Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline

The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline follows Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline and leads to the events in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It is created by the destruction of the Cyberdyne Building. Note there are at least three known future timelines as shown in the series:

• Alternate Original timeline, the Future where Derek Reese comes from, which is created due to the destruction of the Cyberdyne Building
• The Second Future timeline, where Jesse Flores and Charles Fischer (and possibly Cameron and the T-1001) come from, which is created due to the death of Andrew Goode.
• The Alternate Future, which is created as John Connor traveled forward to the post-Judgment Day 2020s with the T-1001 from 2029.

Prior timelines

Original timeline

Main article: Original timeline/Terminator 2: Judgment Day

2029

• John Connor led the Tech-Com victory in the war, and shutdown Skynet. However, before its destruction, Skynet sent a Terminator back to 1983 to kill Sarah Connor. The Terminator
• Later, John found that Skynet sent another Terminator, a T-1000, to 1997 to kill his younger self. In response, he reprogrammed a T-800 and sent it to 1997 to protect the young John. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The Terminator / Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline

Main article: The Terminator / Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline

1983

• The T-800 arrived from the future to kill Sarah Connor. Its mission failed as Kyle Reese intervened and rescued Sarah successfully, but he was killed. Before his death, Kyle impregnated Sarah, who gave birth to John Connor nine months later. The Terminator
• John Connor was born on 14 November.

1995

• Derek Reese was born. "What He Beheld"

1997

• On 8 June, Sarah Connor signed away her legal rights as John Connor's parent, which was recorded (and later viewed by John in 2007). She then attempted her escape, which is the same date that John and the T-800 came to rescue her.
• The T-1000 arrived from the future to kill John Connor. Its mission failed as the T-800 was sent back by the Resistance to protect young John Connor.
• Sarah, John, the T-800, and Miles Dyson destroyed the Cyberdyne building in order to prevent the creation of Skynet. Terminator 2: Judgment Day The mission was successful and Judgment Day in 1997 was averted.

Alternate Original timeline

Previous timeline: Terminator 2: Judgment Day timeline timeline

After the event in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Skynet's creation and Judgment Day was postponed.

1998

• For a brief period of time, John and Sarah Connor stay in the unincorporated community of Garberville in Humboldt County, CA.

1999

• The Connors had settled down, believing they had averted Judgment Day. Meanwhile, Sarah remained on the FBI's most wanted list for having allegedly killed Miles Dyson; Agent James Ellison was in charge of her case.
• Sarah met Charley Dixon in February; six months later they are engaged and living in West Fork, Nebraska.
• On 24 August, Sarah and John left Charley and moved to Red Valley, New Mexico.
• Andrew Goode began work on the computer system that would, in eight years, become the "Turk". "Queen's Gambit"

2005

• Sarah Connor died from cancer on 4 December.

2008

• Allison Young was born on July 22.

2010

• On July 22, Allison Young had her last Pre-Judgment Day birthday with her family at Griffith Park when she was two years old.
• On 31 December, Mark Wyman, the California Governor, made a New Year's Eve keynote speech at Pico Tower.

2011

• Skynet went online on 19 April.
• Skynet initiate Judgment Day on 21 April.
• The Reese Brothers witnessed the launch of U.S. missiles while playing ball in their yard. Derek took Kyle underground for safety before the counterstrike. "What He Beheld"

Unknown point

• Kyle Reese was separated from Derek Reese in the cold-war tunnel system underneath Los Angeles and captured by the machines near City Hall. "Vick's Chip"

2015

• John Connor and Kyle Reese were both imprisoned in Century Work Camp located in Los Angeles. "Dungeons & Dragons"

2021

• John Connor and Kyle Reese escaped Century Work Camp.

2023

• On 14 November, John Connor turned 30 and celebrated with Derek Reese. John got drunk.

