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[wind blowing]

[aircraft hovering]

[theme music playing]

[engine revving]

[engine revving]

[engine dies]

What the hell?

Goddamn son of a bitch .

[mumbling indistinctly]

[crackling]

What the hell?

Hey, my turn .

Hey.

Come on .

Hey, what's wrong wifh this picfure?

[chuckling]

Nice night for a walk, eh?

Nice night for a walk.

Wash day tomorrow.

Nothing clean, right?

Nothing clean. Right.

I think this guy's a couple of cans short of a six pack.

Your clothes.

Give them to me. Now.

Fuck you, asshole.

[grunting]

[siren wailing]

[helicopter passing overhead]

[person on street 1 ] Hey, sugar, how 'bout it?

[derelict] I-I don't have to put up with that bullshit, man .

She's always there for me.

I don't-- I don't...

[crackling]

[groaning]

[breathing heavily]

Hey, buddy, did you just see a real bright Iight?

[police radio chatter]

[cop 1 ] See that guy?

-Hold it right there. -[cop 2] He's rabbitin9.

Hey! I said hold it! Go.

Thaf son of a bitch took my pants.

I don't understand it.

[siren wailing]

-[brakes screech] -[grunts]

[panting]

[cop grunts]

-What day is it? The date. -1 2th, May.

-Thursday. -What year?

What?

[siren approaching]

[police radio chatter]

He's 9ot my gun . Let's go.

[panting]

[siren approaching]

[tires screeching]

[police radio chatter]

[dispatcher] 3331, thcy lost thc suspcct.

[dispatcher] Uh, you can go to, uh, southwcst...

[siren wailing]

[siren wailing]

Guard it for me, Big Buns.

Hi . I'm Iate.

So am I .

[staff chattering]

[engine grinds, starts]

-I'm in it. -So am I .

Honey, can I have that coffee now, please?

Yes, sir.

-Okay. Who gets the burly beef? -I ordered barbecued beef.

I think thaf's mine, but I didn't order fries.

He gets the barbecued beef. Mine's the chili beef deluxe.

Okay. Who gets the burly beef?

-Miss, we're ready to order now. -Yes, ma'am.

-[glass clinks, splashes] -Oh, God .

I'm so sorry. Oh, Lord .

This isn't real leather, is it?

[customer 1 ] Special sauce ...

[customer 2] Nice going, kid . I ought to give you the tip.

Look at it this way. In a hundred years, who's gonna care?

[stranger] The 1 2-gauge auto loader.

That's Italian.

You can go pump or auto.

The .45 long slide with Iaser sighting.

These are brand-new. We just 9ot them in .

That's a good gun.

You just touch the trigger, the beam comes on,

and you put the red dot where you want the bullet to go.

You can't miss.

Anyfhing else?

Phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

Hey, just what you see, pal.

The Uzi 9-millimeter.

You know your weapons, buddy.

Any one of these is ideal for home defense.

So, uh, which will it be?

AIl .

I may close early today.

There's a 1 5-day wait on the handguns, but the rifles you can take right now.

-You can't do that. -[cocks gun] Wrong.

[caller on phone] Hi , baby. Yeah , yeah , it's me.

Listen, I need you to come pick me up. My bike just broke down .

I don't care what you're doing . Come and get me. What the--

[receiver] Morris?

[caller] Hey, man, you got a serious attitude problem .

[receiver] Morris, whcrc are you?

Comc on, Morris. What arc you doin'?

Come onl

Wcll, I'm just gonna go pick up ...

-[birds chirpin9] -[children chattering]

[dog barking]

-Sarah Connor? -Yes?

[gasps]

[body thuds]

I'm on my break, Chuck. Carla's got my station .

Sarah, come here. It's about you . I mean , sort of.

[indistinct chattering on Tv]

So incredible. You're not gonna believe this.

Sit down . You are going to Iove this.

-Shh! -What?

...has compilcd from scvcral witncsscs.

Oncc again, Sarah Connor, 35, mothcr of two,

brutally shot to dcath in hcr homc this aftcrnoon.

You're dead , honey.

In othcr latc-brcaking news, Tcamstcr rcprcsentativcs havc issucd a statcmcnt...

[car engine starts]

[radio playing funk music]

[engines rumbling]

[no audible dialogue]

[aircraft hovering]

[grunting]

[straining]

[radio ad] Fricnds, ifyou'rc into stcrco, ifyou'rc into sound,

for thc grcatcst sound around, come into Bob's Stcrco at 2500 Scpulvcda.

