List of 12 Monkeys episodes

12 Monkeys is an American television series on Syfy created by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett.^[1] It is a science fiction mystery drama based on the 1995 film of the same name, directed by Terry Gilliam, which itself was based on Chris Marker's 1962 short film La Jetée. The series premiered on January 16, 2015.^[2]

On March 12, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season that premiered on April 18, 2016.^[3][4] As of May 2, 2016, 16 episodes of 12 Monkeys have aired.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	13	January 16, 2015	April 10, 2015
	2	13[5]	April 18, 2016	July 18, 2016[6]

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Splinter"	Jeffrey Reiner	Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett	January 16, 2015	1.35[7]
In the year 2017, a deadly plague is released, killing 7 billion people worldwide and causing civilization to collapse. In 2043, a team of scientists led by Jones recruit James Cole to go back in time and kill a man named Frost to avert the plague. Cole goes back to 2013, where he kidnaps virologist Cassandra Railly and interrogates her about Frost. To prove he is a time traveler, he scratches her watch, creating a similar scratch on another version of the same watch that he brought back from 2043. Upon discovering Railly does not know who Frost is, Cole tells her to meet him again in two years before disappearing. In 2015, Railly encounters Cole again. After learning that Frost is actually named Goines and learning his whereabouts, Cole tries to assassinate him, but fails, and he and Railly are captured by Goines' men. Goines deduces that Cole is a time traveler and reveals that they met in 1987; but from Cole's perspective this hasn't happened yet. Cole touches the two versions of Railly's watch together, creating an explosive paradox. He takes the chance to kill Goines; but, upon returning to 2043, finds the plague has not been averted. He deduces that others besides Goines were involved with the plague. Back in 2015, Goines' daughter Jennifer inherits her father's fortune and company, the Markridge Group.
2	2	"Mentally Divergent"	David Grossman	Natalie Chaidez	January 23, 2015[8]	1.10[9]
Cole is directed to find information about a patient in a Philadelphia mental institution who is somehow linked to the "Army of the 12 Monkeys." The scientists attempt to send him to 2015, but he winds up in North Korea in 2006, where an interrogator finds Cole's note with the institution's address. After being redirected to 2015 Cole finds the mentally unstable Jennifer Goines in the institution. Railly gets Aaron Marker to take her to hide in her parents' old bookstore, and she tells him there's a coverup taking place about Leland Goines' death. Aaron brings her information spied from North Korea identifying Cole's presence there in 2006, as well as the address of the institution from Cole's note. At the institution Jennifer tells Cole that she worked for her father, and that she's one of only two people left who know the location of his secret lab, known as the Night Room. Just as Railly arrives at the institution to get Cole, a mysterious man with a scar (Tom Noonan), who killed Jennifer's coworkers at her father's lab (leading to her mental breakdown), as well as Railly's ex-NSA contact, arrives and kidnaps Jennifer.
3	3	"Cassandra Complex"	Michael Waxman	Rebecca Kirsch	January 30, 2015	0.90[10]
Cole and Railly attempt to track down Henri Toussaint, the only person besides Jennifer to know the Night Room's location, discovering he was murdered by an unknown assailant while working with Railly to contain an epidemic in Haiti in 2014. Cole is sent back to 2014 Haiti, where he locates Henri, but the Pallid Man catches up to them. The 2014 Railly, paranoid that the Haitian outbreak is the 2017 plague, has a breakdown and is relieved of duty. Cole helps Henri escape the Pallid Man, and Henri tells him how to find the Night Room. The Haitian epidemic turns out not to be the plague, and Cole rejoins Railly in 2015. Railly takes a job at the CDC to gather further information on the Night Room. It is revealed (though not to Railly) that Cole murdered Henri to stop the Army from interrogating him. In 2043, Ramse encounters Max, a woman he knew from when he and Cole were members of a group called the West VII. He is suspicious of her claim that she has left the West VII, but lets her go. She reports back to Deacon, leader of the West VII, that she has found Cole.
4	4	"Atari"	David Grossman	Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett	February 6, 2015	0.73[11]
In 2043, the West VII assault the temporal facility where the time machine is housed, entering through a hidden tunnel. Ramse and Jones are apparently killed, but not before Jones sends Cole back in time to 2015. Flashbacks reveal how Cole and Ramse joined the West VII, and how Cole and Max became intimately involved. Some time later, Ramse openly challenges Deacon's brutality, and Deacon asks Cole to kill him. At the last minute, Cole refuses and flees the West VII with Ramse, leaving Max behind. Back in 2043, the time machine malfunctions and sends Cole back just a few days. He is captured by Deacon and forced to reveal the location of the hidden tunnel (his going back in time made the attack possible in the first place). Max frees Cole and they use his foreknowledge of how the attack happened to defeat Deacon's soldiers, saving Ramse and Jones, but Deacon sees the time machine and escapes. Max joins Jones' group. Cole then returns to 2015, where Railly has discovered the location of the Night Room.