2026

• The Battle of Kansas Bunker
• Resistance fighter Allison Young was captured, interrogated, and killed by the T-900 Terminator, which would become Cameron. "Allison from Palmdale"
• On 8 December, the Battle of Avila Beach occurred. Humans regained control of Serrano Point from Skynet. "Automatic for the People"

2027

• Derek Reese, Sayles, Billy Wisher and others were captured while tracking "a Centaur patrol". They were imprisoned with other humans in a house guarded by T-600 Terminators and subjected to unknown psychological torture/testing. "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Billy revealed his true identity as Andy Goode, as well as the part he played in the creation of Skynet. "Dungeons & Dragons"
• T-900 Cameron attempted to infiltrate John Connor's base camp but it was discovered, captured, and reprogrammed.
• Kyle Reese was sent back to 1983.
• Derek and company were unceremoniously released/abandoned by their captors without explanation. "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Derek Reese met reprogrammed Terminator Cameron and witnessed a Terminator go "rogue". "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Jesse Flores met Derek Reese at Eagle Rock Bunker, they found Sydney Fields and brought her back to the Serrano Point base camp where Lauren Fields was working. "Alpine Fields"
• Derek Reese met John Connor. Later, Derek was sent back to 2007 along with Sayles, Timms, and Sumner. "Queen's Gambit"
• The "Engineer" was sent back to 1963, or sometime before that year, to presumably facilitate Cameron's mission in 1999.
• Cameron was sent back to 1999 to protect the Connors.
• Resistance fighter Wells was sent back to 2008 with information for Sarah.

2027 (Second Future Timeline)

• On 13 September, USS Jimmy Carter, a submarine operated by the Resistance and Captained by T-888 Queeg with Jesse Flores, was sent deep into a Skynet-controlled zone, where it evaded a Kraken and later docked at a Deep Sea Oil Platform near Indonesia. The crew recovered a package from a T-600 Iinfiltrator and two T-888 Endoskeletons. Later, Jesse lost her and Derek's unborn child. On return to base, she was debriefed by Cameron and learned the question to which the answer was "No".
• Jesse Flores and Riley Dawson went "AWOL", but in fact traveled back to 2007.

The Sarah Chronicles timeline

1920

• The Infiltrator that would become Myron Stark arrived in 1920. "Self Made Man"

1925

• Myron Stark murdered the primary opposition to its acquisition of the property at Pico Plaza, clearing the way for it to ensure construction of the tower where it will attempt to terminate Mark Wyman, the Governor of California, in 2010. "Self Made Man"

1963

• The Security Trust of Los Angeles was opened on 7 March. One of the members of the construction team was the "Engineer". "Pilot"

1999 to 2006

1999

• In February, Sarah Connor met and began a romance with Charley Dixon. "Pilot"
• On 26 June, Cameron arrived from 2027 to protect John Connor. "Pilot"
• On 24 August, Sarah and John leave Charley Dixon and relocate. "Pilot"
• On 6 September, John started school in Red Valley, New Mexico, where he met Cameron Phillips, who was posing as a classmate. "Pilot"
• On 7 September, Cromartie impersonated a substitute teacher to infiltrate the school where John attended. During a class, Cromartie opened fire at John, who was protected by Cameron. "Pilot"
• On 8 September, deciding to fight Skynet rather than run, John, Sarah, and Cameron began the drive to Los Angeles. "Pilot"
• On 9 September, John, Sarah, and Cameron arrived at the home of Terissa Dyson seeking her help. They were attacked by Cromartie but escaped. "Pilot"
• On 10 September, John, Sarah, and Cameron used Time Displacement Equipment in a bank vault to jump to the year 2007. Cromartie's head followed. "Pilot" "Gnothi Seauton"

Between 1999 to 2006

• During this period, the Connors were believed to be dead, killed in the explosion that leveled the bank as they time-jumped to 2007. "Gnothi Seauton"
• Charley Dixon moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and was honored for his heroic paramedics work in 2004. He became married to Michelle. "Gnothi Seauton" "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Enrique Salceda became an informer for the FBI as a deal to gain a pardon. "Gnothi Seauton"
• Agent James Ellison became a respected detective.
• Kyle Reese was born in 2002.
• Catherine and Lachlan Weaver died in a helicopter crash in 2006. The T-1001 took Catherine's identity.