Wc'vc got woofcrs, twcctcrs, thc newcst in digital audio and compact laser discs.

We'vc got graphic cqualizcrs

and sound balancers that adjust thc sound--

["You Can't Do That" playing]

♪ Clcvcr mancuvcrs On thc inside shouldcr ♪

Sorry.

♪ Won 't bc cnough For you to screw things ovcr ♪

♪ Hang on ♪

♪ You don't stand a chancc this timc ♪

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[person on phone] First l'm gonna rip thc huttons offyour hlousc onc hy onc,

and then run my tonguc down your ncck to your barc, glcaming hrcasts.

And thcn slowly...

slowly pull yourjeans off inch by inch.

Ginger, it's Matt.

[Matt] And lick your bclly in circlcs furthcr and furthcr down,

and thcn pull your pantics off with my tccth.

Who is this?

Oh , God . Uh, Sarah?

[giggles]

Oh, shit. Jcsus. l-- I'm sorry.

Um . . . l thought you wcrc ...

C-Can I talk to Ginger, please?

Sure, Bunky.

♪ Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

It's the creep.

♪ You can't do that to mc ♪

Hello?

First I'm gonna rip the buttons off your blouse one by one ...

[growls]

[cop 3] AII right. Come on .

You fucking pigs. Wait till I get my hands on you . Get off me!

[cop 3] Sit down , fella.

Ed.

-What do you got? -Dead girl .

-I can see that. -Sarah Ann Connor, secretary, 35.

Shot six fimes at Iess than ten feet. Large caliber weapon.

You know, these work.

What's this?

Dead girl two.

Sent over from the Valley division this afternoon .

I'm sure there's a point to all of this.

Look at the name, Ed .

"Sarah Louise Connor." Is this right?

You're kidding me.

The press is gonna be short-strokin9 it all over the place.

A one-day pattern killer. Huh.

I hate the weird ones.

[song plays indistinctly]

-So . . . -[chuckles]

♪ To lovc you ♪

Better than mortal man deserves. [chuckles]

[kisses]

Uh-huh .

-Ginger, have you seen Pugsley? -No, not Iately.

Did you check messages?

Uh-uh. I thought you did.

[answering machine rewinds]

[beeps]Hi, Sarah, this is your mom ...

There you are, young man .

-You mind your mother. -So, uh, call mc back, will you, dcar?

Uh, hyc.

[beeps] Hi, Sarah. Stan Morsky.

Uh, somcthing's comc up, and it looks likc I won 't bc ablc to makc it tonight.

Ijust can't gct out of it. Look, l'm rcally sorry.

L'll-l'll makc it up to you. Call you in a day or so, okay?

Sorry. Byc.

That bum.

So what if he has a Porsche?

He can't treat you Iike this. It's Friday night, for Christ's sake.

I'II Iive.

I'II break his kneecaps.

Well, Pugsley still Ioves me. Don't you, baby?

God . It's disgusting .

-I'm gonna go to a movie, kiddo. -Okay.

-You and Matt have a good time. -We will . You too.

Okay.

[gasps]

Damn it, Matt.

[kisses]

[engine starts]

[engine starts]

Oh, shit.

Lieutenant, are you aware that these two killings occurred

in the same order as their Iistings in the phone book?

Now, what can I tell you guys? No comment.

But, Lieutenant, we got two murders--

-That coffee's two hours cold . -Mm-hmm.

I put a cigarette out in it.

-Did you reach the next girl yet? -No. I keep getting an answering machine.

-Send a unit. -I sent a unit.

There's no answer to the door and the apartmenf manager's not home.

Call her.

-I just called her. -Call her again.

Give me a cigarette.

[dialing]

[phone ringing]

[Ginger] Hi, thcrc.

[Ginger chuckles] Foolcd you. You'rc talking to a machinc.

-But don't he shy. lt's okay. -[music playing]

Machincs nced lovc, too, so talk to it,

and Oingcr, that's mc, or Sarah will gct back to you.

[music plays Iouder]

-[answering machine beeps] -Same shit.

I can hear it now. He's gonna be called the goddamn Phone Book Killer.

I hate these press cases.

Especially the weird press cases.

Where you going?

To make a statement.

Maybe make these jackals work for us for a change.

If I can get on the fube by eleven o'clock, maybe she'll call us.

Well , how do I look?

Like shit, boss.

Your mama.

Lieutenant.

This just in.

Policc havc announccd the namc of thc victim

in thc sccond of two cxccution-stylc murdcrs which took placc today.

