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No monkey business
‘12 Monkeys’ is sci-fi gold on the small screen
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The 1995 mind-bending sci-fi thriller that starred Bruce Willis and gar- nered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for Brad Pitt has morphed into a successful TV series. Now in its second season, Syfy’s “12 Monkeys” continues to suck in audiences with complex storylines, compelling characters and shocking reveals.
A new episode of the time-travel series airs Monday, June 6, on Syfy, and it promises to be an exciting one.The suspense and drama have been steadily building, and the latter half of this second season should keep fans on the edge of their seats.
The human race was devastated by a virus released in 2017 by terrorists calling themselves “The Army of the
12 Monkeys,” and James Cole (Aaron Stanford,“Nikita”) was sent back
from 2043 to stop its release. In season 1, he sought out Dr. Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull, “Suits”), the woman who provided the intel that made the mission possible, but when he meets her, Cassie has no knowledge of him or his plans, and he must convince her that he is really a time traveler sent back to save the world. No small feat.
Since then, Cole and Cassie have experienced big changes in both time and their relationship.While Cole was once the single-minded killer on a mis-
sion and Cassie was his conscience, the tables have turned somewhat; recent events saw Cole stuck in his past, and Cassie stuck in her future, where circum- stances softened Cole and hardened Cassie.
In an interview with Collider, Stanford addresses the complex romance:
“It’s interesting to navigate a love story in the middle of a show like this, where the stakes are so high and it is about the survival of the human race. ... In the middle of it, you have these very natural human feelings that develop between the two of them.The tension is always there, but there just seems to be very little time to address it or deal with it.”
While the evolving relationship of Cole and Cassie is at the center of the series, there are other key players in this compelling tale. José Ramse (Kirk Acevedo, “Fringe”) is Cole’s best friend who, though he allied himself with the Army of the 12 Monkeys last season (in order to save his son), has since been reunited with Cole and proven himself tobealoyalfriend.Cassie,however, has been slow to forgive him, and their mutual, biting animosity has provided quite a few chuckles for viewers along the way.
German actress Barbara Sukowa (“Johnny Mnemonic,” 1995) stars as the enigmatic Katarina Jones, the scien- tist who developed the time machine used to send Cole and others back.
She’s a genius motivated by the loss of her family — a combination that makes her as determined as she is un- compromising.
Jennifer Goines (Emily Hampshire, “Schitt’s Creek”) is a mysterious and un- stable element in the series, and her sto- ryline has been fleshed out this season, to the joy of many fans.Throughout sea- son 1, she seemed nothing more than
a psychotic girl whose imagined voices would cause her to release the virus. This season, however, has revealed her true nature: She’s a “primary,” someone who experiences time in a different way than most, who is, in fact, a part of time itself.And she’s not the only one.
It’s around these primaries that season 2’s plot thickens. Though Cassie, Cole and Ramse managed to change history and push back the release of the virus, the Army of the 12 Monkeys still operatesinthefuture.Whenthevillains hijack the time machine and send their own operatives back in time, our heroes must figure out their endgame and stop it — but, of course, there are many complications.
The Pallid Man (Tom Noonan,“Hell on Wheels”), one of the main villains of season 2, has appeared multiple times throughout the series, each time with little explanation as to who he is, or whathisintentionsare.Thisseason,we
finally catch a glimpse of his origins and his connection to the Army of the 12 Monkeys.
It’s now known that he is, in fact, the son of one of the operatives sent back in time by the villainous cult. His
sole mission in life is to bring to frui- tion the plans of The Witness, a
mysterious figure who seems bent on destroying time itself, and with whom
Cole came face to face in last week’s episode.
As The Witness has primaries murdered,
the fabric of time begins
to rip apart, threat-
ening all of hu-
man existence.
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