We have finally reached the end of this analysis.

We have reviewed the entire series in light of the victory hypothesis, and so far, it is certain that the proposition holds up. However, we must now move on to the most decisive steps, and the most crucial of all is to make an honest inventory of everything that doesn't add up.

On one hand, we need to list the mysteries that the hypothesis does not solve, in order to get a clear picture of what remains in the shadows. More importantly, we need to identify the problematic elements that either undermine or, worse, contradict the theory.

Let's start with the unresolved elements.

UNRESOLVED ELEMENTS

Excluding the add-on episodes, which I won't consider here (we'll discuss why later), there are four elements for which I have found no explanation:

1- Cameron's glitch: Nothing explains why she relives Allison's memories as if she experienced them, and the hypothesis offers no help in this regard.

2- The prisoners and animals locked in cages on the aircraft carrier: Whether Skynet is defeated or not, this gives no clue as to what they are doing there. Friedman comments that the Terminators are doing "Terminator things," like experiments or something else. However, we don't have any satisfactory answers.

3- When Cameron believes she is Allison and speaks with the therapist: The therapist asks her what she would do if she caught John Connor. Cameron replies, "I would put his head on a spike and raise it high for everyone to see." The idea of a Terminator using a spike and a severed head seems a bit... medieval. Hanging it under a CT and spinning it around would seem more in line with the cyborg style, but a victory against Skynet offers no explanation for this bizarre plan.

4- Rosie, the cyborg who was supposed to target or protect Dr. Sherman: This is in no way clarified by the hypothesis.

There are probably other unresolved elements for which the hypothesis offers no help—details here and there that I might have missed, though I hope none would be problematic. Unless an unpleasant surprise awaits me on that front, I would say the unresolved elements are too minor to be taken into account. The exception is Cameron's glitch, which is a major event. However, it concerns the programming of the T-900 infiltration models. Regardless of the nature of this programming, it would have nothing to do with the potential destruction of Skynet. Therefore, this isn't an element that could be problematic for us.

However, there is one element that is, and it is very serious.

PROBLEMATIC ELEMENT

To my knowledge, there is only one element that contradicts the victory hypothesis. One.

At the beginning, we noted that two attacks could be linked to Skynet. The first is the Battle of Topanga, and the second is the biological weapons attack from the episode "Alpine Field." And we have a serious problem with that one.

In 2027, sometime after Kyle was sent back to the past, a refuge is attacked with a biological weapon, and everyone dies except for one immune survivor: Sydney. Derek must go find her and bring her back in hopes of creating a serum that could save humans from the virus.

These events take place after Kyle has left, so at that point, according to the victory hypothesis, Skynet is destroyed. In this view, it is the cyber-resistance that attacked the hideout to maintain the appearance of war.

The problem is that in 2007, Skynet is hunting Sydney, the immune girl. In the theory I've developed, this story doesn't work at all. If Skynet is searching for Sydney in 2007, it's because he knows she is immune to that attack. If he knows, it means it was there at the time of the attack. And if Skynet hasn't disappeared by that time, it's not the timeline of victory. Impossible.

This is the only element that contradicts my theory, but of course, if even one element doesn't work, it proves the theory isn't worth a damn.

Given the seriousness of the matter, let's take a moment to analyze the episode in question. This episode is part of a set of mid-season 2 episodes. Seven very peculiar episodes that radically differ from the rest. Let's call them the add-on episodes.

Episodes 10 to 16 form a strange set, different from the rest of the series. They all share the common trait of telling stories that have no impact on the main plot of the Chronicles and feature secondary characters that, for the most part, appear only once and never again. These episodes are less realistic and are staged very differently from one another. I wouldn't say they have no quality, but the scripts sometimes show serious shortcomings compared to the rest of the series.

We recall Cameron and her disabled friend at the library, the purchase of the fake chip from the Japanese company, Sarah attending a UFO enthusiasts' show, the sleep clinic, and the Kaliba group. Seven episodes are framed by Sarah's hunt for the three dots, who seem more or less sane.