Incredibly, thc names of thc two victims arc virtually idcntical.

Two hours ago, 35-ycar-old Sarah Ann Connor

was pronounced dcad at thc scenc in hcr Santa Monica apartmcnt.

-Can we change this? -Sure.

-Sarah Louisc Connor was slain . . . -[Sarah] Don't touch it!

...by a lonc gunman carlicr today in hcr homc.

Now, policc arc rcfusing to spcculate on thc apparent similarity

hctwecn thc shooting dcaths

and no other conncction bctwccn thc two victims has hecn cstahlishcd as ofyct.

Of coursc, wc'Il havc morc on this latc-brcaking story as it comcs in.

A spectacular firc fuclcd by solvcnts, oils and othcr flammahlc liquids

swcpt through thc Schwartz Oil Company on North Spring Strcct

just northcast of Thai Town ...

[news report continues indistinctly]

["Photoplay" playing]

♪ I'm your find, l'm thc moving target ♪

♪ On the town, it's hit and run ♪

♪ As thc shuttcr falls, you comc undonc ♪

♪ Caught in a photoplay ♪

-Hey, you got a phone? -It's in the back.

Hey, $4.50.

♪ Flash in the night ♪

♪ Photoplay ♪

♪ Technicolor dreams Havc fadcd ovcrnight ♪

♪ Whcn somconc's in thc rcd lt turns to hlack-and-whitc ♪

♪ Whcrc's thc truth and truc confcssions ♪

♪ Whcn thcy'rc made from fantasy ♪

♪ Now you're cxposcd To thc third dcgrcc, oh ♪

♪ Caught in a photoplay ♪

[on phone] You havc rcachcd thc Los Angclcs Policc Dcpartmcnt

cmergcncy numbcr.

All our lincs arc busy.

Ifyou nccd a policc car scnt out to you, plcasc stay on thc linc.

[dispatcher] 211 in progrcss at Bob's Liquor, corncr of 3rd and Camcron.

Onc suspcct is...

["I ntimacy" playing]

♪ Intimacy ♪

♪ Intimacy ♪

♪ Ya, ya, ya, ya ♪

♪ Intimacy ♪

♪ Intimacy ♪

♪ Ya, ya, ya, ya ♪

♪ l got a mind, a nccd to surrcndcr ♪

♪ l rcally mcan it, I'm not a prctcndcr ♪

♪ I don't want passion I nced to bc tcndcr ♪

♪ lt's not your hody l'm gonna remcmbcr ♪

[song continues indistinctly]

[yelps]

Pugsley. Shoo! Go on . I'm gonna make a belt out of you .

Whoa!

Don't make me bust you up, man .

[grunting]

♪ Intimacy ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ For somc intimacy ♪

♪ Ya, ya, ya, ya ♪

[song continues]

[screams, gasps]

[screaming]

[grunts]

[gasping, crying]

-[phone ringing] -[Ginger] Hi, thcrc.

[Ginger chuckles] Foolcd you. You'rc talking to a machinc.

But don 't bc shy. lt's okay.

Machincs nced lovc, too, so talk to it,

and Oingcr, that's mc, or Sarah will gct back to you.

Wait for thc hcep.

Gingcr, this is Sarah! Pick up ifyou'rc thcrc.

I'm at this placc on Pico Boulcvard callcd TcchNoir.

L'm rcally scarcd. I--

I think that there's somebody after me.

Uh, I hope that you play this back soon .

I nccd you and Matt to comc and pick mc up as soon as possiblc.

The police keep transferring me around . I'm gonna give 'em another try.

Thc numbcr hcrc is 555-91 75.

Call mc, kiddo. l nccd your hclp.

[Detective] It's hcr.

Sarah Connor? It's Lieutenant Traxler.

Look, Licutcnant.

Don't put me on hold and don't transfer me to another department.

Don't worry. I won't. Now, just relax. Can you fell me where you are?

-L'm in this har callcd TcchNoir. -Yeah, I know it. It's on Pico.

-Are you all right? -Yeah, but I don't wanna Ieave.

I think there's a guy following me.

All right. Now, listen , Miss Connor. Now, Iisten carefully.

You're in a public place, so you'II be safe till we get there.

But stay visible. Don't go oufside or even fo the restroom .

-Irll havc a car thcrc in a hot minute. -Okay.