2007

See also: 2007

• Derek Reese, Sayles, Timms, and Sumner arrived in 2007 from the year 2027. "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Derek operated on his own agenda and intended to prevent the creation of Skynet by assassinating Andy Goode and other persons identified as critical to the creation of Skynet. "Dungeons & Dragons"

10 September

• Sarah Connor, John Connor, and Cameron arrived in 2007 from 1999 and decided to stop Skynet once and for all. "Pilot"
• Cromartie's head, detached from its body and with its chip intact, also traveled through time. "Gnothi Seauton" "Heavy Metal"
• Agent James Ellison resumed his investigation into the deaths, which, unknown to him at the time, were linked to Terminators.

13 September

• Sayles, Timms and Sumner were killed at their safehouse by a Terminator. "Gnothi Seauton"
• Sarah Connor, John Connor, and Cameron obtained fake identification from Carlos, using the alias name "Baum". "Gnothi Seauton"
• Cameron assassinates Enrique Salceda for being a suspected informant. "Gnothi Seauton"
• Cromartie's endoskeleton was rectivated and reunited with its detached head. "Gnothi Seauton"

14 September

• John Connor and Cameron registered at Campo de Cahuenga High School, posing as brother and sister. "Gnothi Seauton"

15 September to 24 October

• Sarah Connor set fire to the house of Andy Goode to destroy The Turk, an AI believed to be linked to Skynet. "The Turk"
• Cromartie coerced Dr. Alistair Flemming to regrow his organic covering, and Dr. David Lyman to perform reconstructive surgery, giving the appearance of George Laszlo. "The Turk" "Heavy Metal"
• The Coltan Factory Conflict was fought between Sarah, John & Cameron and the terminator Carter. "Heavy Metal"
• Using the alias of FBI Agent Robert Kester, Cromartie resumed his search for John Connor. "Queen's Gambit"

25 October

• After arriving from the future, Derek Reese assassinated Andrew Goode, creator of the The Turk, a chess playing program destined to evolve into Skynet in the Alternate Original timeline. "Queen's Gambit"

26 October to 13 November

• Sarah Connor, John Connor, and Cameron freed Derek Reese from FBI custody, and terminated the T-888 that was pursuing him. "Queen's Gambit"
• Derek suffered a near fatal gunshot wound but was treated and saved by Charley Dixon. "Queen's Gambit" "Dungeons & Dragons"
• James Ellison began to believe Sarah Connor's story after having found the detached hand of the T-888. "Queen's Gambit" "The Demon Hand"
• Cameron learned from Dmitri Shipkov that The Turk was sold to Margos Sarkissian. "The Demon Hand"
• John Connor and Cameron sabotaged ARTIE. "Vick's Chip"

14 November

• Derek Reese took John Connor to the park for his 16th birthday, where they witnessed a 5-year-old Kyle Reese and his younger self playing ball. Derek revealed that he knew John's parentage. "What He Beheld"
• Cameron was damaged in a car bomb, went rogue, and attempted to terminate John Connor. "What He Beheld" "Samson & Delilah"
• Sarah Connor and John were attacked in their home by Margos Sarkissian. John freed himself and killed Sarkissian to protect himself and his mother. "Samson & Delilah" "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"
• James Ellison led a FBI hostage rescue team to apprehend Cromartie, known to the FBI as George Laszlo. The T-888 killed 20 FBI agents, sparing only Ellison. "What He Beheld"

15 November

• Resistance fighter Wells arrived from the future and delivered important intelligence to the Connors. "Automatic for the People"
• John Connor met Riley Dawson at school. "Automatic for the People"

16 November

• The Serrano Point Nuclear Power Plant was sabotaged by a Terminator impersonating Carl Greenway, resulting in a near meltdown. Sarah Connor and Cameron averted the disaster and terminated the T-888. "Automatic for the People"

