Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

"There is no fate but what we make."

In the future a computer program called Skynet declares war on the Mankind. It has sent machines back through time to terminate John Connor, the future leader of the Resistance.

Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles is set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and it revolves around the lives of Sarah and John Connor. After the sacrifices of Dr. Miles Dyson and the T-800 Terminator, the Connors find themselves once again being stalked by Skynet's agents from the future. Judgment Day was not averted, but delayed until 2011. Realizing their nightmare isn't over, the Connors decide to stop running and focus on preventing the birth of Skynet instead.

With the aid of Cameron Phillips, a beautiful Terminator reprogrammed to defend them at all costs and Derek Reese, John's uncle, a resistance fighter from the future, the Connors fight to stop Skynet from ever being created* in Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

* The events of Terminator Sarah Connor occur in an alternate timeline
from that of the original TV series.

Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2

Episode 2.21: Adam Raised a Cain
Airs Friday April 3 in the US on Fox Channel. The big question is: Who has Cameron's specs? Was it John Henry's 'brother'?

Episode 2.20: To the Lighthouse
Loosing her trust in Cameron and Derek, Sarah hides John with her ex-boyfriend, Charlie Dixon, in a safe house. In this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, at Zeira Corp, an outsider compromises John Henry, putting Catherine Weaver's efforts for Project Babylon at risk. John Henry thinks the attacker is another one like him. Meanwhile, Derek struggles to work together with Cameron and finds out from her that Jesse was pregnant in the future with his child. Later on, Derek is being taken prisoner and Cameron follows the kidnappers and kills them, releasing Reese with a simple "You're welcome". Sarah arrives in the morning at the lighthouse only to find John gone and Charlie dead in the water.

Episode 2.19: Last Voyage of the Jimmy Carter
John discovers that Jesse, not Cameron, killed Riley, he tracks her down, but decides to let her go. Unfortunately for Jesse, Derek isn't so merciful and he probably shots her dead in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Before all this, Jesse recalled her last mission on board the Jimmy Carter, which she decided to abandon when a T-1001 residing inside the mysterious box, ran lose through the submarine. Before the Jimmy Carter sank, the Terminator delivered Jesse an important message for John Connor. She says 'No', which most likely translates into "No. We won't ally with you to fight off the Machines". Seems like the liquid metals have their own agenda in the future. Meanwhile, at Zeira Corp, John Henry grows worried that Weaver wants to 'terminate' her top employees, including Agent Ellison.

Episode 2.18: Today is The Day
Jesse has a flashback from the future when she was a commanding officer on board a resistance submarine scrambled to intercept a mysterious black box. Sarah and John are considering moving out when they learn about Riley's murder, suspecting Cameron all along this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Meanwhile, at Zeira Corp, Catherine Weaver's daughter Savannah plays hide-and-seek with John Henry, enraging Agent Ellison.

Episode 2.17: Ourselves Alone
Sarah and Cameron begin to have doubts about Riley, who now fears that her secret is out. She runs to Jesse, where she learns the real reason why she recruited her in the first place. They fight and Jesse shots her dead in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Also, Cameron is having difficulty with her programming again, so she decides to place a small explosive into her head and hand a detonator to John, just in case she would turn into a liability in the future.

Episode 2.16: Some must Watch while Some must Sleep
Sarah visits a sleep clinic where she is being treated for insomnia. Until the end of this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sarah can't tell the difference between her nightmares and the confrontation with the warehouse guard she thought dead. After her nurse turned into a Terminator, Sarah realizes that in reality she is trapped by the man which induced her nightmares in the first place and kills him.

Episode 2.15: Desert Cantos
Sarah, John, Cameron and Derek attend a memorial service for the victims of Catherine Weaver and try to find a connection to Skynet. Everyone seems to follow the tracks of one surviving worker in episode 15 of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, season 2.

Episode 2.14: The Good Wound
An injured Sarah is guided by visions of John's father as she tries to find a doctor to remove a bullet from her leg. Catherine Weaver moves in to cover her tracks at the warehouse after she received a tip from her T-888 John Henry. Ultimately, Jesse removes Riley from the hospital after her suicide attempt in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Episode 2.13: Earthlings Welcome Here
Sarah continues her obsessive quest to find the three dots and tracks down a blogger who seems to be familiar with the symbol. Elsewhere, Riley's bond with John raises suspicion from Cameron's part and Agent Ellison tries to teach ethics to Catherine Weaver's AI, now that has taken humanoid form in what was once Cromartie. This episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles is a little confusing as it ends with an alien spacecraft.

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Episode 2.12: Alpine Fields
Sarah and Cameron work together to save a family whose unborn daughter will play an important role in the war against the Machines. Meanwhile Jesse's life hangs in the balance in the "Alpine Fields" episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles airing Monday, December 8. In flashbacks, we learn exactly why they Fields have to be protected and that they will not only save humanity against a deadly bio-weapon, but also Derek's life in particular.

