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 1997 Tokyo, Malcolm Lee is developing an AI system intended to compete with Skynet. The day before Judgment Day, Lee and his three children are pursued by an unknown robot assassin and a soldier from the year 2022 has been sent to protect him.
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.