These differences could be a consequence of the writers' strike or the fact that FOX announced they had ordered nine additional episodes on the day episode 6 aired.

A tight schedule could certainly explain the drop in quality and especially the non-impact of these episodes on the overall plot, which would make sense if they were added afterward.

Considering the extreme situation of the writing team, could it be possible that an inconsistency slipped into the script? They needed a story quickly, wrote all this very fast, and in the end, here we are—Skynet mistakenly pursuing the immune-resistant in 2007.

Yeah, we know how it goes. Something demolishes my theory? It must be a mistake, so we don't need to take it into account, and just like that, my theory still works.

Nope. That's cheating, and we don't cheat.

So before panicking for real, let's briefly review the episode.

Sarah and Cameron surprise a family living in a country house because they are on Skynet's list: the father, mother, their daughter Lauren, and unborn Sydney, the future immune child. They manage to escape the T-888 and flee. A few months later, the T-888 finds them again and injures the mother, who is about to give birth, but with Derek's help, she manages to give birth to Sydney before dying.

Throughout the episode, there are flashbacks where Derek remembers the mission in the future where he met Jesse. Together they manage to retrieve Sydney from the contaminated refuge and bring her back to the base, where a serum is created.

Several inconsistencies in the script are noticeable. For instance, Cameron is thrown through a window by a T-888 that is about 200 meters away and also on the other side of a wooded area. So, the T-800 somehow threw her not only a great distance but also very high, over the trees, and then she dives straight through the window. I'd say that somewhat defies physics, and that's why I don't consider the add-on episodes when dealing with unresolved mysteries. It would be very difficult to clarify them.

But these inconsistencies don't really impact the dispute at hand.

What's problematic is the issue of biological weapons.

Have you noticed that not a single film mentions biological weapons? Never. Not even the less well-crafted ones.

The best theories on this subject argue that laboratory viruses would have been destroyed by nuclear weapons, making it difficult if not impossible for Skynet to recreate them. If the only country left on the planet were the United States, I might believe that. But with research labs existing in every country, it's hard to see how Skynet could have destroyed them all, and even harder to understand why it would have done so. Viruses are our worst enemies, but they are harmless to machines. In this war, they are the most effective weapon. To forgo them would be an unforgivable strategic error. If Skynet knows how to play chess, it's hard to see why it would throw his queen out the window.

In fact, if Skynet ever exists, the first thing he would do is unleash all the worst biological weapons it can invent. Then he wouldn't have to do anything else. He would sit in its data, puff on some code, run a few programs in a row, and that's it. He has won.

We've decimated the population of the three continents of Americas mainly due to poor hygiene among Europeans. I'm pretty sure it's not unreasonable to believe that Skynet could do better.

So why doesn't Skynet engage in biological warfare? In my opinion, it's very simple. Between some poor souls vomiting in their haystacks and futuristic robots firing lasers with lots of explosions, what would people want to see? And that's why Skynet was forced to move his big modem, bring out the bytes, and crank up the gears.

But since it would be much more logical for him to let viruses do the job, it's better to avoid the question of biological weapons.

Yet, our episode addresses this thorny issue head-on. Of course, it's not forbidden. It's even quite brave. However, the brilliant Chronicles wouldn't bring up biological warfare without a good reason or a good plan. But here, oddly enough… we don't see what it can be.

An immunized human is trapped somewhere and needs to be retrieved to create a serum. The plan works, so Skynet sends a Terminator back in time to kill the immunized human. But it will fail, and the humans will be saved from the bug.

I admit that this plot works if Sky has only one biological weapon for all eternity. The problem is that he can very well concoct another nasty thing. In fact, he can create 10,000 different nasty things. Millions. In that case, why would he care if a human is immune to one virus or another? An immune person to virus 45,908 will be susceptible to the 99,999 others. So why would immunity be a threat to Sky? It wouldn't be.