5	5	"The Night Room"	David Boyd	Richard E. Robbins	February 13, 2015	0.66[12]
Cole and Railly break into the Night Room, finding the Army of the 12 Monkeys has gotten there first after getting its location from Jennifer. The Pallid Man tortures Cole for information on how to break into the Night Room's vault, revealing to Railly that Cole had killed Henri. Later, Cole explains to Railly why he killed Henri and reveals more of his past to her. In 2043, Ramse discovers that Jones had sent other chrononauts into the past before Cole, some of whom had died. He confronts Jones, but grudgingly agrees to go along with her after she promises to protect Cole. In 2015, the Army manages to cut open the vault door, revealing the source of the plague virus: a centuries-old preserved human torso. The Pallid Man tricks Jennifer into deactivating the vault's final failsafe, but Cole and Railly incinerate the viral specimen. Railly is captured by the Army and Cole splinters away, finding himself in an alternate 2043 where the West VII have taken over the temporal facility.
6	6	"The Red Forest"	Alex Zakrzewski	Christopher Monfette	February 20, 2015	0.69[13]
Cole learns that in the alternate 2043's history, Railly was killed in 2015, causing drastic changes to the timeline: the plague emerged earlier and was linked to an event called Operation Troy. Cole convinces the leader of the West VII--who, in this timeline, is Ramse--to let Jones send him back in time so he can prevent Railly's death. After being shot in an argument, the dying Jones sends Cole back to 2015, telling him to ask his version of Jones about "sacrifice." In 2015, Cole kidnaps Aaron Marker and forces him to help him rescue Railly. The Pallid Man drugs Railly with a hallucinogen, and an unnamed female member of the Army (Alisen Down) guides her through the hallucinations, saying that she is taking Railly to meet "the Witness." Cole and Aaron track down and free Railly, and Cole splinters in front of Aaron. Aaron apologizes to Railly for not believing her, and they resolve to investigate Operation Troy. Back in 2043, Cole finds his timeline has been restored. He asks Jones about the alternate Jones' last words, and Jones admits that traveling through time is slowly destroying his body and will eventually kill him.
7	7	"The Keys"	John Badham	Sean Tretta	February 27, 2015	0.70[14]
In 2015, Cole and Railly interrogate an archaeologist about an artifact linked to the Army, learning that it comes from a Chechen offshoot of the Druze. Aaron steals classified files on Operation Troy, learning that the CIA will use the plague virus to assassinate Adam Wexler, an ex-CIA analyst hiding in Chechnya. Railly gets a call from Cole, who has returned to 2015 to stop Operation Troy, using information he got from her one week in her future. Cole retrieves the virus and is captured by Wexler's men. They and Wexler are exposed to the virus, and a firefight breaks out between them. The CIA agrees to work with Railly, Aaron, and Cole to stop the virus. Dying, Wexler tells Cole that the Army was involved in a yakuza war in 1987 Tokyo. To contain the virus, the CIA orders an airstrike on Wexler's hideout. Unable to escape, Cole says farewell to Railly, telling her that when his younger self comes for information on Troy, she must not let him know he will die, lest she alter the timeline and cause the virus's release. The CIA lets Aaron and Railly go after Aaron threatens to release the Operation Troy files. When the younger Cole meets with Railly, she says goodbye without telling him what will happen, knowing he is going to his death.
8	8	"Yesterday"	Michael Waxman	Story by: Oliver Grigsby & Natalie Chaidez Teleplay by: Oliver Grigsby	March 6, 2015	0.84[15]
In 2043, Jones sends Ramse and Whitley to Spearhead, a military colony, to ask for help stabilizing the time machine's energy core. It is revealed that Jones and Whitley once lived at Spearhead, but left after its current leader, Colonel Foster (Xander Berkeley), took power in a violent coup. Foster declines Jones' request, saying he needs the resources to work on a cure for the plague. Ramse encounters Elena, an old flame, and discovers he is the father of her son, Sam. When a failed attempt to retrieve Cole destroys the energy core altogether, Jones personally comes to Spearhead to request the use of their core. Foster eventually agrees on the condition that Jones return to Spearhead to work on the cure. Ramse suggests accepting Foster's offer, but Jones remains convinced that the virus is incurable and resolves to obtain Spearhead's energy core by any means necessary. In 2015, Railly travels to the site of the airstrike to determine if Cole is truly gone. She concludes that he has been erased from the timeline and the plague has been averted. It is revealed that Cole is alive, but stranded in 2017, where the plague is well underway.
9	9	"Tomorrow"	TJ Scott	Rebecca Kirsch	March 13, 2015	0.71[16]
