The eight-episode series premiered on August 29, 2024. It is set in the Terminator universe created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. In an alternate 1997 Japan where robots are increasingly common, a workaholic Malcolm Lee neglects his three children, Reika, and Hiro, to focus on an advanced AI system known as Kokoro, a competitor to Skynet. The Prophet enlists Eiko on a mission to travel back in time to stop Malcolm from launching Kokoro.
In Japan, Malcolm Lee has been developing another AI system that is intended to compete with Skynet. As Judgment Day approaches in 1997, Lee finds himself and his three children pursued by an unknown robot assassin.