Never Meet Your Heroes - 12 Monkeys 2.06

Word of The Witnesses: 12 Monkeys Rewatch Podcast

Beep & CC are joined by “May We Geek Again” co-host Jo to discuss Episode 2.06 “Immortal” Jo enters the gauntlet How film & television influence our perception of historical eras This episode looks like a 1970s film The many meanings of “Immortal” Cole “Coles” so hard at hide & seek How children view morality We are set up to believe Kyle Slade Moral choices & partiality 1970s films & disillusionment 12 Monkeys: a series of portraits of New York City Welcome to Fear City: NYC during the Summer of 1975 The rise of serial killers during the 1970s Kyle Slade wants to be the hero of this story Pancakes are delicious! Oh, Victoria “You’re about to father a child & change the course of history” The perfect moral quandary for Ramse & Cole A moral dilemma loop The ethics of being a bystander This episode is a study in what factors affect moral choices Detective Damato sure isn’t Agent Gale Cole “Coles” so hard again Your life is not your own anymore Kyle Slade: true & false Olivia delivers the opening argument in favor of the red forest… …and Shaw will deliver the closing argument Cassie & epic foreshadowing “He made it sound almost beautiful.” “Death is everything.” The ebb & flow of Cassie & Jennifer’s friendship