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Terminator Zero: Season 1

8 episodes Premiered Aug 29, 2024 Updated Jul 25, 2026

Terminator Zero is an animated television series belonging to the science fiction, fantasy, action, and adventure genres. The first season premiered in 2024 and carries a television rating of TV-MA. The story spans across a future war that has raged for decades between human survivors and an endless army of machines, and the year 1997, when an artificial intelligence known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began

Season overview

Terminator Zero is an animated television series belonging to the science fiction, fantasy, action, and adventure genres. The first season premiered in 2024 and carries a television rating of TV-MA.

The story spans across a future war that has raged for decades between human survivors and an endless army of machines, and the year 1997, when an artificial intelligence known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity. Caught between the future and the past, a warrior and soldier is sent back in time to 1997 to change the fate of humanity. The soldier arrives to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee, who works to launch a new artificial intelligence system designed to compete with Skynet's impending attack on humanity. As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future, an event that forever alters the fate of his three children.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Model 101

Aug 29, 2024 · 29 min

In 1997, a haunted scientist brushes his family aside for an all-consuming project. In 2022, a renegade fighter battles a powerful robot for vital data.

S1·E2

Model 102

Aug 29, 2024 · 29 min

Eiko and the Terminator arrive in 1997 with identical missions: find Dr. Malcolm Lee. Meanwhile, Lee's three children sneak out of their apartment.

S1·E3

Model 103

Aug 29, 2024 · 30 min

Malcolm confides in Kokoro about his recurring nightmare. The three children continue their underground trek, unaware of looming danger.

S1·E4

Model 104

Aug 29, 2024 · 28 min

As a desperate Eiko attempts to elude the police, Misaki's mysterious past comes into focus. Malcolm wrestles with the nature of fate.

S1·E5

Model 105

Aug 29, 2024 · 30 min

Malcolm brings Kokoro online. The boys disagree about Misaki's motivations. Eiko realizes she's entering unknown territory.

S1·E6

Model 106

Aug 29, 2024 · 26 min

The Prophet debates the paradox of time travel with Eiko. Malcolm shares a painful memory with Kokoro as the children hope to reunite at Cat Town.

S1·E7

Model 107

Aug 29, 2024 · 29 min

Malcolm recalls past efforts to thwart the machines — and his desire to build a god. With Kenta captured, the Terminator prepares for the endgame.

S1·E8

Model 108

Aug 29, 2024 · 29 min

Kenta wrestles with a brutal choice and the Terminator reveals a shocking truth as the future of humankind hangs in the balance.