Terry respondeu oficialmente no Twitter.
Tara O'Shea perguntou-lhe:
Ever have that thing where you're going crazy trying to understand how the dead Cole in the alternative future shown in #12Monkeys s1 "The Red Forest" could exist if in that timeline, Cole and Cassie never went back in time to save Cole's own mother as a child, or is it just me?
@tara_oshea, 3 Jul 2018
A suposta resposta oficial é:
Because there was a Cole existing to undo the death. As long as there is a Cole, the Djinn, the serpent eats its tail. It’s a loop within a loop.
@TerryMatalas, 3 Jul 2018
Por mais insatisfatório que seja, é o mais oficial possível ...