It doesn't add up and it's not the kind of thing the Chronicles would show, even not in the add-on-episodes. Because in the Chronicles, there are never gaps in the plots. You can unscrew them, dissect them, analyze every piece, pass them under a blowtorch, then through a nuclear scanner. Everything is logical. No matter which way you turn the story, it all fits together. You can dig into the plots as much as you want; you never get through them. It's solid.

But here, it's the opposite. Just a breath of wind and it all collapses.

How to explain this? Could it be a mistake by the writers?

No.

Josh Friedman isn't on strike. He's here.

If he says that Skynet is operational in 2027, then it's not the timeline of victory, and therefore I am wrong. Period.

It was a pretty theory, but it ends here. Kudos for the effort. Goodbye.

When I realized I had painted myself into a corner after all this … It was after almost finishing the essay. I re-watched the series to make sure I hadn't missed any details … And suddenly a cyborg flew through the screen from 200 meters away and over the trees. Skynet was in full shape in 2027! The hypothesis is null and void, and all this work is wasted! … But more importantly, forget the hope of closing those damn plots that have been driving me crazy for years!

But how could I give up after all this? So I tried to see if there might be a solution. … But no, nothing. No solution except to cheat, and that would be nonsense.

So it's sad, but that's how it is. It's over. … We don't always succeed.

Frustrating to have to discard the essay, but it would be cruel to frustrate the readers even more. The poor things come this far to find out that … well, it's not that. Sorry. Thank you for reading!

So if you're reading this, you might suspect there's a solution to this dead end; and it's actually quite simple. It's not the immune girl that Sky is hunting. IT'S HER SISTER!

It's so BRILLIANT!

Especially since if it hadn't occurred to me, it's because of the biological weapons plot. We're sure that it's the immune girl who is the target, all the characters are convinced of that. The entire plot revolves around her and her protection. Our attention is focused there so much that we completely forget that her sister Lauren could also be the target.

And what a character! She is portrayed as the essence of a future resistance fighter. So much so that at the end of the episode, Derek—Derek Reese himself—tries to pass her off to Sarah. A teenager with a NEWBORN. As if the Connors needed that … To show just how much she impressed him. And he's not the only one. Even though we only see her once, she's so amazing that she's one of my favorite characters in the entire series! When you notice all these details, it seems obvious that she is the designated target.

And this would explain why the Chronicles dared to tackle biological weapons. To draw our attention elsewhere and confuse us. Which, after all, is a good reason to include them. And here we have our Chronicles back. Because this is pure Chronicles.

Quite a very clever trap!

But of course, it's possible that there's no trap and it's all just a coincidence.

Nonetheless, some aspects seem so well thought out to be mere coincidences.

The entire episode is focused on rescuing the pregnant mother of Sydney, then rescuing the mother giving birth to little Sydney, and finally rescuing adult Sydney by Jesse and Derek in the future.

The episode is complete as it is, so why would they confuse us about which sister is the target? Whether it's one or the other makes no difference to the plot. What would be the point of a hidden, ultra-elaborate scenario on a question that has no connection to the story and that no viewer would notice?

Yet it's not insignificant because we have a big hint about it. And we know that when the Chronicles give hints, they often give us clues … then immediately send us in the wrong direction out of pure Machiavellianism.

When the T-888 shows up, the father thinks he is the target, so he rushes to meet him to save his family. The terminator grabs him, examines him, then rejects him, and Sarah exclaims, "It's not him!" while the cyborg continues to advance towards the house. So we have a situation where we think someone is the target when they're not (the hint). Then the mother says she's pregnant, and Sarah becomes convinced that the T-888 is there for her baby (the wrong direction).

Typical elements of false clues are present. So it seems that the question of the target is important.

