Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 1

2008 · 9 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 1 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

The season picks up right after «Terminator 2». Sarah and John Connor have spent years on the run and believe the future they feared is behind them. But the Terminators return to the present, and the pair must once again risk their lives. Sarah lives on alert, checking every shadow, and has stopped hiding so she can take on the technology that wants to destroy her and the world. John, a teenager trying to lead a normal life at school, doesn't yet feel ready to lead the resistance. Among his enemies are one he already knows and another still unknown. An ally appears in Cameron, a machine sent from the future to protect him. FBI agent James Ellison follows the trail of the case.

9episodes

Jan 13, 2008premiered

Mar 3, 2008Latest episode

6.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Jan 13, 2008 · 47 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Josh Friedman · Starring: Nick Wechsler, Owain Yeoman, Aurora Antonio, Aaron James Cash
1x02 Gnothi Seauton
Jan 14, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
Sarah makes contact with an old friend to ask a favor, while John decides to pay a visit to Sarah's ex and Cameron makes a new friend. Together they infiltrate a resistance safe house and discover they are not alone. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison realizes that Sarah is still alive and a dangerous person from Sarah's past is reawakened.
Directing: David Nutter · Writing: Josh Friedman · Starring: Tony Amendola, Omid Abtahi, Sasha Roiz, John Henry Whitaker
1x03 The Turk
Jan 21, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
Sarah visits Miles Dyson's widow to find the creator of Skynet. She leads her 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.
Directing: Paul A. Edwards · Writing: John Wirth · Starring: Charlayne Woodard, Jesse Garcia, Alessandra Torresani, Floriana Lima
1x04 Heavy Metal
Feb 4, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
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.
Directing: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan · Writing: John Enbom · Starring: Brian Bloom, Andy Umberger, Lee Thompson Young, Garret Dillahunt
1x05 Queen's Gambit
Feb 11, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directing: Matt Earl Beesley · Writing: Natalie Chaidez · Starring: Brian Austin Green, Neil Hopkins, Josue Aguirre, Ally Maki
1x06 Dungeons & Dragons
Feb 18, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
Flashing in and out of consciousness, fighting for his life Derek Reese recalls his future life battling the machines in 2027. Meanwhile, Sarah tries to explain the past to Charley.
Directing: Jeffrey G. Hunt · Writing: Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller · Starring: Brian Austin Green, Brendan Hines, Chris Gann, Mackenzie Brooke Smith
1x07 The Demon Hand
Feb 25, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
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, now a doomsday convert. Meanwhile Cameron signs up for a ballet class and John finds out how his mom escaped the mental hospital.
Directing: Charles Beeson · Writing: Toni Graphia · Starring: Brian Austin Green, Bruce Davison, Angela Gots, Mark Ivanir
1x08 Vick's Chip (1)
Mar 3, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: J. Miller Tobin · Writing: Daniel T. Thomsen · Starring: Brian Austin Green, Matt McColm, Andre Royo, Joshua Wolf Coleman
1x09 What He Beheld (2) Season Finale
Mar 3, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Mike Rohl · Writing: Ian B. Goldberg · Starring: Brian Austin Green, Catherine Dent, Craig Fairbrass, Ramona DuBarry