The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger)’s Timeline and Summary
- The Terminator arrives in 1984 at Griffith's Observatory.
- The Terminator immediately kills three punks for their clothes. Somehow it fits into an outfit that is obviously four sizes too small.
- The Terminator begins to systematically kill all the Sarah Connors in L.A. by going down the list in the phonebook.
- After killing two Sarah Connors, the Terminator arrives at its true target's house. It kills Matt, and it kills Ginger, thinking she is Sarah Connor.
- Just as it is about to leave, the Terminator hears a voice message from Sarah asking Ginger to pick her up at Tech Noir.
- The Terminator goes to the club to intercept its target. Just as it is about to kill Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese arrives and starts pumping shotgun shells into it.
- The Terminator tries to stop Reese and Sarah from escaping, but they outmaneuver it. It steals a police car instead.
- Listening to the police scanner, the Terminator is able to track down Reese and Sarah to a parking garage.
- The Terminator chases Reese and Sarah but ends up crashing the car. The Terminator escapes right before the police arrive.
- The Terminator returns to its hotel to do some gut-wrenching self-repairs.
- The Terminator heads to the police station and asks to see Sarah Connor. When that fails, it drives a car right through the front entrance.
- The Terminator kills all the police but somehow misses Sarah and Reese.
- Time for plan B. The Terminator kills Sarah's mother and pretends to be her on the phone so that Sarah will tell her where she is.
- The Terminator chases Sarah and Reese across L.A. It steals a tanker truck, but Sarah and Reese blow the vehicle sky high.
- The Terminator emerges from the fiery wreckage an endoskeleton of its former self. It chases Reece and Sarah into a factory, where Reese blows it up.
- The upper half of the Terminator crawls after Sarah.
- Sarah lures The Terminator under a hydraulic press and hits the power button.
- The Terminator has been terminated.