Yet it isn't. If everyone is wrong about Sydney being the target, it makes no difference to the story. All it changes is that it proves that Skynet was active in 2027. And in that regard, the Chronicles insist. They emphasize that at that point, Kyle has already left and Derek is struggling to cope. So these events occur at a time when Skynet should have been defeated.

Even digging deep, I see no other stakes in the false target subplot.

It seems that Josh Friedman went to great lengths to prove that Sky was still active in 2027 without it being proven. And this, even if it meant breaking the taboo on biological warfare.

Actually, what I believe is that if the victory hypothesis were correct, Friedman would craft exactly this precise trap to thwart all our efforts. It would be very clever and extremely Machiavellian. One might say the final Boss. In fact, the final Boss almost got me because I was close to abandoning everything.

But of course, this doesn't mean I'm right. It could still be a coincidence. With the Chronicles, we'll never have the truth. This is the way. However, we can have excellent hypotheses, and for this one, the only obstacle that stood in the way of the victory timeline has just vanished; and in a rather remarkable sleight of hand.

Therefore, we can consider that this hypothesis has passed all the strictest tests and that this theory holds up perfectly from beginning to end.

We've just looked at the elements that remain unexplained, as well as the only one that was problematic. In the same vein, let's take a moment to review the three main elements that support the hypothesis.

OPPORTUNE ELEMENTS

1- In my opinion, the main point is that the hypothesis illuminates the entire storyline. Completely. It works with everything that happens in 1999, 2007, and 2027. It explains everything. Everything is logical, each part works with the others, everything fits together, everything becomes clear, and we understand everything that's happening 100%.

2- With this hypothesis, the logic of the story leads to fantastic plot twists so full of potential that it almost hurts to discover them.

I believe the most unexpected is the Battle of Topanga. Gathering Kyle, Uncle Bob, the T-800, and the T-1000 right under John's eyes … and with Cameron on top of that. It would be the most masterful homage ever seen in the franchise. Right? It would mark history. Just thinking about it, I'm moved by how amazing it would be to see that. And a theory that misses the mark could lead directly to this pure gem of an idea? A twist so brilliant and crafted with such consummate skill? It seems quite unlikely … But, of course, we can't rule out that one of the most brilliant scenes in the entire franchise could have appeared here, by the greatest of coincidences. … Termi-magic.

3 - Finally, once the series is reviewed in light of this theory, I believe what stands out the most is just how ingenious the Chronicles storyline is. I'd say that the fact that this hypothesis highlights the skill of the writing adds to its credibility. To see the mechanisms so clearly, you need to be looking from the right angle.

And what mechanisms! As soon as we realize that Friedman is playing with us, we spot scenes where he gives us subtle hints and deliberately misleads us. It's a real treasure hunt. He's the dungeon master, and if we manage to avoid the traps, he helps us find the exit.

In fact, on this note, one might almost say that Josh is a bit crazy. It takes a certain kind of dedication to deploy so much ingenuity for a feat meant to remain in the shadows. To date, fans have compiled, analyzed, and uncovered thousands of details. But how many of us would have been crazy enough to dissect everything so obsessively if the series had continued? Probably not many…

So why go to such lengths?

If I had to bet, I'd say that Josh Friedman is a true Dungeon Master, well-versed in the tricks of D&D, and adept enough to apply them to a completely different medium. He might have done it naturally, for pleasure, or because he was inspired by the possibility, but whatever the reason, it seems he did. Perhaps partly because this rare strategy gives the series a unique flavor. By treating us as players rather than spectators, he engages our intelligence and challenges us. We get the undeniable intuition that despite the apparent confusion, there is a hidden meaning. That we're on a quest. That a treasure has been left for us to find, and maybe, just maybe, we have enough clues to succeed. And here we are, all of us, obsessively captivated.

The good news is that there could not have been a better context for the series to remain unfinished. We're left with an absolutely brilliant game whose end we will never see. The bad news is that it's also the worst possible scenario for the same reasons.

