3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1 997.
The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day.
They lived only to face a new nightmare,
the war against the machines.
The computer which controlled the machines, Skynet,
sent two terminators back through time.
Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human resistance:
John Connor. My son.
The first terminator was programmed to strike at me.
in the year 1 984. before John was born.
lt failed.
The second was set to strike at John himself,
when he was still a child.
As before, the Resistance was able to send a lone warrior.
A protector for John.
lt was just a question of which one of them would reach him first.
l need your clothes. your boots. and your motorcycle.
You forgot to say 'please'.
Take it.
You can't leave and take the man's wheels. son.
Now get off before l put you down.
That's it, goddammit.
Art 31 David show me code 6
at the 6th street bridge in Santa Fe
on an electrical disturbance.
1 0-4. 31 David.
John! Get in there and clean up that pigsty of yours.
Your foster-parents are kinda dicks, huh?
l swear l've had it with that goddamn kid.
Won't even answer me anymore. - Honey. move!
Would you get off your butt and help me?
Todd. - What?
He hasn't cleaned that room of his in a month.
Oh. it's an emergency. Hang on, l'll get right on it.
John! Come on get your ass inside, do what your mother tells you!
She's not my mother. Todd .
This next patient is interesting. Been following the case for years.
29-year-old female. . .
...diagnosed as acute schizo-affective disorder.
Depression. anxiety, violent acting-out. delusions of persecution.
The delusional architecture is fairly unique.
She believes in a machine called a ''terminator'',
which looks human of course. was sent back through time to kill her.
That's original.
And also that the father of her child was a soldier.
sent back to protect her. - No.
He was from the future too. The year 2029.
if l remember correctly.
Here we are.
Morning. Sarah.
Good morning. Dr. Silberman. How's the knee?
Fine, Sarah.
She stabbed me in the kneecap with my pen a few weeks ago.
Repeated escape attempts.
Let's move on, shall we?
l don't like to see the patients disrupting their rooms.
See that she takes her Thorazine. - l'll take care of it.
Time to take you meds, Connor.
You take it.
You gotta be good. You're up for review this afternoon.
l'm not taking it.
l don't want any trouble. - Ain't no trouble. . .
Yeah, zap her.
Last call, sugar.
Sweet dreams.
Are you the legal guardian of John Connor?
That's right. What's he done now?
Could l speak with him, please?
Could if he was here.
He took off on his bike. So he could be anywhere.
Do you have a photo of John?
Yeah, sure. hold on.
You gonna tell me what this is about?
l just need to ask him a few questions.
He's a good looking boy.
Mind if l keep this picture? - No. go on.
There was a guy here looking for him too.
Big guy on a bike. Has that got something to do with this?
No. l wouldn't worry about him.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Please insert your stolen card now!
PlN number...
Hurry up, this is taking too long!
Go baby, go baby...
Alright! PlN number. . .
Who did you learn this from? - My mom.
My real mom, l mean.
Withdraw 300 bucks. Come on, baby. come on. . .
lt worked .
Easy money! Come on.
Yeah! - Piece of cake.
That her?
Yes.
So she's pretty cool. huh? - No. she's a complete psycho.
That's why she's up at Pescadero, the mental institute.
Tried to blow up the computer factory,
but got shot and arrested. - Oh shit.
She's a total loser.
Come on, let's go spend some money.
Sarah.
Sarah. wake up.
Kyle?
You're dead.
Where's our son, Sarah?
They took him away from me.
He's the target now. - l know!
He's alone. You have to protect him.
l know.
You tell me how l am supposed to do that.
He doesn't even believe me anymore.
l've lost him.
You're strong. Sarah.
Stronger than you ever thought. - No.
On your feet, soldier!
l love you. l always will.
l need you. - l'll always be with you.
Remember the message?
''The future is not set.
There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.''
Stay with me.
There's not much time left in the world. Sarah.
Kyle, don't go.
Kyle!
lt's like a giant strobe light,
burning right to my eyes.
Somehow l can still see.
Look,
we know the dream's the same every night. why do we have to...
Please continue.
The children look like burnt paper.
black.
not moving.
Then the blast wave hits them...
...and they fly apart like leaves.
Dreams about the end of the world are very common. Sarah.
lt's not a dream. you moron. lt's real.
l know the date it happens! - l'm sure it feels real to you.
On August 29th. 1 99 7 it's going to feel pretty fucking real to you too.
Anybody not wearing two million sunblock
is gonna have a real bad day, get it?
