Back to the Future star comes to 12 Monkeys.

And now for its next adventure, 12 Monkeys has employed someone with plenty of time-traveling experience as the series got Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd.

The actor will make a guest star during Season 3 of the Syfy hit series as the villainous Pallid Man's father, the network announced Wednesday.

Lloyd will play Zalmon Shaw, a charming but deadly cult leader who preys upon others' tragedies and losses to recruit new members into The Army of the 12 Monkeys.

Although synonymous with the Back to the Future franchise, Lloyd is also best known for his Emmy-winning work on the TV comedy series Taxi.

In Season 3 of 12 Monkeys, which also will feature co-creator Terry Matalas' directorial debut, "James Cole and Cassandra Railly embark on a research search across time to find the man responsible for the apocalypse, a time traveler who calls himself the Witness," according to the official description. "Killing the Witness will mean saving the world. But the journey will come at tremendous personal stakes for Railly and will call into question new alliances, old bonds, and the virtue of the mission itself."

You can catch the new season of 12 Monkeys in 2017.

Syfy Renews 12 Monkeys for a Third Season

Great news for us fans of the hit Syfy series 12 Monkeys.

It was announced Wednesday that the time travel series is getting renewed for a third season containing 10 episodes. It's set to debut in 2017.

Based on the 1995 film of the same name, the Syfy series follows weary time traveler Jame Cole (Aaron Standford) and virologist Cassandra Railly (Amanda Schull) as they attempt to save the world from the Army of the 12 monkeys, who release a plague that kills off most of humanity. In the current second season, the show has moved past the plague storyline and developed deeper into the true motivations of the Army and to destroy time by killing of Primaries under orders from the Witness.

The show also stars Barbra Sukowa, Kirk Acevedo, Todd Stashwick and Emily Hampshire, who's been receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Jennifer Gomnes. The series is shipped by executive producers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett.

"Syfy and UCP have been incredible creative partners, and I'm thrilled that we are going to tell the next- even more twisty and emotional-chapter of this time travel adventure," Matalas tells Entertainment Weekly.

"This season of 12 Monkeys has proven to be a breakthrough," Says Jeff Wachtel, chief content officer of Universal Cable Production (that produces the series). "From its epic storytelling to its grand aesthetic, Terry and the cast and crew have invested boundless energy and passion, and it showed. New legions of fans will discover what devoted viewers already know: It's one of the best shows on television."

You can catch 12 Monkeys Monday nights at 9/8c on Syfy. New episodes will return July 11.

12 Monkeys: Returns - Season 2 | Syfy

Tonight's the season premiere of one of the best shows on television. The premiere of the second season of 12 Monkeys begins tonight and this season time is the enemy that will start the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end. 

You can catch the season premiere of 12 Monkeys tonight at 9/8c on SyFy. 

12 MONKEYS | Season 2 Trailer | Syfy

On Thursday, SyFy has released season 2 trailer of 12 Monkeys.

From what is being shown, it looks like there's going to be more humor into this season. Plus looks like Cole and Cassandra will be the traveling couple team, which I love.

You can catch the new season of 12 Monkeys in April 18th.

12 Monkeys Season 2 Trailer (HD)

The new season of 12 Monkeys is almost here. Here's a trailer for the new season.



The new season of 12 Monkeys will return this April on SyFy.

Fighting For What You Love: 12 Monkeys "Arms of Mine" Season Finale

The season finale of "12 Monkeys" can be described as on the edge-of-your-seat excitement.

In the finale, Cole and Cassie, who look like they are slowly falling in love, are slow to try to get information from Aaron. Cole keeps beating him for information until Cassie shows up, and he tells them that he is trying to protect her. Then he tells both of them that they will kill him rather than Cole and then Cassie.

As soon as Cole and Cassie have a private meeting in front of Aaron, Aaron tries to cut his way out and escapes by knocking out Cole. They both fight until Aaron uses a blow torch, burning up Cole's jacket. Let me see that there was some chemical stuff fire, and one person didn't make it.

Cassie and Cole got to see Jennifer, who was given a presentation about the company she was taking over from her dead father. When she shares her speech, she starts to go crazy with monkeys and other extinct animals.

Cole then leaves with Cassie and talks with Jennifer, and gives them information about where Ramse will be. They go there and find him with the machine. I'll talk more a bit later.

In 2043, Jones and Whitley are waiting for any hope for the core to work. When a group of blue men in hoodies stand outside the compound, they get help from a friend of Rasme. They divert a distraction and go in, but Jones has a surprise for them, a bomb and talk in a trade for their lives for the machine.

And here's where it all ties in as Cole reaches Ramse, you would think he would shoot him first. No, they talk. Then Cassie comes in and is not in the mood to talk and more of receiving information. She wants to shoot Ramsey.

Cole tells her not to shoot until she shoots him, and his guard shoots her. One will not survive, and Ram tells Cole to send Cassie to Jones on the Core. With no time to lose, Cole puts Cassie on the Core and sends her back to 2043.

In the meantime, Jones gives the leader in blue the bomb, walks out until the machine is working, and brings back Cassie. Jones was pretty shocked.

But the kicker of it all, and it will be one of the storylines for next season, is that the men in blue turn out to be the army of the 12 monkeys when Olivia checks in on the 12 babies in 2015.

What a season finale, and overall, it's first season. It's just amazing how each character faces the challenges to survive but also to change history.  This episode does deal with what these characters would do for the ones they love and fight for.

Overall, I give this episode an 8/10, and as for the series, it's a 9/10.

Season two will be very exciting to watch when it airs next year.

You can still watch the first season of "12 Monkeys" on syfy.com.