12 Monkeys

“What on God’s green earth happened here?” asks the G-man tracking James Cole and Cassandra Railly from the Columbia…

“Primary” begins by echoing the monologues with which James Cole opens and closes 12 Monkeys’ first season. As…

Bringing new viewers up to speed for the second season is a challenge, especially for a show that spent season one…

It’s the end, and also the beginning. “Arms Of Mine,” 12 Monkeys’ season finale, starts with the same monologue that …

“Paradox” is aptly named. One conversation sums up the contradiction at the heart of the episode, and maybe at the…

For weeks now, 12 Monkeys has focused on the conflict between personal obligations and moral duties, and the way we…

Let’s start with the simple fact: I liked this episode. Liked it, the way Cassie might like to go skydiving, the way…

“Tomorrow” is largely about faith, including the faith that tomorrow will come. In every time, at every turning…

Up to this point, 12 Monkeys has wrangled its story—a world brought down by plague, a scientist sacrificing subjects…

Like 12 Monkeys’ first episode, “The Keys” begins with Cole, unseen, speaking to an unidentified listener. This…

Last week, I criticized 12 Monkeys for concentrating on mechanical storytelling competence while the central…

This show should be just as fun as a barrel of… well, you know. It’s a time travel adventure in impressive command…

12 Monkeys is starting to play some games with the viewer. Early on, “Atari” indulges in a time jump that—we find…

“Cassandra Complex” opens with Cassandra Railly pointing a gun at James Cole. It should be a potent image, but…

“How about the girl?” one man asks another. “You gonna see her again?”

12 Monkeys opens with a string of rhetorical questions issued in James Cole’s tired, mournful voice over the strains…

Almost exactly 20 years ago, producers Robert Rosberg and Charles Roven hired director Terry Gilliam and…