Good Evening! I would very much like to know the opinions of the assembled masses on, what I personally believe to be, the ambiguous ending to the recent 'Twelve Monkeys'. I originally believed that the presence of the lady scientist in the plane, ('the name's Johns, I'm in insurance') at the end of the film was the happy ending so required for such a film, in the respect that we assume she will stop the man from fulfilling his evil plan and save the world, but after much conversation and thought, I have stumbled upon two alterior notions. 1- That the lady is in fact the scientist sent back from the future, but that after entering into conversation with the man she is convinced of the hopelessness of modern existence and allows him to carry out his plan, and 2- That the lady is in fact an ordinary citizen, (perhaps a relation of the scientist), and the fact she is in insurance is the relevant thing, commenting on the total hopelessness of insurance when the entire world will end in a matter of months. Agree, disagree, laugh in derisive superiority, answer at will, I look forward to hearing. C H R I S. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]