12 Monkeys - Terry Matalas's Into the Past

Part of what helped is that the show goes in a really intense horror direction at times. There's actually a super creepy time travelling colt that sends people on these scary drug trips. Terry matallis felt having that intense horror allowed him to also include extreme silliness as well as really profound, intense emotional beats. I've always loved the fact that horror can get together with comedy and make something even weirder.