Sarah Connor Imprisonment and Escape

Locked away for speaking the truth, she broke free with her son and a reprogrammed Terminator to forge a savior.

In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sarah Connor is incarcerated in Pescadero State Hospital for her violent efforts to prevent Judgment Day. The narrative arc culminates in her daring breakout in 1995, executed with the help of her son John and the T-800, while evading the relentless pursuit of a liquid-metal assassin.

Quick Facts

Key ally: The T-800 (and John Connor)

Lore & Background

Sarah was sent to the psychiatric prison hospital after trying to blow up a computer factory. The T-800 and the ten-year-old John intercept Sarah as she attempts to escape the hospital. Initially horrified that the T-800 resembles the Terminator sent to kill her in 1984, she joins them and escapes the pursuing T-1000.

More in Story & Timeline

Cyberdyne Systems Raid First Time Displacement Event Destruction of the T-1000 T-1000 Pursuit in Los Angeles Rise of the Machines Future War John Connor Resistance Leadership T-800 Mission to 1984 Los Angeles Police Siege Sarah Connor Imprisonment Steel Mill Final Battle Judgment Day Averted T-X Deployment to 2004

Elsewhere in The Terminator

Catherine Weaver · Characters Terminator 2 · Characters Robert Patrick · Characters Federal Bureau of Investigation · Factions & Groups Machine Network Expansion · Lore & History T-X Endoskeleton · Powers & Artifacts

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