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12 Monkeys- This season has been a wild ride so far! Its funny, because the first season was kinda meandering, and I want to say the show start getting good when it just said eff it and went really crazy. I think it was trying so hard to fit into a closed loop that nothing was really happening because they didn't want to "break" things. But then the show became about the Witness purposely trying to break time and embraced he paradoxes and it was free to make bold choices.
Surprisingly enough, this apparently is not the last season, which given how things are going I can't see how its not. I mean, things are coming to a head, so I'm kinda curious how they can have one more season after that. Like, they already did Cassie and Cole saying eff it and trying to live out a normal life, forgetting the mission and eventually having to get back on the path. So they can't rehash that.
But yeah, like I said this season has been a roller coaster. Cole had just killed Ramse to protect Cassie. And then he and Cassie are reunited, and know they're the parents of the witness. Obviously, they're freaking out, because they're not sure how the others will react, if they will be like Ramse.
Though we get a temporary respite from the angst with a really fun heist episode. (Also hilarious, Olivia's Jennifer impression!) Cassie, Cole, Jennifer, and Deacon go to the past to obtain a copy of the map before Olivia gets it (they can't steal it, because Olivia needs to have it to prevent a paradox). Also, its kinda amusing how it seemed like in the first season that Cole was special and not everyone could splinter. But now, anyone can splinter!
But yeah, Jennifer figures out their secret, and keeps mum, with Jones none the wiser, but Deacon starts to have his suspicions. Casserole go back to 1953 to investigate a lead from the map, and team up with Gale. Cassie wants to warn him, while Cole says they can't. Cassie brings up the point that Cole keeps lamenting they're in a closed loop, so why not change something? Save someone they care about for once. And so she does. They let Gale know of his impending death in 1961, and to do with it what he wants.
Anyways, they track down an Army of 12 Monkeys recruitment ceremony and see their son, who's maybe 7 or something now. He ends up gassing the group, with Cassie and Cole only escaping by killing one of the Guardians and using her vest to jump out of there.
Since they now know where the Witness and his people are going to be, they head back to the future and formulate a plan. Cole and Cassie have a disagreement about what to do- Cole is horrified by his young son's actions. If he could kill all those people when he was a child, how much worse will he be once he's grown up? And he blames himself. He's killed so many trying to survive, that he thinks its inherent to him. And passed on that trait to his son.
Cassie disagrees and thinks their son, Athan, was made that way being raised by the Monkeys. At this point though, they can't pass up this opportunity. Thanks to the intact vest they took from Lucinda, they formulate an EMP device that will temporarily shut down the Guardians' vest so they can't jump back and undo things. (Also, I was trying to figure out where I knew Magdalena from, and she's the one bitch faced Septa from GoT)
Cassie is not going though, instead choosing to see her mom one last time, under the guise of getting her psycho-analysis of Athan from the map, and changing her time line so she got to be with her mother when she had her embolism and died.
However, while she's doing that, Jones, having been alerted to the suspicious-ness of Casserole by Deacon, splinters back also, and watches Cole shoot Ramse, then jumps back to when Cole first confronted Ramse when he figured out he was trying to kill Cassie. So when Cassie comes back, she has the daughters hold Cassie in the conference room while the others accomplish their mission. Cassie is too quick and clever though, and manages to grab the vest and jump to the attack on the place where the Witness and the Guardians are.
So yeah, Cole, Deacon, Jennifer, Hannah, and Whitley storm in, taking out everybody. Well, some of those people (like the one lady who was recruited at the event Cassie and Cole where at) don't even know what's going on, and Jennifer is about to spare them when Deacon comes up from behind and executes them all to, Jennifer's horror. She says they were good, but Deacon counters he's not.
Hannah kills a guardian, but not before getting seriously wounded by him. And Cassie shows up just in time to fight Magdalena. Heh, the EMP's effects end just in time for the vests to activate gain and for Cassandra to activate Magadalena's self destruct to kill her.
Cole catches up with his son, and is totally about to shoot him. But Jennifer told him earlier she calls him Otter eyes because the eyes are the windows to the soul. A person can lie, but their eyes can't. And so he looks into his sons eyes and sees he can save him. He doesn't pull the trigger.
Unfortunately, that's when Deacon shows up, and Cole says he can't do it, because the Witness is his son. Deacon is about to kill them both, when Cassie shows up and shoots him. Unfortunately, the last guardian is still alive and absconds with Athan. With Deacon and Hannah down, Cole and Cassie use the vests to go off on their own, telling Jennifer and Whitley to tell Jones not to go after them.
Though, couldn't Jones just pull a Ramse and kill Cassandra or Cole in the past? In any case, with her daughter badly wounded and Deacon whispering in her ear about how Casserole played them for fools, any further meetings between Jones and her people and Cassie/Cole will likely be very hostile.
