Present The Present

I liked (not loved) the second-season premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. One statement by show creator Josh Friedman gave me pause, though:

Last year we were establishing the world and the rules of the world and bringing people up to speed. This year, we have a bigger budget, so we can give viewers more sense of the place and Los Angeles. We have some really cool action sequences and show more of the future sequences where the Terminators have completely taken over.

Bigger budget? Fine, as long as you don't think the show is only about action. But try to keep thing in the "present." We need as little (none would be fine) stuff set in the terminator future as possible. Even in the movies those scenes were mostly down time.