12 Monkeys (TV Series)

Mother (2017)

Amanda Schull: Dr. Cassandra Railly

Quotes 

• Magdalena : You know, today is the most special of occasions. Your unveiling. A chance to show the faithful that the Witness is safe and growing strong inside you. And a chance for you to show your love for him.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : He's mine. Why wouldn't I?

  Magdalena : You've shown doubt.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : Because I fear for him.

  Magdalena : Love for the child inside you is incidental. The love you must show is for the man he becomes.

• James Cole : I didn't come here today to save Cassie. This is a long fight. You're only halfway there. It's gonna hurt. Things inside of you are gonna break. Things you never even knew you had. I'm gonna tell you something I probably shouldn't. It's probably screwing with all that causality bullshit Jones used to go on about. You're gonna have to forgive yourself for what you've done. For what you're gonna have to do. There's a beginning, and there's an end to all this. And all you and I are ever gonna have is what's in between.

  [indicating Cassie's watch] 

  James Cole : Wearing this... means that somehow, somewhere, you're always gonna find your way back to her.

  [the other James senses the time splinter coming] 

  James Cole : Time to go.

  [handing him the news clipping about Jennifer] 

  James Cole : See you soon.

  [James splinters back to his time; after a moment, Cassie approaches] 

  James Cole : That was harder than I thought it was gonna be.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : You told him there was hope.

  James Cole : I had to get here somehow.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : You know there's another way.

  James Cole : No. There's not.

• Magdalena : It is a remarkable thing to be raised to raise a child. Shaped in order to shape. Taught to teach.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : I'm his mother.

  Magdalena : Hmm. The mother is not the belly that bears the child, but the hands that cradle, the voice that soothes the crying, the face it sees, and thinks to itself... "Love."

• Pallid Man : [seeing Arianna dead]  Oh, dear.

  Dr. Cassandra Railly : How did you do this?

  Pallid Man : Magdalena. She came back in time and warned us about what you were gonna do.

  [flashback; Magalena is approached by a version of herself from the future] 

  Magdalena : [handing herself a knife]  The Mother will try to harm herself. Arianna will help her.

  Magdalena : Thank you for your sacrifice.

  Pallid Man : [the flashback ends]  You know, your son will always know that you chose death over him. Now the Witness is no longer safe, which is why the remainder of your days here will be less, uh... comfortable.