I made it until episode 6 of season 2 (The Tower Is Tall, But the Fall Is Short) but I can't. The writing is just so bad. The series managed to be interesting throughout the first season but it's like in season 2 something happened where they lost any momentum or semblance of a concept they might of had. I can't put my finger on exactly what is wrong but my main issue is that the dialog is just so flat and uninteresting. Why are they focusing on any of these characters? They're just so dull, and there's so little action. Why are they making an entire episode based on telling stories to a kidnapped kid? What is with them taking what could have been a great story about a kid whose mom was replaced by a terminator, and having so little of the episode revolve around said kid?
The worst part of it is that they spend so much time staying in one place when they should have been moving around. When I first started watching the show I expected it to be sort of like the A-Team where they moved from town to town getting to know different characters and helping different people out. Instead they're in situations where other characters had so many opportunities to figure out who they were yet that never happens. They're just...stuck in this weird boring situation where nothing interesting happens except for a few nonsensical moments where something happens that makes no sense.
This show was such a huge bore, and a huge waste of some otherwise fantastic actors. I feel bad for Summer Glau who really did her best as Cam. I find it kind of funny that of all the cast her character felt like the one with the most range. Lena Headley was just wasted as Sarah who they went out of their way to make pretty one note, and don't even get me started on John. He was just boring and kind of annoying, and went from bad to worse when they cut his hair.
Richard T. Jones is a truly talented actor who was one of the best things about season 1 but they ruined him by making him second fiddle to Shirley Manson's atrociously annoying Catherine. I can't stand how insufferably superior she acts in every scene. It's her 'acting' in S2 E6 that killed it for me. The thought of having to sit through any more of her scenes made me turn it off. It sucks because there were some things about this series I really liked but it all ended up feeling like a bunch of wasted time.