Timeline for Is Cole sent to the past to cause the global pandemic in 12 Monkeys?
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| Aug 19, 2023 at 23:40 | comment | added | Valorum | In the novel it's "Beside him, a courtly silver-haired gentleman wearing a business suit and one gold earring offered his hand congenially. Once, James Cole would have recognized him as the astrophysicist from the future. But that James Cole was dead. "Jones is my name," he said. There was a glint of very white teeth as he smiled. "I'm in insurance." - The shaking of the hand is important because they've now got a sample of the virus from the person that caused it | |
| Aug 19, 2023 at 23:38 | comment | added | Valorum | I see no good evidence that the "insurance" lady is anything other than another time traveler trying to obtain a contemporaneous sample of the virus. Presumably she's there in case Cole fails. | |
| Aug 15, 2021 at 5:28 | comment | added | Anton Sherwood | So are the scientists lying when they say the past cannot be changed? If that is so, why make extra effort to ensure the pandemic? | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 6:24 | comment | added | Sandun | Refer this answer : movies.stackexchange.com/a/98127/65183 | |
| Jul 7, 2021 at 6:23 | comment | added | Sandun | @allo Yes, they want pandemic to happen. That way everything would go almost the same way and their future would still have the virus, but they'd also be able to find a cure and counter the virus now that they have a sample of original virus. | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 7:33 | comment | added | allo | You're summarizing the main plot twist, but my question is about the option that the scientist do not (only) want to obtain a sample of the virus, but also cause the pandemic timeline by allowing Peters access to the virus. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 6:24 | history | answered | Sandun | CC BY-SA 4.0 |