In the aftermath of the jeep explosion, Sarah and John are taken prisoner by Sarkissian and his henchman. Cameron also survives but as a result of a brain malfunction, she now believes her mission is to kill John. John manages to kill Sarkissian to prevent him from killing Sarah, only to have the two of them flee from Cameron's rampage. Sarah and John take refuge in a nearby church and must decide how to stop Cameron. Meanwhile, Catherine Weaver is a mysterious international businesswoman and CEO of ZeiraCorp who purchases the late Andy Goode's Turk computer system for $300,000 and she clearly has plans to use it for her own purposes. Elsewhere, FBI Agent Ellison is the sole survivor of the failed attempt to arrest Cromartie. He tells all to his superiors about what happened, but is put on administrative leave. Also, Derek forces Charley to team up with him to find Sarah and John before Cameron does. Written by garykmcd

After having settled down in a new residence, Sarah and Cameron go undercover to a power plant as new employees to investigate the dying words of another fatally wounded resistance fighter, who arrives and dies mentioning the power plant which leads to Carl Greenway who's in charge of putting a potentially new reactor on-line in two days. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison and Charley tell a disbelieving Michelle about what's going on with Sarah Connor. Elsewhere, John ditches school and strikes a bond with a shady student named Riley. Written by matt-282

Having left town out of fear for their safety, Charley Dixon's wife is kidnapped by Cromartie when they stop for gas. He contacts Sarah and she and Derek set off to help him. Her kidnapping has a very specific purpose however. On a leave of absence, Agent Ellison receives a call from Catherine Weaver who has a job offer for him at ZieraCorp. Elsewhere, John wants to spend some time alone with Riley and gives Cameron the slip when they are out shopping. But Cromartie is soon onto him however. Written by garykmcd

Kacy has complications with her pregnancy and Sarah takes her to the hospital. There she meets the baby's father, a LAPD detective. Meanwhile, Cameron has yet more problems when she draws a memory blank while shopping for groceries. She takes up with a young street person, Jody. While together, Cameron has a series of flashbacks recalling her interrogation of a young woman, Allison Young, who resembles Cameron to a tee. We learn of the reason for the lookalikes and Cameron's one-time mission. Elsewhere, Agent Ellison is still considering Catherine Weaver's job offer and asks his ex-wife, also an FBI agent, to do a background check on her. Written by garykmcd

John and Derek go undercover at a military academy to eye and protect a certain Martin Bedell, a cadet who will be John's chief soldier during the future war, from another Triple-8 Terminator who arrives from the past to assassinate Bedell. Derek flashes back to his days in the resistance and quarreling with his brother, Kyle, as well as Bedell, over their military tactics to fight. Meanwhile, Sarah and Cameron try to protect another Martin Bedell, a young boy, whom the Terminator briefly mistakenly targets. Elsewhere, Ellison learns a little more about the sinister Catherine Weaver as she beings grooming him for the job at her corporation. Written by Anonymous

Sarah, John, and Cameron investigate Dr. Sherman, a therapist who may have a connection to Skynet's construction, while Catherine Weaver, revealed to be a T-1001 liquid metal Terminator impersonating the real late Catherine Weaver, also pays a visit to Dr. Sherman for his help to control her daughter Savannah, living in constant fear of her mother. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman from Derek's past, named Jesse, suddenly shows up having time-traveled back after going AWOL. Also, another mysterious female terminator arrives in the present to target another individual. Written by Anonymous

When their house is broken into and all their money and fake ID's stolen, Sarah, Cameron, and Derek go in search of them before they land in the wrong hands. Derek continues to sneak away to spend time with his lost love Jesse. Meanwhile, John continues to becomes more alienated and disillusioned with the current situation which stems from his killing of Sarkisian, and continues to seek company with Riley. Also, Ellison finds himself arrested for a murder charge in which a look-alike Terminator attempts to duplicate him, and Catherine flexes more of her power to clear him. Elsewhere, the Terminator Cromartie is back on the trail to find John when a discarded photo of Cameron surfaces which leads him to the young runaway, Jody, who briefly knew Cameron during her memory-lapse episode. Written by matt-282

