When Does "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" Season One (2008) Take Place?
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" season one is a science fiction television series showran by Josh Friedman that premiered January 13th, 2008. So when is "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" season 1 set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because at the very end of season one episode one "Pilot" a time machine reads: “TARGET DATE: 2007” just before our main characters use it.
2007 AD
We know this because at the very end of season one episode one "Pilot" a time machine reads: “TARGET DATE: 2007” just before our main characters use it.
Additionally, early on in season one episode one "Pilot" Sarah Connor refers to John Connor as "a 15-year-old boy." (plus her computer file is seen on screen later and “John Connor, son, 15” is visible) and in the feature film, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991) , the computer screen in the police cruiser displays John Connor’s file and he's registered as "2/28/85" representing February 28th, 1985 AD next to "DOB" representing date of birth. So it is 1999 AD or early 2000 AD at this time. This episode functions as a prologue to the season and a bridge from the narrative of that film.
1,985 + 15 = 2,000.
More specifically, near the end of the episode security camera footage is seen recorded in the previous scene and it is timestamped “09/10/1999”. So it is definitively late 1999 AD. in this prologue episode.
Furthermore, there is a time and place setting subtitle during season one episode one that reads: "WEST FORK, NEBRASKA AUGUST 24th, 1999" so, presumably, it is August of 1999 AD at this point. Later ones tell us it is “SEPTEMBER 6th, 1999” and then “SEPTEMBER 9th, 1999” so time has passed and it is now September of 1999 AD.
(HOWEVER, also early in season one episode one "Pilot" a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent says, “Your fiancée, freshly escaped from the Pescadero Mental Hospital, blew him apart two years ago.”, referring to the events of the feature film, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), which takes place in 1995 AD. That would place us in 1997 AD.
1,995 + 2 = 1,997.
Either the FBI is misspeaking or this TV series doesn’t take place in the same universe as the film or it is merely a production mistake.)
Also, season one episode six "Dungeons & Dragons" includes scenes that take place in 2027? AD .
Finally, the season finale, season one episode nine "What He Beheld" flashes forward to 2011? AD .
