TV Series: TERMINATOR:THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (2008 - 2009)
Leading role: In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Summer Glau plays Cameron Phillips, a former Skynet Infiltrator, class T-OK715, from the apocalyptic future of 2027, reprogrammed to protect John Connor at all costs.
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The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Plot summary: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" reveals what happens when Sarah Connor goes on the offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on destroying her life -- and perhaps the world. At the end of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," Sarah vanquished the Terminator sent from the future to kill her 15-year-old son. Now Sarah and her son, John, find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world. Fugitives from the law, they are confronted with the reality that still more enemies from the future and the present could attack at any moment.
As Sarah confronts reality, John knows that he may be the future savior of mankind, but he is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he's told is his destiny. He finds himself inextricably drawn to Cameron, an enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school. Cameron soon proves to be much more than his confidante, as she assumes the role of fearless protector of both Sarah and John. On their trail are threats from the future, but also an intelligent and tough FBI agent, James Ellison, who soon becomes a powerful ally.
Creator: Josh Friedman
Network: FOX
Release date: January 13, 2008 (USA)
Genre: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Production credits: 20th Century Fox Television, Warner Bros. Television, and C2 Pictures (C2 Pictures was replaced by The Halcyon Company in season two)
Cast:
Lena Headey: Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker: John Connor
Summer Glau: Cameron Phillips
Richard T. Jones: James Ellison
Brian Austin Green: Derek Reese
Garret Dillahunt: Cromarti
Shirley Manson: Catherine Weaver
Leven Rambin: Riley Dawson
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
EPISODE GUIDE
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After two years in one spot Sarah Connor feels the need to move on before they get too comfortable. They move to a new city where John starts school and meets a mysterious girl. However, danger strikes, and Sarah and John are caught in another struggle for their survival. Can they possibly overcome the overwhelming odds they face and fight for the spirit of humanity?
Sarah contacts an old friend to acquire new aliases for herself and John. In the meanwhile, John leaves to meet Sarah's ex-boyfriend, and Cameron manages to find herself a new friend. Also, FBI Agent Ellison discovers that Sarah is alive and that one of his enemies is back.
Sarah visits Miles Dyson's widow to find the creator of Skynet. Sarah is lead to a man named Andy Goode, who used to work with Dyson, and is building a chess-playing computer named "The Turk." John and Cameron try their best to fit in on their first day at a new high school.
While searching for some stolen cargo, John becomes separated from Sarah and Cameron. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison's murder investigation leads him to a surprising suspect. Can John prove himself as the great military leader he is supposed to be and stop SkyNet's plans?
Sarah reevaluates the capabilities of her friend Andy's computer after he enters it in a chess competition. During the competition, Sarah meets a stranger with a history similar to hers. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison finds remnants from a past terminator battle. Can Sarah make the right decision to stop the future war... or has the decision already been made for her?
While fighting for his life and moving in and out of consciousness, the stranger remembers life in the future and his personal battle against the machines. Meanwhile, Sarah finds herself trying to explain the past to her ex, Charley.
Sarah breaks into Agent Ellison's apartment and discovers a file on her from her time at the mental hospital, leading her to Dr. Silberman, a doomsday convert. Meanwhile Cameron signs up for a ballet class and John finds out why his mom escaped the mental hospital. Can Sarah stop the seemingly unstoppable chain of events that endanger the life of her son and the future of mankind?
Derek finds the brain chip from Vick that Cameron had kept. John builds an interface for it and they discover a computerized traffic system is important to Skynet. Sarah decides it must be sabotaged. Meanwhile, Cromartie is checking through school records in search of John. Can John, against all odds, strike down the beginnings of SkyNet and change his fate as the future leader of mankind?
Sarah finds herself in a business transaction with a mysterious business man. Meanwhile, Cromartie closes in on John and Agent Ellison discovers a nemesis at the agency. However, events seem to spin out of control yet again. Will Sarah manage to stop the future war against SkyNet while protecting the life of her son?
After the Jeep explosion, John's 16th birthday makes him confront the fact that he's destined to be alone. Meanwhile, after Cromartie's massacre, Agent Ellison must face off against both the Feds and his faith.