In this episode that replays the same day's events from numerous viewpoints, John, growingly alienated with life and both unable and unwilling to face his own destiny, runs away with Riley for a getaway to Mexico where he wants to show her the life he wishes he had, unaware that Cromartie is hot on their tail, and has taken Sarah hostage. Elsewhere, Derek and Cameron are forced to team up to find John and Riley before Cromartie does, while Ellison finally discovers that Sarah is alive when John and Riley land in jail from a barroom brawl, which reveals their location to Cromartie. Written by Anonymous

With Cromartie buried in Mexico, the group return to Los Angeles. Sarah is not well and is hallucinating as well as walking in her sleep. She returns to Dr. Boyd Sherman to seek help. When John and Cameron return to Mexico to destroy what is left of Cromartie they find he is missing. Meanwhile, Derek learns that Jesse has kidnapped a man she is convinced they knew in the future. Derek doesn't recognize him, and Jesse sets out to prove he is the man who taught the Cyborgs how to question humans. Elsewhere, Ellison delivers the inactive body of the Cromartie Terminator to Catherine Weaver to ask for help in knowing how to control it. Written by garykmcd

Sarah and Cameron investigate a Japanese computer company, named Dakara, which may have a connection to the construction of Skynet. Meanwhile, Derek learns that Jesse is a spy sent back to investigate John, and that Riley is Jesse's partner in trying to come between John and his mother to keep them apart. Elsewhere, Ellison begins to realize that Catherine's supercomputer, code-named Babylon, is growing stronger and may be the threat that he is facing all along. Written by matt-282

Cameron goes to the Los Angeles County library of records for information to repair her damaged brain system when she spots a T-888 Terminator in an old photograph dating back to 1920 and teams up with the paraplegic librarian to uncover the mystery to why this Terminator was sent back, what its mission was, and where he is now. Meanwhile, John sneaks out of the house also to meet with Riley to attend a house party in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood where he does not bond well with her circle of wild friends, and continues to have disturbing flashbacks to the time he killed Sarkeasian. Written by matt-282

Sarah and Cameron set out to rescue a family, named the Fields, in the woods which is on the list of people targeted by Skynet Terminators. Six months later, Derek finds himself trying to save the life of the wounded and very pregnant Mrs. Fields whose child will play a part in the future. Derek also flashes back to his time in the underground resistance with Jesse in 2027 and dealing with a mysterious bio-weapon that the machines use on one hidden facility. Written by matt-282

Sarah attends a UFO convention hoping to get information on the three dots. She is pointed in the direction of Abraham, a blogger who has written about them. Only problem is no one quite knows who or where he is. At home, John is re-decorating his room with Riley's help, always under the watchful eye of Cameron. Through flashbacks, we learn more about the connection between Riley and Jesse. Now that Catherine Wheeler's AI computer has taken humanoid form in what was Cromartie, she wants Ellison to teach it ethics. Written by garykmcd

After being shot during her warehouse investigation, Sarah abducts a young doctor, named Dr. Felicia Burnett, to treat her bullet wound in her leg, while Sarah has visions of the ghost of Kyle Reese, John's father, who gives her some advice and courage in this precarious time. While Sarah is also forced to call upon Derrek for help, a determined sheriff attempts to find the abducted Dr. Burnett as well. John and Cameron take Riley to the hospital after a suicide attempt. But Jesse secretly sneaks Riley out of there, and away from John, to inform her that her job is not finished. Elsewhere, Catherine learns from her T-888 'John Henry' about the warehouse incident and in her attempts to keep her work protected at all costs, resorts to deadly means using her T-1001 powers. Written by matt-282

Sarah, John, Cameron, and Derek travel to a remote California town to investigate the mysterious destruction and massacre of the warehouse in which they individually approach various residents to look for a connection to Skynet. Sarah bonds with a widow of a security guard whom was the same one who shot Sarah weeks earlier. John bonds with a teen girl, named Zoe, who's father was one of the victims to get information as to what was going on at the warehouse, and Derek tails a shadowy hit man named Walsh, whom was sent by Catherine, to find one surviving worker who may be a threat to not only her but everyone. Back in Los Angeles at Zeira Corp, while Catherine works to successfully cover her tracks and block Ellison from learning more about her work involving Project Babylon, she also tries to get through to the real Catherine's daughter, Savannah, over the anniversary of her own father's death. Written by matt-282

