History Recap / TerminatorTheSarahConnorChroniclesS1E9WhatHeBeheld

When no one shows at either of the meeting places, Sarah and Derek head home to find the hitman there. He does not intend to sell them The Turk, knows they are fugitives, and increases his blackmail price to $2 million. He explains that he has a hitman tracking John and Cameron on their field trip, and a dead man's switch arrangement for himself, to ensure that he can leave freely. Cameron quickly dispatches the man who's following them. Chola (the girl from Carlos' gang) shows up, covered in blood.

The team return to the internet cafe. After a short hostage situation, they shoot "Sarkissian" dead, and bring his hard drive back to the house. John tries to look at the files.

Derek wishes John happy birthday. Asked how he knew, he says he celebrated John's 30th, so he knows the date. They go celebrate with ice cream, and run into a young Kyle and Derek Reese in the park. Derek reveals that this was deliberate, and he knows Kyle is John's father.

Ellison determines that Kester is not a real agent, and leads an FBI raid on his apartment. Cromartie-as-Kester massacres the whole team, deciding to leave Ellison as the sole survivor. Charlie answered the call for paramedics to attend, so is first on the scene to witness the carnage.

While John is checking some databanks, Sarah reveals that she remembered John's birthday (she sent Cameron to buy a cake). She posits that they should care about their lives as well as the mission. John then identifies Sarkissian from an image on his computer... it's not the man they had been dealing with throughout the episode. That was just another frontman. At the same time, Cameron gets in the car outside, and sees the real Sarkissian enter Sarah's home. She turns the key, and the car explodes.

* DeadMansSwitch: Not a literal one, but if the frontman doesn't leave the Connors unharmed, the FBI are getting a phone call from his people.
* DecoyLeader: The real Sarkissian is the guy on the desk at the internet cafe, and the man who the Connors think is Sarkissian is a front man.
* FlashForward: Or a FlashBack for Derek. The intro to the episode shows the Reese brothers playing baseball as the bombs drop on mankind. Not quite Nero fiddling WhileRomeBurns, but close.

* MoodWhiplash: From the gentle, sweet scene at the park to Cromartie shooting up the FBI, and Sarkissian and his henchman attacking Sarah and John.
* MuggingTheMonster: Sarkissian's minion who stalks Cameron at the museum, and doesn't survive.

In 2011, a young Kyle and Derek Reese are practising baseball in their front yard when Judgement Day begins. Present-day Derek talks a little about how they survived after that.

Kester learns that Ellison has Vick's hand among Sarah's case files, but fails to find him.

* ShoutOut : To ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.

* WhamEpisode : Several points throughout the episode; they really pulled out the stops.
* WhamLine : Derek reveals he knows that Kyle was John's father.

* Mythology Gag: When Sarkissian calls his henchman, Cameron answers the phone, using the henchman's voice.

-->'''Morris''': What's with the car?
-->'''Cameron''': Cameron stuffed a dead guy in the trunk.

* AwesomeMusic: "When The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In the most "human" moment of the whole first season, Derek takes John to the park, where we get a look at the Reese boys as kids.

The first season finale finds our heroes trying to track down the Turk. In an Internet café, Sarah and Cameron contact the person who (supposedly) purchased the Turk from Andy Good's Russian business partner, while "the boys" wait outside.

Ellison visits Charley Dixon and his wife. He's putting together the pieces that maybe Sarah wasn't crazy. He tells Charley that Sarah is alive and suspects that Charley knows where she is.

A hitman visits Carlos, the gang-banger who sold Sarah her papers. When no one shows at either of the meeting places, Sarah and Derek head home to find the hitman there. He tells them someone is tailing John and Cameron on a field trip. Cameron quickly dispatches the man who's following them. Chola shows up, covered in blood.

Cromartie (as Kester) visits the LAPD, to find that Ellison has checked out the hand, while Ellison tracks down Kester.

The gang returns to the Internet café to confront Sarkissian. After a shootout in the back alley, they bring Sarkissian's hard drive back to the house. John tries to look at the files. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming In the most "human" moment of the whole first season, Derek takes John to the park, where we get a look at the Reese boys as kids]].

In a MoodWhiplash from the previous scene, Cromartie-as-Kester takes down a LOT of FBI agents. Sarah reminds John that his birthday is important. As he shuts down the computer, he figures out that the hitman wasn't Sarkissian. KaBoom.

* ApocalypseHow : Discussed.
* AwesomeMusic : "When The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash.
* BattleDiscretionShot : The FBI firefight with Cromartie at the end of the episode. Played for outright horror rather than the usual comedy.
* CassandraTruth : The beginning of Ellison's belief in Sarah's story. No one at the FBI believes any evidence he offers.
--> Not only who is he, but what is he?
* CheshireCatGrin : Cameron flashes hers at the teacher, right before she murders the man who's tailing them.
* CoolSword : The assassin uses the one on the wall (of the six military cadets defending Chappleton Castle) to kill Carlos' henchmen.

