The story ought to begin with initial conditions defined by what happened at the end of T2.

The only real requirement to start up the series is that, in the beginning, where Sarah is and what she is doing have to make sense and be consistent with what the situation was at the end of T2.

While you have outlined two ideas that sound exciting, how can you justify your initial conditions?

At the end of T2, Skynet appears to be destroyed, and all traces of terminator technology are also destroyed, except for Uncle Bob's arm, which is caught in the gears at the steel mill and assumed to be worthless as a technology source.

It makes sense to assume that Sarah believes Skynet has been destroyed and Judgment Day avoided.

Obviously, Sarah is wanted as a terrorist and murderer by the FBI.

What would you have her be doing like five years later, given these initial conditions?

In "Idea #1," you have Sarah leading a band of thieves, pulling "capers" to steal money to live off. Does this make sense? This type of activity is pretty high profile with significant risk of being caught or killed. Do you consider it wiser than laying low as a waitress?

In "Idea #2," you have Sarah and John living in armored SUVs with supply depots and bunkers scattered about and they interact with underworld types. But how do they get the money to do this and to support themselves? Steal? Does it all come out of the ATMs? Again, if their key goal is to avoid capture by the FBI, would this be the smartest way to live?

By the way, I always thought John figured out how to steal from the ATMs without any help from Sarah.

Also, we know the future can be changed. Thus, Sarah and John cannot assume that John will survive until 2029 or whatever. He could be killed any day. In fact, Skynet was trying to do just that in T2. John is not invulnerable.

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