Terminator – The Connor Wars (Fanfic Project)

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The television series, Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles, ended on a note of such creative possibilities that I was compelled to continue the saga. Using the writing form I’m familiar and comfortable with, I’ve written a 22-episode season 3 of full-length hour-long scripts, and have followed that with a short 4th season made up of 5 hour-long episodes plus a 2-hour+ screenplay finale to conclude the series.This page serves as a catalog of the completed scripts and other components of this project so that you can bookmark it and link to it with interested fans.

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Scripts

Season 3

F0301 – “A Thousand Miles”

Posted May 5, 2009

Future - John Connor finds himself trapped in a future that never had “THE” John Connor. He needs to figure out a way to begin his legend or die. Everything he knew, and we knew, of this relationship with Derek Reese, Kyle Reese, and Allison Young have been erased from future history.Past - Weeks after John and Weaver used the time displacement machine, Sarah continues the fight against Kaliba.

F0302 – “Tempest Tossed”

Posted May 17, 2009

Future - John starts to build his legend by embracing the people he is to lead. Allison is sent on a mission into Skynet territory.Past - Following on the heels of John and Weaver’s trip to the future, Sarah creates a new team to fight Kaliba.

F0303 – “I’ll See You Around, Connor”

Posted May 29, 2009

Future - After reuniting with a friend he knew in school, John goes out on his first mission in the field.Past - Kaliba becomes a threat to Sarah as one of her team is kidnapped.

F0304 – “Without a Scorecard”

Posted June 10, 2009

Future -Destiny pulls at John, while it pushes Allison around.Past - Sarah… well, Sarah is Sarah, destiny be damned.

F0305 – “Mrs Worthington’s Formal Tea”

Posted June 25, 2009

Future - John returns from the scouting mission in F0304 with news of Skynet’s plans. The events that unfold could have dire consequences. Meanwhile, Derek and other resistance leaders meet.Past - Wheels within wheels as Sarah tries to expand her base, Kaliba attempts to thwart any and all opponents, connections are made, and we see the “man” behind the curtain.

F0306 – “Clutch”

Posted July 9, 2009

Future - The battle between the resistance forces and Skynet comes to a head. As the tide of battle can tip either way, John learns a critical lesson.Past - Sarah and Savannah have some “girl time”. Meanwhile, while savoring a political victory, Governor Wyman finds himself once again on Kaliba’s radar.

F0307 – “Resfest”

Posted July 27, 2009

Future - In the aftermath of the battle with Skynet, the Zeira base takes a break from their normal day-to-day lives.Past - Sarah tries balancing fighting Skynet, helping friends (old and new), and trying to give Savannah a different life than she gave John.

F0308 – “Ties and Links”

Posted August 10, 2009

Future - John joins with trusted allies to rescue yet another trusted ally before it’s too late.Past - Sarah and Ellison must deal with someone from Weaver’s past who has an interest in Savannah.

F0309 – “Trail Mix”

Posted August 24, 2009

Future - John and Kyle are sent to meet with the Proctors at the Raptor base. Also, Derek and Allison have a rough patch.Past - Aided by Ellison, Sarah finds the strength to strike back when Kaliba takes some needed resources.

F0310 – “Tumbling From the Ski Jump”

Posted September 2, 2009

Future - The vault is opened and John assumes his first command.Past - Following John and Weaver’s travel to the future, Sarah has to make decisions about what to do from there.

F0311 – “A Green and Yellow Basket”

Posted September 16, 2009

Future - John and Allison go on a road trip filed with surprises.Past - Kaliba and Skynet are on the move.

F0312 – “In Memory of Qin Shi Huang”

Posted September29, 2009

Future - John wants Depot 37. Brandi wants Fresno (yes…Fresno).Past - Alejandra dines with the devil while Sarah and Aldridge investigate a worrisome incident in a physics lab.

F0313 – “Sharper Than a Terminator’s Truth”

Posted October 8, 2009

Future - Reunion with an old friend.Past - We find out more about our characters…um…character as they deal with ordinary life stuff.

F0314 – “That Stands For Pool”

Posted October 19, 2009

Future - In the wake of the events of Ep13, some of Allison’s history at Palmdale; Brandi’s time on leave in Topanga.Past - None. Flashbacks only.