["Burnin' I n The Third Degree" playing]

♪ L'm takcn, and you'll ncvcr let mc go ♪

♪ I'm your prisoncr ♪

♪ l fccl the hcat ofyour dcsirc ♪

♪ Touch that pistol firc ♪

♪ You'Vc got mc burnin' ♪

♪ You'Vc got mc burnin' ♪

-Hey, that guy didn't pay. -♪ You'vc got mc hurnin ' ♪

-[fingers crack] -[groans]

♪ In thc third dcgrcc ♪

♪ You'Vc got mc burnin' ♪

♪ You'Vc got mc burnin' ♪

♪ You'vc got mc hurnin ' In thc third dcgrcc ♪

[clattering]

♪ Can 't stop my body's aching ♪

♪ Givc us what this all has takcn ♪

♪ I'm thc victim ofyour passion ♪

♪ Know you'rc hurnin ' too ♪

♪ You'Vc got mc burnin' ♪

♪ You'Vc got mc burnin' ♪

♪ You'vc got mc hurnin ' In thc third dcgrcc ♪

[distorted music continues]

[cocks gun]

-[crowd screaming] -[gunfire]

[screaming continues]

[gunfire, glass shaftering]

[groans]

[breathing shakily]

[bullefs clatter]

[gunfire]

[crowd screaming]

[panting]

Come with me if you wanna Iive.

Come on!

[grunts]

[grunts]

[panting]

[electronic whirring, beeping]

[panting]

[gasps]

[screaming]

[tires squealing]

This is 1 -L-1 9. I got a hit-and-run felony.

Suspect vehicle, late model , gray Ford headed westbound on 7th .

He's really moving , punching Ii9hts all the way.

I'm gonna need an ambulance at, uh, Ith and Broadway right now.

Hey! Hold if!

-[9runting] -[police radio chatter]

[dispatcher] . . . 7th and Broadway.

All units watch for a late-modcl gray Ford,

last sccn westbound on 7th and Broadway.

Hold on .

Are you injured?

Are you shot?

[whimpering] No!

Do exactly what I say. Exactly.

Don't move unless I say. Don't make a sound unless I say.

Do you understand?

-Do you undersfand? -Yes! Yes! PIease don't hurt me.

[horn blares]

[tires squealing]

I'm here to help you .

I'm Reese. Sergeant Tech-Com. DN3841 6, assi9ned to protecf you.

You've been targeted for termination.

[dispatcher] . . .attcmpt to intcrccpt at National and Ovcrland. Comc in 1-L- 19.

[imitating cop] This is 1 -L-1 9. Westbound on OIympic.

Approaching Overland.

[dispatcher] 1-L-19...

This is a mistake.

I didn't do anyfhing.

No, but you will .

It's very important that you Iive.

This isn't true. How could that man just get up affer you--

It's not a man. A machine.

A Terminator. Cyberdyne Systems Model 1 01 .

A machine?

Like a robot?

Not a robot.

A cyborg . Cybernetic or9anism .

No. He was bleeding.

-[siren wailing] -Just a second.

[fires squeal]

Get your head down !

[fires squeal]

[tires screech]

[tires squealing]

All righf, Iisten.

The Terminator's an infiltration unit. Part man , part machine.

Underneath, it's a hyper-alloy combat chassis.

Microprocessor controlled .

Fully armored , very tough .

But outside, it's living human tissue.

FIesh, skin, hair, blood, grown for the cyborgs.

-Look, Reese, I don't know-- -Pay attention !

I gotta ditch this car.

The 600 Series had rubber skin .

We spotted them easy.

Buf these are new. They look human .

Sweat, bad breath, everything. Very hard to spot.

I had to wait till he moved on you before I could zero him.

Look, I am not stupid , you know.

They cannot make things like that yet.

Not yef.

Not for about 40 years.

Are you saying it's from the future?

One possible future, from your point of view.

I don't know fech stuff.

Then you're from the future too. Is that right?

-Right. -Right.

[grunts]

Cyborgs don't feel pain . I do.

Don't do that again.

-[cries] Just Iet me go. -Listen and undersfand .

That Terminator is out there.

It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with.

It doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear,

and it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

[gasps]

Can you stop it?

I don't know.

With these weapons, I don't know.

[dispatcher] All units, all units,

gray Ford suspcct vchiclc has hcen found in a parking structurc at 4th and Beaudry.

[police radio chatter]

Suspcct is descrihcd as malc, whitc, 5 fcet, 25 ycars...

Reese.

Why me?

Why does it want me?

There was a nuclear war.

A few years from now...

all this,

fhis whole place, everything,

if's gone.

Just gone.

There were survivors.

Here, there.

Nobody even knew who sfarted it.

It was the machines, Sarah .