In 2043, Jones orders her team to seize Spearhead's energy core. She kills Foster, and her group captures the core and reenergizes the time machine, but at the cost of many lives, including Whitley's father. Ramse takes Sam and Elena to safety; the latter claims Foster had a cure for the virus and suggests Jones is lying. Jones is seen destroying a page from Foster's research showing that the 2040 virus was cured. Flashbacks to 2041 reveal how Cole and Ramse met Jones, and how Ramse coerced Cole into joining Project Splinter. In 2017, Cole is brought to the CDC to see a dying Railly. She tells him that a lot happened between them after 2015, and gives him an important address before dying. Jennifer appears, preaching to a group of refugees about "daughters" and an "army." As Cole splinters away, the scratch he made on Railly's watch in 2013 disappears. Back in 2043, he argues with Ramse, who says Jones lied about Foster's cure, and wants to end Project Splinter to ensure his family is not erased from the timeline. Cole retorts that the project is the only way to stop the virus and save Railly, and the two come to blows.
10	10	"Divine Move"	Magnus Martens	Story by: Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett Teleplay by: Christopher Monfette	March 20, 2015	0.73[17]
Cole appears in 2015, shocking Railly and Aaron. He and Railly find the journal of Dr. Oliver Peters, the plague's creator, which points them to 1987 Tokyo. After Cole returns to 2043, Railly tracks down Peters, who was forced to recreate the virus by the Army. He begs Railly to kill him, but she lets him go. The unnamed female Army member (Alisen Down) meets Aaron and asks him what he would do to protect Railly. In 2043, Ramse destroys Jones' research on the history of the plague and steals the drug that allows Cole to splinter. Fleeing, he encounters the Daughters, an all-female sect led by an aged Jennifer. She tells him about the Witness and says Ramse will be a friend to them. In pursuit of Ramse, Jones' men kill Elena. Ramse returns to the temporal facility and tries to blow up the time machine, failing but killing Max. Trapped, he injects himself with the time-travel drug and splinters to 1987 Tokyo. Before sending Cole after Ramse, Jones warns him he must complete the mission this time as his body can only take one more jump before failing; Cole vows to kill his friend should the latter interfere.
11	11	"Shonin"	Mark Tonderai	Sean Tretta	March 27, 2015	0.68[18]
In 1987 Tokyo, Cole tries to stop Leland Goines from acquiring the plague virus, but is stabbed, apparently fatally, by Ramse. During his imprisonment for the stabbing, Ramse is contacted by Olivia, the mysterious member of the Army of the 12 Monkeys. Upon his release in 1995, he is initiated into the Army. Flashbacks cover events from the 1990s to 2015, revealing that the Army invested in Markridge's development of the plague virus and that Ramse, believing he killed Cole in 1987, used his knowledge of Cole's actions to help the Army foil all of Cole's attempts to stop the plague and ensure that all events happened as he remembers them from 2043. In 2015, Aaron loses his job and becomes involved with the project that will become Spearhead. Jennifer is found by the Army and taken in by Olivia. In 2043, a desperate Jones sends the injured Cole from 1987 to 2015, stranding him in that time. Jones' subordinates abandon her, believing Project Splinter is over. In 2015, Cole gasps to Railly that the identity of the Witness, who has helped the Army remain one step ahead of them, is Ramse.
12	12	"Paradox"	Dennie Gordon	Story by: Terry Matalas Teleplay by: Richard E. Robbins	April 3, 2015	0.58[19]
In 2015, Railly finds the 2015 version of Jones using the address she gave Cole in 2017, and convinces her to help Cole, who is dying from the effects of time travel. To cure him, they need a blood sample from the young 2015 version of Cole, so they bring Cole's father and young Cole to see the adult Cole. Aaron gives the Army Cole's location in exchange for ensuring Railly's safety. When the Army comes for Cole, Cole's father dies defending him. Cole injects himself with the blood sample, causing an explosive temporal paradox that cures him and drives off the Army. Cole, Railly, and Jones leave the young Cole in foster care, and Jones tells Cole that the cure has removed his ability to travel through time. Jennifer stages a hostile takeover of the Markridge Group and installs herself as the new CEO. In 2043, Jones is attempting to rebuild Project Splinter, when an unknown group of 12 individuals, guided by Deacon, assaults the temporal facility.
13	13	"Arms of Mine"	David Grossman	Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett	April 10, 2015	0.66[20]
In 2015, Cole and Railly interrogate Aaron about the Army; after attempting to flee, Aaron is caught in a fire and apparently killed. Acting on information gained from Jennifer, Cole and Railly break into Raritan National Laboratories, which houses the operational time machine, and come face-to-face with Ramse, who plans to return to 2043. It is revealed that Ramse is not the Witness, and both Railly and Ramse are shot. Cole uses the machine to send Railly to 2043, in the hope that Jones will be able to save her, and helps the less-gravely wounded Ramse escape. Olivia readies 12 mysterious newborn infants for the Army's plans, which will come to fruition in 28 years. Jennifer embarks on a plane trip, apparently to spread the plague virus around the world. In 2043, Deacon and the group of 12 he is guiding storm the temporal facility and attempt to seize the time machine. By threatening to blow it up, Jones negotiates the release of her subordinates and then turns the machine over to the group of 12, just as the injured Railly arrives from 2015.

