12 Monkeys (TV Series)

Mother (2017)

Aaron Stanford: James Cole

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• James Cole : Greetings, asshole. I'm future asshole.

• [when fighting Cole, Hannah gets the upper hand and holds him at gunpoint] 

  Hannah Jones : Stay down.

  James Cole : [chuckles]  Jones give you that?

  [only now does Hannah notice the mobile tether stuck in her arm] 

  James Cole : Say hi to your mother for me.

  Hannah Jones : You little sh...

  [she splinters away] 

• James Cole : So that's it, huh? I'm supposed to just give up on Cassie?

  James Cole : It's what needs to happen.

  James Cole : Well, what's the point, then? If it's all fate, wh-why are we even here? Why go on? Why don't we just... That's how all this started. You and I, we're supposed to be erased. We're still here. No matter what we do, it never gets better.

  James Cole : Once, though. The house. Cassie.

  James Cole : That's the only life we managed to erase.

• 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.

• James Cole : We're done. The answers we're looking for aren't in Titan.

  Katarina Jones : Where are they?

  James Cole : [handing her the newspaper clipping his future self gave him]  In the past, with Jennifer. We have to find her.

  Katarina Jones : And Dr. Railly?

  James Cole : She's not the mission.

• James Cole : She was right there! I could see her! I could've saved her!

  James Cole : No, you would've been killed. We would've been killed?

  James Cole : I'd rather die trying.

  James Cole : Trust me, I remember. All this... except the kick to the nutsack. I really should've remembered that one.

• James Cole : This should be impossible.

  James Cole : I know. It's crazy, right? I mean, I'm a little surprised it hasn't happened sooner. Use the subway in the same city long enough, you're bound to run into each other.

  James Cole : How is this not a paradox?

  James Cole : [indicating the machine strapped to his chest]  Oh, uh... this helps with that.

  James Cole : That's a machine?

  James Cole : [sarcastic]  No, this is just what we all wear in the future. Yeah, it's a machine.

• James Cole : All right, you had your fun. You got some shots in. Now tell me what I need to know.

  James Cole : Okay. What do you need to know?

  James Cole : Jesus Christ, you came to me! Cassie, Ramse. You know more than me, so let's hear it, future asshole!

  James Cole : [he laughs]  Jones is right.

  James Cole : About what?

  James Cole : You are a rabid dog.

  James Cole : Okay.

  James Cole : You're blind.

  James Cole : I'm blind. Then tell me what I'm missing. Tell me the future.

  James Cole : Jennifer.

  James Cole : Jennifer Goines?

  James Cole : Turns out the key to the universe is chock full of nuts.