However, 12 Monkeys is now based on the concept that certain people known as “primaries” are Time Incarnate, which is why all of these primaries appear to be insane to those of us who are merely Flesh and Bone Incarnate.
Ultimately, the film settles for being one of those British apocalypse tales about the inevitable demise of the Empire, down to a drowned world scene near the end of the film.
The main players in The Expanse have been separated by the vastness of space, but the show has been setting up their eventual collision course all series long.
I’m glad, then, that Game of Thrones is not that lesser show, and gave us what we knew had to happen—and wanted to happen—so soon into the season six run.