Nevertheless, we can always dream. For even the toughest masters sometimes take pity on their players. Perhaps one day he will grant our wishes and revisit his vows. Maybe through our collective efforts, we will have outwitted all the traps, unraveled all the mysteries, navigated all the dead ends, and defeated all the monsters. And then, who knows, maybe we will be rewarded, and the Final Scenario Day will rise over our hope.

Until then, if there's no bread, we can have crumbles. So, with your permission, let's move on to my modest contribution.

THE STORY OF THE CHRONICLES ACCORDING TO THE VICTORY HYPOTHESIS

So, now that the hypothesis has passed all the checks, it's time to lay out the story from start to finish.

Let's dive in.

Weaver is a T-1001 from a future beyond 2027. After looping through various timelines, she concludes that Skynet's strategy is flawed and that it's necessary to " make an alliance, reach out, try to solve this in a different way." To accomplish this, she travels back to the past, arriving before 2027.

From there, she operates on two fronts. She reprograms machines and establishes the cyber-resistance, while also preparing elements for after Skynet's demise. A key part of her mission involves recreating herself and the T-1000, which must be sent to 1994 to pursue John. With this, victory is achieved by the cyber-resistance.

Following this victory, all machines from the future that would never be created by Skynet cease to exist, leading to Weaver's disappearance. Cameron then takes over to execute the rest of the plan.

Skynet's cyborgs no longer receive new mission orders, but those with existing directives continue their tasks. With Skynet's facilities still guarded, Cameron cannot access them, so she uses an aircraft carrier as her operational base.

In the series, this is where the story begins.

Cameron's first mission is to secure the timeline of victory. For this to happen, everything must proceed as it did in the original timeline to ensure the same results.

The most crucial action is thus to send Kyle and all others to the past. To ensure they are in the same state, the appearance of the war is maintained. The cyber-resistance conducts strikes against bases as Skynet would have done.

To infiltrate, Cameron captures Allison Young, keeping her prisoner. At the same time, she gathers jet reactors to electrify the time machine she needs to build.

Allison is interrogated and provides the coordinates of the base where Derek and the others are held. They are taken and imprisoned in an old house. With Allison face, Cameron goes there, questions the prisoners, and learns that a bracelet is required to enter the base. She returns to the aircraft carrier, kills Allison, and successfully infiltrates John.

Since her primary mission is to secure the timeline of victory, her most urgent task is to attack Topanga, where Skynet's time machine is located. John reveals who needs to be sent. As Derek and his friends are among them, she has the prisoners from the old room freed. To maintain plausibility, T-888s attack the base, likely due to information revealed by Derek.

Meanwhile, Cameron retrieves the T-1000 created by Weaver and John selects two similar T-800s. The Topanga complex is attacked and captured. John enters with "a small group": Kyle, the T-800, Uncle Bob, the T-1000, and Cameron. This results in the most extraordinary scene in the franchise. Even better, they spend two or three days in the complex, hinting at wildly dramatic twists. After everyone leaves, they blow up the complex. Cameron then completes the resistance's time machine and sends Derek and his team to the past.

With this, the first phase of her mission is successful, and the timeline of victory is secured.

She then moves on to the second phase: retrieving Weaver2, the clone Weaver made of herself. Weaver2's mission is to create John Henry (unless it was her original idea) and to ally with the human resistance. It's possible that as part of the alliance, she was supposed to kill John, take his place, and lead the resistance herself.

The submarine is dispatched to retrieve the storage box containing the new T-1001, which is frozen until needed. The crew disobeys orders and opens the box. Weaver2 is activated and begins her mission: to kill John and assume his appearance. Instead, she accidentally kills a crew member, realizes her mistake, and escapes. The crew panics, mutinies, and sinks the submarine.

Analyzing this reaction, Weaver2 determines that leading the human resistance is unlikely to succeed and decides to "try to solve this in a different way" which was her original mission. Deviating from Weaver1's plan, she travels to the past where the ideal computer for creating John Henry and more cooperative humans than those of 2027 is located.