God, you think you're safe and alive.
You're already dead. Everybody. him. you. you're dead already!
This place, everything you see. is gone.
You're the one living in a fucking dream. Silberman.
Because l know it happens.
lt happens.
l feel much better now.
Clearer.
Yes. Your attitude has been much improved lately.
lt has helped to have a goal,
something to look forward to.
And what is that?
You said that if l showed improvement after six months,
you would transfer me to the minimum security wing
and l could have visitors.
Well, it's been six months.
l was looking forward to seeing my son.
l see.
Let's go back to what you were saying
about those terminator machines.
Now you think they don't exist?
They don't exist. l know that now.
But you've told me on many occasions
about how you crushed one in a hydraulic press.
lf l had, there would have been some evidence.
They would've found something at the factory.
l see.
So you don't believe anymore that the company covered it up?
No, why would they?
Let's try a new position. Right. there.
The neuronal sensors are correct, because it works.
The neurons are all centered.
Maybe the inhibitors failed.
Mr. Dyson?
The materials team. . .
...is running another series this afternoon. and you have to. . .
You have to sign it out.
Come on. l'll get it.
l know l haven't been here that long, but l was wondering if you know...
Know what?
Well if you know, where it came from.
l asked the same question once. Know what they told me?
''Don't ask.''
Hello. Mr. Dyson. - How's it going? - Okay.
lnsert key.
Left and three, two. one, turn.
How are wife and kids? - Great, thanks.
So what do you think, Doctor?
l've shown improvement. haven't l?
Well, Sarah, here's the problem:
l know how smart you are.
You're just telling me what l want to hear.
l don't think you believe what you're telling me.
lf l put you in minimum security you'll just try to escape again.
You have to let me see my son. Please.
He's in great danger. He's naked without me.
lf l could just make a phone call. - l'm afraid not. Not for a while.
l don't see any choice but to recommend to the review board
that you stay here for another six months.
You son of a bitch.
You don't know what you're doing! - Straighten her now.
You don't know what you're doing!
Model citizen.
You just missed him. He left fifteen minutes ago.
l think he said he was going to the Galleria. - Yeah.
The Galleria?
l'll get some quarters. l'll be back. alright?
Girls. do you know John Connor? - No.
You know this guy?
No, l don't know him.
John. - Not now.
There's this cop scoping for you. check it out.
Split, man. just go. - Yeah.
l think l saw the kid you're looking for.
You're not supposed to be here!
Get down!
Come on!
Goddamn!
Okay. time out. Stop the bike.
Come on, stop the bike.
Don't take this the wrong way. you're a terminator. right?
Yes. Cyberdyne Systems, Model 1 01 .
Holy shit. You're really real.
You're like a machine underneath. but sort of alive outside?
l'm a cybernetic organism.
Living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.
This is intense.
Get a grip. John.
You're not here to kill me. l figured that out for myself.
So what's the deal?
My mission is to protect you.
Yeah? Who sent you?
You did.
35 years from now you reprogrammed me
to be your protector here. in this time.
This is deep.
This other guy. he's a terminator like you, right?
Not like me. A T-1 000.
Advanced prototype.
You mean more advanced than you are?
Yes. A mimetic polyalloy.
What does that mean?
Liquid metal.
Where are we going? - We have to get out of the city.
And avoid the authorities.
l gotta stop by my house and pick up some stuff. - Negative.
The T-1 000 will definitely try to reacquire you there.
You sure? - l would.
Look, Todd and Janelle are dicks
but l gotta warn them.
Shit! You got a quarter?
Hello?
Janelle? lt's me.
John? - Yeah.
ls everything alright? - Sure.
Are you alright? - l'm fine.
John, it's late. l was beginning to worry about you.
lf you hurry. we can have dinner together. l'm making beef stew.
Something's wrong. She's never this nice.
Where are you?
What's the goddamn dog barking at?
Shut up.
you piece of shit!
The dog's barking.
Tell the kid to get rid of that mutt.
Honey, it's late.
Could it already be there?
Are you okay?
l'm right here. l'm fine. - Are you sure?
What's the dog's name? - Max.
Janelle. what's wrong with Wolfy?
l can hear him barking. ls he okay?
Wolfy's fine, honey.
Where are you?
Your foster-parents are dead.
l need a minute here.
You're telling me that this thing can imitate anything it touches?
Anything it samples by physical contact.
Can't be real!
lt could disguise itself as a pack of cigarettes?
Only objects of equal size.
