Word of The Witnesses: 12 Monkeys Rewatch Podcast

Beep & CC are joined by Jen to discuss 3.02 “Guardians”

An ode to splinter suits

Many guardians

Children lost to time

Ramse is the show’s most tragic character

The answer to what happened to Sam

I protected him because you could not

The con within the con...within the con

Brain burner: who attacked?

You & I were never meant to be this way

Abject parental grief scene no 1: Ramse & Sam

Some here have lost faith

Abject parental grief scene no 2: Cassie wakes up

The shrine to Athan Cole

Chekhov’s pocket watch

Abject parental grief scene no 3: Cassie sees her son

“This show is pure sex visually”

Jennifer comes into her own

Otter eyes! WTF!

The Kid

The mistress of time

Je splinter!

Uh, the smart ones will

The importance of airing grievances

POV debate club: Cole & Jones vs. Jennifer

All I ever do is help you, Cole

Arguments that lead to reconciliation

Deposits in the character relationship bank

Hiya scientists!

Cole’s reckoning with leadership & agency

As long as we have this, we’ll never be alone

Welcome to Raritan, Olivia

A tv rec for 12 Monkeys fans

Beep & CC are joined by Barrie Hardymon of NPR to discuss 3.01 “Mother”

Special announcement!

Barrie processes her feelings after just finishing the finale...

...and then she enters the gauntlet

Optimism in our pessimism

True characters & a cathedral of time travel

The three keys to a good ending

Season 3: 12 Monkeys levels up

The two djinns are now playing 3D chess

All mothers are important

The clues in the plain sight

Love & loss

The future is Jennifer

A shift in the grandmother & grandson dynamic

Genre homages

Little shit

Hannah as Cole’s guardian

The greatest danger to Mr. Cole...is himself

Something tells me you’re the one I should keep an eye on

You have no idea the choices I’ve had to make

You’ll do as I say

Titan is a stylish nightmare

Cassie as a Boticelli Virgin Mary in hell

An interrogation of female power

An ode to Hannah Waddingham

The love you must show is for the man he becomes

A cult built on a lie

The hands that shape

The hero will not save the damsel

What the hell are you?

Greetings asshole

What Future Asshole knows

All you & I are ever going to have is what’s in between

You’re going to have to forgive yourself

99 Luftballons: Ode to an iconic pop culture moment

Rabbit hole: why this song is so perfect

You can’t have him

The horror of the birth scene

A newborn’s cry

Beep & CC are joined by Terry Matalas to discuss 2.13 “Memory of Tomorrow”!

Warning: There's a whole discussion about ending a series, as it relates to Game of Thrones. If you don't watch or don't want to be spoiled, skip min 43 - 62.

Beep & CC are joined by Alisha to discuss 2.12 “Blood Washed Away”

Terry Matalas is coming back for the S2 finale pod!

Culmination of plot, mythology & romantic tension

Casserole: love & death

Inevitability & free will

Gaining something to lose

Blood washed away

Parallel team journeys of frustration & failure

Costuming, cinematography & horror swoon

Jennifer is thrown into the deep end of the pool

M’am: Our Scav King is evolving

The Jennifer & Hannah leadership loop

Revealing Titan is an amazingly crazy sci fi moment

Why would you walk towards the creepy music?

The recurring imagery of the Aramaic clock

The end of the Deacon & Ramse story

A uncomfortably relatable argument

Just two men in a bar

The only thing you’ll be wishing for is more time

Melinda & Charlie: The Romeo & Juliet of 12 Monkeys

You of all people should understand this

Cole: Making good on the Lullaby promise

Cassie: WTF he left me in a coma?!

Casserole’s independent journeys toward healing

Where are you right now?

Parallels with the series finale epilogue

An all time classic tv mythology payoff moment

What are YOU doing HERE?

A car crash of POVs

Through the looking glass

I’ve always known, Cole

It was so worth the wait

All You’re Going to Want Is To Get Back Here

Song of Solomon

Beep & CC are joined by Jen to discuss 2.11 “Resurrection”

The end of S2 is like drinking from a feels firehose

The importance of emotional check ins

Different kinds of resurrection

Burning the symbols of 2016 Jennifer

Cole & his faith in Jones

The coup: which side are you on?

Coups are about a loss of faith

The apex of the Ramse & Cassie revenge journey

Casserole: no, come on MY mission

Cassie, control & fear

Cole & Ramse: a tragic preview of Brothers

Debate club: Ramse’s character journey

You’ve never been a father

I always thought you were my family

Don’t You Forget About Me

A heart beats within this chest

Christ you even sound like him

Et tu Whitley?

Casserole fight!

