Editing Sarah Connor (Terminator) (section)

=== ''The Terminator'' (1984) ===
{{See also|The Terminator}}
Sarah is a [[Los Angeles]] college student and waitress who is pursued by a relentless [[android (robot)|android]] assassin, the [[Terminator (character)|Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 Terminator]] ([[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]). She learns she is in danger from a televised report of two identically named Los Angeles women who were shot to death earlier that day, including one played by [[Marianne Muellerleile]]. She is rescued from the Terminator by time-travelling soldier [[Kyle Reese]] ([[Michael Biehn]]), who says that in the future, an [[artificial intelligence]] called [[Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet]] will be created by military software developers to make strategic decisions.

The program will become self-aware, seize control of most of the world's military hardware (including highly advanced robots), and launch an all-out attack on human beings. [[John Connor]] will eventually lead the remnants of the world's military and survivors, The Resistance, to victory, only to discover Skynet has invented a means of time travel and sent an android killer back in time to destroy John's mother before he is born. John is Sarah's future son; he sends back a trusted sergeant, Kyle Reese, to protect his mother. During their brief time together, Kyle tells Sarah that she will be responsible for training John in the skills and tactics he will use to fight Skynet.

Kyle protects Sarah from the Terminator and they flee together. Initially, she is unaware that Reese has been in love with her. While they are avoiding the Terminator, Sarah grows to reciprocate his feelings, and they consummate their relationship, resulting in John's conception. Kyle dies fighting the Terminator in a factory. Sarah crushes the Terminator in a hydraulic press. Kyle's sincerity and courage inspire her to develop the skills and abilities that make her a suitable mentor and teacher to John. After these events, Sarah, pregnant and a fugitive, begins making a voice recording to give to John later in life. While recording the tape, a boy takes a photograph that he sells to her; John will give this to Kyle in the future before sending him back in time.