"The Librarians" Recap: "And the Infernal Contract"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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When it comes to The Librarians, we have seen our intrepid band of heroes meet some incredible people over the last couple of years. Some of them have been super awesome, like say, Santa Claus. Others have been less than savory people, but in all of their travels through the world of magic, they've never quite met someone that was pure evil...until now. 

After all, there really is no way to put the Devil in good light what so ever and on this week's episode of the show, that's exactly who they met, the Devil...or at least someone who was more than happy to take on that title as they essentially fought for their souls and the souls of others in another wonderful episode.  This go round the team was called to a tiny town where an intern had gone missing. Eve as it turns out was already in town to help out Sam Denning, a former friend she served in the military with now running for Mayor of this little berg and it was his intern that was now missing.

The good news turned out to be that her absence was brief. The bad news is...when she returns, she comes back dead and as the authorities investigate Sam, the Librarians begin to dig into the strange Sigul present near her corpse. As it turns out the symbol represents that of a Devil, one that they realize has been working with the Keating family, the exact namesake currently running against Sam for Mayor as well. They determine that a contract has been put in place and the Executor of the contract, or Devil if you will, works at the whim of the contract, which is more than happy to provide the person who signs it their wildest dreams...all for the price of a disaster and the sacrifice of human life. 

It leads to a hunt for the contract, one that actually goes better than expected as Jenkins finally leaves the Annex and comes out into the field for a change, before everything goes terribly wrong and Sam decides to put his name on the paper instead to finally do some good in his mind. But as it turns out, the sacrifice this go round will be brutal and it takes all of the gang to put together a plan to foil the contract and well, it almost costs Ezekiel, Jake and Cassandra their lives and souls as the Executor does his best to tempt them. But quick thinking from Eve is what saves the day and she is able to not only foil the Executor, but make him human in the process and void the contract from ever being used again.

This was an episode that I was looking forward to for a couple of reasons. First and foremost it was directed by Jonathan Frakes, a boyhood hero of mine and outstanding director to say the least and John de Lancie, Q himself from Star Trek: The Next Generation guest starred as the contract's Executor and well, he was outstanding in the role to say the least. Another thing I also enjoyed about this episode, was the expanded role of Jenkins. It was great to see him in the field, working alongside the team and he had plenty of scene stealing moments because of it and he also had the show's most powerful moment when he explained Eve's purpose as the Guardian and how it was up to her to save the Librarians souls. It was a strong ending to a strong episode and I can't wait to see what wonders await us come next week.

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