“Nefarious characters coalesce around you like bum-hairs in a drain.”
–the eloquent Agent Gale (Jay Karnes)
Cole faces betrayal and the loss of an old friend as our characters deal with a Nazi and the Nazi origins of Olivia and the Witness.
Tomorrow belongs to….?
“I asked you to be careful with the grenades. We got the discount for a reason.”
–Jennifer Goines
Full reviews will return next week. This week, 12 Monkeys catches Cassie and Cole in a chaotic time-loop as they attempt to murder Katarina– at her request. The episode was an engaging puzzle with a plot-changing payoff. Jennifer Goines continues to emerge as a credible, if crazy, leader.
It was undercut only slightly by…
Katarina Jones: I don’t love you.
Dr. David Eckland: You did once, and that can’t be erased.
This week begins one of the most conventional, though impressive episodes, with far-reaching implications for the series.
We’ll return to reviews of this fine show next Week (and Preacher!) This week’s wasn’t the strongest ep, but it did hit a number of 70s trends: buddy cops, decrepit noir New York, a serial killer, a disturbed Viet Nam vet, blatant casual drug use, Tab Cola, and a really loud shirt.
We also see Jennifer’s competent side. She’s more than just a crazy face, and that makes her future ascendancy as a leader far more plausible.
What did the Bureau think?
“You don’t know how exhausting it is being crazy.”
–Jennifer Goines
Just when you thought Twelve Monkeys couldn’t get any more bananas….
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.
–Jennifer Goines
Even more so than usual, the last two episodes of 12 Monkeys cannot be understood separately of each other. The first half of “Emergence” revisits “One Hundred Years,” as Cole and Railly try to prevent a time-paradox from occurring in 1944. Dr. Jones takes mind-expanding tea with Jennifer Goines, and we learn the Monkeys’ ostensible goal– and the origin of the Pallid Man.
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Sorry, wrong suspense-filled Primary. This one sets 12 Monkeys into high gear for season two, as the timeline shifts—but not in ways we expect or understand.
Twelve Monkeys returns, with a pair of would-be heroes in the present and a pair a’ docs in the future.
Circular return, 12 planned stops, and cliffhangers mark the final episode of 12 Monkeys‘ first season. What did we make of it? And where will the plot travel next year?