I don't understand .

Defense network computers.

New, powerful ,

hooked into everything , trusted to run it all.

They say it got smart.

A new order of intelligence.

Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the other side.

It decided our fate in a microsecond .

Extermination.

[Reese sighs]

-Did you see this war? -[tires squealing]

[police radio chatter]

No.

I grew up after, in the ruins,

starving, hiding from HKs.

-H Ks? -Hunter-Killers.

Patrol machines built in automated facfories.

Most of us were rounded up, put in camps for orderly disposal.

This was burned in by Iaser scanner.

Some of us were kept alive.

To work.

Loading bodies.

The disposal units ran ni9ht and day.

We were that close to going out forever.

Buf there was one man who taught us to fight,

to storm the wire of the camps,

to smash those metal motherfuckers into junk.

He turned it around . He brought us back from the brink.

His name was Connor.

John Connor.

Your son , Sarah .

Your unborn son .

[engine sputters]

[engine sputters]

[engine starts]

[gunshot]

[gunfire]

-[cocks gun] -[tires squealing]

[fires squeal]

[horn blares]

[metal scrapes]

[gunfire]

Drive!

Reese! Reese!

[tires screech]

[sirens wailing]

[grunting]

No, Reese. No. No. No. They'II kill you .

[cop 1 ] You in the Cadillac, Iet me see your hands now.

Get out of the car.

Drop to your knees.

-[cop 2] Out of fhe car. -[cop 1 ] Drop fo the ground.

[radio chatter]

Suspcct is in custody. Canccl furthcr assistancc ...

[sniffling]

Sarah.

Sarah, try to drink some of this.

Listen , are you sure it's them?

I mean, maybe I should look at the bodies.

No. They've been identified and there's no doubt.

Oh , God .

God .

Ginger.

Kiddo.

Sarah.

Sarah, this is Dr. Silberman.

Hi , Sarah .

I want you to tell him everything that Reese told you , Sarah.

Do you feel up to that?

Yeah . I guess so.

You're a doctor?

Criminal psychologist.

Is Reese crazy?

Well, that's what we're gonna find out.

[whirring]

[Dr. Silberman] So, you're a soldier.

[Dr. Silberman] Fighting for whom?

With the 1 32nd under Perry. From '21 to '27.

That's the year 2027?

-That's right. Then I was assigned . . . -This is fucking great.

[Reese] . . .the last two ycars undcr John Connor.

Who was the enemy again?

A computer defense sysfem built for--

[pager beeping]

Oh , damn . Sorry.

... built for SAC-NORAD by Cyberdyne Systems.

I see.

And this, uh, compufer thinks it can win by killing the mother of its enemy.

Killing him, in effect, before he's even conceived .

A sort of retroactive abortion?

That guy Silberman cracks me up.

Last week, he had this guy in here fhat burned his Afghan .

-He screwed it first, then he set it-- -Ed , shut up.

Well, why didn't the computer just kill Connor then?

Why this elaborate scheme with the Terminator?

It had no choice.

Their defense grid was smashed .

We'd won .

Taking out Connor then would make no difference.

Skynet had to wipe out his entire existence.

Is that when you captured the Iab complex and found that, uh ...

What is it called? Um ...

The fime displacement equipment?

That's right.

The Terminator had already gone through .

Connor sent me to intercepf, and they blew the whole place.

Well , how are you supposed to get back?

I can't.

Nobody goes home.

Nobody else comes through .

It's just him and me.

It's just him and me.

Why-- Why didn't you hring any weapons? Somcthing morc advanccd.

Don't you havc, uh, ray guns?

-Ray guns. -[chuckles]

[Dr. Silberman on TV] Show mc a piccc of futurc tcchnology.

[Reese on TV] You go naked.

Somcthing about thc ficld gcnerated hy a living organism.

-Nothing dead will go. -Why?

I didn 't build thc fucking thing!

[Dr. Silberman on TV] Okay, okay.

But this cyhorg, if it's mctal...

-Surroundcd by living tissuc. -Oh, right, right.

This is great stuff. I could make a career out of fhis guy.

You see how clever this part is? How it doesn't require a shred of proof?

Most paranoid delusions are intricate, but this is brilliant.

[Dr. Silberman on TV] Why wcrc thc othcr two womcn killed?

[Reese on TV] Most of thc rccords wcrc lost in thc war.

Skynct kncw almost nothing ahout Connor's mothcr.

Her full namc, whcre shc livcd. Thcyjust kncw thc city.

Thc Terminator was just hcing systcmatic.

