Navigating the Intersections of Faith, Knowledge, and Reason.
Thoughts While Watching Twelve Monkeys, the TV Series, in 2020, Part V of IX James Cole is the one character whose perspective is most sympathetic to the viewer. He is smart, but often ignorant. He wants to do the right thing, but he’s not sure what that is at all times. He is easily caught…
Thoughts While Watching Twelve Monkeys, the TV Series, in 2020, Part IV of IX It does not take long for the storyline of the 12 Monkeys series to press the often explored issue of science versus religion. There are a number of factions established in the future universe of the Twelve Monkeys. But the one…
Thoughts While Watching Twelve Monkeys, the TV Series, in 2020, Part III of IX It is not until the third episode of Twelve Monkeys that the audience gets a glimpse of the state of the world outside of Jones’s center of scientific allegiance. Humanity’s remnant has reverted to a tribal pattern, groups of people who…
Thoughts While Watching Twelve Monkeys, the TV Series, in 2020, Part II of IX The first glimpse of the fictional pandemic and its affects come to us from the future. Twenty-five years have passed since the virus had spread, effectively killing seven billion people, nearly 90% of earth’s population. From the year 2043, scientists piece…
Thoughts While Watching Twelve Monkeys, the TV Series, in 2020, Part I of IX As I write this, five weeks have passed since the official requisite for social distancing in my home state. This translates into more than 800 hours with my partner and our two teenage children. This is not the post-apocalyptic event I’ve…