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SEASON
12 Monkeys - Season 1
12 Monkeys is a series on Syfy created by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett. 27 years after a virus wipes out most of humanity, scientists send a man back to 2015 to stop the plague from ever happening. Cole';s only lead is a virologist, who knows the dangerous source of the outbreak. Cole will be helped by the brilliant virologist Cassandra Railly and a math genius with mental issues, Jennifer Goines. Exploring themes of fate, destiny, love and the possibility of second chances, 12 Monkeys takes place in two separate times: the apocalyptic future - 2043 and the present.
16 December 1947, London, England, UK
28 February 1961, London, Ontario, Canada
13 February 1943, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
3 January 1976, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
7 January 1960, Newark, New Jersey, USA
15 August 1957, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 December 1973, Timmins, Ontario, Canada
16 November 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 May 1981, Timmins, Ontario, Canada
January 16, 2015
Like the trippy paradoxes it so heartily embraces, the premiere of 12 Monkeys is a bit of one itself: it's more enjoyable when thinking about the teases of what's to come versus the somewhat plodding hour of what's already happened.
January 16, 2015
Intelligent adaptation absent the dark humor, satire -- or horror -- of the original.
January 15, 2015
The first two episode of 12 Monkeys move along crisply and effectively.
January 16, 2015
12 Monkeys is far from perfect, but it's an encouraging step forward in Syfy's original programming, as it looks and feels crisp despite obviously working with a reasonable budget.
January 20, 2015
It's a cool conceit: going back in time is no guarantee everything's going to wind up okay. Sci fi fans are definitely going to want to watch to see what happens.
January 16, 2015
The series beckons with a broader, intriguing look at the future dystopia, with more background on Cole and even a sidekick Ramse (Kirk Acevedo), and with a creepy killer in the present known only as the Slender Man (Tom Noonan).
January 16, 2015
If other aspects of the show were more engaging, perhaps this spiral down into confusion and illogic wouldn't matter. Perhaps then we'd want to set our DVRs in the present, in order to watch the show in the future.
January 16, 2015
I didn't have high expectations for this project, but the pilot-which faced the difficult task of laying out the series' premise -came off as a confident and well-paced homage rather than a watered-down retread.
January 15, 2015
12 Monkeys, like much classic science fiction, is aiming for our intellect, not our emotions. Genre fans are advised to geek out while the geeking is good.
January 15, 2015
If the show can settle in, let its cast play character instead of plot, and work its themes instead of its twists, 12 Monkeys could work.
