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The Best Episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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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,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 22 - Born to Run
    8.9/10(1686 votes)

    #1 - Born to Run

    S2:E22

    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.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Josh Friedman

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  2. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 21 - Adam Raised a Cain
    8.5/10(1139 votes)

    #2 - Adam Raised a Cain

    S2:E21

    When John attempts to rescue Skynet’s latest target he finds himself closing in on Weaver, but at what cost? Game plans change, causing Sarah and Ellison to reunite. Meanwhile, Weaver learns Ellison’s secrets.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  3. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 8 - Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today
    8.3/10(1090 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writer:Daniel T. Thomsen

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  4. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 19 - Today Is the Day (2)
    8.3/10(1034 votes)

    #4 - Today Is the Day (2)

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Guy Norman Bee
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  5. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 9 - What He Beheld (2)
    8.2/10(1279 votes)

    #5 - What He Beheld (2)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Ian B. Goldberg

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  6. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 1 - Samson and Delilah
    8.1/10(1278 votes)

    #6 - Samson and Delilah

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Josh Friedman

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  7. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 11 - Self Made Man
    7.9/10(1075 votes)

    #7 - Self Made Man

    S2:E11

    Cameron learns that a terminator was accidentally sent back to 1920s Los Angeles, and she tries to find out what happened to him. Meanwhile, John has a run-in with a group of punks while taking Riley home from a party.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 5 - Queen's Gambit
    7.8/10(1194 votes)

    #8 - Queen's Gambit

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Natalie Chaidez

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  9. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 7 - The Demon Hand
    7.8/10(1198 votes)

    #9 - The Demon Hand

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  10. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 4 - Allison from Palmdale
    7.8/10(1140 votes)

    #10 - Allison from Palmdale

    S2:E4

    A software glitch causes Cameron to forget who she is. She goes missing from the Connors and is taken in by a street kid named Jody. Cameron and Jody end up at a halfway house where Cameron meets with a social worker who uncovers some of Cameron’s distant memories. Meanwhile, Catherine Weaver meets with Agent Ellison to discuss his future at Zeira Corp, and Ellison does some digging into Weaver’s past.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  11. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 20 - To the Lighthouse
    7.8/10(947 votes)

    #11 - To the Lighthouse

    S2:E20

    Sarah and John hit the road without Cameron and Derek to stay with Charley Dixon, where she reveals to Charley that her cancer may have emerged. Meanwhile, a computer worm infects John Henry.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:Natalie Chaidez

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  12. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 6 - Dungeons & Dragons
    7.7/10(1207 votes)

    #12 - Dungeons & Dragons

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  13. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 3 - The Mousetrap
    7.7/10(1001 votes)

    #13 - The Mousetrap

    S2:E3

    Derek and Sarah must outwit Cromartie after he kidnaps Charley's wife, and they must weigh the consequences in rescuing her. Meanwhile, John finds himself unable to choose between Cameron and Riley.

    Director:Bill Eagles
    Writer:John Wirth

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  14. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 5 - Goodbye to All That
    7.7/10(1031 votes)

    #14 - Goodbye to All That

    S2:E5

    John and Derek infiltrate a military academy in order to protect an integral member of the future resistance. Meanwhile, Weaver’s first assignment for Ellison takes an interesting turn of events when he discovers a specter from his own past.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  15. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 18 - Today Is the Day (1)
    7.7/10(952 votes)

    #15 - Today Is the Day (1)

    S2:E18

    As the Connors prepare to move, they find out that Riley is dead, and Sarah begins to doubt Cameron's motives. Jesse flashes back to a submarine mission in the future, and John Henry plays hide and seek with Catherine Weaver's daughter.

    Director:Guy Norman Bee
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  16. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(1984 votes)

    #16 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Josh Friedman

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  17. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 8 - Vick's Chip (1)
    7.6/10(1136 votes)

    #17 - Vick's Chip (1)

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:J. Miller Tobin
    Writer:Daniel T. Thomsen

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  18. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 6 - The Tower Is Tall but the Fall Is Short
    7.6/10(941 votes)

    #18 - The Tower Is Tall but the Fall Is Short

    S2:E6

    While Sarah, John and Cameron track another name from their list, they accidentally cross paths with T-1001. Meanwhile, a woman who Derek once knew in the past surprises him by appearing in the present.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writer:Denise Thé

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  19. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 7 - Brothers of Nablus
    7.6/10(938 votes)

    #19 - Brothers of Nablus

    S2:E7

    The Connors find themselves on high alert and in odd company after their house is robbed. A Terminator terrorizes Ellison, while another gets dangerously close to John Connor. Derek and Jesse continue to get reacquainted.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Ian B. Goldberg

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  20. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 17 - Ourselves Alone
    7.6/10(914 votes)

    #20 - Ourselves Alone

    S2:E17

    While Derek does surveillance on a lawyer he suspects may be connected to Skynet, Sarah and Cameron begin to have doubts about Riley.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Daniel T. Thomsen, Toni Graphia

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  21. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 3 - The Turk
    7.5/10(1338 votes)

    #21 - The Turk

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Paul A. Edwards
    Writer:John Wirth

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  22. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 9 - Complications
    7.5/10(933 votes)

    #22 - Complications

    S2:E9

    Sarah finds that the strange dreams she's been having while she sleeps are slowly beginning to creep into her waking life, but she has no idea what the dreams mean for her and John. Derek and Jesse investigate a possible Skynet conspirator.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writers:John Wirth, Ian B. Goldberg

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  23. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 2 - Gnothi Seauton
    7.4/10(1462 votes)

    #23 - Gnothi Seauton

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:David Nutter
    Writer:Josh Friedman

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  24. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 4 - Heavy Metal
    7.4/10(1250 votes)

    #24 - Heavy Metal

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
    Writer:John Enbom

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  25. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 2 - Automatic for the People
    7.4/10(1040 votes)

    #25 - Automatic for the People

    S2:E2

    Sarah and Cameron investigate a nuclear power plant; John grows less enthusiastic about academics but flourishes socially with the help of a new friend; Catherine Weaver gets another piece of the puzzle for her pet project.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Natalie Chaidez

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Best Episodes Summary

"Born to Run" is the best rated episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". It scored 8.9/10 based on 1686 votes. Directed by Jeffrey G. Hunt and written by Josh Friedman, it aired on 4/10/2009. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Adam Raised a Cain".