Written by John Edward BetancourtTHIS IS THE EMERGENCY SPOILER ALERT SYSTEM...YOU ARE ADVISED TO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK... It has been quite some time since fans of The Librarians enjoyed a pure Holiday themed episode since larger plot lines have been the focus over the past couple of years. But seeing as to how the series has established the fact that season four is going to be a year when anything goes, the right time has apparently arrived to bring forth another Holiday episode because last night’s first tale in our Wednesday two-fer, ‘And the Christmas Thief’, once again put us right in the middle of the holiday in a story that turned out to be an uplifting affair. But, giving us just a happy and go lucky episode wouldn’t quite be enough. We need our mystery and intrigue and character growth and thankfully the episode delivered on that as well by giving us an Ezekiel Jones centric storyline, wherein he returned home for the Holidays to celebrate ThanksTaking Day, a day where thieves celebrate their haul to honor the Patron Saint of Thieves and what made this part of the story so interesting is the sheer fact that we finally met Ezekiel’s family and learned how he is in fact, nothing like them. They love stealing, they love greed, and here’s Mister Jones, focused on doing good in the world and in order to prove to his mother how much he’s grown as a man he takes her to the Library, a mistake that he quickly regrets when his mother steals the Traveling Globe and uses it to basically steal anything and everything she can get her hands on. Unfortunately for the group, she’s swiped a rare piece of art that belongs to someone of grave importance, the Patron Saint of Thieves himself, and despite Ezekiel’s best attempts to give it back to the man, he’s exposed and captured and this is where the episode took a turn into the uplifting realm. Because with a grand assist from Santa and his sleigh, not only are they able to foil and escape the Saint’s clutches, Ezekiel finally gets a chance to explain and demonstrate to his mother why he focused on giving away the endless riches that could have been in his possession simply due to the fact that he could make life better for others and it was simply magical to watch a mother and her son give back to the world and in doing this, the series could not have found a better way to remind all of us what the season is really about. But while that storyline was awesome in its own right, there were plenty of other wonderful moments present in this story that made it outright fun as well. After all, I don’t think I’ll ever forget the joy that poured out of Jake when he got the opportunity fly Santa’s sleigh, and who knew that Cassandra was so incredibly good at personalized Christmas sweaters and of course, the biggest treat of the night was Steven Weber as the Saint of Thieves, who stole every single scene he was in when he appeared on the screen and really, the fun that came out of this episode simply set the tone for the night because hour two would follow in this one’s footsteps.  If anything, the second Wednesday episode, ‘And the Silver Screen’ took the fun to a whole new level by answering a question that many of us have asked ourselves at some point or another, what would it be like to actually inhabit the world of our favorite films? Now this was explored by way of Eve and Flynn, who were sucked into one of Eve’s favorite films and wouldn’t you know it? It turns out that being a part of a movie that one admires can actually be quite the amazing experience.
Because in order to escape this black and white detective tale, Eve and Flynn had to become the characters through and through and work out the plot to a tee and that’s where the fun came into play because it was downright hilarious to watch Flynn adapt to a world he knew nothing about and the laughs that came out of this segment of the story were only further enhanced by the fact that Cassandra, Jake and Ezekiel also traveled into the movie world in the hopes of rescuing their friends, only to find themselves caught up in wacky situations and a side splitting musical number as well. But this is a show that believes in adding as much heart as it can to its storylines and despite the hilarious antics, the story found a way to inject all of that into this tale as well, by adding a twist into Eve and Flynn’s adventure in that, despite managing to follow the film’s plot a tee, they were still trapped within it because the magic that made all of this happen, was related to a secret that needed to be made public. Thankfully, by doing a little legitimate detective work, this impromptu duo of sleuths were able to help a mother and daughter reunite and reveal that all important truth, which finally allowed for them to escape this hard boiled world and return home. If anything, I love the fact that season four of the show is simply throwing caution to the wind and telling stories that are bringing smiles to our faces and they’re doing such a fine job with this, that the lack of a big bad or focal point this year isn’t hurting the show in the slightest. This year it’s all about the adventure and doing good for others and there’s not much more you can ask for when it comes to this show. Either way, this was another two hours of pure joy. Season four has been an utter delight to watch thus far and I cannot wait to see what magnificent wonders await us come next Wednesday. Until then.
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