Episode 2.11: Self Made Mad
She never sleeps, so what does she do at night? Cameron's surprising, secret life is revealed in an all-new installment of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Plus, history is forever changed when a Terminator is sent back to the wrong time. Searching through the archives of Los Angeles public library for information to repair her damaged brain, Cameron identifies the Terminator sent back to 1920s, follows his tracks, finds him in the present and disables him, stopping the toaster from committing a murder in the near future.

Episode 2.10: Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point
Sarah finally catches up with the meaning behind the three dots symbol in episode 10, season 2, of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles while investigating a hi-tech company named Dakara. Jesse faces some problems in her plans because Derek found the surveillance photos with the Connors. Confronted at the gunpoint, Jesse had no choice but to confess. She says that she was sent back to stop Cameron; that the future John wasn't talking to anybody but Cameron, taking bad decisions which were getting people killed. Also in this episode, Dr. Sherman is 'terminated' while working with Catherine Weaver's AI, codenamed Babylon, and Agent Ellison tries to determine the cause that lead to the unfortunate accident.

Episode 2.09: Complications
Sarah turns to Dr. Sherman when she begins having nightmares, which slowly creep into her real life, turning her into a night walker. Jesse kidnapped a man she is convinced he will teach the Terminators the 'art' of interrogating humans in the future. Derek doesn't remember the man, although Jesse tells him that he was also tortured by him in the future. Apparently Jesse belongs to a different time line than Derek's, a parallel universe if you like. Also in this new installment of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, John and Cameron discover that Cromartie's body, which they buried in Mexico, is missing.

Episode 2.08: Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today
John and Riley's secret trip to Mexico results in unfortunate consequences, while Sarah and Agent Ellison finally come face-to-face in another episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Derek and Cameron are forced to work together in order to find John and Riley before the Terminator does, and Agent Ellison learns that Sarah is still alive after all these years. All events lead to one final, deadly confrontation with Cromartie.

Episode 2.07: Brothers of Nablus
When the Connors' house is robbed and all their money and fake IDs stolen, they find themselves on high alert and go after the thieves. While Cromartie still tracks John, Derek and Jesse continue to get reacquainted. Elsewhere, Agent Ellison is arrested for a murder charge in which a look-alike Terminator duplicated him, and Catherine makes use of her power to clear him. Episode 7 of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, season 2, aired 3rd November 2008.

AWOL - Absent without leave; military term.

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Episode 2.06: The Tower is Tall but The Fall is Short
This episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles opens with a love interest from Derek's future making a surprise appearance in the present. Apparently, she's gone AWOL*, and tries to enjoy the days she has left, before Judgment Day arrival. Sarah, John and Cameron are visiting Dr. Sherman, a therapist who may have a connection to Skynet. Also paying visits to Sherman is Catherine Weaver, the T-1001 liquid metal Terminator impersonating the dead corporate CEO, for help in controlling her scared daughter Savannah. When the AI project at Weaver's company starts acting weird, Dr. Sherman understands what is was doing, resulting in Catherine offering Sherman a job as a consultant.

Episode 2.05: Goodbye to All That
John and Derek infiltrate a military academy in order to protect a key member of the future resistance in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Back at home, Sarah and Cameron protect a young boy who shares the same name as the intended target. Meanwhile, Weaver's first assignment for Ellison takes an interesting turn of events when he discovers a specter from his own past.

Episode 2.04: Allison from Palmdale
Another chip malfunction makes Cameron believe that she is actually a woman from the future named Allison, causing her to temporary forget her mission in the present, while having a series of flashbacks. Sarah accompanies her pregnant landlord to the hospital where she meets her cop boyfriend. Ellison is still considering Catherine Weaver's job offer throughout this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Episode 2.03: The Mousetrap
Kidnapping Charlie's wife, Cromartie uses her in a smart plot to lure Sarah into the desert, thus leaving John alone and vulnerable in the city. Meanwhile, Catherine Weaver has a job proposal for our friend Agent Ellison in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Episode 2.02: Automatic for the People
Cameron and Sarah go undercover to prevent a nuclear meltdown, following the leads of a future resistance fighter, who arrives in the present and dies shortly. Meanwhile, John loses interest in academics, but strikes a bond with a shady student named Riley. Ultimately, in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, Agent Ellison visits Charlie Dixon and his wife, telling them they need to leave for their own safety.

Episode 2.01: Samson & Delilah
John's 16th birthday forces him to confront the reality of his destiny alone, having no choice but to kill or be killed, when he and his mother are taken prisoners. After the explosion of her car, Cameron survives, but malfunctions and she's now tracking down John to kill him. Also in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, Agent Ellison has to deal with the aftermath of Cromartie's massacre and we also learn about the new owner of The Turk, Catherine Weaver.

