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Dark
Why this pick
Its tightly interlocked time-travel puzzle, ominous small-town atmosphere, and emotionally charged connections across generations echo 12 Monkeys’ escalating sense of fate and consequence.
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SERIES2015 0h 43m / episode USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Using a dangerous and untested method of time travel, Cole arrives from a post-apocalyptic future in the present day. His mission is to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate 93.6% of the human race.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Aaron Stanford
James Cole
Amanda Schull
Cassandra Railly
Emily Hampshire
Jennifer Goines
Barbara Sukowa
Katarina Jones
Kirk Acevedo
José Ramse
Todd Stashwick
Theodore Deacon
Tom Noonan
Pallid Man
Noah Bean
Aaron Marker