18 November

• Michelle Dixon was kidnapped by Cromartie and died from injuries sustained. "The Mousetrap"

19 November to 31 December

• Mrs. Claire Young was very pregnant, presumably with her daughter, Allison. "Allison from Palmdale"
• James Ellison accepted Catherine Weaver's job offer to work for Zeira Corporation. "Allison from Palmdale"
• John Connor met Martin Bedell at Presidio Alto. "Goodbye to All That"
• Catherine Weaver killed Mr. Nelson to assure the scheduled startup of Serrano Point Nuclear Power Plant. "Goodbye to All That"
• The Connor team investigated Dr. Boyd Sherman for possible links to Skynet. "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"
• Derek Reese discovered Jesse Flores in the present, which he kept secret from the team. "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"
• Boyd Sherman began working for Zeira Corp. as a consultant on Project Babylon. "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"
• Future Skynet redesigned CPUs to self-destruct when removed, preventing reprogramming by the Resistance. "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short"
• The Connor residence was burglarized. "Brothers of Nablus"
• James Ellison was arrested for murder, then released when the eyewitness was discredited. "Brothers of Nablus"
• John and Riley Dawson took a trip to Mexico, which tipped off James Ellison and Cromartie. "Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today"
• In Mexico, the Connor team, along with James Ellison, terminated Cromartie and buried his body in the desert. "Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today"

2008

See also: 2008

"Complications"

• Jesse Flores kidnapped, interrogated, tortured, and killed Charles Fischer. Derek Reese assisted with the interrogation and torture, including that of the young Charlie Fischer.
• Before his capture, Fischer installed a roving backdoor into primary military-industrial complex computer systems.
• James Ellison dug up the buried body of Cromartie in Mexico and delivered it to Catherine Weaver.

"Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point"

• Sarah Connor launched an investigation into Dakara Systems, a startup company developing artificial intelligence. The company was found to have no links to Skynet.
• Boyd Sherman suffered an accidental death at Zeira Corporation.
• Catherine Weaver's Project Babylon AI, now named John Henry, was connected to Cromartie's body to serve as an interface.

"Self Made Man"

• Cameron tracked down and terminated Myron Stark, averting the furture assassination of California Governor Mark Wyman in 2010.

"Alpine Fields"

• Sarah Connor and Cameron helped the Fields family evade a Terminator that sought to kill Anne Fields.
• Six months later, Derek Reese helped a wounded Anne and assisted in the delivery of her daughter, Sydney. Meanwhile, Sarah and Cameron terminated the T-888.

"Earthlings Welcome Here"

• Before being murdered, Alan Park provided information leading Sarah Connor to Desert Canyon Heat and Air.
• While investigating the warehouse, Sarah was shot by Ed Winston.
• Riley Dawson attempted suicide.

"The Good Wound"

• Sarah Connor had visions of Kyle Reese while being treated for a gunshot wound in her leg.
• Catherine Weaver destroyed the Desert Canyon Heat and Air warehouse, killing a reported 32 people.

"Desert Cantos"

• Memorial for the victims of the Desert Canyon Heat and Air warehouse explosion.
• The warehouse was actually a secret research facility for drone development, operated by Kaliba Group.
• The group witnessed the flight of a drone, which was loaded into a truck and driven away by George McCarthy.
• Anniversary of Lachlan Weaver's death.

"Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep"

• Sarah Connor investigated Western Iron & Metal and was caught and interrogated by Ed Winston. She had intense nightmares, confusing dreams and reality.
• Sarah freed herself and killed Winston - the first life taken by Sarah.

"Ourselves Alone"

• Sarah Connor looked into Riley Dawson, while Riley realized Jesse Flores's plan for her.
• Riley was shot and killed by Jesse during a confrontation.
• Cameron planted a small explosive in her skull and gave the detonation switch to John.

"Today Is The Day, Part 1" and "Today Is The Day, Part 2".

