The push by Fox to move away from serialized episodes following the first season is no longer existent as producers try to find that magic captured in the first season of the series.

"I think that initially, when we started the second season, kind of one of the requests of sort of the powers that be was that we did more singular episodes," star Thomas Dekker told SciFi Wire. "That's why they invented the wall with all the names on it so that we would be able to do a mission an episode. But that involved a lot of Terminators coming back, and to me, that's always irritated our writers. And now they have permission to be more serialized again, and more science-fiction, so that's happening less."

Many fans had complained that it was too easy for travel back and forth in time, and that in essence, it was creating a lot of story holes and challenging what might have otherwise been a strong season so far for the series.

"Sarah Connor" really needs some sort of boost in the ratings, as it has struggled in its sophomore season. Some have blamed its timeslot, which has it competing with Monday Night Football on cable, while others point out that many second-year shows with shortened production schedules because of last year's Writers Guild of America strike have suffered terribly, including "Pushing Daisies," which has already been denied a full season season by ABC.

"Sarah Connor" nearly faced its own trip to termination with Fox on the verge of canceling the series, before deciding to pair it up with the new Joss Whedon series "Dollhouse" next month.

One reprieve may be all this series gets as Fox is looking for much better numbers, at least closer to what it received in the first season, if it's going to live to see a third year.

It had been rumored at Comic-Con in San Diego that one of the main characters were going to die by executive producer Josh Friedman. When Cromartie, played by Garrett Dillahunt, was finally killed (and later resurrected), many fans believed that was the death Friedman had talked about. Dekker, however, says it's not it.

"His character did die," Dekker said of Cromartie. "But then when he's back, maybe he's not the one who dies. I can't really say who. It's so cryptic. Somebody still has to die. Yes, there's still a major death, I think."

- SYFY PORTAL, 6TH JANUARY 2009;
http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=5708&page=2