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Cameron was named in homage to Terminator film franchise creator James Cameron,[3] whose original Terminator character concept was referenced by series creator Josh Friedman as he created the character. James Cameron envisioned Terminators as robotic, humanoid infiltration units "that could blend in with humanity."[4] In keeping with this idea, Friedman introduced his character as the most advanced model of Terminator whose ascendency over other models was defined by her ability to mimic human behavior.[3] The decision to make the character teenaged, female and of a small physical stature was also influenced by James Cameron's infiltrator idea; according to consulting producer James Middleton, "Terminators—and this is from [James] Cameron's vision of the mythology—are actually infiltrators. If that is the case, then what better infiltrator than a beautiful, petite teenage girl?"[5]

Josh Friedman hoped to use Cameron as a device to advance the "coming-of-age" theme he intended on incorporating into the narrative; this theme would concern John Connor's maturation from an adolescent into a man. To do this, Friedman planned on portraying Cameron as a second significant female presence in John's life, after his mother, Sarah. He believed Cameron would be instrumental in lessening John's dependence on Sarah, which, Friedman thought, would encourage John's growth into adulthood.[4]

When she first appeared in the pilot episode, Cameron appeared to behave humanly. In subsequent episodes, however, her mannerisms changed such that she behaved more mechanically.[6][7] It has been confirmed by Friedman that this behavioral change was the result of a conscious decision; however, the explanations he has given of the logistics behind this decision have varied. At the Television Critics Association press tour, he stated that within the story, Cameron had been prepared for the events of the pilot; once the characters "jumped forward in time, though, she was as adrift as everyone else."[8] In an interview with IGN, Friedman stated that as he wrote the second episode, he became interested in exploring the "calmer, odder part of" Cameron, reflected in a scene in the pilot in which Cameron asks questions of John "in a very programmed way." He continued to say that Cameron's behavior may appear inconsistent to a viewer, but that this inconsistency may be operative in the completion of her tasks.[7]

[edit] Characteristics

Cameron eats a chip.According to a FOX promotional poster, Cameron's class is TOK715.[24] No model number has been mentioned yet.

The only thing known about her model is that she has the ability to mimic human emotions and behaviors far better than her predecessors. In the pilot, Cameron eats a corn chip, marking the first time a Terminator unit has eaten food on-screen, and in "The Demon Hand" she eats a piece of a pancake. It is also shown that her head-up display has full color and green tinted sections, instead of the all red or blue "Termovision" screens from other models.

In a flashback, Cameron is seen moving freely inside John Connor's headquarters in 2027, and destroys another reprogrammed Terminator that "went bad."

In the second episode, "Gnothi Seauton", the Terminator sent to kill the resistance fighters living in 2007 scans Cameron during a fight. He is unable to identify her model, reading her only as an "unknown cyborg." In the sixth episode, however, Derek Reese recognizes Cameron on sight as a Skynet Terminator, both in the past and in the future.

Cameron is shown analyzing biomarkers in humans by touching them, but claims that she is unable to perform complex scans, such as a CAT scan.

In the initial episodes of the series, Sarah Connor is shown trying to teach Cameron to value human life, after Cameron shoots down a contact on the possibility (later proven correct) that he might have given away Sarah and John's presence in 2007. She is currently attending high school with John, pretending to be his sister. On their first day at a new school, she repeatedly sets off the school's metal detector; John claims that she has a metal plate in her head to get her past the school's security guards. One of the guards uses a hand held metal detector near her head and then lets them proceed. John informs Sarah Connor that "she's gonna need a note" after they return from school.

Although Cameron was capable of pretending to be a human when approaching John in the pilot episode, befriending John and even flirting, she no longer displays this behavior. Since Cromartie's attack on John in the pilot episode, she has remained relatively emotionless and has thus far proved to have poor social skills when she and John return to school in the third episode. This regression of abilities has yet to be explained, but she has been shown mimicking the behavior of others, such as the Latina lookout from the second episode, providing a baseline for her current behavior. This is also shown in the fifth episode when she impersonates the voice of a distressed student she met just prior to the girl committing suicide. When John comments on the differences between her behavior at different points, she replies, "Fooled you." At times she also displays awkward humor, such as in the fifth episode when she and John are entering a vehicle driven by Sarah. John, wanting to ride in the front passenger seat, calls out "I call shotgun," to which Cameron responds, "I call nine-millimeter." In the episode "The Demon Hand," despite both Sarah and Derek's insistence that she is only a soulless machine, Cameron is shown performing a complex ballet dance.


[edit] Unexplained behavior
On the surface, Cameron's role mirrors that of Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in Terminator 2: Judgment Day: she is a reprogrammed cyborg assassin sent back through time to protect John Connor. As the series progressed, however, she developed into an enigmatic and inscrutable character, showing unusual behavior. For example, near the end of the fourth episode, Cameron rolls a truck filled with coltan off a cliff to prevent Skynet from ever using the stockpile to construct Terminators. However, at the end of the episode it is revealed that Cameron saved one bar of coltan.

In the fifth episode, Cameron learns from John that humans write letters to express grief that spoken words can not fully articulate. Later, as Derek Reese is lying on the kitchen table, bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound, Cameron decides at that moment to sit and begin writing a letter.

In "Dungeons & Dragons", Derek displays extreme hostility and mistrust of Cameron. He continuously calls her a "liar" earlier in the episode while he is still in shock from his injuries. In a flashback, the episode reveals that Derek encountered Cameron in his original time. Derek recognizes Cameron and nearly shoots her before a fellow resistance fighter explains how John Connor has reprogrammed some of the Terminators. Later, a different model Terminator goes on a killing spree before Cameron destroys it. Cameron explains that "sometimes they go bad; no-one knows why".

At the end of "The Demon Hand" Derek observes Cameron practicing ballet, alone. Sarah Connor's ending monologue overlays the dance scene, with Sarah explaining, as Cameron dances, that the machines cannot appreciate beauty or create art, and if they could, "they won't have to destroy us. They'll be us". Cameron's choice of music for this dance, Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor, is the same as that played in the basement of the prison where Derek was held in "Dungeons & Dragons".

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Allison Young
Allison Young, is the daughter of an architect who taught her to draw and Claire Young, a music teacher who listens to the music of Frédéric Chopin for hours on end. Her birthday is July 22. Allison's mother, Claire, is shown pregnant with her in 2007, making Allison nineteen or twenty years of age when seen in the future events circa 2027. Allison is raised in Palmdale, California, and loses both of her parents on or after Judgment Day. In an ontological paradox, Claire decides upon Allison's name following a telephone conversation with the Terminator known as Cameron Phillips whose malfunction causes the latter to believe it is Allison and identify herself as such.

Allison joins John Connor's Resistance against the machines in the apocalyptic future. While on a mission, she is captured and interrogated aboard a future Skynet prison ship about the details of her life, the location of John Connor, and the nature of her superficially innocuous bracelet pass. While interrogating her, Skynet copies her appearance for the Terminator that would become known as Cameron. Allison escapes captivity and jumps overboard, only to be immediately captured in the prison's netting and hoisted back aboard. Once the interrogation is complete, Cameron kills Allison and leaves to infiltrate the resistance in her stead for the purpose of killing John and "placing his head upon a pike for all to see".

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