Self preservation was never my thing

It takes one to know one

The role of Old Jennifer in the narrative

The bravery of Chicken Jennifer

Hannah & her mothers

Oh it’s personal

Brain Burn: Old Jennifer & the Titan choice

Resurrection: mother is not without her sense of humor

Hello Egg, I’m Chicken

Look how pretty I was

But maybe if I was braver

I love you

The bravery of Egg Jennifer

Thank you for believing in me

That wordless Ramse & Cassie moment

Jones goes down with the ship

I don’t want to be afraid anymore

This could’ve been a season finale

Casserole high alert

Beep & CC are joined by Meagan to discuss 2.10 “Fatherland”

The many meanings of Fatherland

The Et tu episode

The high stakes of telling a betrayal story

An Ode to Agent Gale

The Agent Gale loop debate

The Olivia origin story loop

A thing in a box

The red storms set the stakes now & for the series

Three dimensional chess vs. pick up sticks

The situation room debate: pros & cons

Hope vs revenge and character POV

It was just one night

You finally fit in around this place

The seeds of Deacon’s character journey

Luring the audience into the betrayal

Loyal to a fault

Bottom’s up Cole

Agent Gale is another Cassandra

I’ve known you a long time

I’d hope I’d have something to say about it

Berlin on August 13, 1961

We did what we did

Save it

Loops of fate & chance

A man who witnessed the future came to me

Dr. Frankenstein & the creature

Sometimes you gotta go it alone

A crucial moment in our villain’s origin story

You will lead us to a world without time

My place in the grand cycle ends today

There is no we

Here it comes

Die Walkure

Beep & CC are joined by Meg to discuss 2.09 “Hyena”

Meg enters the gauntlet

An Ode to Jennifer Goines

Why the finale might be the best ever

The Hyena Burger t-shirt theory

Truth, perception & deception

Found family vs. real family

“She never mentioned it to me”

An ouroboros of mentorship

“Pay attention to the hands”

“There are many endings…”

Like shaking up a bag of cats

The House of Truth & post apocalyptic world building

The Keeper is a messy bench who loves drama

The craziest bonding moment ever: “Same”

“Mother says it has some sentimental value...to you.”

“I liked the swan story better.”

The authenticity of the Hannah & Jones relationship

The photograph, Hyena & Legacy: The Elliott Jones Story

The tragic story behind the opposing time machines

“You may call me Hannah”

Titan: “Insurance against the future”

“He lies”

Jennifer reclaims her origin story

Leadership lesson #1: Be a mother, not a sister

Discount grenades!

Leadership lesson #2: Read the room

Another debate about truth

The kernels of truth within the fake fight

The Pallid Man & the trap within the trap ...within the trap

Leadership lesson #3: Learning from failure & reckoning with the price of taking people on

“...the right ending is the one you choose”

Knock knock!

In this special not so minisode, CC & Beep read and discuss listener feedback for 12 Monkeys 2.08 "Lullaby." Good luck listening to this without crying or experiencing a brain break. There is a prize announcement at the end, so I guess that makes up for it?

Beep & CC are joined by Jen to discuss 2.08 “Lullaby”

Welcome to one of the greatest episodes of tv ever

An ode to Groundhog Day stories

Free will vs. fate

We now have 20/20 vision

Brain burner #1: Why can’t this plan work?

Faith vs. reason

“A moment of happiness”

The circle of the Jones family saga

Holding her dead little hand

Brahm’s Lullaby

The “undiscovered country” beckons

“The answer, Mr. Cole, has been in front us the entire time”

Seven rounds of boom, birds, Taps

Brain burner #2: What does 2020 Jennifer know & why?

“Causality’s Fool”

The return of Cassie the healer

Fireside chat: faith, reason & foreshadowing

“The only world I ever gave a damn about was the one with you in it”

Casserole: emotional ships passing in the night

Brain burner #3: Who is the real puzzlemaker?

“Time is on our side?”

The perfect set up for an emotional deluge

[This is when we flail about the Hannah scene for a hundred reasons]

Parents, children & lost time

“I’d rather have that moment...” vs. “It’s the losing that haunts us”

Team Revenge Assemble!

Beep & CC are joined by Bubs to discuss Episode 2.07 “Meltdown”

Send us your “Lullaby” thoughts!

The return of red forest truther Bubs

We heart bottle episodes

Haunted by the past, literally

Horror grounded in science

The power of love

Reconsidering Time’s role in this episode

Olivia’s three dimensional chess breaks our brains

It’s all about the climb

“Moving Train”

This is how you make TV deaths hurt

“Where did he go?” Welp.

SEXY TIMES!

“I like to correct my past mistakes”

Red tea & Titan foreshadowing

Casserole shipfest #1: jealousy

Casserole shipfest #2: “I guess we don’t really know each other anymore”

ENTRAILS!

The red tea visions & Cassie’s burden

Casserole shipfest #3: Wait, MY face?

The sociopath & the pacifist

Two men doing crazy things for love

“You did once and that can’t be erased”

“Cole doesn’t have it in him and neither do I.”

Cole & Season 4 Olivia have a chat

The house of cedar & pine: inside one prison & staring at another...

TITAN!

Olivia sets the bait

Casserole (disconcerting!) shipfest #4: “I know you and you would never let me die”

Ramse & Jones: united by grief for their lost children

Jones & Cassie: the perfect setup for “Lullaby”

The mystery of Sam