12 MONKEYS Recap: Atari

2015
Cassy has plotted out possible locations of the night room with red string and post-it notes. So it’s very sophisticated.

2032
Cole and Ramse are searching a facility for food. They find a dog but they can’t bring themselves to kill it. Even though they are starving. Then Ramse says they are in Atari. It was a game he played as a child, they have one move left and it isn’t one they want to make. They are looking at that poor dog like its dinner. Luckily for the dog a few scavengers show up, unfortunately for Cole and Deacon it is the West VII. Although Deacon makes a decent pitch for joining them. Deacon is played by the ever slightly scary and a little off kilter Todd Stashwick.

2035
Three years with the West VII and Ramse still doesn’t want to be there. Cole is more than happy to have a place and people, but Ramse doesn’t feel how Deacon and the West VII get their food and supplies is right. He’s not wrong, Deacon is a killer and a maniac and he is turning Cole into one as well.

Deacon sits Cole down and asks if he likes it with the West VII, when Cole says yes he tells Cole Ramse has to go, “Let him live, create an enemy.” He wants Cole to kill him, either that or Deacon will do it and it won’t be quick. When Cole visits Ramse and he is prepared to kill him. Thankfully he can’t go through with it and they make a plan to escape together.

2043
Cole is brought back from 2015 early because Ramse has told the project people about the West VII. He is worried they are under imminent attack. Deacon, the head of the West VII, is ruthless but Whitley isn’t fazed. I’m pretty sure he should be a little more concerned but he isn’t. “The mission is everything.”

The facility is quickly under siege. West VII “soldiers” everywhere. Cole and the head of the mission move towards the machine, sealing off a door while Ramse and Whitley get ambushed in a room on the other side of the complex. Gun fire erupts right before Ramse says, “You are on your own buddy…I’m in Atari.”

Cole is going to go after his friend, his only true friend, but the head of the program stops him. She wants to send him back, with their remaining power. Chances are this is his last trip through time as the West VII burst in through the door just as Cole is transported back. Only he isn’t transported back very far, just two days back, and he immediately runs into Deacon.

Oh wow – Cole’s capture, was the reason Deacon and his team know about the tunnels that allowed them to gain access to the facility. This is bad.

As Deacon and the rest of the West VII make their way to the facility Max frees Cole and they head after them. Maybe it’s not too late. Cole sends Max to save the program scientist leader while Cole heads to save Ramse. Cole manages to take the West VII guys out and save Ramse. Cole, Ramse, Max and Whitely make it to the machine room in time to save the program chick whose name I think is Jones. (I’m not good with names)

2015
At the end of the episode Cole heads back to Cassy. He takes Ramse’s advice and opens up about himself. Only Cassy has important news, she found the night room.

12 Monkeys airs Friday 9/8c on Syfy