12 Monkeys- This season has been a wild ride so far! Its funny, because the first season was kinda meandering, and I want to say the show start getting good when it just said eff it and went really crazy. I think it was trying so hard to fit into a closed loop that nothing was really happening because they didn't want to "break" things. But then the show became about the Witness purposely trying to break time and embraced he paradoxes and it was free to make bold choices.
Surprisingly enough, this apparently is not the last season, which given how things are going I can't see how its not. I mean, things are coming to a head, so I'm kinda curious how they can have one more season after that. Like, they already did Cassie and Cole saying eff it and trying to live out a normal life, forgetting the mission and eventually having to get back on the path. So they can't rehash that.
But yeah, like I said this season has been a roller coaster. Cole had just killed Ramse to protect Cassie. And then he and Cassie are reunited, and know they're the parents of the witness. Obviously, they're freaking out, because they're not sure how the others will react, if they will be like Ramse.
Though we get a temporary respite from the angst with a really fun heist episode. (Also hilarious, Olivia's Jennifer impression!) Cassie, Cole, Jennifer, and Deacon go to the past to obtain a copy of the map before Olivia gets it (they can't steal it, because Olivia needs to have it to prevent a paradox). Also, its kinda amusing how it seemed like in the first season that Cole was special and not everyone could splinter. But now, anyone can splinter!
But yeah, Jennifer figures out their secret, and keeps mum, with Jones none the wiser, but Deacon starts to have his suspicions. Casserole go back to 1953 to investigate a lead from the map, and team up with Gale. Cassie wants to warn him, while Cole says they can't. Cassie brings up the point that Cole keeps lamenting they're in a closed loop, so why not change something? Save someone they care about for once. And so she does. They let Gale know of his impending death in 1961, and to do with it what he wants.
Anyways, they track down an Army of 12 Monkeys recruitment ceremony and see their son, who's maybe 7 or something now. He ends up gassing the group, with Cassie and Cole only escaping by killing one of the Guardians and using her vest to jump out of there.
Since they now know where the Witness and his people are going to be, they head back to the future and formulate a plan. Cole and Cassie have a disagreement about what to do- Cole is horrified by his young son's actions. If he could kill all those people when he was a child, how much worse will he be once he's grown up? And he blames himself. He's killed so many trying to survive, that he thinks its inherent to him. And passed on that trait to his son.
Cassie disagrees and thinks their son, Athan, was made that way being raised by the Monkeys. At this point though, they can't pass up this opportunity. Thanks to the intact vest they took from Lucinda, they formulate an EMP device that will temporarily shut down the Guardians' vest so they can't jump back and undo things. (Also, I was trying to figure out where I knew Magdalena from, and she's the one bitch faced Septa from GoT)
Cassie is not going though, instead choosing to see her mom one last time, under the guise of getting her psycho-analysis of Athan from the map, and changing her time line so she got to be with her mother when she had her embolism and died.
However, while she's doing that, Jones, having been alerted to the suspicious-ness of Casserole by Deacon, splinters back also, and watches Cole shoot Ramse, then jumps back to when Cole first confronted Ramse when he figured out he was trying to kill Cassie. So when Cassie comes back, she has the daughters hold Cassie in the conference room while the others accomplish their mission. Cassie is too quick and clever though, and manages to grab the vest and jump to the attack on the place where the Witness and the Guardians are.
So yeah, Cole, Deacon, Jennifer, Hannah, and Whitley storm in, taking out everybody. Well, some of those people (like the one lady who was recruited at the event Cassie and Cole where at) don't even know what's going on, and Jennifer is about to spare them when Deacon comes up from behind and executes them all to, Jennifer's horror. She says they were good, but Deacon counters he's not.
Hannah kills a guardian, but not before getting seriously wounded by him. And Cassie shows up just in time to fight Magdalena. Heh, the EMP's effects end just in time for the vests to activate gain and for Cassandra to activate Magadalena's self destruct to kill her.
Cole catches up with his son, and is totally about to shoot him. But Jennifer told him earlier she calls him Otter eyes because the eyes are the windows to the soul. A person can lie, but their eyes can't. And so he looks into his sons eyes and sees he can save him. He doesn't pull the trigger.
Unfortunately, that's when Deacon shows up, and Cole says he can't do it, because the Witness is his son. Deacon is about to kill them both, when Cassie shows up and shoots him. Unfortunately, the last guardian is still alive and absconds with Athan. With Deacon and Hannah down, Cole and Cassie use the vests to go off on their own, telling Jennifer and Whitley to tell Jones not to go after them.
Though, couldn't Jones just pull a Ramse and kill Cassandra or Cole in the past? In any case, with her daughter badly wounded and Deacon whispering in her ear about how Casserole played them for fools, any further meetings between Jones and her people and Cassie/Cole will likely be very hostile.
