Scene of the Week: One Tough Mother

When I think of tough mothers in the world of action movies, the toughest I can think of is Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor from the Terminator franchise.

The finale of 1984’s The Terminator showcases Sarah Connor’s transformation from the classic “damsel in distress” to the warrior that she will become.

This week’s Scene of the Week looks back at the memorable finale from The Terminator as Sarah has to watch as the man sent from the future to protect her, Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), sacrifices himself to save her… only to find that The Terminator isn’t done terminating and that’s when Sarah’s survival skills and mental and physical toughness really start shining through and she finds herself doing some terminating of her own that allows her to go on to become one tough mother…