7.6/101,903 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2008
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
7.4/101,399 votes#2 - Gnothi Seauton
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2008
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
7.5/101,281 votes#3 - The Turk
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2008
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
7.4/101,194 votes#4 - Heavy Metal
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2008
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
7.8/101,143 votes#5 - Queen's Gambit
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2008
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
7.7/101,152 votes#6 - Dungeons & Dragons
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2008
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
Writer: Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
7.8/101,143 votes#7 - The Demon Hand
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2008
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
7.6/101,080 votes#8 - Vick's Chip (1)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2008
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
8.2/101,226 votes#9 - What He Beheld (2)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2008
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
The Best Episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1
Every episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1!
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...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 1903 votes. Directed by David Nutter and written by Josh Friedman, it aired on 1/13/2008. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Gnothi Seauton".