Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series)
Today Is the Day: Part 2 (2009)
Thomas Dekker: John Connor
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Quotes
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John Connor : [to Jesse] He loves you, you know, Derek. You and me, we're the only things he has in this world - the only things. He's like Riley in that way. See, she made mistakes. Small things, sometimes - a word or a phrase. 'Carrots and apples'. I'm guessing that's yours. When we were in Mexico, she heard my real name; she ignored it. But a man took my picture and she destroyed his camera. She put herself between me and a machine that was hunting me. So one day I realized, she wasn't treating me like John Baum. She was treating me like John Connor.
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John Connor : What do they think of me? In the future, what do people think?
Derek Reese : Well - if you're asking if... people agree... with everything you do, of course not. If you're asking if everybody loves you... Love's a lot to ask for. You can't do what you do and... expect everybody to agree - or to love you.
John Connor : And what is it that I do?
Derek Reese : You lead.
John Connor : And they follow?
Derek Reese : We follow. We rise or... fall on your shoulders. Humanity rises... or falls. But we're always watching.
John Connor : For me to make a mistake?
Derek Reese : For you to be human.
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John Connor : The thing is... this is all my fault. I knew Riley was in trouble. I didn't help her. I should've, but I didn't. I knew what she was. I didn't try to stop her.
Jesse : You wanted it to be real.
John Connor : Or maybe I wanted to win.
Jesse : You don't wanna be John Baum. You wanted to be John Connor.
John Connor : That's just the thing, isn't it? I am John Connor.
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John Connor : How long do you think you could survive? With Cameron? If she wanted to kill you, face to face?
Derek Reese : What kind of weapon do I have?
John Connor : Your fists. And your elbows. And your fingernails and your teeth.
Derek Reese : Against her? Those aren't weapons.
John Connor : No, they're not.
Derek Reese : You already know the answer to that, John. If she wants me dead, I'm dead.
John Connor : She wants you dead, you're dead.
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[first lines]
Derek Reese : [of Riley] I'm really sorry, John. She was a good kid, she didn't deserve what happened to her.
John Connor : Few people do.
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John Connor : We owe Riley the truth, don't you think? We owe the dead that much.
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John Connor : You know, I've been running from the machines my whole life. They tried to kill my mom before I was even born. When I was twelve, they sent one after me. I was a kid. I was stupid. I didn't know what it was all about. Both times, future me sent someone back, to stop them. The first time it was a soldier. His name was Kyle Reese, and he died saving my mother's life. Second time it was a machine. I used to wonder why I did that - why I took that chance. I don't wonder anymore. Human beings can't be replaced. They can't be rebuilt. They die and they never come back.
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John Connor : Go... Go.
Jesse : Just like that?
John Connor : Just like that. If I have to live with this, so do you.
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[John is talking to Sarah about his visit in the morgue]
John Connor : I'm sorry I doubted you.
Sarah Connor : John...
John Connor : No - not you. Her.
[behind Sarah, Cameron has appeared in the door]
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Jesse : Would it have worked?
John Connor : What?
Jesse : The cyborg had murdered the girl, or if I could've made you believe that she had?
John Connor : Would I have sent Cameron away, would I have killed her? - No.
Jesse : Well - it's a damn shame then. It's a damn waste.
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John Connor : Did you do it? Did you kill her?
Derek Reese : John Connor let her go.
