The Librarians 1. 9 and 10

We got a lovely two hour final of The Librarians and it was quite the explosive season ending. In the first half, there are rumors of an alien invasion in a small little town, and when a UFO enthusiast goes missing, Ezekiel is insistent upon investigating. Jenkins insists there are no such things as aliens and his view is somewhat confirmed when the team investigates and finds there's more going on that originally supposed. But with Baird missing and Stone getting a little too friendly, time is suddenly of the essence if they wish to save everyone. However, Cassandra's doubts could jeopardize everything and risk the lives they are trying so hard to save. I rather liked this episode, but I'm getting tired of Cassandra-centric episodes.

And in the final episode, Baird and Flynn step through the magical backdoor to reclaim the missing library, only to be thwarted at the last minute by the Serpent Brotherhood. When Dulaque stabs Baird and rips the Loom of Fate, Baird gets thrown into the fraying threads of time and meets the librarians in different scenarios. Flynn was never the librarian, only a babbling professor and archaeologist, while Stone became the librarian and fell in love with Baird, mourning her death for ten years and working alone ever since. They time-jump to another possibility; Ezekiel became the librarian and has a ghost problem on his hands. He too spent ten years mourning Baird's death; she was like a mother to him. And then time-jump to Cassandra's possibility. She's the librarian too and lives with some of the last humans on a vacated Earth, using magic to fight magic. And she mourns Baird's death as well, though their relationship is unclear. With Cassandra's help, Flynn and Baird time-jump one more time back to the Loom and as Baird lays there dying, Jenkins comes to the rescue and Flynn uses the ball of string from a previous episode to reweave the threads of time and secure the library before the doors close and Baird dies. This was an amazing episode! I loved it and enjoyed how all the lose ends woven throughout each episode were tied together. I hope there is a second season.

The Librarians 1. 7 and 8

So in The Librarians, we had a lovely two hour session! In the first episode, we learn all about this mysterious curse that involves the rule of three when the librarians all come into work on their day off and get summoned to investigate a suspicious science fair. While an overly excited Cassandra drags a bored Ezekiel around to see all the projects, Stone befriends a heartbroken young man and gets a scoop on who is using the spell-turned-app {which is a lot bigger than they'd all originally thought}, and Baird supervises, until she gets a weird call from Jenkins. That's when she gets the first impression that he's not exactly who he says he is. With his prior connections coming back to haunt him and forewarn of a bigger deal going on, the stakes have just been raised drastically. This episode was fun and enjoyable.

In the second episode, the team heads off to secure the magical lay-lines and encounter a blood-splattered young man running around in the woods. She leads them to a mysterious, supposedly haunted house, where they have an adventure. Classic horror film with a predictable twist at the end. The only thing I liked about this episode was that it all happened during the day and had less of the scary music typical in these kind of stories. I really didn't like this episode and neither did my husband.

Next week's final episodes look great though!

The Librarians 1.6

And we have a fairy tale twist this week, courtesy of The Librarians. When the clippings book sends them to a little out-of-the-way town to investigate a suspicious truck accident, the group finds more than they bargained for. With someone reading the original Grimm’s fairy tales out of a certain deadly book, the townspeople begin to change, reflecting the stories. Jake turns all huntsman when he kills an overly large wolf and cuts little red riding hood out of the wolf’s belly, while Eve gradually turns into a princess and Cassandra {very weirdly} becomes Prince Charming. The only one unaffected is the “lovable rogue” Ezekiel who, by chance, manages to save the day. I really liked this fairy tale twist on things; it was fun!

The Librarians 1.5

In this latest episode  of The Librarians, in through the backdoor pops good old Flynn, drenched and with news that a delegation of dragons is on the way.  While Jenkins and Ezekiel {whose waiting for a pizza to arrive} attempt to work together to handle the delegation, everyone else sets off to find a magical pearl and somehow end up with the apple of a Greek goddess that turns everyone into the worst version of themselves. It was hilarious to see Flynn and eve interacting with each other as they fought over the apple. And there is definitely something more to Jenkins than meets the eye. I was sorely disappointed to see not real dragons, but a bunch of weird people claiming to be dragons. Such a let down. It was sweet to see Flynn trying to convince Eve to stay and have the tables turned on him.

The Librarians 1.4

Christmas is just around the corner, but Santa Claus is missing. After getting a call from Mrs. Claus, Jenkins sends the group through the magical backdoor to track him down and they discover that the nasty serpent group {their main adversaries it seems} have kidnapped him in an effort to steal all his magic. Santa, it seems, isn’t just someone who brings kids presents; he goes around the world absorbing all the acts of goodwill so that at the classic stroke of midnight, he can release all the goodwill back into the world for another year. Everyone has their own opinion on Christmas: Cassandra’s parents told her at a young age that Santa doesn’t exist, so she is ecstatic to learn otherwise. Ezekiel thinks Christmas is a wonderful time to fleece people, and Jake Stone’s favorite activity is to get into bar fights. Eve, frustrated that the desk she wants to use keeps reverting back to Flynn’s standards, makes it clear how much she hates Christmas. I think this show’s version of Santa is a Time Lord, what with his reincarnations

The Librarians 1.3

Eve Baird, a soldier at heart, has her hands full trying o train and prepare the newbie librarians for combat. The only problem is that Cassandra doesn’t really fight very well, Ezekiel bails out on everyone and Jake fights too much. When the group convinces Eve and Jenkins to let them investigate a series of suspicious disappearances, Eve begins to get a reality check when she notices how their strengths and weaknesses can be used to work together. For the first time in her life, she begins to think outside the box as they chase the legendary Minotaur around town.

The Librarians Pilot

On Sunday a new TV show started up that holds a lot of promise and exciting adventure. It's called The Librarians and stars Noah Wyle as Flynn Carsen {the original Librarian}, Rebecca Romijn as Eve Baird, John Kim as Ezekiel Jones {what a funny name}, Christian Kane as Jake Stone, Lindy Booth as Cassandra Cillian, and John Larroquette as Jenkins.

Flynn Carsen started out as a novice Librarian in the three Librarian movies {which they conveniently showed before the show started so I was able to introduce them to my husband who thought that Kate Beckett from Castle was super cute in the third movie with her accent} and learned about stuff the hard way. Now he's a harden expert with a slight tilt toward loony. The library hires Eve Baird, a colonel, to be the new guardian - only problem is that Flynn doesn't want a guardian. However, he soon figures out that there may be a need for her after all when someone starts killing off possible librarian candidates. Racing to the rescue, the pair soon has Cassandra {a girl with a fantastic memory but also a deadly tumor}, Jake Stone {an art historian? I missed his special ability but love his sense of humor}, and Ezekiel Jones who is a master thief. The good guys just got reinforcements and Flynn decides to start changing the rules; the newbies are now librarians-in-training and a disgruntled Jenkins gets to train them.

Oh goody, this is gonna be fun! I already like Stone and Baird, but I don't like Cassandra very much. And Flynn, as my husband pointed out, is very much a similar character to the Doctor from Doctor Who - all smart, funny and a little loopy. *winks*