Uh-huh. Wcll, lct's go hack to--

Look, you havc hcard cnoughl

l havc answcrcd your qucstions. Now l havc to scc Sarah Connorl

l'm afraid that's not up to me.

Thcn why am I talking to you?

-Bccausc I can hclp you. -Who is in authority hcrc?

-Plcase-- -Shut upl

You still don 't gct it, do you?

Hc'll find hcr. That's what he docs!

That's all hc docsl

You can 't stop him!

He'll wadc through you, rcach down hcr throat

and pull hcr fucking hcart out!

-Doc. -[Reese on TV] Lct-- Lct go of mcl

[sighs] Sorry.

So Reese is crazy?

I n technical terminology, he's a loon .

Sarah, this is what they call body armor.

Our TAC guys wear these.

It'II sfop a 1 2-gauge round .

This other individual must've been wearing one under his coaf.

Feel that. Go ahead .

What about when he punched through the windshield?

He was probably on PCP.

Broke every bone in his hand and wouldn't feel it for hours.

There was this guy once-- You see fhis scar?

Here. Thank you .

There's a couch in this other room.

Why don't you stretch out and try fo get some sleep?

Be at Ieast an hour before your mother gets here from Big Bear.

I can't sleep.

Try.

Well , it may nof Iook it, but thaf couch is very comfortable.

You'II be perfectly safe.

We gof 30 cops in this building .

Thank you.

-Good night. -Good night.

[Iock buzzes]

[sighs]

[pager beeping]

I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told she's here. Could I see her?

No. Can't see her. She's making a statement.

Where is she?

Look, it may take a while.

If you wanna wait, there's a bench over there.

I'II be back.

[vehicle approaching]

-[brakes screeching] -[shouts]

[grunts]

[cop 1 ] What the hell was that?

[people shouting in distance]

Huh?

[grunts]

[cop 1 ] Gunshot!

[grunting]

[cop 2] Gonna need some backup here.

-What is it, terrorists? -Let's go! Let's go!

-[cop 3] Run . -[cop 4] Go! Go! [grunts]

Stay here.

[gunfire continues]

Oh, no.

Let's get out of here! Come on !

-We got automatic weapons in here! -[screams]

[cop 2] Need some more ammo.

[cop 3] Move it! Move it! Move it!

[people clamoring]

-[cop 1 ] I got him! Right here! -[gunshots]

[cop 4] Get back!

-[shrieks] -What the hell happened to the Iights?

Watch him .

[grunting]

[keys jingle]

[gunfire continues]

[breathing shakily]

-Automatic weapons! -Lock and Ioad! Let's go!

-[breathing shakily] -[victim screaming in distance]

[victim] Fire! Fire!

[gurgles]

-[splutters] -Ed .

Hey!

[gasps]

[lock rattling]

Sarah!

Reese.

[Reese] This way.

[panting]

[tires squealing]

-[engine sputtering] -[reporter] KFLB Ncws, timc 4:35.

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Policc in fivc southcrn countics arc cngagcd in a massivc manhunt

for an unidcn--

Take this.

AII right. Let's get this off the road .

[bushes rustling]

[rusfling stops]

[vehicle passes overhead]

[Sarah shivering]

You cold?

Freezing .

Reese.

-You got a first name? -Kyle.

Kyle, what's if Iike when you go through time?

[Reese sighs]

White Iight.

Pain .

It's Iike being born maybe.

Oh , my God .

I caught one back there.

-You mean you got shot? -It's not bad .

[scoffs] Well, we gotta get you to a doctor.

It's okay. Forget it.

What do you mean, forget it? Are you crazy?

Take this off.

[gasps] Jesus.

See? It passed right fhrough the meat.

Oh, this is gonna make me puke.

Would you just talk about something?

What?

I don't know. Anything . Just talk. Tell me about my son .

He's about my height.

[sucks feeth]

He has your eyes.

What's he Iike?

You'd trust him .

He's got a strength.

I'd die for John Connor.

Well . . . [chuckles] . . .at Ieast now I know what fo name him .

Don't suppose you know who the father is,

so I won't tell him to get Iost when I meet him?

John never said much about him.

-I know he dies before the war-- -Wait.

[sighs]

I don't wanna know.

So, was it John that sent you here?

I volunteered .

Why?

It was a chance to meet the Iegend .

Sarah Connor.

Taught her son to fight, organize,

prepare from when he was a kid,

when you were in hiding before the war.

[scoffs]

You're talking about things I haven't done yet in the past tense.