Sarah checks herself into a clinic for her constant insomnia and to probe into her thoughts at the man she was forced to kill and begins having nightmares of her being held hostage by the guy forcing physical and mental mind games on her. But as Sarah begins to suspect that her attending nurse is not who she appears to be, she slowly discovers that the line between dream and reality is not what it appears to be. Written by matt-282

Cameron's glitch returns which she realizes that it could spell bad news for everyone. Sarah begins to investigate more into Riley and thinks John had told her about the apocalyptic future, which John denies, as does Cameron. Meanwhile, Derek begins tailing a powerful lawyer who may have a connection to Skynet with Jesse's help, but with nobody aware that she is behind all the mishaps that have been going on... and that Riley soon learns the real reason why Jesse recruited her. Written by matt-282

Jesse flashes back to the year 2027 of her time in the underground Resistance she was chosen for a life-altering mission aboard a submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter, to travel to her native Australia, but was diverted to a remote oil platform location to pick up a mysterious black box. Back in the present, Sarah and John plan to move out when they learn about Riley's murder and mistakenly think that Cameron killed her, despite Cameron's denials. John and Sarah debate whether or not to bring Cameron with them as the rift between all of them (started by Riley and Jesse in the first place) begins to widen even more with no one, not even Derek, suspecting Jesse of manipulating everything so John can destroy Cameron. Elsewhere at Zeira Corp., Weaver and Ellison search for Savannah after she tries to play a game of hide-and-seek with John Henry. Written by matt-282

In 2027, Jesse's submarine mission takes a fatal turn that has unforeseen consequences for John, Sarah and Derek in the present when the 'box' is opened an a new and deadly, liquid metal T-1001 Terminator escapes and is loose aboard the sub. Back in the present, as Sarah prepares to move, she deals with Cameron who may become a liability to them, while John begins to doubt that Cameron was the one who murdered Riley, and he finally learns about Jesse's existence and struggles with a life-or-death situation of whether or not to kill Jesse. Elsewhere at Zeira Corp, John Henry becomes more humanly concerned that Catherine Weaver is up to something involving the 'termination' of her top employees, including Ellison. Written by matt-282

Now on the run, Sarah stashes John in a safe house with the only person she believes she can rely on: Charley Dixon. While Sarah frequently flashes back to training a young John in the jungles of South America, she soon learns that she has been implanted with a tracking device. Meanwhile, Cameron and Derek struggle to work together after she reveals a big secret about Jesse and of her mission, and they soon are targeted by unseen assassins working for a mysterious third party. Elsewhere at Zeira Corp, Catherine Weaver's effort for Project Babylon is at risk when Cromartie/John Henry is compromised by an unseen hacker and Ellison tries to get to the bottom of who or what is trying to sabotage the project which evidence points to another T-888 Terminator out there. Written by matt-282

After finding a clue to one of the dead assassins after them, Sarah, John, Cameron, and Derek locate another T-888 who attempts to kill Savannah Weaver whom they are forced to abduct, at the cost of Derek's life. As the paths of Sarah and Catherine's finally begin to cross, Sarah learns about Ellison's work at Zeira Corp and about the identity of 'John Henry'. While Catherine sends out Ellison to find Savannah, she becomes more determined to keep the existence of John Henry and her work a secret, but also finally learns about the existence of Sarah Connor as well as John. When Sarah requests a meeting with Catherine (with nobody still aware of her being the elusive T-1001), a persistent FBI agent becomes determined to find the abductor of Savannah. Written by matt-282

With Sarah now in police custody, John and Cameron hide in a cheap motel. John is concerned about his mother's recent weight loss and thinks that Cameron may be a source of radiation poisoning. Sarah manages to get a message to John via Father Armando Bonilla, the priest they had met in Mexico. Meanwhile, Catherine Weaver asks Ellison to arrange for her to meet John. Despite his mother's advice to leave the city and forget about her, John decides to try and set her free and Cameron agrees to stage a one-person assault at the prison where Sarah is being held. Afterwards, Sarah and John finally meet Weaver face-to-face who, it turns out, has a considerably different agenda than they might have expected. For John however, his future may be changed forever. Written by garykmcd