"The Librarians" Recap: "And the Hollow Men"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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There's been an interesting mystery brewing on The Librarians, one that has been slowly building to a boil, specifically the fact that the Library has been losing artifacts left and right and seems to be..."off" ever since it returned. Eventually these missing artifacts and the Library's strange behavior had to come to a head and it all finally came together on last night's episode. 

In fact, "And the Hollow Men" not only answered all of our questions about the Library, but it signaled the return of Flynn Carsen as another missing artifact brought him and most of the group together once again, albeit for a brief moment, since whomever is behind these missing items managed to knock out the group with Pan's Flute and kidnapped Flynn in the process, in what turned out to be one fascinating episode with some pretty hefty ramifications for the rest of the season and for Flynn and Eve.

Flynn as it turns out has been kidnapped by a strange and confused man named Ray who happens to know a lot about the Librarians, but not much else. He is a man without any memory of who or what he is, he just knows he needs Flynn to help him get it back. Along the way, Flynn makes a startling discovery as to why Ray cannot remember anything and why artifacts appear out of thin air and end up  in his possession...Ray is the physical manifestation of the Library, ripped from the safety of it when everything was restored late in season one, but without his memory, Ray cannot return to where he belongs so the two of them set out to restore Ray's memory by way of finding an ancient staff.

But as they search for it, things take a scary turn for the rest of the group. During their own search and rescue mission for Flynn the Librarians find some of the missing artifacts and run into Moriarty in the process and during their escape Eve is left behind to deal with him since the Library is running out of magic to produce for one simple reason...without the physical manifestation that is Ray, the Library is dying. It forces Eve and Moriarty to become partners for a little while as they join in the hunt to find Flynn as well while the Librarians do their best to keep the Library going. Thankfully Flynn and Ray find the staff they seek but the power it possesses is too much for Ray to handle and when Moriarty and Eve arrive, it's up to the fictional villain to grab the staff to save Ray and there is a price after all for dealing with evil...since he makes off with the staff that will no doubt be in Prospero's hands in no time. 

But the good news is, the Library is saved and not a moment too soon because we learned an interesting fact about the Library, it essentially feeds on the energy of magic and all the items surrounding it and well, had the lights completely gone out Jenkins was prepared to sacrifice himself to make sure it had just enough life force to keep it going. But despite the Library being saved, it was in many ways a pyrrhic victory. Prospero has a staff and Flynn...well Flynn still cannot work with a team which is unfortunate because when they work together the Librarians are unstoppable. It's simply a matter of when Flynn will learn this and he needs to hurry because clearly, Eve isn't having much more of it. Either way things are going to get a lot more interesting now since Prospero has another important piece of the puzzle to complete his evil plan...

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