When you like something you want to hate

Monday night Fox was kind enough to rerun the pilot of The Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles.
I'm not supposed to like this. It looks, frankly, like a ham-handed money grab using a none-too-original premise.
Let me back up a bit here.
In my teens I saw an original, ambitious, and well made sci-fi film whose reach could have easily exceeded it's grasp but thankfully did not. Sure The Terminator was a B movie, but it was an excellent B movie.
A few years later, I was treated to an overly ambitious sequel that was eye candy, certainly, but no match for it's predecessor. In fact, the ending was so bad I still have nightmares about the sheer offensiveness of Arnold's 'thumbs up' as he descends into molten steel. Gah.
Next came the incredibly un-original suckfest we know as Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Bad writing, acting, directing. Three strikes and you suck!
Back to my original point. The Sarah Connor Chronicles is not supposed to be any good, and ultimately it may not be. But the pilot had some good things. Nice character building. A fun twist or two. When it was over, I wanted to see the next episode. These are all good things and I hope they continue.
I'll keep you posted.