Greetings,
Get it? Checking out? Librarians? GET IT?! Okay, moving on.
So, a new series premiered last night on TNT called The Librarians, a spin-off of the popular TV movie series of the same name. Well, sort of the same name. It had been a very long while since I had seen any of those movies, but I seem to remember enjoying them. But let's be honest. Even if I hadn't watched them, even if I did and hated them, I probably still would have at least given this series a chance. Why? Well, we'll get to that later. Anyway, The Librarian, the movies, were about a guy named Flynn Carsen, played by Noah Wyle, the titular character. He goes on all these adventures that have to do with historical and sometimes magical artifacts. So, guess what the shows about? Yeah, pretty much the same things.
Okay, of course, there are some differences. We can already see that in the title. We have gone from one Librarian to, well, more than one. We are actually getting a team on this show, consisting of four main characters. First, we get Eve Baird played by Rebecca Romijn. As far as I can tell, she is not actually one of The Librarians, but rather their protector, as she has worked as a counter-terrorism agent. Next, we get Ezekiel Jones played by John Kim. He's the tech expert and he has a thing about classic crimes. Don't we all. Then, there's Cassandra Cillian played by Lindy Booth. She's the math person. Boo! I'm not booing her, by the way; I'm booing math. But she does have an interesting way of retrieving info from her mind. I won't say what it is, but it's cool. And finally, we have Jacob Stone played by - wait for it! - Christian Kane. Yeah, I wonder what made me want to watch this show. Anyway, he plays a cowboy from Oklahoma who is a legit genius and knows a crap load about art history and whatnot. Fascinating. Just make sure we get to see him beat some people up, because THAT is what we came for. So, this is our main cast of characters, but there's more.
Obviously, we get some Noah Wyle, and I think he will be coming back on occasion, which is good. We get some awesome John Larroquette, who plays Jenkins. He's kind of the guy who keeps tabs on the group, which he is not overly ecstatic about. But he is certainly at his John Larroquette-y best. The main bad guy, the head of something called The Serpent Brotherhood (yikes!), is named Dulaque and he is played by Matt Frewer. Yay! And rolling over from the movie franchise as well, we get Jane Curtin as Charlene, who works at the Library, and Bob Newhart, as Judson, who was Flynn Carsen's mentor. Yay, again! I'm not sure how much those last two are going to be on the show, but I hope it's at the very least sometimes.
So, The Librarians is basically about a team of people, each with their own special skills, going around and solving mysteries and such. And one of them is Christian Kane. Sound familiar? Maybe a little like Leverage? Well, no surprise there, since it comes from Dean Devlin and John Rogers, who were behind THAT show. Relax, though. Whilst the structure is somewhat similar, the premise is rather different. Different enough anyway. Leverage had more of an A-Team feel to it, but this is more...not that. I almost want to call it Buffy-ish, maybe because of the library aspect (What's Up, Giles?), but I'm not sure. Actually, I'd say it's pretty original on its own.
Okay, in closing, I really enjoyed this show on its first episode. It was interesting and had a good story and good acting. It was fun, for sure, which is great. Looks like this is another technical drama show from Devlin and Rogers that will be funnier than most of the technical comedies on TV these days. What a surprise. I think the best thing is that this is a show that a family can sit down and watch together and not be concerned too much about anything. Nothing I noticed anyway. It's just a cool adventure show that might just make all of its audience a tad bit smarter.
So, I will definitely keep watching The Librarians, and if any of this sounds good to you, I say check it out as well.
Love and full moons,
Becky the Writer