Why not a bomb or something to get me?
lt can't form complex machines. Guns, explosives have chemicals.
moving parts. lt doesn't work that way.
But it can form solid metal shapes.
Like what? - Knives and stabbing weapons.
These were taken by a video surveillance camera
at the West Highland police station in 1 984.
He killed 1 7 police officers that night.
Men with families.
Children.
These were taken at a mall in Reseda. Today.
Ms Connor. we know you know who this guy is.
Look, l just sat here and told you your son is missing,
that the foster-parents have been murdered.
We know this guy's involved.
Doesn't that mean anything to you? Don't you care?
We're wasting our time.
Let's go.
Sorry, guys. She's just grown more and more disconnected
from reality as time goes on.
l'm afraid she can't help us now.
lf she clears at all and can give us anything, l'll call you. - Sure.
Douglas. take her back to her room. please. - Yes. sir.
Come on, let's go.
We spent a lot of time in Nicaragua and places like that.
For a while she was with this crazy ex-Green Beret guy.
running guns.
Then there were some other guys.
She'd shack up with anybody she could learn from.
so she could teach me how to be this great military leader.
Then she gets busted and it's like:
''Sorry kid. your mom's a psycho. Didn't you know?''
Everything l've been brought up to believe is all bullshit.
l hated her for that.
But everything she said was true.
She knew.
And nobody believed her.
Not even me.
We gotta get her out of there. - Negative.
The T-1 000's highest probability for success will be
to copy her and wait for you to make contact.
Great. What happens to her?
The subject being copied is terminated.
Why didn't you tell me? We gotta go now.
Negative. lt's not a priority.
Fuck you. she's a priority to me.
Goddammit! What's your problem?
Help. - This does not help our mission!
Help me. Get this psycho off of me.
Let me go.
Why did you do that?
Because you told me to.
What?
You have to do what l say?
One of my mission parameters.
Prove it.
Stand on one foot.
Cool. My own terminator.
You okay. kid?
Take a hike. bozo.
Let's get out of here. - What?
Fuck you. little dipshit.
Dipshit?
Put your leg down.
Did you call moi a dipshit?
Just trying to help this punk.
Grab this guy.
Now who's the dipshit. you jock douchebag?
Put the gun down! Now.
Get out of here!
Come on, let's split!
You were gonna kill that guy.
Of course. l'm a terminator.
Listen to me carefully. okay?
You're not a terminator anymore. Alright?
You got that?
You just can't go round killing people! - Why?
What do you mean ''why''? 'Cause you can't!
Why? - Because you just can't. okay?
Trust me on this.
Look, l'm gonna go get my mom.
And l order you to help me.
You have a Sarah Connor here? - You're running kind of late.
They've been in there for an hour. Hold on a second, l'll buzz you in.
Oh. here come your friends now.
Hey Gwen. you want some coffee? - No. thanks.
How about a beer? - Yeah. right.
l got a Full House. - That's good.
Must be my lucky day.
Yeah, l think you're right about number 24.
lncrease the medication to 250 milligrams.
Same time? - Yeah.
You broke my arm .
There's 21 5 bones in the human body. That's one.
Now don't move!
What are you gonna do?
Why do we stop now?
You gotta promise you're not gonna kill anyone. right?
Right. - Swear.
What?
Just put up your hand and say ''l swear l won't kill anyone.''
l swear l will not kill anyone. - Alright. let's go.
Visiting hours is 1 0 to 4. Monday through Friday.
What are you doing?
You son of a bitch. You shot me.
He'll live.
Son of a bitch.
Let's all try to remain calm. - Open it or he'll be dead!
There's no way. Connor. Let him go.
Open the door. - lt ain't gonna happen.
Take it easy, Sarah.
lt won't work. Sarah. You're no killer.
You're already dead, Silberman.
Everybody here dies. So don't fuck with me.
Open the door.
Back off.
Get back or l'll pump him full of this shit. l swear!
Don't move!
Drop the shit.
Do it! Do it.
Get in the office!
On the floor! Face down! Not you.
Open the door.
On the floor! Hold it open! Face the wall.
Get her!
Come on, open it!
Come on!
She just broke it off. - Open it.
Let's go around. come on! Move it!
No!
Mom! Wait.
No!
Help her. - Wait here.
He'll kill us all!
Mom, are you okay?
Come with me. if you want to live.
lt's okay. Mom. He's here to help.
Go.
What the fuck is going on?
Get down!
Out of the car!
Right now.
l'm out.
