Backstory for Season 1: At the end of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sarah defeated the liquid metal Terminator sent from the future to kill her teenage son, John. Terminator: The Sarah Chronicles (SCC), picks up with them 2 years later. The police have charged them for blowing up the Cyberdyne building, so now they’re fugitives from the law as well as the terminators. In SCC, the future John, fighting Skynet after Judgement Day, sends back another terminator to help them. Our John, now 15, meets a pretty girl at school that appears to be just another student, but turns out be that terminator. She uses a time machine to help them escape from Cromartie, a terminator sent from the future to kill John, bringing them to 2007.

Backstory for Season 2: At the end of Season 2, they've found that the computer that will evolve into Skynet. It's a chess computer called the Turk, and it's gotten into the hands of a group of Russian mobsters. In the conclusion, our team has crossed paths with the Russians, with dire results. Right after being invited to the prom, Cameron is blown to bits by a bomb planted in their car by the bad guys. We know that the blast wouldn't have killed Cameron, but was her flesh destroyed by the blast? Will she be able to go to the prom? Tune in on September 8 to find out.


Summer Glau, of Firefly and Serenity fame, stars as Cameron, a new terminator model that appears more human than past terminators. She’s developing a surprisingly personal relationship with John and Sarah, and we’re all waiting to see where that will lead. Summer has cybernetic character down solid, clueless about human emotions, but eager to learn.

Lena Headey plays Sarah Connor.
Most agree that she has doing a great job filling Linda Hamilton’s shoes as the new Sarah. Lena is a 34 year old British actress. She played Queen Gorgo in 300. Lena plays Sarah with a good balance of outward strength and growing compassion toward her son. She’s recognizing that he has to do more than hide until Judgement Day, and letting become more indepdent.

Thomas Dekker plays John Connor, a moody teenager. John grew quite up a lot in Season 1, and now he’s developing into the John Connor that might be a hero and leader in the future. Thomas Dekker played Claire Bennet’s sexually ambiguous friend Zach on Heroes season 1.

The Wet Paint Wiki is the top resource for SCC info, and has definitive list of web links, including blogs and articles. Here’s a selection:

• Josh Friedman’s blog
• The official Fox web site
• Fox’s special web site
• Fox’s Wiki (on Wet Paint)

• IMDB
• Wikipedia
• TV.com
• BuddyTV
• TV Guide
• IGN

• Variety.com search for news about SCC

There’s another site that may have some link to Skynet, but it isn’t clear right now: Enitech Labs.

The Sarah Connor Society group has a big collection of video sources for the show, and references to others.

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