F0315 – “Standing on Melting Ice”

Posted October 31, 2009

Future - The era of John Connor has begun…though not everyone is aware of it.Past - Kaliba’s patience is ending as they seek to take control of the variables to their plans.

F0316 – “We Know Why”

Posted November 11, 2009

Future - General Perry asks the Resistance to take on a task that seems unreasonable. John thinks it can be done. Will his plan prevail?Past - None.

F0317 – “Of Course You Realize”

Posted November 25, 2009

Future - After a string of victories, John Connor is shaken when Skynet fights back.Past - None.

F0318 – “Whereabouts Unknown”

Posted December 7, 2009

Future - John finds his increased responsibilities tested as Skynet continues its attacks, allies go missing, allies fight him, and a potential ally is found.Past - None. Flashbacks only.

F0319 – “Any Blame or Fault”

Posted December 20, 2009

Future - Continuing from episode eighteen, John is ramping up for a fight. Trouble is, Skynet seems to have a similar idea. It’s all made more complicated by missing friends and new allies. Is John ready to be in this stressful position?Past - None.

F0320 – “Battle of Avila Beach, Part 1″

Posted January 3, 2010

Future - John’s Big Damn Battle for Serrano. Will Skynet crush Connor, or will John cement his reputation?Past - None.

F0321 – “Battle of Avila Beach, Part 2″

Posted January 17, 2010

Future - John’s Big Damn Battle for Serrano concludes. Will Skynet crush Connor, or will John cement his reputation?Past - None.

F0322 – “No One Is Ever Safe”

Posted January 28, 2010

Future - Skynet has some surprises for John Connor. It’s one thing to fight for territory, it’s another entirely to try and hold it.Past - She may be weak, but Sarah will not stop…because they never do.
Season 4

F0401 – “Chronicle”

Posted February 10, 2010

In the third season finale, John was faced not only with Brandi and Skynet’s plan for Serrano, but also a terminator with John in its sights. Those mysteries are resolved as the desperate battle to save humanity continues.

F0402 – “Neu Insights”

Posted February 23, 2010

John’s new allies become a more obvious presence. The stakes grow as John & Cameron and Skynet & Brandi continue to focus on each other.

F0403 – “Rolling D30″

Posted March 8, 2010

John expands his pool of fighters while also testing Skynet’s vulnerabilities. Brandi makes her own alliance that’s sure to spell trouble for John.

F0404 – “The Grasp of Charybdis”

Posted March 22, 2010

Apparently not everyone is happy about John using T0Ks. Allison’s condition sparks discussions about life.

F0405 – “Generating Heat”

Posted April 3, 2010

Brandi’s latest attempt to do away with John and his little insurrection comes to a conclusion. Many gather when Allison needs medical attention. Skynet and John know that a showdown is nigh…and Brandi again wants to tip the odds in Skynet’s favor.

F04S1 – “Fate”

Posted April 15, 2010

John vs Skynet. Of course, Brandi will never make it that simple.
Extras
The completion of season 4 of TCW doesn’t mean that there isn’t more stuff to share. Those extra bits will find a home here.First, I want to link to the posts that started all of this: the quick fanfics I wrote during Season 2 that were the first script-formatted writing I’d done in quite a while. If these little vignettes hadn’t been written, I’d never have given serious consideration to doing TCW. Needless to say, they aren’t part of TCW canon as they precede that project. So without further ado…

TTSCC Scenes I’d Like To See (Part 1) – John and Cameron Parting; John, Derek, Cameron, and Some Truth

Posted December 7, 2008

Two sequences. 1) A scene that’s sort of an amalgam of several ideas mix-mastered together. It would be the last, or nearly the last, time that future-John and Cameron would be together. 2) John has two supposed allies from the future—neither of whom is giving him any useful intelligence or corroborating those few items that do get said.

TTSCC Scenes I’d Like To See (Part 2) – Cam and Cat

Posted January 1, 2009

Cameron and Catherine meet…and not for the first time.

TTSCC Scenes I’d Like To See (Part 3) – John’s Work Camp Escape

Posted January 7, 2009

Longer story about how our John escaped from a Skynet Work Camp.

