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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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    Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 16 - Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep
    6.3/10(1015 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writers:Denise Thé, Natalie Chaidez

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  2. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 13 - Earthlings Welcome Here
    7.0/10(932 votes)

    #2 - 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."

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:Natalie Chaidez

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  3. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 15 - Desert Cantos
    7.0/10(900 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:J. Miller Tobin
    Writers:John Wirth, Ian B. Goldberg

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  4. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 2 - Gnothi Seauton
    7.3/10(1466 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 12 - Alpine Fields
    7.3/10(966 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Directors:Charles Beeson, Bryan Spicer
    Writer:John Enbom

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  6. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 4 - Heavy Metal
    7.4/10(1254 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 2 - Automatic for the People
    7.4/10(1042 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 10 - Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point
    7.4/10(912 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Scott Peters
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  9. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 14 - The Good Wound
    7.4/10(958 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  10. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 3 - The Turk
    7.5/10(1342 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 6 - The Tower Is Tall but the Fall Is Short
    7.5/10(944 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 9 - Complications
    7.5/10(935 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.6/10(1989 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 8 - Vick's Chip (1)
    7.6/10(1141 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 7 - Brothers of Nablus
    7.6/10(941 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 17 - Ourselves Alone
    7.6/10(917 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 6 - Dungeons & Dragons
    7.7/10(1213 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 3 - The Mousetrap
    7.7/10(1003 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 5 - Goodbye to All That
    7.7/10(1035 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 18 - Today Is the Day (1)
    7.7/10(956 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 5 - Queen's Gambit
    7.8/10(1200 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1 Episode 7 - The Demon Hand
    7.8/10(1204 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 4 - Allison from Palmdale
    7.8/10(1144 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 20 - To the Lighthouse
    7.8/10(950 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2 Episode 11 - Self Made Man
    7.9/10(1078 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Some Must Watch, While Some Must Sleep" is the worst rated episode of "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". It scored 6.3/10 based on 1015 votes. Directed by Scott Lautanen and written by Denise Thé, Natalie Chaidez, it aired on 2/27/2009. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Earthlings Welcome Here".