be dead.

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• Sarah Connor: I hope you didn't steal cable for her.
• John Connor: Nobody that pregnant should be forced to watch network television. It's bad for the baby.

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• John Connor Could've helped!
• Cameron Phillips: I don't swim.
• John Connor: Yeah, I just figured that out!

See also

Terminator Terminator films Terminator episodes Terminator characters

Terminator images Terminator appearances Terminator comic books Terminator miscellaneous

External Links

Series links

Terminator: TSCC at AMG Terminator: TSCC at IMDB Terminator: TSCC at the TV IV Terminator: TSCC at Wikipedia

Terminator: TSCC at TV.com guide Terminator: TSCC at TV Rage.com Terminator: TSCC at Themoviedb.org Terminator: TSCC at the Terminator Wiki

Episode links

"The Mousetrap" at IMDB "The Mousetrap" at the TV IV "The Moustrap" at ShareTV.com

"The Mousetrap" at TV.com guide "The Mousetrap" at TV Rage.com "The Mousetrap" at Themoviedb.org

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Season One This article pertains to an episode from season two of the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles television series. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles/Season 2 episodes category. Episodes "Samson & Delilah" • "Automatic for the People" • "The Mousetrap" • "Allison from Palmdale" • "Goodbye to All That" • "The Tower is Tall But the Fall is Short" • "Brothers of Nablus" • "Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today" • "Complications" • "Strange Things Happen at the One-Two Point" • "Self Made Man" • "Alpine Fields" • "Earthlings Welcome Here" • "The Good Wound" • "Desert Cantos" • "Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep" • "Ourselves Alone" • "Today is the Day (Part 1)" • "Today is the Day (Part 2)" • "To the Lighthouse" • "Adam Raised a Cain" • "Born to Run" Main characters Sarah Connor • John Connor • Cameron Phillips • Derek Reese • John Henry • Catherine Weaver • Riley Dawson • James Ellison Supporting characters Matt Murch • Jesse Flores • Charley Dixon • Armando Bonilla • Ed Winston • Savannah Weaver • Michelle Dixon • Kacy Corbin • Kyle Reese