'The Librarians' Recap: 'And the Rise of Chaos'

​Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Over the past two seasons, The Librarians is a series that has established itself as one of the finest feel good television shows out there, providing its audience with quality storytelling that remains lighthearted at every single turn and it's a show that you instantly fall in love with since it is filled to the brim with positive messages and vibrant characters that always find a way to work together to save the day. 

It's simply a wonderful way to spend an hour of your time, but alas as season three approached, I began to wonder just how long this show could keep the fun stuff going because conflict is what drives a story and to date, these intrepid heroes have to yet to truly dive into a major and challenging conflict. That's not a knock on the show by any means because the fun and joy this show brings to the table is refreshing to find on television to say the least, but at some point every story has to challenge itself to move to new heights and new places and as I settled in to watch the season three premiere of the show, 'And the Rise of Chaos', I see that the folks behind the scenes realized that the show is indeed facing these kinds of 'issues' and this premiere made sure to address every last one of them.

A fine example of this...the sense of comfort and invincibility that the now fully united Librarians carried upon their shoulders in this week's episode. There was nothing that could phase them or worry them as they retrieved one artifact after another and that air of invulnerability stayed with them once the big challenge for the week came about when they were introduced to an ancient Egyptian God named Apep, also known as the God of Chaos, who inhabited an unlucky tourist in the hopes of getting his hands on a key that would help him unleash evil upon the entire world. Naturally, our team defeated Apep, finding that the unity they now share is the only way resist the powers of a being like Apep and well, it truly seemed like all was well, but the subtlety and simplicity that went into this story has managed to set up an incredible story arc for the season, one that absolutely has my attention.

Because at the end of the episode Jenkins and Flynn had quite the conversation, where Flynn revealed that Judson once warned him that an ultimate battle between good and evil was on its way and Jenkins provided us with his own chilling input upon this revelation, that the war has already begun. Which brings us back to that sense of invincibility that the Librarians now exhibit, because that will soon come back to haunt them. As this war escalates and things get tough, this intrepid group could potentially find themselves challenged and rattled in ways they never imagined which means that for the first time in the series, there is a grand conflict brewing for the group and it will take everything they've learned and all the trust they've built with one another to come together and conquer their upcoming foes.

In addition to that foreboding surprise, it was also evident that the show has a completely different feel to it for this season. There's a heavy air and sense of doom creeping in the background. Not to the point where the show has changed its style and design, but enough to make us realize that this is going to be one epic season, wrought with epic storytelling. But it wasn't all gloom and doom this episode. Everything we love about the show was found everywhere you look, heck, we even got a shout out to Stumpy as well, but when when all is said and done it's clear The Librarians is a show that's growing up quickly, and finding new ways to challenge the characters and the audience and I'm excited to see what season three has in store for us and I can't wait to find out how this wonderful group of human beings are going to save the world once again.

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