Terminatior: Dark Fate

Warning:SPOILERS forTerminator: Dark Fate.

Here are our biggest unanswered questions aboutTerminator: Dark Fate.

Terminator: Dark Faterehashes the basic story of the first twoTerminatormovieswith a few twists thrown in.

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This time, instead of Skynet, the new A.I.

These are the 10 biggest questionsTerminator: Dark Fateleft us wondering about.

How Did Sarah Connor Kill Terminators All By Herself For 22 Years?

Edward Furlong as John Connor and Terminator Dark Fate Poster

If T2 Stopped Judgment Day, How Did Skynet Keep Sending Terminators After John Connor?

(The ‘good’ T-800 inT2was sent by John Connor to protect his 12-year-old self.)

The Terminator that accomplished the mission killed John in Guatemala in 1998.

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But the other Terminators were still en route to kill John if that Terminator failed.

Yes, it’s confusing, but that’sTerminatorfor you.

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Why Did Carl Only Send Sarah Terminator Coordinates?

But what’s strange is that Carl chose not to help Sarah hunt down those newly-arrived Terminators.

But why would Carl assume Sarah would survive fighting Terminators alone?

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Carl and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator Dark Fate

Why, Of All Possible Professions, Does Carl Sell Drapes?

), and lived like a human with a family.

Carl even got a job, but why would he choose to sell drapes of all things?

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator: Dark Fate

How Could Carl’s Family Not Realize He Isn’t Human?

The way he described it, Carl’s domestic arrangement is… unusual.

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Why Doesn’t Carl’s Dog Bark At Him?

Dogs being able to detect Terminators (and hating the cyborgs) have been depicted throughout the franchise.

Though it was kept off-screen, presumably the Rev-9 also killed Taco.

Gabriel Luna as Rev-9 and Arnold Schwarzenegger as T-800 in Terminator Dark Fate

(In aTerminator 2deleted scene, the T-1000 killed John Connor’s barking dog.)

But somehow, Carl has the only dog in aTerminatormovie who doesn’t bark at a cyborg.

4. Who Is The Major?

Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor in Terminator Dark Fate

If Legion Is Different, Why Does It Also Make Time-Traveling Terminators?

Only this time, theArtificial Intelligencethat destroyed humanity is called Legion and was originally designed for cyber warfare.

Why not create a biological weapon instead to wipe out its human enemies?

Gabriel Luna as Rev 9 in Terminator Dark Fate

(The answer, of course, is that would mean these stop beingTerminatormovies).

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What Does The Designation ‘Rev-9’ Mean?

Gabriel Luna as the Rev-9 in Terminator Dark Fate

But none of that explains the designation ‘Rev-9’.

Were there 8 previous Revs?

And why is it still called a Terminator?

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If Sarah Connor Trained Dani, Why Hadn’t Grace Ever Heard Of Her In The Future?

When they met, Grace outright told Sarah she’d never heard of her.

This is very strange considering Sarah trained Dani.

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But does that also mean Dani didn’t tell anyone else in the resistance about Sarah Connor?

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Terminatior: Dark Fate