Probably Unanswerable Questions
Genre identity, Kyle’s knowledge and survival, causal loops, Tech Noir geography, and the unrealized phone-book-killer premise
In the discussion (6)
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- If forced to choose one genre, the votes split between horror and science fiction. — Bill Simmons
- The panel asks whether Reese knew he was John Connor’s father and agrees John probably withheld that information. — Bill Simmons
- Kyle surviving is rejected because his sacrifice completes the story and audiences primarily wanted Arnold to return.
- The time loop raises whether Sarah’s survival was ever truly in doubt and remains unexplained to the panel’s satisfaction. — Bill Simmons
- The exact Pico location of Tech Noir conflicts with the chase’s Overland reference and downtown imagery. — Bill Simmons
- They ask why the phone-book-killer method never became its own thriller and why Reese did not arrive early enough to have Sarah unlist her number.