12 Monkeys reaches the penultimate episode of Season One and, once again, changes our understanding of what has been happening.
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12 Monkeys Discussion: “Shonin”
In this surreal, fragmented episode, Cole splinters to the weird part of 1987 Japan where he inadvertently sets Goines on the road to starting a plague, before being killed. We learn the identity of the Witness as we spiral back through the entire season and learn what the Striking Woman and her associates have been doing. We don’t know why, however, they want the apocalypse to happen, nor do we know…
12 Monkeys Review: “Divine Move”
12 Monkeys follows up last week’s stunning revelations with a somewhat fragmented episode that sets us, once again, on a journey to find the real source of the plague. It does contain a few surprises, however.
12 Monkeys Review: “Tomorrow”
Tomorrow may be another day, but it doesn’t look like a brighter one.
12 Monkeys Discussion: “Yesterday”
Another post-apocalyptic research facility stands not far from the one we know– and saving Cole requires their help.
The episode also raises the question: should anyone bother to prevent the post-apocalyptic tomorrow?
12 Monkeys Discussion: “The Keys”
No review this week, but we have a place to discuss the latest installment of this time-twisting saga, which returns the emphasis to Cole and Cassandra’s shifting relationship, and the origins of the future plague.
12 Monkeys Review: “The Red Forest”
Up until now, time-travel between the present and Cole’s future has been more “Assignment Earth.” This week it becomes a “City on the Edge of Forever” Situation. Can Cole save Cassandra Railly to save his future so they can save the….
Time travel gets so confusing.
12 Monkeys Discussion: “The Night Room”
Cole, Cassandra, Jennifer, and the Pallid Man enter the Night Room, as the show’s version of time-travel becomes increasingly uncertain. We learn that Cole isn’t Dr. Jones’ first time-traveling agent, that someone called “the Witness” lurks behind the scenes, and that the present and future are far from safe….
12 Monkeys Discussion: “Atari”
One of the strongest episodes yet gives us three time-periods, a drama with real stakes, and a time-loop almost as tight as the original film’s.
Of course, time-travel doesn’t work that way in this series. Perhaps we’re seeing the events from the perspective of…
Dang, time-travel complicates things.
12 Monkeys Discussion: “Cassandra Complex”
In the future, we learn more about Cole’s backstory and his dangerous world. In 2014 Haiti, meanwhile, Cole’s time-travels cross paths with Cassandra Railly’s recent past. The future plot suggests the kind of storylines we’ve seen in recent Walking Dead seasons, sans zombies. The present-day plot reveals some crucial clues, while showing us that you don’t need to visit the future to find a post-apocalyptic setting…