Season 2 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
14	1	"Year of the Monkey"	David Grossman	Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett	April 18, 2016[lower-alpha 1]	0.47[22]
In 2016, Cole and Ramse are on the run from the Army. They ask Benjamin Kalman, an ex-Markridge scientist, to remove a tracking device from Ramse. Kalman, who is still in the Army’s employ, paralyzes Ramse and reveals that Jennifer Goines will release the plague in New York. Cole disposes of Kalman, and Ramse decides to accompany him to New York to find Jennifer. In 2043, the Messengers, the mysterious group of 12, use the time machine to send six of their members to other time periods. Railly, now imprisoned by the Messengers, offers to treat Deacon’s chronic illness if he helps stop them; he frees her and has the West VII blow up the time machine, killing the remaining Messengers. Back in 2016, Cole tracks Jennifer down and urges her not to release the virus. Agents of the Army interrupt and attempt to kill Cole, but Railly splinters in from 2044 and guns them down, telling Cole that she and Jones deduced that Jennifer started the plague. She readies to shoot Jennifer, but Cole raises his own gun to stop her, ending in a standoff.
15	2	"Primary"	Magnus Martens	Sean Tretta	April 25, 2016	0.31[23]
In 2016, Cole persuades Jennifer not to release the plague. He and Railly destroy Jennifer’s supply of virus, altering history, although they, Ramse, and Jones still remember the previous timeline thanks to the time-travel drug. After Cole stops Railly from killing Ramse, she splinters to 2044 with the latter, abandoning Cole in 2016. Jennifer takes Cole to the Emerson Hotel, where the manager gives Cole the key to room 607, which Cole purchased in 1944. Inside, Cole finds a photo of him and Railly from 1944. Jennifer, feeling purposeless after deciding not to start the plague, attacks and seduces Cole, then cuts herself. Cole calms her and tells her to find a new purpose, and she leaves. In 2044, history has changed: the plague began several years later, and Jones has a lover, Dr. Eckland, whom she has no memory of. Deacon and Railly unsuccessfully interrogate Ramse about the Messengers. The older Jennifer has the Daughters force Jones to retrieve Cole from 2016, repaying him for helping her younger self. Cole talks with Railly about how his actions have affected her and how saving, not killing, people is the only thing he has done that changed history. He leaves Railly to contemplate the 1944 photo.
16	3	"One Hundred Years"	David Grossman	Michael Sussman	May 2, 2016	0.40[24]
Cole and Railly travel to 1944 to stop two of the Messengers from murdering a scientist, Thomas Crawford. They are unable to prevent Crawford’s murder, but they deduce that the Messengers' real target is his son Tommy Jr., who, like Jennifer, is a “Primary,” someone with a special connection to time. They manage to get to Tommy first; he addresses both of them by name and says he is fated to be killed by the Messengers. One of the Messengers (Scottie Thompson) takes Cole hostage and tortures him, forcing Railly to surrender Tommy. The Messenger kills Tommy in a ceremonial ritual using a knife carved from his own bone, triggering an explosive temporal paradox that renders her, Cole, and Railly unconscious and strands the latter two in 1944. In 2044, Jones allows Deacon to do as he wishes with Ramse. Just as he is about to kill Ramse, a massive temporal anomaly occurs, and Ramse runs to escape it, dragging Deacon along with him.
17	4	"Emergence"[6]	TBA	TBA	May 9, 2016	TBD
18	5	"Bodies of Water"[6]	TBA	TBA	May 16, 2016	TBD
19	6	"Immortal"[6]	TBA	TBA	May 23, 2016	TBD
20	7	"Meltdown"[6]	TBA	TBA	May 30, 2016	TBD
21	8	"Lullaby"[6]	TBA	TBA	June 6, 2016	TBD
22	9	"Hyena"[6]	TBA	TBA	June 13, 2016	TBD
23	10	"Fatherland"[6]	TBA	TBA	June 20, 2016	TBD
24	11	"Resurrection"[6]	TBA	TBA	June 27, 2016	TBD
25	12	"Blood Washed Away"[6]	TBA	TBA	July 11, 2016	TBD
26	13	"Memory of Tomorrow"[6]	David Grossman[5]	Terry Matalas[5]	July 18, 2016	TBD

Notes

1. The first episode of the second season, "Year of the Monkey", was released online on April 4, 2016, two weeks before its television premiere.^[21]

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