T-800 Mission to 1984
A machine sent back to 1984 to kill the mother of the Resistance's future leader.
In The Terminator (1984), Skynet sends a Model 101 Terminator, often designated the T-800, back in time from 2029 to May 12, 1984 to kill Sarah Connor before she can give birth to John Connor, the future leader of the Human Resistance. John Connor sends back his own operative, the soldier Kyle Reese, to save her.
Quick Facts
- Model
- Series 800 (T-800)
- Time period
- 1984
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
Lore & Background
In Los Angeles the Terminator robs a gun shop, looks up the addresses of women named Sarah Connor and begins murdering them. It tracks Sarah to a nightclub, where Reese fires on it first, and later attacks the police station where she is being held, slaughtering many officers.
Reader's Guide
After a tank-truck explosion reduces the Terminator to its endoskeleton, it follows Sarah and Reese into a factory. Reese lodges his last pipe bomb in its midsection, blowing it apart at the cost of his own life, and Sarah crushes what remains in a hydraulic press.
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