Thomas Dekker as John Connor Credit: Fox

When we talked with cute actor/director/musician Thomas Dekker before the premiere last season of his now hit show "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", he was excited to play the role of John Connor, savior of the future. This new season brings a more macho John to the airwaves, one who is putting away his teen-angsty "why me?" vibe in favor of kicking butt and taking names and all without his emotions. Of course that decision will be challenged when hot Leven Rambin joins the show as John's new high school love interest.

We wanted to hear something about the new season and what has this hottie been up to while on his break? Plenty, it turns out. For our casual Beverly Hills chat, picture Thomas in casual wear and sporting a new, much shorter haircut. Hey, what's with the shorn locks anyway? Read on.

TeenTelevision: We talked with you when you were starting the series and you were excited. Is it what you hoped it would be and are you getting to contribute as much as you had hoped?

Tom: Absolutely. It's much better than I thought it would be. Certainly, from the get-go, I didn't know if it was going to be good at all before I read the pilot script then thought it was very clever, intelligent and unique but it's definitely, this season is a thousand times better than last season and I liked last season.