Cameron and Sarah take the initiative to investigate a nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, John loses interest in academics, but makes a new friend and chafes at being treated like a child.
Derek and Sarah must outwit Cromartie after he kidnaps Charley's wife, and they must weigh the consequences in rescuing her. Meanwhile, John finds himself unable to choose between Cameron and Riley
Another malfunction causes Cameron to believe that she is actually a human from the future named Allison. Sarah accompanies her pregnant landlady to the hospital. Ellison continues to contemplate Catherine Weaver's job offer.
Another malfunction causes Cameron to believe that she is actually a human from the future named Allison. Sarah accompanies her pregnant landlady to the hospital. Ellison continues to contemplate Catherine Weaver's job offer.
A woman from Derek's past surprises him and elsewhere, Sarah, John and Cameron wonder what a T-1001 would need with a doctor.
While Sarah and Cameron search for the person who robbed the house, Cromartie returns to hunt down Cameron and John. Meanwhile, a new cyborg arrives and creates trouble for Ellison.
Cromartie kidnaps Sarah and races to Mexico to find John. When Derek, Cameron and Ellison discover what has happened, they come to their defense--which leads to one final, deadly confrontation with Cromartie.
Sarah turns to Dr. Sherman when she begins having nightmares, Jesse tries to convince Derek that she has captured an important figure from the future, and John and Cameron discover that Cromartie's body is missing.
Sarah's quest to find the meaning behind the "three dots" leads to a technology firm seeking an advanced microchip. Dr. Sherman is killed while working with Catherine Weaver's A.I. computer, and Jesse comes clean about her mission.
Cameron learns that a terminator was accidentally sent back to 1920s Los Angeles, and she tries to find out what happened to him. Meanwhile, John has a run-in with a group of punks while taking Riley home from a party.
Terminators come after a family whose unborn daughter plays an important role in the war against the Machines, and Sarah, Cameron, and Derek try to protect them.
Sarah's continued obsession with the three dots leads her to a blogger with intimate knowledge of the symbol. Meanwhile, Riley and Cameron face off.
Sarah has visions of John's dead father as she tries to find a doctor to remove a bullet from her leg, Jesse removes Riley from the hospital after her suicide attempt, and Catherine covers her tracks after a secret location is identified.
Sarah attends a memorial service for Catherine Weaver's victims at the supposed heating and air conditioning plant to search for answers and find a connection to Skynet.
Sarah suspects that something fishy is going on at the medical clinic where she is being treated for insomnia. During her stay, she has flashbacks to a run-in she had with a man from the plant whom she thought she had already killed.
While Derek does surveillance on a lawyer he suspects may be connected to Skynet, Sarah and Cameron begin to have doubts about Riley.
As the Connors prepare to move, they find out that Riley is dead, and Sarah begins to doubt Cameron's motives. Jesse flashes back to a submarine mission in the future, and John Henry plays hide and seek with Catherine Weaver's daughter.
Jesse recalls more of her fateful future mission aboard the Jimmy Carter. Back in the present, her plan to turn John against Cameron backfires when John discovers that Jesse--not Cameron--killed Riley.
Sarah and John hit the road without Cameron and Derek to stay with Charley Dixon, where she reveals to Charey that her cancer may have emerged. Meanwhile, a computer worm infects John Henry.
Sarah, John and Cameron save Catherine Weaver's daughter Savannah from being killed by a machine, but Derek is killed in the process. Ellison is then forced to broker a meeting between Sarah and Catherine to return the child.
Sarah is in police custody, but John and Cameron disobey her orders and help her escape. The three then go to Zeira Corp so that Sarah can confront Catherine Weaver, and Cameron can confront John Henry.
Season 1 Episodes
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 | Original Air Date: January 13, 2008After two years in one spot Sarah Connor feels the need to move on before they get too comfortable. They move to a new city where John starts school and meets a mysterious girl. However, danger strikes, and Sarah and John are caught in another struggle for their survival. Can they possibly overcome the overwhelming odds they face and fight for the spirit of humanity?
Gnothi Seauton
Season 1, Episode 2 | Original Air Date: January 14, 2008Sarah contacts an old friend to acquire new aliases for herself and John. In the meanwhile, John leaves to meet Sarah's ex-boyfriend, and Cameron manages to find herself a new friend. Also, FBI Agent Ellison discovers that Sarah is alive and that one of his enemies is back.
