{"slug":"terminator","name":"Terminator","desc":"Every Terminator film plus The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Terminator Zero, in story order by timeline.","numberPerGroup":false,"universes":{"film":["Films",0],"tv":["Live-action series",200],"anim":["Animated & web",275]},"version":"dee8b5f523","groups":[{"id":"original-timeline","name":"The Original Timeline","main":true,"items":[{"id":"the-terminator-1984","t":"The Terminator","y":1984,"k":"f","u":"film","r":8.1,"m":107,"b":"A cyborg assassin is sent back to 1984 Los Angeles to kill Sarah Connor, mother of humanity's future saviour.","tmdb":"/movie/218","jw":"/movie/the-terminator","p":"/qvktm0BHcnmDpul4Hz01GIazWPr.jpg"},{"id":"terminator-2-judgment-day-1991","t":"Terminator 2: Judgment Day","y":1991,"k":"f","u":"film","r":8.6,"m":137,"b":"A reprogrammed T-800 protects young John Connor from the liquid-metal T-1000 as Sarah fights to stop Skynet.","note":"Every later timeline branches from here","tmdb":"/movie/280","jw":"/movie/terminator-2-judgment-day","p":"/jFTVD4XoWQTcg7wdyJKa8PEds5q.jpg"}],"locked":0,"d":"James Cameron's two films: start here, whichever timeline you follow next."},{"id":"dark-fate-timeline","name":"Dark Fate Timeline","main":true,"items":[{"id":"terminator-dark-fate-2019","t":"Terminator: Dark Fate","y":2019,"k":"f","u":"film","r":6.2,"m":128,"b":"Decades after T2, Sarah Connor and an augmented soldier protect a young woman from a new Terminator.","note":"Direct sequel to T2; ignores T3 to Genisys","tmdb":"/movie/290859","jw":"/movie/terminator-dark-fate","p":"/vqzNJRH4YyquRiWxCCOH0aXggHI.jpg"}],"locked":0,"d":"Cameron's official direct sequel to T2, which ignores every film made in between."},{"id":"rise-of-the-machines-timeline","name":"The Rise of the Machines Timeline","main":true,"items":[],"locked":3,"d":"The other T2 sequel path: Judgment Day was only delayed, and the war against Skynet begins."},{"id":"alternate-timelines","name":"Alternate Timelines","main":true,"items":[],"locked":3,"d":"Standalone branches that each rewrite the story in their own way; watch in any order after T2."}]}