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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Summary The Terminator franchise arrives on TV with this serial drama. The series picks up two years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor (Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey) hiding from the government. After two years in one place Sarah decides they need a change of scenery and in doing so they expose themselves ...

  • 2008
  • TV-PG
  • FOX
  • 2008
  • TV-PG
  • FOX

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 13, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 155 User Ratings
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Summary The Terminator franchise arrives on TV with this serial drama. The series picks up two years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor (Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey) hiding from the government. After two years in one place Sarah decides they need a change of scenery and in doing so they expose themselves ...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
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As much as the show recalls the movies, it also recalls some of the best work ever done in the genre for TV: the Buffy universe of Joss Whedon. Most every blast of portent and bombast is lightened by a throwaway joke; scenes of intense action and violence give way to equally well-realized scenes of domestic life that root the fantasy in emotional reality.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
80
Glau's the best part of Chronicles, playing the robot who seeks to understand human stuff with a beguiling bemusement reminiscent of Jeff Bridges in "Starman."
By Jonathan Storm FULL REVIEW

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59% Positive
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32% Negative
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13 Ratings
32% Negative
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80
British actress Lena Headey makes Sarah into the heart and soul of this series. Without Headey and her maternal magnetism, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles would probably deteriorate into a nonstop series of effects-laden fight scenes that's as cold and grim as NBC's "Bionic Woman" remake.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
75
Happily, viewers have less of a challenge in picking up the somewhat complex story line that continues from the "Terminator" movies. Newcomers won't be any more confused than they are by any time-travel adventure.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
70
While it's hard to predict how this new chapter will play among deeper fans of the "Terminator" mythology, the rest of us have to ask ourselves if watching reboots of robot battles once a week is worth our time.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
60
As the series continues to complicate the relations among past, present, and future, Ellison’s part in any of them is increasingly difficult to frame.
By Cynthia Fuchs FULL REVIEW
38
By the time the second hour comes on Monday and tries to give these characters some dimension, you already know that the talent on both sides of the camera simply isn't there to make this a worthwhile trip.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • Bartleby Company
  • C-2 Pictures
  • Warner Bros. Television
  • Sarah Connor Pictures
  • Syfy
  • The Halcyon Company
Initial Release Date: Jan 13, 2008
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Scream Awards
• 6 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 5 Nominations

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