12 Monkeys Season 2, Episode 13
12 Monkeys season 2 has delivered top notch episodes every week, and the finale entitled “Memory of Tomorrow” is a fitting capper to an unbelievably complex but expertly woven story arc. The fulfillment of many fan wishes came to pass, whether it was seeing Cole and Cassie have a life together, discovering the identity of the Witness, or perhaps even experiencing a time jump to the future rather than to the past. As finales go, this was the perfect mix of storylines resolved, new mysteries posed, and character development taken to its next logical step. Couldn’t have asked for much more! Such nostalgia took the sting out of the sacrifice Cole had to make in giving up his life in 1959 with Cassie. It was hard to ignore the moments of frozen time that likely preceded the arrival of the red forest from the future apocalypse. Cole’s trepidation about following the advice of another Primary (played by Madeleine Stowe in a wonderful nod to the original Twelve Monkeys movie) and getting back into the fight against the Witness was logically interpreted by Cassie as reluctance on Cole’s part to become a father. And what a wonderful misdirect! Viewers were so focused on Cole having to undo the timeline in which Cassie got pregnant that perhaps they forgot about the house of cedar and pine portending the arrival of the Witness. Cole writing “1957-1959 This was home” may have come together with other clues that pointed towards Cole himself being the Witness, but of course he wasn’t; it was simply his reminder that the months he was about to obliterate really happened. It was curious, though, that Titan’s splintering capabilities sent Jennifer and Ramse to such disparate locations. Who even knows where or when Ramse is? Olivia’s appearance was certainly unexpected, but the grey streak in her hair, which was absent in the revealed scene where she took Sam’s hand, means that Ramse’s son could be quite a bit older in season 3! And in another nod to the Terry Gilliam film, Jennifer ended up in a World War I trench just as Bruce Willis did in the movie. What will become of the most beloved Primary of them all? At least she got to deliver that epic mash-up speech from Braveheart, Return of the King, and Independence Day (not to mention another Bill & Ted reference)! Other added details such as the noble sacrifice of Deacon, the acquisition of a dog for Dr. Jones, and the fact that Adler and Whitley will have to hoof it back from Colorado were just spices to add to the already delicious mix. 12 Monkeys Uncaged Ep. 29 – Memory of Tomorrow Review