-It's driving me crazy. -[inhales sharply]

Are you sure you have the right person?

I'm sure.

Come on! Do I Iook like the mother of the future?

I mean, am I tough? Organized?

I can't even balance my checkbook.

Look, Reese, I didn't ask for this honor, and I don't want it.

Any of it.

[sighs]

Your son gave me a message to give to you .

Made me memorize it.

Thank you , Sarah , for your courage through the dark years.

I can't help you with what you must soon face

excepf to say that the future is not set.

You must be stronger than you imagine you can be.

You must survive or I will never exist.

That's all .

It's a good field dressing .

You Iike it?

It's my first.

[vehicle passing]

Get some sleep. It'Il be Iight soon.

Okay.

[sighs]

Talk to me some more.

[sighs]

About what?

Tell me about where you're from .

[clicks tongue] All right.

You stay down by day, but at ni9ht you can move around.

You still have to be careful because the HKs use infrared .

But they're not too bright.

John taught us ways to dust them.

That's when the Infiltrators started fo appear.

The Terminators were the newest. The worst.

[aircraff passing]

[person on radio 1 ] Travcrsing your scctor in scarch modc.

750 mctcrs north ofyour position.

[person on radio 2] Undcrstand. 750 mctcrs north.

[Reese] Let's go.

[person on radio 1 ] Intcrccpt. Ovcr.

[radio chaftering]

[person on radio 1 ] Thcrc arc scavengcr tcams in that quadrant.

AVoid contact.

-Rcpcat. Avoid contact. -[explosion]

Wc'll gct thcm latcr.

[person on radio 2] Rogcr...

[radio chatter continues]

[person on radio 1 ] Scctor nincr, what's your status?

[person on radio 2] Situation normal.

[person on radio 1 ] Nincr to 0-0-0.

[person on radio 1 ] What's your status? Ovcr.

[knocking on door]

-Reese. DN384-- -Right. Let him in .

[door slams]

[dogs whine]

[radio chatter continues]

[person on radio 1 ] Wc'rc cutting short thc patrol. Over.

[person on radio 2] Rogcr, Yankcc-1-7. You are clcar to return.

Pew, pew. Pew, pew, pew.

[people coughing]

[people crying, groaning]

[coughing , crying continues]

[rat squeaking]

[person on radio] Travcrsing your scctor in scarch modc.

[person on radio] 750 mctcrs north ofyour position.

[radio chatter continues]

[dogs barking]

-Terminator! Terminator! -[people screaming]

[screams]

-[people screaming] -[glass shatters]

[dogs yelp]

[gunfire, screaming continues]

[birds chirping]

[dogs barking in distance]

[breathing shakily]

I was dreaming about dogs.

We use 'em to spot Terminators.

Your world is pretty terrifying .

[flies buzzing]

[knocking on door]

Hey, buddy, you got a dead cat in there or what?

-[flies buzzing] -[knocking on door]

[elecfronic whirring]

Fuck you, asshole.

Goddamn.

[Sarah] Thank you.

[horn honks]

Uh , is this enough?

Yeah, it's enough. I don't wanna ask where you got it.

[sighs]

-[clerk] I'm coming. -We need a room.

-[clerk] AIl right. -With a kitchen .

Do you have one with a kitchen?

[sighs]

Mmm.

I am dying for a shower.

We should check your bandage too.

Later. I'm going out for supplies.

Keep this.

[door opens]

[door shuts]

No, I can't fell you where I am, Mom . I was told not to say.

[Sarah's mom] Oh, hut, honcy, I nced to know whcrc l can rcach you.

You tcll me to hidc out up hcre in the cahin

likc somc fugitivc, and-- and you won 't tcll mc whatrs going on?

I am worricd sick, dcar.

Okay.

Okay, here's the number.

-[Sarah] You rcady? -Yes. Go ahead.

-It's 403-555- 1439. Room ninc. -Uh-huh. Uh-huh .

Got it?

I've got it.

I gotta go. I'm sorry l canrt tell you morc right now.

I lovc you, Mom.

[imitating Sarah's mom] I Iove you too, sweetheart.

[motel clerk] Tiki Motcl.

Give me your address there.

What have we got?

Mothballs, corn syrup, ammonia.

What's for dinner?

-PIastique. -That sounds good .

What is it?

Nitroglycerin , basically. It's a bit more stable.

I Iearned fo make it when I was a kid .

Make sure there's none on the threads.

Like this.

Screw fhe end cap on.

[inhales sharply] Very gently.

[sighs]

You must've had a fun childhood .