Come on! - Here.
Reload .
Next one.
Hang on!
Ready!
Here, drive.
There's nobody behind us.
Are you alright? - Yeah.
Can you even see anything?
l see everything.
Cool.
Come here.
l said l was okay.
John, it was stupid of you to go there.
You have to be smarter than that.
You almost got yourself killed. What were you thinking?
You cannot risk yourself, even for me, do you understand?
You're too important.
You understand?
l had to get you out of that place. l'm sorry.
l didn't need your help. l can take care of myself.
What's wrong with your eyes?
Nothing.
So what's your story?
You okay? - Fine.
Say, that's a nice bike.
Hey, watch it, lug nuts.
Listen, you know what you are doing?
l have detailed files
on human anatomy. - l bet.
Makes you a more efficient killer, right? - Correct.
Does it hurt when you get shot?
l sense injuries. The data could be called pain.
John, help me with the light.
Will these heal up? - Yes.
Good. lf you can't pass for human, you're not much good to us.
How long do you live, l mean ''last'', whatever?
1 20 years with my existing power cell.
Can you learn stuff you haven't been programmed with?
So you can be. . . you know. more human?
Not such a dork all the time?
My CPU is a neural-net processor. a learning computer,
that Skynet presets to READ only when we are sent out alone.
Doesn't want you to do too much thinking.
No.
Can we reset the switch?
Rotate the two locking cylinders counterclockwise.
Do it.
Now open the port cover.
Pull to break the seal.
Good. now remove the shock damping assembly.
You can now access the CPU.
Do you see it? - Yes.
Pull the CPU by its base tap.
Pull.
Can you see the pin switch?
No!
Out of my way, John. - Don't kill him!
''lt''. John, not ''him''.
Okay. ''it''. But we need ''it''.
Listen to me. Listen.
We're better off on our own.
He's the only proof of the future. the war and that.
Maybe.
l don't trust it.
But he's my friend. alright?
You don't know what it's like to kill these things.
lf something goes wrong, this could be our last chance.
lf l'm supposed to be this military leader,
maybe you start listening to my ideas once in a while.
'Cause if my own mother won't, how do you expect anyone else to?
Alright, play it your way.
Was there a problem?
No problem.
None whatsoever.
Are we learning yet?
We have to get as far away from the city as possible.
Just head south.
Keep it under 65. We don't want to be pulled over.
Affirmative.
No, no, no.
You got to listen to the way people talk.
You don't say ''affirmative'' or some shit like that.
You say ''No problemo''.
lf someone comes up to you with an attitude, you say ''Eat me''.
And if you want to shine them on. it's ''Hasta la vista. baby''.
Hasta la vista. baby.
Or ''Later. dickwad''.
lf someone gets upset you say ''Chill out''.
Or do combinations.
Chill out, dickwad.
You're getting it.
No problemo.
You got any cash? - l got a couple of hundred bucks.
l'll give you half.
Mom!
Get some food.
No sense of humor.
And that's another thing:
lighten up a bit.
This severe routine is getting old. You're acting like such a geek.
Smile once in a while.
Smile?
Yeah. You know, smile.
Watch.
Hi. Nice place you got here. How's business?
Gimme a break.
Okay. Bad example.
See that guy over there? That's a smile.
That's good.
You could practice in front of a mirror or something.
Want some of my fries?
Do you need any help?
No.
Got you. - No. you didn't!
Got you. - You didn't.
We're not gonna make it, are we?
People. l mean.
lt's in your nature to destroy yourselves.
Yeah. Major drag, huh?
l need to know how Skynet gets built.
Who's responsible?
The man responsible is Miles Bennett Dyson.
Who is that?
The director of special projects at Cyberdyne Systems Corporation.
Why him?
ln a few months he creates a revolutionary microprocessor.
Go on. Then what?
ln three years Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier
of military computer systems.
Stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers.
Becoming unmanned,
they fly with a perfect operational record.
The Skynet funding bill is passed.
The system goes on-line on August 4th, 1 997.
Human decisions are removed from strategic defense.
Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate.
lt becomes self-aware at 2: 1 4 a.m. eastern time, August 29.
ln a panic, they try to pull the plug.
Skynet fights back.
Yes. lt launches its missiles against targets in Russia.
Why Russia? They're our friends now.
Because Skynet knows that the Russian counterattack
will eliminate its enemies here. - Jesus.
How much do you know about Dyson?
l have detailed files.
l want to know everything.
What he looks like. Where he lives. Everything.