TTSCC Scenes I’d Like to See (Part 4) – Promise

Posted March 3, 2009

How did Cameron manage to become John’s ally in the future? [This is the piece that allowed me to even consider doing TCW. Without this, no TCW.]

TTSCC Scenes I’d Like to See (Part 5) – Veritas

Posted March 11, 2009

What if that last scene between John and Riley in “Ourselves Alone” had played out differently?

TTSCC Scenes I’d Like to See (Part 6) – Yes

Posted April 5, 2009

A scene that’s another take on Cameron and Catherine’s first meeting.
And now…TCW stuff. Some are deleted scenes, some short, some new episodes. As long as “To be continued…” is at the end of this, I still have new stories still to come, but I need time to write them, so they’ll come when they come.

Extra01 – “Ghost Message”

Posted May 20, 2010

A little 4-page sequence so I could finally have a scene with Riley Dawson in it.

Extra02 – “Fate” (alternate ending pages)

Posted July 18, 2010

The ending that would have happened had the side that won in “Fate” actually lost.

EXTRA03 – First Draft: “A Thousand Miles”

Posted September 16, 2010

Stepping back to the beginning. The first draft before I replaced the Sarah storyline with what ended up in the posted version.

EXTRA04 – “Allison Wonderland”

Posted January 2, 2011

Obviously if an older-but-wiser Allison comes from the future back to Sarah’s time, hijinx are bound to ensue. Such is the case here.

To be continued…

To those wondering: No, I haven’t yet stopped writing TCW stories; I just don’t know when or how many. Whatever I come up with will be posted here as usual. Stay tuned.

The Connors Chronicles

Lumir Janku, who helped me with season 4, has chosen to take TCW and continue it into a season 5 and more. While I have no connection with his project, I’d be very remiss in not pointing you over to The Connors Chronicles (http://tcc.lumir.net)–which starts off where TCW stopped. It’ll be interesting to see what he comes up with.

Fanfic Writer’s Room

So you don’t get ahead of yourself if you’re reading this along with the scripts, I’ll insert a note between links showing where eps were posted. This would be the same order that the scripts and Writer’s Room posts were available when they were first appearing. As the scripts pile up, you’ll notice there’s an area where there are fewer Writer’s Room posts per episode. At this point in the process, I’d moved a lot of the discussion over to the forum.

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 1 – Intro & Bible

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 2 – An Update and Some Early Spoilers

(F0301 – “A Thousand Miles”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 3 – The First Step

(F0302 – “Tempest Tossed”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 4 – Getting Into It

(F0303 – “I’ll See You Around, Connor”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 5 – The Season Unfolds

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 6 – The Scary Episode

(F0304 – “Without a Scorecard”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 7 – The Past is Nonlinear

(F0305 – “Mrs Worthington’s Formal Tea”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 8 – The Balancing Act

(F0306 – “Clutch”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 9 – Finished With the First Act

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 10 – The Video Blog…Ta Da!

(F0307 – “Resfest”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 11– New Birthday for Allison?

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 12 – About LG’s Blog Plus Spoilers

(F0308 – “Ties and Links”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 13 – Vlog on Rumors, Writing, Allison, and Why Future John

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 14 – Getting the Word Out

(F0309 – “Trail Mix”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 15 – Vlog on F0309 and Some Writing Stuff

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 16 – Quickies From the Interweb

(F0310 – “Tumbling From the Ski Jump”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 17 – Logo Time

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 18 – Tumbling Down the Vlog

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 19 – Tough Week

(F0311 – “A Green and Yellow Basket”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 20 – Half Done

(F0312 – “In Memory of Qin Shi Huang”)

(F0313 – “Sharper Than a Terminator’s Truth”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 21 – Patience Rewarded

(F0314 – “That Stands For Pool”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 22 – Return of the Fancasts

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 23 – Talking About Episode 14 (Podcast)

(F0315 – “Standing on Melting Ice”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 24 – Episode 15 Stuff (Podcast)

(F0316 – “We Know Why”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 25 – Episode 16 Reasons Why (Podcast)

(F0317 – “Of Course You Realize”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 26 – Episode 17 Body Count (Podcast)