* FlashForward : Or a FlashBack for Derek. The intro to the episode shows the Reese brothers playing baseball as the bombs drop on mankind. Not quite Nero fiddling WhileRomeBurns, but close.
* HasAType : Sarah was Kyle's "type."
* LensmanArmsRace : Discussed, sort of, in the "Moore's Law" variation. John explains Moore's Law to Derek while they wait in the car.

* MoodWhiplash : From the gentle, sweet scene at the park to Cromartie shooting up the FBI and Sarkissian and his henchman attacking Sarah and John.

* NotSoForgottenBirthday : John thinks Sarah forgot his birthday. Derek surprises him, then Sarah does too.

* OnlyAFleshWound : For someone who was on the brink of dying just two episodes earlier, Derek has healed up pretty well.

-->'''Morris''': Oh wow, is this your car?
-->'''Cameron''': No, it belongs to the guy I killed and stuffed in the trunk.

* CoolSword : The assassin uses the one on the wall to kill Carlos' henchmen.

* BattleDiscretionShot : The FBI firefight at the end of the episode.

--> Sarah: Black blood drips down the pig's teeth, and the boys run away. Later, when one of the boys is alone, he weeps, but not for the pig. The boy weeps for the end of innocence, and the darkness of men's hearts.

* WhamLine : Derek reveals he knows that Kyle was John's father.

!!! Plot

The first season finale finds our heroes trying to track down the Turk. In an Internet café, Sarah and Cameron contact the person who (supposedly) purchased the Turk from Andy Good's Russian business partner, while "the boys" wait outside.

Ellison visits Charley Dixon and his wife. He's putting together the pieces that maybe Sarah wasn't crazy. He tells Charley that Sarah is alive and suspects that Charley knows where she is.

A hitman visits the gang-banger who sold Sarah her papers. When no one shows at either of the meeting places, Sarah and Derek head home to find the hitman there. He tells them someone is tailing John and Cameron on a field trip. Cameron quickly dispatches the man who's following them. Chola shows up, covered in blood.

Cromartie (as Kester) visits the LAPD, to find that Ellison has checked out the hand, while Ellison tracks down Kester.

The gang returns to the Internet café to confront Sarkissian. After a shootout in the back alley, they bring Sarkissian's hard drive back to the house. John tries to look at the files. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming In the most "human" moment of the whole first season, Derek takes John to the park, where we get a look at the Reese boys as kids]].

In a MoodWhiplash from the previous scene, Cromartie-as-Kester takes down a LOT of FBI agents. Sarah reminds John that his birthday is important. As he shuts down the computer, he figures out that the hitman wasn't Sarkissian. KaBoom.

!!! Tropes

* ApocalypseHow : Discussed.
* AwesomeMusic : "When The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash.
* BattleDiscretionShot : The FBI firefight at the end of the episode.
* CassandraTruth : The beginning of Ellison's belief in Sarah's story. No one at the FBI believes any evidence he offers.
--> Not only who is he, but what is he?
* CheshireCatGrin : Cameron flashes hers at the teacher, right before she murders the man who's tailing them.
* CoolSword : The assassin uses the one on the wall to kill Carlos' henchmen.
* FlashForward : Or a FlashBack for Derek. The intro to the episode shows the Reese brothers playing baseball as the bombs drop on mankind. Not quite Nero fiddling WhileRomeBurns, but close.
* HasAType : Sarah was Kyle's "type."
* LensmanArmsRace : Discussed, sort of, in the "Moore's Law" variation. John explains Moore's Law to Derek while they wait in the car.
--> It's how we can go from a chess computer to the apocalypse in just four years.
* MoodWhiplash : From the gentle, sweet scene at the park to Cromartie shooting up the FBI and Sarkissian and his henchman attacking Sarah and John.
* NotSoForgottenBirthday : John thinks Sarah forgot his birthday. Derek surprises him, then Sarah does too.
--> I sent Cameron to get a cake.
* OnlyAFleshWound : For someone who was on the brink of dying just two episodes earlier, Derek has healed up pretty well.
* ShoutOut : To ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''.
--> Sarah: Black blood drips down the pig's teeth, and the boys run away. Later, when one of the boys is alone, he weeps, but not for the pig. The boy weeps for the end of innocence, and the darkness of men's hearts.
* WhamEpisode : Several points throughout the episode; they really pulled out the stops.
* WhamLine : Derek reveals he knows that Kyle was John's father.

--> I sent Cameron out to get a cake.
* OnlyAFleshWound : For someone who was on the brink of dying just two episodes earlier, Derek has healed up pretty well.

The first season finale finds our heroes trying to track down the Turk. In an Internet café Sarah and Cameron contact the person who (supposedly) purchased the Turk from Andy Good's Russian business partner, while "the boys" wait outside.

A hitman visits the gang-banger who sold Sarah her papers.

* CassandraTruth : The beginning of Ellison's belief in Sarah's story.