While 12 Monkeys does a good job of telling a story in each episode, the series relies heavily on the story arc, and so the final three episodes of the penultimate season are being considered as a piece.
We learn the truth about the Witness, with one season left.
We’re all frakking witnesses!
Jennifer Goines is on-point in her 50s’ garb, Railly bonds with her mother (Kristin Booth), and Cole and Railly run from their former allies.
We continue with our episode-by-episode review of Season Three.
After last episode’s heist romp, 12 Monkeys returns to its regularly-scheduled dark and weird.
A very special guest star does not want to save the clock tower.
“You’ve got our money, pal. Have your existential crisis somewhere else.”
–Leland Goines
12 Monkeys follows its serious developments with a heist episode that tries for a lighter tone.
Due to the splintered storylines, we’re reviewing two episodes as one this week.
Although this season was released in a short period, we continue our episode-by-week reviews with “Guardians.”
In case you missed it, 12 Monkeys returned last weekend, still crazy after all these years.
They released the entire season this time around; my busy schedule means I’ll be watching and reviewing it in weekly installments, sometimes combining episodes of the arc-heavy series.
Cole takes a Billy Pilgrimage through his own story before undoing last week’s carnage, initiating new carnage, and helping set up the third season.
The Plague Doctor masks come off, the Striking Woman reveals the fate of Ramse’s son, Jennifer Goines pees her pants, and the Pallid Man identifies the Witness.
“Why would you walk towards the weird music?”
–Deacon to Ramsay, and good advice for many characters in horror movies
It’s the penultimate episode of the second season, and everything happens according to plan. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen according to our heroes‘ plan.
“May I have a moment to myself, please?”
–Jennifer Goines, before her conference with Jennifer Goines
The apocalypse is so much more challenging when everyone is crazy and factions are splintering.
The series takes a break next week, with two more episodes before the season ends. This episode sets up the likely plots for each of those episodes