(F0318 – “Whereabouts Unknown”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 27 – In the Time Bubble

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 28 – Talkin’ About Ep18 and Other Stuff (Podcast)

(F0319 – “Any Blame or Fault”)

(F0320 – “Battle of Avila Beach, Part 1″)

(F0321 – “Battle of Avila Beach, Part 2″)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 29 – Reflections

(F0322 – “No One Is Ever Safe”)

(F0401 – “Chronicle”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 30 – The Fourth Season

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 31 – Pancakes and Cameron Humor

(F0402 – “Neu Insights”)

(F0403 – “Rolling D30″)

(F0404 – “The Grasp of Charybdis”)
The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 32 – Transparency

(F0405 – “Generating Heat”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 33 – The Cam and Cat Factors

(F04S1 – “Fate”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 34 – Ask Your Questions in the Comments

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 35 – That Was Nifty

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 36 – Vlog: Q and A

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 37 – Vlog: More Q and A

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 38 – Bits and Pieces

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 39 – Flotsam and Jetsam

(EXTRA01 – “Ghost Message”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 40 – Tech Choices

(EXTRA02 – “Fate” (alternate ending pages))

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 41 – How To Do It

(EXTRA03 – First Draft: “A Thousand Miles”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 42 – Six Months Done…Or Am I?

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 43 – Thinking About Cam and Ali

(EXTRA04 – “Allison Wonderland”)

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 44 – Extra04

The Connor Wars Writer’s Room 45 – Nuclear Reality Imitating Art

I also encourage you to take the opportunity to explore the various blogs connected to Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles that I have written (quick link). Some were speculations during the run of the series, some are reviews, and some are more academic, musing on the possibilities that robots, AI, and cyborgs represent. Of course, you can also search the site for other topics as well…maybe you’ll see something you like.

 

86 thoughts on “Terminator – The Connor Wars (Fanfic Project)

  1. I want Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to continue badly. I watched both seasons back to back on Netflix. I love the series. I’m a terminator fan. I fell in love with the characters and the actors/actresses that played them. The stories were fun, they kept the momentum and narration bis were insightful. I hope they give it a few more seasons. I know it’s a bit to tie into an original story, already branched out and not run out of relative material with so many episodes but I challenge you. I think with it’s ratings on Netflix alone, you can stretch it a bit more without soaking it dry. I will do backflips if I find out the series will continue.

  2. Thank you to all the men, women and terminators that made TTSCC possible. I truly hope Fox realize the error of their judgement and just atleast give a concluding season to the show. I can understand that they might be intimidated with the show’s success and the threat it might possible poses to any future movies (take the success of smallville and the failing of Superman returns as a very big example), but times have changed and even though they might not want to admit it, Arnold Governator is too old to even carry the series anymore and christian bale just dont cut it.

    To the rest of the cast and crew that worked on the show, including the cameramen, light boy and that unknown guy that was hired only to make everyone else coffee, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

    Us guys here in South Africa appreciate.
    Feel free to correspond with me via e-mail or on my facebook page. As I like to say: Your future is always predetermined by the last step you took.

  3. Finding the website for the connor wars has made my year!!!!
    It has also reminded me that there are still TSCC fans out there who have not given up hope for the show.

    THANK YOU for giving me something I can look forward to reading each day!

  4. they were without a doubt the best thing to read since sliced bread was discovered! thankyou for taking me on the ride that should have been the way it truly happened. I even saved some to read on my dsi XL that i have been reading when i have no net coverage. These scripts are a real page turner. Thankyou ;)

  5. To everyone, I want to say again that I thank you so much for taking the time and effort to read these scripts. That so many of you have said such kind things about them just makes me smile like you wouldn’t believe. You are all obviously people with refined tastes and discriminating palates. :)

    It’s been a joy. Plus, I’ve gotten acquainted to many find folks such as yourselves all around the world. How neat is that?

  6. I ‘ve just begun to read this work of yours, but already I couldn’t wait to leave a comment to praise you! OMG, this is so great, season 2 left such grand holes and even if this is not a real continuation (yet) it’s so good it could as well be one.
    Keep trying to get it published! I (and I’m definitely not alone) believe in it. (wishful thinking perhaps, but it would be a wanted sequel.)