• Sarah Connor decided to move the team to a new location.
• John Connor figured out what really happened to Riley Dawson.
• Derek Reese presumably killed Jesse Flores, though this fate is uncertain.
• Savannah Weaver met John Henry.

"To the Lighthouse"

• The team moved to a new safehouse.
• Sarah Connor got a medical examination for a lump on her breast, which was found to be a transmitter.
• John Henry was compromised by an outside artificial intelligence.
• The team was attacked under the direction of the same entity that compromised John Henry.
• Charley Dixon was killed while defending John Connor from an attack by the Grays.

2009

See also: 2009

"Adam Raised a Cain"

• The team saved Savannah Weaver from an attack from a Terminator, but not before the T-888 killed Derek Reese.
• John Connor learned about John Henry from Savannah.
• Sarah Connor was arrested by the LAPD.

"Born to Run"

• John Connor and Cameron broke Sarah Connor out of prison, resulting in significant damage to Cameron.
• The Kaliba Group drone makes a suicidal attack on the Zeira Corporation building.
• Cameron gave her chip to John Henry, who jumped into the future.
• John Connor and Catherine Weaver went after John Henry and Cameron, leaving Sarah Connor and James Ellison behind.

August

• Serrano Point Nuclear Power Plant scheduled to go online with a new automated control system. "Goodbye to All That"

Alternate Future

2009

• In August, Serrano Point Nuclear Power Plant scheduled to go online with a new automated control system. "Goodbye to All That"

2010

• On 31 December, California Governor Mark Wyman made a New Year's Eve keynote speech at Pico Tower. "Self Made Man"

Unknown date

• Judgment Day happened.

2013

• Sarah Connor was originally fated to die of cancer in 2005, six years after 1999. If she is not able to avoid this fate, she can expect to die six years after 2007 (presuming, of course, other events such as Judgment Day itself do not alter this scenario).

Circa 2027

• John Henry, Catherine Weaver, and John Connor arrived from 2008. "Born to Run"

Notes

• Kyle Reese in The Terminator reveals to Sarah that he came from the year 2029. However, as shown in Derek Reese's flash forward/flash in "Dungeons & Dragons", it is revealed that Kyle was sent back in the year 2027, two years before what the movie The Terminator states. The differences in the dates may be explained a few different ways: Either the timeline was altered due to the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and/or "Pilot", or the writers of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles failed to take into account the two years that Kyle spent in Recon/Security directly under John Connor (2027-2029), after his tenure with Justin Perry (2021-2027).
• Events in "What He Beheld" establish a different birth date for Kyle Reese from that as presumed for Reese in T1 as 2008. As shown in Derek's flash-forward to the SCC Judgment Day placing him at age 8, and stating in the SCC "present" he is age 5, the revised birth date must be in 2002.
• The film T1 clearly takes place in May 1984, with John's birth happening in early 1985 (28 February 1985 is the birth date given in T2). Dates given in "Automatic for the People" show that John would have been 16 on November 14, 1999, making his date of birth November 14, 1983, moving The Terminator back to taking place in likely February of 1983.
• Dialog in the TSCC pilot episode (1999, John said that "it's been almost two years") and in "The Turk" (2007 being the 10th anniversary of Miles Dyson's death) make the event of T2 occur in 1997.
• TSCC states that John is 15 years old during the start of the series. Since it starts in 1999 (before they leap to 2007), John would have to have been about 13 years old (going on 14) during the events of T2. This actually worked with opening monologue of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which states that John was 13 years old during that period. Both of which go against the 1985 birth date as seen on screen in T2, making him a rather foul mouthed 10-year-old.
• Derek Reese is Kyle Reese's brother in TSCC timeline. However, Derek does not appear in the films, nor other Terminator fiction.
• From character statements made in the episodes "Goodbye to All That" and "Complications", it can be deduced that the events of the former episode occurred in early-December 2007, and those of the latter episode in early-January 2008. The exact dates of the episodes in between are unknown, though they are listed above as occurring in 2007. Some of these events may have actually occurred in 2008.