Jan

21

‘Counterpart’ Reveals the Origins of the Crossing & Management in the Excellent “Twin Cities”

Warning: Spoilers for the Counterpart Season 2 episode "Twin Cities" follow. One of the most chilling lines spoken in the Starz series Counterpart came from Yanek (James Cromwell), an “extractor” who specializes in comparing the experiences from the show’s two worlds. He’s speaking with Howard Alpha (J.K. Simmons), who has crossed over, and is telling him about some of the differences in his life versus that of his “Other,” Howard Prime. In describing Prime’s poor relationship with his father, and the decisions he made to abandon him, Alpha passionately exclaims “I would never do that!” Yanek …