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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

7.5IMDb1K votesStrongly recommended
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2008 – 20092 seasons · 31 episodesTV-14Canceled
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TV DNA

How Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.

SpectacleDefining9.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

Character DepthVery strong8.2

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

World BuildingVery strong7.0

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

BingeabilityStrong6.9

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Emotional WeightStrong6.7

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

The run

Seasons

2 seasons · 31 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    201126 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    20089 episodes

    7.4IMDb

    Best episode · S01E09 What He Beheld (2)

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    200822 episodes

    7.3IMDb

    Best episode · S02E22 Born to Run

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Born to Run

S02E22

Born to Run

8.0IMDb23 votes

Fate is changed forever on the explosive season finale episode! The Connors come face-to-face with Weaver in a confrontation that shakes John to the core and changes his reality. Nothing will be the same.

10 Apr 200945 min
Still from Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today

S02E08

Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today

7.9IMDb14 votes

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.

10 Nov 200844 min
Still from What He Beheld (2)

S01E09

What He Beheld (2)

7.9IMDb17 votes

Sarah finds herself in a business transaction with a mysterious business man named Sarkissian, who claims to be in possession of the stolen Turk computer system and wants an exorbitant amount of money for it. Derek recalls his childhood before the so-called Judgement Day in 2011, when a nuclear war triggered by Skynet will destroy the world. Agent Ellison finally discovers that the terminator Cromartie is impersonating an FBI agent, and makes arrangements to apprehend him.

3 Mar 200844 min
Still from Today Is the Day (2)

S02E19

Today Is the Day (2)

7.8IMDb19 votes

Jesse's submarine mission in the future takes a fatal turn with unforeseen consequences. Back in the present, her plan to turn John against Cameron backfires when John discovers that Jesse--not Cameron--killed Riley and he makes a life-or-death decision.

20 Mar 200945 min
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S02E01

Samson and Delilah

7.8IMDb21 votes

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.

8 Sept 200845 min
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S01E05

Queen's Gambit

7.7IMDb15 votes

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.

11 Feb 200842 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Creating the Chronicles

S00E02

Creating the Chronicles

19 Apr 201139 min
Still from Gag Reel (Season 1)

S00E03

Gag Reel (Season 1)

19 Apr 20114 min
Still from Cast Audition Tapes

S00E04

Cast Audition Tapes

19 Apr 201111 min
Still from Terminated Scene from Season 1, Episode 6

S00E05

Terminated Scene from Season 1, Episode 6

19 Apr 20112 min
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S00E06

Summer Glau Dance Rehearsal Video Footage

19 Apr 20112 min
Still from Terminated Scenes from Season 1, Episodes 1 and 3

S00E01

Terminated Scenes from Season 1, Episodes 1 and 3

19 Apr 201111 min

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Direction

Cinematography

Music

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