From Glenn Reynolds, some dramatic possibilities that will probably go unexplored on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronices:

Hey, here are two plotlines that won’t make it to TV: (1) With the help of Ray Kurzweil, they develop a “friendly” AI that subverts and converts Skynet as soon as it’s hooked up; or (2) With the help of Miles Dyson’s widow — a recurring character already! — they tie Cyberdyne up in endless intellectual-property litigation, ensuring that nothing ever gets built. This would probably work, but Litigator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles doesn’t have quite the same appeal . . .

How about a story arc in which Sarah and John elicit the help of the Lifeboat Foundation in warding off the rise of the machines? I’d like to see a heavily armed paramilitary cell within the foundation all decked out in camouflage and talking trash about “tearing Skynet a new memory cache” and the like.