The Turk
Season 1, Episode 3 | Original Air Date: January 21, 2008Sarah visits Miles Dyson's widow to find the creator of Skynet. Sarah is lead to a man named Andy Goode, who used to work with Dyson, and is building a chess-playing computer named "The Turk." John and Cameron try their best to fit in on their first day at a new high school.
Heavy Metal
Season 1, Episode 4 | Original Air Date: February 4, 2008While searching for some stolen cargo, John becomes separated from Sarah and Cameron. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison's murder investigation leads him to a surprising suspect. Can John prove himself as the great military leader he is supposed to be and stop SkyNet's plans?
Queen's Gambit
Season 1, Episode 5 | Original Air Date: February 11, 2008Sarah reevaluates the capabilities of her friend Andy's computer after he enters it in a chess competition. During the competition, Sarah meets a stranger with a history similar to hers. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison finds remnants from a past terminator battle. Can Sarah make the right decision to stop the future war... or has the decision already been made for her?
Dungeons & Dragons
Season 1, Episode 6 | Original Air Date: February 18, 2008While fighting for his life and moving in and out of consciousness, the stranger remembers life in the future and his personal battle against the machines. Meanwhile, Sarah finds herself trying to explain the past to her ex, Charley.
The Demon Hand
Season 1, Episode 7 | Original Air Date: February 25,2008Sarah breaks into Agent Ellison's apartment and discovers a file on her from her time at the mental hospital, leading her to Dr. Silberman, a doomsday convert. Meanwhile Cameron signs up for a ballet class and John finds out why his mom escaped the mental hospital. Can Sarah stop the seemingly unstoppable chain of events that endanger the life of her son and the future of mankind?
Vick's Chip
Season 1, Episode 8 | Original Air Date: March 3, 2008Derek finds the brain chip from Vick that Cameron had kept. John builds an interface for it and they discover a computerized traffic system is important to Skynet. Sarah decides it must be sabotaged. Meanwhile, Cromartie is checking through school records in search of John. Can John, against all odds, strike down the beginnings of SkyNet and change his fate as the future leader of mankind?
What He Beheld
Season 1, Episode 9 | Original Air Date: March 3, 2008Sarah finds herself in a business transaction with a mysterious business man. Meanwhile, Cromartie closes in on John and Agent Ellison discovers a nemesis at the agency. However, events seem to spin out of control yet again. Will Sarah manage to stop the future war against SkyNet while protecting the life of her son?
Season 2 Episodes
Samson and Delilah
Season 2, Episode 1 | Original Air Date: September 8, 2008After the Jeep explosion, John's 16th birthday makes him confront the fact that he's destined to be alone. Meanwhile, after Cromartie's massacre, Agent Ellison must face off against both the Feds and his faith.
Automatic for the People
Season 2, Episode 2 | Original Air Date: September 15, 2008Cameron and Sarah take the initiative to investigate a nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, John loses interest in academics, but makes a new friend and chafes at being treated like a child.
The Mousetrap
Season 2, Episode 3 | Original Air Date: September 22, 2008Derek and Sarah must outwit Cromartie after he kidnaps Charley's wife, and they must weigh the consequences in rescuing her. Meanwhile, John finds himself unable to choose between Cameron and Riley
Allison From Palmdale
Season 2, Episode 4 | Original Air Date: September 29, 2008Another malfunction causes Cameron to believe that she is actually a human from the future named Allison. Sarah accompanies her pregnant landlady to the hospital. Ellison continues to contemplate Catherine Weaver's job offer.
Goodbye To All That
Season 2, Episode 5 | Original Air Date: October 6, 2008Another malfunction causes Cameron to believe that she is actually a human from the future named Allison. Sarah accompanies her pregnant landlady to the hospital. Ellison continues to contemplate Catherine Weaver's job offer.
The Tower Is Tall But The Fall Is Short
Season 2, Episode 6 | Original Air Date: October 20, 2008A woman from Derek's past surprises him and elsewhere, Sarah, John and Cameron wonder what a T-1001 would need with a doctor.