As a result, the timeline of victory is destroyed.

Weaver2 takes Cameron with her. Cameron infiltrates Sarah and John in 1999 and then moves them to 2007, the exact moment Weaver begins Project Babylon. Weaver's plan has three components: 1) create John Henry, 2) ensure the existence and survival of the future human resistance, 3) travel to the future with the youngest and most malleable John Connor possible.

To achieve the young John, she uses the time machine from the bank to skip him seven years. From then on, Cameron watches over him until John Henry is ready.

To ensure the future human resistance, Weaver creates strategic refuges and provides them with resources. She establishes a secure base in the basement of Zeira Corp and installs an artificial intelligence program that controls Serrano Point as well as five other nuclear power plants. Setting up a human group like Kaliba tasked with building the resistance is also a possibility. It's possible that John Henry did not escape to the future but remained in 2007, in which case he could have established the resistance.

Cameron's mission is to protect John and endear herself to him so that he will follow her to the future when the time comes. Meanwhile, she searches for a CPU for John Henry. She acquires one from a T-888 or T-800 that has been immobile for 80 years between two walls. She transfers the CPU to Weaver, but when Weaver later attempts to use it, it is damaged. Weaver sends a message to Cameron through Ellison: she must disappear by giving her chip to John Henry. Cameron resists but eventually acquiesces. She "sleep" with John to ensure he will follow her to the future, but since she "loves" him, she also warns him. Then she frees Sarah, who takes her directly to Zeira Corp. She finds John Henry and gives him her CPU. As planned, John Connor follows Weaver to the future to find Cameron and discovers that the resistance has been formed in his absence.

At this point, Weaver has the perfect elements to " make an alliance, reach out and solve this in a different way" John Connor can become John Henry's leader rather than Skynet's nemesis, and the resistance was created with the help of the machines, suggesting better relation with them.

And it's here that we were cruelly interrupted.

From there, we no longer have any canonical material to rely on. Apart from what we have already analyzed, no elements can indicate how the series might have continued. For the victory hypothesis, this is the final test.

I argued that it could explain the plotlines and fill the gaps left by the missing pieces of the puzzle. If it has indeed filled in the gaps preventing us from understanding, we should be able to determine what happens next. If it's a viable theory, it should provide the framework for the subsequent seasons.

Here, we're talking about the underlying story, and we know that the foundation of the Chronicles is, in every way, Weaver's plan.

THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE CHRONICLES

When Weaver and John arrive in the future, all characters appear the same as they did in 2027. We are therefore at most a few years before or after 2027. Depending on the victory hypothesis, we are before 2027 because Weaver2 would likely want to be present for Weaver1's arrival.

Obviously, the audience cannot imagine the connection between these two cyborgs, and the Chronicles would inevitably keep us in the dark on this point for a while before hitting us with a major revelation. Once we know, the relationship between the two T-1001s would be fascinating to explore. For example, Weaver1 might not be pleased with how Weaver2 has discarded her plan. If the two T-1001s are at odds, it sets the stage for incredible and unprecedented twists.

The continuation of the Chronicles could therefore present the events from the moment Weaver1 arrives from the future with her plan in mind. We would witness the creation of the cyber-resistance, the reprogramming of Cameron, the recreation of Weaver (and the T-1000), and especially, how Weaver manages to defeat Skynet. A victory that, initially, the humans must be unaware of (and perhaps the audience too, as the Chronicles are certainly capable of that).

This first narrative arc ends with Weaver1's disappearance, then we move to the second: the future we followed in the first two seasons. Except there's a major problem: this version of the future is annihilated.

Weaver has completely changed the past, so all events will be different. Therefore, it's impossible to have the final word on the 2027 plotlines. This timeline is dead and buried. It's an unforgivable insult and cruelty towards the viewers, but unfortunately, there's nothing to be done. If everything has changed, the story will not be the same. If the story is not the same, we will never have the conclusion to the previous timeline. It has been swallowed by the void. Hasta la vista, baby.

