12 Monkeys - 'The Red Forest'

"I recognise you from the cast shot, don't I?"

It's 2043, and Cole is very confused, as apparently West 7 is in charge of the facility under a one-eyed Ramse's command. The absence of Railly's message meant that Cole was killed on arrival, and a vengeful Ramse now runs the place as a shelter for his people. In addition, the virus was released a year early, in 2015, as part of something called Operation Troy (some people think Trojan Horse, but even if this is a TV meaningful op name, I am minded more of Apollo striking the hubristic Greeks with plague.) Persuading Ramse and Jones to risk everything by burning out their core to send him back, Cole returns to 2015 and recruits Railly's ex, the rather hapless Aaron, to help him rescue her from the Army of the 12 Monkeys.

While they are successful - despite Aaron at one point shooting past-Cole in the shoulder, and then leaving the gun in the car - there are a couple of other changes that are not undone. Railly is subjected to a hallucinogenic brainwashing attempt, led by the Pallid Man's female colleague, in which she seemingly meets with 'the Witness', plague-masked leader of the Army. The unnamed woman leads Railly's brainwashing with a repeated mantra:

"You are walking through a red forest and the grass is tall. It’s just rained. Most of the blood has washed away. There’s a house in the distance, cedar and pine. You’ve been there before. You’re not alone. There’s a man. You see him, you go to him. You know him, like a memory of tomorrow."

"Are we remaking Twin Peaks already?"

I'm calling at this stage that the Witness - who 'has plans' for Cassandra Railly - as well as the corpse, is Cole. The woman also refers to a 'Brotherhood' who 'will know what to do', which suggests that the Army is not the extent of the Witness's forces; unless the Witness answers to the Brotherhood.

Perhaps of more immediate import, Jennifer 'Head Full of Codes and Secrets' Goynes is picked up by corporate security. We are told that the corpse Cole destroyed was just the source of the virus, and that the refined version is still in play somewhere. Aaron's senator boss mentions Operation Troy in reference to an overseas crisis. Jennifer could put the virus back in play for the Government as a weapon, and thus back into the reach of the Army.

Oh, and there's a cyberterrorist doing a publicised whistle blow, more Julian Assange than Chelsea Manning. Not sure what he's about yet.