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The Best Episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2

Every episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2

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...
  1. 8.9/10(1.7k 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.

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  2. 8.5/10(1.1k 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.

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  3. 8.3/10(1.1k 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.

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  4. 8.3/10(1.0k 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.

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  5. 8.1/10(1.2k votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. 7.9/10(1.0k votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Holly Dale
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  8. 7.8/10(1.1k votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. 7.8/10(925 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. 7.7/10(976 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:Bill Eagles
    Writer:John Wirth
  11. 7.7/10(1.0k votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. 7.7/10(929 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. 7.6/10(909 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. 7.6/10(892 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. 7.5/10(916 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. 7.5/10(907 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. 7.4/10(1.0k votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. 7.4/10(884 votes)

    #17 - Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point

    S2:E10

    Sarah's quest to find the meaning behind the "three dots" leads to a technology firm seeking an advanced microchip. Meanwhile, Jesse comes clean to Derek about her mission and Weaver makes an important introduction.

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  19. 7.4/10(930 votes)

    #18 - The Good Wound

    S2:E14

    While fighting to stay alive, Sarah is guided by the image of John's father. Weaver's attempt to protect John Henry has deadly consequences.

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  20. 7.3/10(937 votes)

    #19 - Alpine Fields

    S2:E12

    Terminators come after a family whose unborn daughter plays an important role in the war against the Machines, and Sarah, Cameron, and Derek try to protect them.

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  21. 7.0/10(904 votes)

    #20 - Earthlings Welcome Here

    S2:E13

    Sarah turns to a UFO convention for answers about the "three dots," more details about Riley's mission are revealed, and Ellison begins working with Catherine Weaver's AI prototype, "John Henry."

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  22. 7.0/10(875 votes)

    #21 - Desert Cantos

    S2:E15

    The Connors visit a town connected to the destroyed factory; Weaver sends a man into town in search of a survivor.

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  23. 6.4/10(984 votes)

    #22 - Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep

    S2:E16

    Sarah suspects that something fishy is going on at the medical clinic where she is being treated for insomnia. During her stay, she has flashbacks to a run-in she had with a man from the plant whom she thought she had already killed.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Born to Run" is the best rated episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" season 2. It scored 8.9/10 based on 1661 votes. Directed by Jeffrey G. Hunt and written by Josh Friedman, it aired on 4/10/2009. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Adam Raised a Cain".