I think the first time we see this happen is with Leland Goines (Zeljko Ivanek) in the pilot, when he realizes that HE has met "future" Cole (Aaron Stanford), but that it hasn't yet happened for Cole. "Paradox" is what he says, and that happens more than once in the pilot. In this case, Leland is bemused and laughs, and puzzles over it. Cole is utterly confused.
We see it again when Cassie (Amanda Schull) is aware of Cole's seemingly impending death in Chechnya when she sadly treats him to a cheeseburger (awwww). Cassie is incredibly sad, but Cole doesn't fully pick up on this.
Both Aaron Stanford (Cole) AND Emily Hampshire (Jennifer) masterfully present the emotions involved in this "extra" awareness of loops and loop closure, particularly in Resurrection. I loved that we got a preview of this in Hyena when Cole left Jennifer, only to show up at her hotel room door 20 seconds later, looking pretty beat up.
I think the one encounter that raised my hopes of seeing a very interesting character again was Agent Gale's conversation with Cole in the bar in Fatherland. It goes something like "you know I consider you a good friend" and Cole's response "what do you mean? We met once in 1944." That was soooo intriguing. Agent Gale (Jay Karnes) instantly clammed up, which was very perceptive of him. Cole was distracted, so he didn't follow up on that rather obvious indication that they'd meet again.
Finally, in Resurrection, a very interesting "re/pre-encounter" was Jennifer intently peering at Deacon (Todd Stashwick) because SHE knows full well he's about to get to wear an eye-patch.
These time-out-of-order encounters make 12 Monkeys a very rich experience, and the writers have made full use of this technique with support from terrific directors. I'm really glad we get another season of this fabulous storytelling.