That's good .

AIl right. Six more like that and I'II get started on the fuses.

[both sigh]

[Sarah] He'Il find us, won't he?

Probably.

[vehicle passing in distance]

If'II never be over, will it?

[sighs] Look at me. I'm shaking.

Some Iegend , huh?

You must be pretty disappointed .

No.

I'm not.

[sighs] Kyle,

the women in your time,

what are they Iike?

Good fighters.

That's not what I meant.

Was there someone special?

Someone ...

A girl, you know.

No.

Never.

Never?

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

So much pain.

Pain can be controlled .

You jusf disconnect it.

So you feel nothing?

John Connor gave me a picture of you once.

I didn't know why at the time.

It was very old ...

torn, faded .

[sniffles]

You were young Iike you are now.

You seemed just a little sad .

I used to always wonder what you were thinking at thaf moment.

I memorized every line,

every curve.

I came across time for you, Sarah.

I Iove you .

I always have.

I shouldn't have said that.

-Think fast. [chuckles] -[chuckles]

[dog barks]

[elecfronic whirring]

[fires squeal]

[fires squeal]

Trade places!

Faster!

Drive faster!

[horn blaring]

[gasps]

[grunts]

Kyle! [gasps]

Oh , my God .

[gasps]

-[tires screech] -[screaming]

[wheezing]

Kyle.

[horn honking]

-Whoa! -Son of a bitch .

[tires screeching]

[breathing heavily]

You stay here.

[grunts]

Let's get outta he-- here.

Get out.

[elecfronic whirring]

-Kyle. Come on . Get up. -[grunts]

[Sarah] He's coming.

Kyle.

Come on!

Help me!

Get ouf. Get out.

Get out!

[tires screech]

Come on .

Faster!

Don't stop. Run !

[panting]

[Reese] Sarah!

Kyle.

[sobs]

Kyle.

[sobbing] Kyle.

We did it, Kyle. We got it.

[mechanical whirring]

[Sarah] No!

No!

[mechanical whirring]

[scraping]

[panting]

[straining]

Wait.

[whirring]

What are you doing?

Cover, so he can't frack us.

[machinery humming]

Come on!

Come on .

-No, Kyle. -[groans]

Come on!

-Come on! -Leave me here.

Get up! [sobs]

[both grunt]

Move it, Reese.

On your feet, soldier.

-On your feet! Move it! -[grunts]

[machinery continues humming, whirring]

[clunking , whirring]

[Sarah] Back. Go back.

-Run, Sarah. -No.

Run !

Run !

Come on , motherfucker.

[Reese grunting]

[Reese breafhing heavily]

[grunts]

[groaning]

[screams]

[shrieking]

[ragged breathing]

[whimpers]

[Sarah gasps]

No. No.

[screaming]

[sobbing]

[gasps]

[straining]

[mechanical whirring]

[grunting]

You're terminated , fucker.

[crackling]

[metal creaking]

[breathing shakily, whimpering]

[sirens approaching]

Kyle.

[dispatcher] 6450 Bcllingham Avenuc, Supcr Tradcr. 5450 Bellingham Avcnuc.

[continues indisfinctly]

[Sarah] Seven, November 1 0. Where was I?

What's most difficult for me is trying to decide what to tell you and what not to.

But I guess I have a while yet

before you're old enough to even understand these tapes.

They're more for me at this point just so that I can get it straight.

[sighs]

Uh ...

-Gasolina, por favor. -Uh, cuånto?

-Llenar cl tanquc. -Ah ! Fill her up, sí.

Should I tell you about your father?

Boy, that's a tough one.

[sighs] Will it affect your decision to send him here,

knowing that he is your father?

[sighs] If you don't send Kyle, you can never be.

God , a person could go crazy thinking about this.

[sighs, smacks Iips]

I suppose I will tell you .

I owe him that.

Maybe it'II help if...

you know that in the few hours that we had together...

we Ioved a Iifetime's worth.

Ustcd cs muy hcrmosa, schora, y tcngo pcna dccirlc

quc mc dc cinco dolares amcricanos, pcro si no, mi padrc mc va a pegar.

What did he just say?

He says you're very beautiful, schora,

and he's ashamed to ask you for five American dollars for this picture.

But if he doesn't, his father will beat him .

Pretty good hustle, kid .

-Cuatro. -Si, si.

Oracias.

[child speaking Spanish]

Allál Vicnc una tormcnta!

What did he just say?

He said there's a storm comin9 in.

I know.

[theme music playing]

[thunder rumbling]