- The smaller guy hotwires a car. He observes some construction equipment and has a recurrent memory of the future.
- In it, the smaller guy and another soldier sneak through a desolate future landscape. They sneak up on a robot tank and toss bombs to destroy it.
- The partner breaks cover and is instantly torn to shreds by the Hunter-Killer's firepower.
- The smaller guy jumps into a getaway car. A flying Hunter-Killer tracks the car while taking potshots.
- An explosion flips the car, trapping the guy inside as fire consumes the vehicle.
- The small guy wakes up in the present cradling his shotgun.
- Meanwhile, Sarah and her roommate, Ginger, glam it up when Ginger's boyfriend calls. We won't get into the details here, but it's sufficient to say he embarrasses himself really bad.
- We cut to the police station. Detective Hal Vukovich hands Lieutenant Ed Traxler a picture of a dead girl. And then another one. Vukovich points out they are both named Sarah Connor.
- Sarah's date calls and cancels. Not one to pine, she decides to go to a movie.