Summer Glau

Summer Glau on Terminator’s Move to Fridays

The actress talks about Monday’s fall finale and the upcoming new timeslot. by Matt Fowler

US, December 12, 2008 - During an interview on The Kevin and Bean Show– a morning radio show on Los Angeles’ KROQ-FM — the smoldering, yet lethal, star of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Summer Glau was asked if she had any concerns about Terminator’s upcoming move to Friday night with Joss Whedon’s new series Dollhouse - which has many fans worried, since that night, especially on FOX, has been nicknamed the "death slot."

"Yes. I was not happy at first when I heard that we were moving," Glau stated. "But, you know, we’ve been fighting for our audience on Mondays so I’m hoping this is going to be a positive thing. It’s always good when they’re trying to work with you and help you."

Speaking about current storylines on the show, Glau acknowledged that her character Cameron seems to be evolving and acting more human. "I keep working towards it," Glau remarked. "I want to build it. I want to earn it. I don’t want to just say ’well, my Terminator’s more human.’ I want to earn it every week in the way that she absorbs things around her. And I think that her relationship with John is more complicated than any of us understand yet. This year they’ve brought on a love interest for John and it’s been this love triangle and I love it because I’ve been trying to explore the possibility if a robot could be jealous."

As for Sarah Connor’s visions of the three dots, Glau told Kevin and Bean that Monday’s mid-season finale, "Earthlings Welcome Here", won’t do anything to conclude that mystery. But it will definitely expand upon it in a "very surreal episode" that has "Sarah ending up in the desert with a bunch of people who are searching for aliens as she becomes very isolated from the group. And then, of course, John’s scared that Cameron’s going to kill Riley."

The "Earthlings Welcome Here" episode of Terminator airs Monday, December 15th at 8:00pm ET/PT on FOX. Terminator will then return Friday, February 13th for new episodes leading into Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.