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Episode 9: What He Beheld
John continues to defend Cameron against Derek, while Sarah gets in contact with a man who claims to be in possession of the stolen Turk. While this is happening, Agent Ellison and a SWAT team attempts to apprehend Cromartie and fail miserably. It's also John's birthday and Derek has a very special present for him. Judgment Day is identified as April 21, 2011, at the end of this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Episode 8: Vick's Chip
John defends Cameron against Derek who founded the chip from a Terminator in Cameron's room, while Sarah negotiates with a mysterious stranger over the Turk. Meanwhile, Cromartie closes in on John, and Agent Ellison discovers Cromartie impersonating an FBI agent. Sarah, John, Cameron and Derek work together to sabotage Skynet's future surveillance network over this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Episode 7: Demon Hand
Sarah breaks into Agent Ellison's apartment looking for a missing Terminator arm, discovers videos from when she was hospitalized and also gets a lead to the hospital psychiatrist Dr. Peter Silberman. Meanwhile, Cameron joins a ballet class taught by Maria Shipkov in an attempt to track down her brother respectively the Turk. Agent Ellison, who discovered the 'demon hand', pays a visit to Sarah's one-time psychiatrist, but faces a surprising reception. In the end of episode 7 of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, John learns what it took his mom to escape from the asylum.

Episode 6: Dungeons & Dragons
John is forced to call on Sarah's former boyfriend, Charlie Dixon, when Derek Reese is severely injured. Charlie saves Derek life, but demands some explanations as to where Sarah's been for the last eight years. In flashbacks, we learn about John's uncle life in the future as a resistance fighter. In this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, Derek doesn't know yet that his brother Kyle is John's father.

Episode 5: Queen's Gambit
In Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles episode 5, Andy Good rebuilds The Turk, submitting it to a major chess tournament. This worries Sarah, leaving her with the bitter feeling that she has clearly underestimated Andy. During the match, Sarah meets a stranger whose history is closely tied with hers. Also, John makes new friends at school while Cameron gets [hilarious] grief counseling, Cromartie poses as an FBI agent, and Agent Ellison discovers the remnants of a terminator confrontation. When Andy loses the competition and is found dead by Sarah, she fights against a stranger she assumes is the criminal. Later on, Sarah learns that that guy is a member of the future resistance and her brother-in-law, so she decides to rescue him from the police station.

Episode 4: Heavy Metal
While searching for some stolen cargo, John gets separated from his mother and learns about the modern world, realizing it isn't as safe as he had hoped. John gets accidentally trapped in the back of an armored truck loaded with enough metal to build 500 endoskeletons and faces another Terminator with an unknown mission. In this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, Agent Ellison investigates the murder of a plastic surgeon and discovers a surprising suspect.

Episode 3: The Turk
With the help of Miles Dyson's widow, Sarah tracks down a new lead into the creation of Skynet and becomes involved with the inventor of a chess playing computer (The Turk). Meanwhile, John and Cameron try to fit in at their new school in this episode of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles. Cromartie continues its search for synthetic skin, while Agent Ellison is on the tail of the fugitives, getting closer and closer to finding them. Sarah doesn't want to kill Andy, though Cameron thinks "he should die"; instead, Sarah sets his house on fire in an attempt to destroy The Turk, which may be a precursor to Skynet.

Episode 2: Gnothi Seauton
Shortly after they arrive in 2007, Cameron takes Sarah to get new identities from four resistance fighters that were also sent back through time. Finding three dead, one missing and another Terminator whom they fight off, Sarah decides to visit Enrique, an old friend, to obtain new IDs. Meanwhile John grows frustrated at being contained in the house and pays a visit to Charlie, with whom Sarah's was romantically involved in the pilot episode. Ultimately, we learn that the remnants of Cromartie, the Terminator which also passed through the time portal, begin to reassemble in episode 2 of Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles.

FACTS: Gnothi Seauton is from Greek and means 'Know thyself'. In this episode, Sarah learns from Cameron that she would have died of breast cancer anyway and that John sent Cameron back in an attempt to save her.

Episode 1: Pilot
It is the year 1999, right after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Sarah Connor and John are fugitives wanted by the police and FBI. In the Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles pilot, the Connors move to a hick town in New Mexico. When a Terminator (Cromartie) attacks John at school, another one (Cameron) protects him and transports both Sarah and John to the year 2007. Here they decide to stop running and instead stop Skynet from being created. Meanwhile, FBI Special Agent Ellison becomes obsessed with finding the 'deranged criminal' that Sarah Connor is, following the events after Terminator 2: Judgment Day.