    Thanks for posting it. Don’t give up, please. Terminator: TSCC could be developed so much more as a series, they just left us hanging!

    • Thanks so much.

      At present, it doesn’t seem like Pacificor (or anyone else affiliated) is terribly interested in…well, anything, given their inertia. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t voices around the world calling out. If you like TCW, then let them know that’s what you want–whether as a film, series, anime, novels, packaged scripts, whatever. All I ask is that y’all be nice about it.

      When I started TCW, I wanted to show TPTB the possibilities of continuing the series. It got to be a bit bigger than I planned (I expected the series would be picked up, so I would’ve stopped at that point). It’s gratifying that so many of you have enjoyed the trip and feel that I provided some sense of completion. I’ve already gotten so much more out of this project than I ever expected.

      I’m a little disappointed that no one hired me as a screenwriter over the years, but whachagonnado? At least I was able to share this with all y’all.

  7. you really shoyld make the season 3 and 4 i have been doing alot of research and the season 3 and 4 would bring in alot of profitied money and the scripts for each one were already written so dont waste time the scripts for each episode are great so dont think just do

  8. wat i said before but i just put the wrong email you write those scripts perfectly and that must have taken time so u got to man up and make season 3 and 4 big money will role in and im making a script for a movie i want to get produced i have been working on it for 2 years now and almost done can you help me with it

    • I would if I could. It’s not up to me. At present even people with Hollywood clout aren’t getting movement with Terminator. Hedge funds investors probably shouldn’t control creative properties–their agendas aren’t our agendas.

      I wish you good luck on your movie. They are never easy to make and perhaps even harder to get distributed. Still…people manage to do it. Sleep isn’t something that’s really mandatory in your life, is it? :D

      • still are you going to make terminator connor wars i mean i have read about them thinking about it a season 3 and 4 you just cant leave it the way it its not a good way to end it plus i have been reading the scripts for the episodes there great and people will like them if you procced because there are hundreds of terminator fans that would love to see a season 3 and 4 all you need is to get the word out and people will responed just try it it will work

        • If whoever ends up owning all things Terminator wants to do TCW (or something like it), I’m there. It isn’t up to me. It’s more up to all of y’all. TPTB aren’t unaware of TCW. Y’all have to tell them what YOU want. The fans–and ultimately their money–are the power. (If Gale Anne Hurd [one-time co-owner of Terminator] can’t get Terminator movement at present, I’m sure as hell not going to be able to all by my lonesome.)

          And those “hundreds of terminator fans” needs to be millions before they’ll take any of this seriously. At present, I only count thousands (OK, maybe a few tens of thousands who at least dropped by…hardly viral). Not insignificant, and all appreciated more than I can express, but not quite the interest that would get people to invest $100 million or more for a movie or TV series (though I could see novelizations as a possibility). I wrote the scripts. If y’all want them made you’ll need to form a mass of walking wallets TPTB will take note of.

  9. so you are saying that theres a possibility that it will be made but is the problem that you cant get anyone to sponsor the show

    • What I’m saying is that if there is enough public clamoring, they might consider the possibility. Serenity got made, after all. It doesn’t happen often, and there has to be desire not just from the public put from the money people and others, but it does on occasion happen.

  10. we will talk some more about TCW later i have aa great idea but it involves your help do you think you you can help me?
    trust me if my plan works i think we might be able to ge TCW back on track

  11. i have that script thing ive been working on for the last 2 years that if made into a movie i think it is actualy going to do really good money wise i was also thinking that anyone that comes and sees this movie has to be a TSCC fan somehow and when the movie is in theaters maybe we could adveratise TSCC and say that if you wanna see more help us do it or something that will influence the fans to stand out and make a difference i think it is worth a shot plus i think my script is worth a shot with a few adjustments it could be really good i am just asking for a chance to help you and to help me also all the fans of TSCS and TCW what do you think this could be a big hit all i need is alittle help

    • Hey Ryan, great to see a guy like you.. read all your comment. im happy as you say we need to see the big picture.. i have my scripts to give it a shot.. my season 3, 4 and 5. i need a visionary guy like you..but we need to be together ya know, discuss a lot of things, m saying m ready to bring it back! are you?

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