12 Monkeys: The Red Forest

February 21, 2015 11:14 AM - Season 1, Episode 6

Cole returns from the alternate 2043 to correct events that created the alternate future. Cassie takes a trip and meets a man. Aaron helps with a rescue. And we hear about Operation Troy. Sadly, no Jennifer tonight.
posted by Thorzdad (5 comments total)

I'm not sure what was up with the drugged hypno-vision; were they trying to program Cassie to release the virus in some kind of Manchurian Candidate way? If not that, then I don't know what was supposed to be going on there, but they spent enough time on it that it must be significant in some way.

I like that they keep having Cole overlap his own time stream as a solution to problems, but I assume sooner or later it's actually going to come back to bite him. Might be a good time to check and see if anyone else can tolerate your machine, Katarina, although I assume the answer is no.
posted by tautological at 3:28 PM on February 21, 2015

Up until this episode, I thought this was in a "time can't be changed" universe where the protagonists were tragically mistaken about this, but now that it's established that it can be, to me it's an entirely different show.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 8:33 PM on February 21, 2015 [2 favorites]

I wish more people were watching this show because I really enjoy it.
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 11:49 PM on February 21, 2015

I wish more people were watching this show because I really enjoy it.

Same here. Sadly, I think the good shows SyFy occasionally (accidentally?) airs begin life somewhat hampered by the dreck they show the other 90% of the time. This is a good show that deserves a bigger audience.
posted by Thorzdad at 6:06 AM on February 22, 2015

The discussion here got me into the show - add one to our ranks.
posted by abulafa at 3:44 PM on March 23, 2015 [1 favorite]