12 Monkeys - 'Bodies of Water'

"Since I haven't been involved in the plot, I've been much happier."

The future; it's not what it used to be, as the Army of the 12 Monkeys pulls the fabric of time apart.

In 2016, Jennifer Goines is doing well. She's healthy, wealthy and medicated, looking forward to a bright and virus-free future. Unfortunately, time has other plans, and when 2044 Jennifer admits that her ability to see all of time has faded with age, a traveler is sent to interrupt 2016 Jennifer's routine, and at her older self's insistence, it's Cassie's turn to deal with her.

On top of their mutual antagonism, Jennifer and Cassie have to contend with the Army, who have been keeping tabs on Jennifer, and who still have plans for Cassie, even if they do not fully understand them. The cycle is broken and Olivia's faith in the witness is failing, although the Pallid Man remains firm. Cassie pays another visit to the cedar and pine hut to meet the Witness, who communicates through scrawled messages on the walls; as you do when you're some sort of messed up arch-primary. Fortunately, Jennifer comes through aces, memorising the Army's crazy quilt of destiny before rescuing Railly and stabbing Olivia in the gut and precipitating a changing of the guard as the Pallid Man takes charge.

Management 101.

In 2044, Ramse and Cole decide that they need to eliminate Deacon, handing him over to an old enemy. He comes back, however, bloody and beaten, and oddly impressed and willing to start over.

'Bodies of Water' is a weird episode, even by 12 Monkeys standards. Not only does Jennifer begin to hallucinate her dead mother, but all sorts of people are drinking red forest tea and tripping balls through time.

12 Monkeys continues to impress me with its ability to evolve its concept each time it runs the risk of getting stale. It changes up, moving its model of time travel forward and shifting the goalposts to keep its protagonists - and now to an extent its formerly all-knowing antagonists - guessing.