
In tonight's episode of
12 Monkeys, Jennifer Goines, played by Emily Hampshire, played an important role, because Cole (Aaron Stanford) chose to not listen to Cassandra (Amanda Schull), and instead of killing her, he stopped her releasing the virus and destroyed what was left of it. This so far is the one thing that seems to have made a real dent in changing the past and saving lives.
It was also revealed in the episode that Jennifer has a larger part to play in what's going on, as she is "primary," and can see all the changes made in time. She is integral, because it is with Cole's help that she finds a new purpose, and it is her that in 2044 is able to convince Jones (Barbara Sukowa) to send Cassandra back to 2016 to retrieve Cole.