Sarah Connor Chronicles Timeline

[amathela]

This is mostly for my own reference, inspired by some of the timeline discussions over at schronicles. Sarah Connor Chronicles timeline only, (broadly) referencing the first two films,¹ and by no means comprehensive.

1965/1966

August 25th 1965 - August 24th 1966: Sarah Connor born.²

1978

December 20th: Andy Goode born.³

1983

February: Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor meet (aka. Terminator).⁴
November: John Connor born.⁵

1994

June: Sarah Connor incarcerated in Pescadero State Hospital.⁶

1995/1996

April 22nd 1995 - April 21st 1996: Derek Reese born.⁷

1997

June 8th: Sarah Connor escapes from Pescadero State Hospital (aka. Terminator 2).⁸
August 4th: Skynet goes online (averted).⁹
August 29th: Judgement Day (averted).¹⁰

1999

February: Charley Dixon and Sarah Connor meet.¹¹
June 25th: Cameron arrives, begins looking for John.¹²
September 10th: Sarah, John, and Cameron jump forward in time.¹³

2002

April - November: Kyle Reese born.¹⁴

2003

Sumner born.¹⁵

2007

February - June: Derek, Sayles, Timms, and Sumner arrive.¹⁶
September 10th: Sarah, John, and Cameron arrive.¹⁷
October 25th: Andy Goode killed.¹⁸
November: John Connor turns 16.¹⁹

2011

April 19th: Skynet goes online.²⁰
April 21st: Judgement Day.²¹

2015

Kyle and John imprisoned in Century Work Camp.²²

2021

Kyle and John escape from Century Work Camp.²³

2027

February: Kyle sent back in time.²⁴
February - June: Derek, Sayles, Timms, and Sumner sent back in time.²⁵
June 25th: Cameron sent back in time.²⁶

2029

Kyle sent back in time.²⁷

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¹ Where there is any kind of conflict, show canon supersedes movie canon. Movie canon may be used where there is no corresponding show canon.
² Pilot.
³ The Demon Hand.
⁴ Approximate. Based on John Connor's extrapolated birth date (see ¹⁹).
⁵ see ¹⁹.
⁶ The Demon Hand. Approximate.
⁷ What He Beheld.
⁸ The Demon Hand.
⁹ Terminator 2.
¹⁰ Terminator 2.
¹¹ Pilot. Approximate.
¹² Pilot.
¹³ Pilot.
¹⁴ What He Beheld.
¹⁵ The Turk.
¹⁶ Dungeons And Dragons (see ^{17, 25}). Approximate.
¹⁷ Pilot. For ease and clarity, until stated otherwise, assumes that all time jumps take place in whole numbers of years.
¹⁸ The Demon Hand.
¹⁹ What He Beheld. Approximate; depends on how long Derek spent in recovery from his injuries.
²⁰ Pilot (see ²¹).
²¹ Pilot, What He Beheld. Correct as of Cameron and Derek's timelines; it is unclear whether this date is still in effect in the current timeline.
²² Dungeons And Dragons.
²³ Dungeons And Dragons.
²⁴ see ^{4, 17}.
²⁵ Dungeons and Dragons (see ^16,17). Assumes that they were sent back sometime between Kyle's and Cameron's departures.
²⁶ Pilot (see ^{12, 17}).
²⁷ Terminator. Original timeline only. Since other aspects of the Terminator timeline have been contradicted by the series, it is unclear whether this still occurred in 2029 as in the film, or whether it occurred in 2027 in the original timeline also.

Comments

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this matters, since the timelines are so screwed up by time travel anyway, but T1 specifically mentions that Kyle and Sarah meet in 1984.

Either way, go you! :D

[amathela.livejournal.com]

I know it does, but there's no way that's possible in SCC chronology if John is fifteen (going on sixteen) in 1999, which is why this is an SCC timeline only - I've seen others that are general Terminator timelines, referencing the series as well as the films, but none that give a direct, uncontradicted and (relatively) uncomplicated timeline for those watching/writing SCC specifically.

It's also why the first footnote is that, where there's any kind of conflict, show canon supersedes movie canon. As a fan of SG-1 (and, before that, BtVS), it's something I'm used to; when discussing show canon, the movies can be used to supplement show canon, but they never overrule it.