Brothers of Nablus
Season 2, Episode 7 | Original Air Date: November 3, 2008While Sarah and Cameron search for the person who robbed the house, Cromartie returns to hunt down Cameron and John. Meanwhile, a new cyborg arrives and creates trouble for Ellison.
Mr Ferguson Is Ill Today
Season 2, Episode 8 | Original Air Date: November 10, 2008Cromartie kidnaps Sarah and races to Mexico to find John. When Derek, Cameron and Ellison discover what has happened, they come to their defense--which leads to one final, deadly confrontation with Cromartie.
Complications
Season 2, Episode 9 | Original Air Date: November 17, 2008Sarah turns to Dr. Sherman when she begins having nightmares, Jesse tries to convince Derek that she has captured an important figure from the future, and John and Cameron discover that Cromartie's body is missing.
Strange Things Happen At The One-Two Point
Season 2, Episode 10 | Original Air Date: November 24, 2008Sarah's quest to find the meaning behind the "three dots" leads to a technology firm seeking an advanced microchip. Dr. Sherman is killed while working with Catherine Weaver's A.I. computer, and Jesse comes clean about her mission.
Self Made Man
Season 2, Episode 11 | Original Air Date: December 1, 2008Cameron learns that a terminator was accidentally sent back to 1920s Los Angeles, and she tries to find out what happened to him. Meanwhile, John has a run-in with a group of punks while taking Riley home from a party.
Alpine Fields
Season 2, Episode 12 | Original Air Date: December 8, 2008Terminators come after a family whose unborn daughter plays an important role in the war against the Machines, and Sarah, Cameron, and Derek try to protect them.
Earthlings Welcome Here
Season 2, Episode 13 | Original Air Date: December 15, 2008Sarah's continued obsession with the three dots leads her to a blogger with intimate knowledge of the symbol. Meanwhile, Riley and Cameron face off.
The Good Wound
Season 2, Episode 14 | Original Air Date: February 13, 2009Sarah has visions of John's dead father as she tries to find a doctor to remove a bullet from her leg, Jesse removes Riley from the hospital after her suicide attempt, and Catherine covers her tracks after a secret location is identified.
Desert Cantos
Season 2, Episode 15 | Original Air Date: February 20, 2009Sarah attends a memorial service for Catherine Weaver's victims at the supposed heating and air conditioning plant to search for answers and find a connection to Skynet.
Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep
Season 2, Episode 16 | Original Air Date: February 27, 2009Sarah suspects that something fishy is going on at the medical clinic where she is being treated for insomnia. During her stay, she has flashbacks to a run-in she had with a man from the plant whom she thought she had already killed.
Ourselves Alone
Season 2, Episode 17 | Original Air Date: March 6, 2009While Derek does surveillance on a lawyer he suspects may be connected to Skynet, Sarah and Cameron begin to have doubts about Riley.
Today Is The Day - Part 1
Season 2, Episode 18 | Original Air Date: March 13, 2009As the Connors prepare to move, they find out that Riley is dead, and Sarah begins to doubt Cameron's motives. Jesse flashes back to a submarine mission in the future, and John Henry plays hide and seek with Catherine Weaver's daughter.
Today Is The Day - Part 2
Season 2, Episode 19 | Original Air Date: March 20, 2009Jesse recalls more of her fateful future mission aboard the Jimmy Carter. Back in the present, her plan to turn John against Cameron backfires when John discovers that Jesse--not Cameron--killed Riley.
To The Lighthouse
Season 2, Episode 20 | Original Air Date: March 27, 2009Sarah and John hit the road without Cameron and Derek to stay with Charley Dixon, where she reveals to Charey that her cancer may have emerged. Meanwhile, a computer worm infects John Henry.
Adam Raised A Cain
Season 2, Episode 21 | Original Air Date: April 3, 2009Sarah, John and Cameron save Catherine Weaver's daughter Savannah from being killed by a machine, but Derek is killed in the process. Ellison is then forced to broker a meeting between Sarah and Catherine to return the child.
Born To Run
Season 2, Episode 22 | Original Air Date: April 10, 2009Sarah is in police custody, but John and Cameron disobey her orders and help her escape. The three then go to Zeira Corp so that Sarah can confront Catherine Weaver, and Cameron can confront John Henry.
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