12 Monkeys (TV Series)

Witness (2017)

James Callis: Athan, The Witness

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Quotes 

• Olivia : I've always wondered... Why the mask?

  Athan : If you're gonna promise death, best look the part. Now, I suppose... that's your job. Surely you've realized by now. Took me so long to see it. The thing I believed I was meant to become. A sad, lonely demon at the end of time... was never me. Ensuring my own creation meant ensuring yours. The promise of a timeless realm. The deceiver. It was always you, Olivia.

  Olivia : What?

  [flashbacks of the masked "Witness"] 

  Olivia : But I haven't done those things.

  Athan : Not yet. But you will.

  Olivia : No. I haven't given orders through time, I... I prayed to you. I worshipped... *you*!

  Athan : Yes.

  Olivia : You are the Witness.

  Athan : No, that's where you're wrong. But I witnessed. It just took her for me to see. Life isn't measured by clocks. And though you have an army at your back... you are alone. And *that* is why you will lose.

• Athan : How does one stop what never began? I think you're the answer, Jennifer.

  Jennifer Goines : I'm not like you. I can't see the whole puzzle. I don't know what all this means.

  Athan : You are not like me. You are better. Whatever these are, these symbols - this is your mission now.