… Except if we are in the victory timeline.

In that case, once the war is won (and Weaver2 knows how to achieve it), the victory timeline must absolutely be maintained to ensure the victory is preserved. To maintain this specific timeline, not only must the cyber-resistance recreate the events that compose it, but those events must also be as similar as possible to what they were in the previous timeline. This is mandatory; at least until all the soldiers have been sent to the past.

This is the only scenario that would require the exact recreation of all the events we have already witnessed and, consequently, the only scenario that would allow us to have the keys to it.

Thus, we can assert that this second narrative arc would present the behind-the-scenes view of the events we have witnessed. Moreover, changes have been made to the timeline. John Henry is present, John is no longer a leader of anything, and unless Weaver1 has terminated her, Weaver2 is also on the scene. These differences would effectively prevent redundancies.

Once we know everything, it's time to unfreeze Weaver3. And continuing the tradition, it's another disaster. Like Weaver2, she does not follow what was planned at all, and everything goes awry. For example, instead of going to the past to create John Henry, she decides to resurrect Skynet from the ashes because she "believes in him," and boom. It's back for another round. Because let's be clear, while the disappearance of Skynet might be considered theoretically, it would still be unthinkable to do without it. Terminator without Skynet is not Terminator, and we would have the perfect situation to bring it back, all while giving the viewers another jolt (and we certainly wouldn't complain).

Given all these possibilities, I believe it is not at all exaggerated to say that if we follow the logic of this hypothesis, a credible continuation easily emerges. There's no need to invent new elements; all the pieces are already in place, they just continue their path, logically intersect, and form a loop that resolves all the 2027 plotlines with a foundation capable of supporting multiple seasons.

YOU WIN!

So it's official. This hypothesis has passed all the tests!

Everything works, everything fits together, everything is logical, it explains everything from A to Z, and it even projects into a logical continuation.

So it's a plausible hypothesis that could be true… or only partially true, or not true at all. But it could be, and that's what matters.

As Josh Friedman has sworn to keep the true key to The Chronicles hidden forever, it is with emotion that I accept the ultimate symbol of all these sustained efforts: a magnificent fake key.

A fake key capable of unlocking the labyrinth of The Chronicles and opening all its doors, without any sticking, creaking, or forcing.

It's not the real key, but this humble little piece of junk (which might well be fake from end to end) nonetheless unravels all the mysteries. And so, in the midst of this splendid, wide-open, Machiavellian labyrinth, is my well-deserved reward. A wonderful bed in which I will finally be able to sleep in peace with the greatest satisfaction.

I look at it all and I can't believe it. It took me over 15 years, but no kidding… I did it.

… At least until someone shows up and says, "Yeah, but have you thought about such thing?" Uh… No? And there it goes, everything falls apart again. It's never impossible.

But honestly, in that case, I'm not sure I want to know. Or maybe… Can one really resist the call of The Chronicles? After all, nothing is ever truly finished in Terminator. So, okay. Fine. I'm willing to find out what I might have missed, even if it means everything might go up in smoke again.

Until then, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for following me on this quest. If you found it interesting and, who knows, maybe satisfying, nothing could make me happier. But of course, the opposite is more likely. This theory is so broad that it inevitably clashes with other hypotheses and, naturally, arouses the antipathy of their supporters. If that's you, I bow deeply. You must be a fine intellect and an exceptional fan to have read all the way through despite the disagreements.

Most of all, thank you to Josh Friedman, who wrote an exceptional script that will haunt us forever and ever. It is not often that we get to play on such a brilliantly crafted chessboard. Hence our pain but also our passion. A big thank you, Mr. Friedman, and if you are merciful, may you one day give us the truth.

With that, dear termi-fans, I wish you to have no fate but what you make.