The Librarians Recap: "And the City of Light"/"And the Loom of Fate"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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It was another glorious two hours of The Librarians the other night on TNT but also a bittersweet set of episodes as well. For you see, this event served as the season one finale for the show and well...I want more. In fact that's always the mark of a good story, it always leaves you wanting more, but while the season may be over, we will have much to talk about when it comes to this show. After all, some questions were answered and new ones came to light and quite possibly the best episodes of the season were on display this week.

The Librarians and the City of Light
First and foremost, this has to be my favorite episode of the season simply because of the fact it's so remarkably different from anything the show has done. This was a far more somber episode when it came to the predicament the town was in and well...this is the first time the show really dug in and dealt with science and technology. After all the Tesla twist was nothing short of incredible and I loved how seamlessly the magical world of the Librarians and the science of our world came together.  I was also a huge fan of learning so much about Jacob and the man he is.  It's rare to see a character like his that is so loyal and willing to sacrifice so much for a greater good at any given time. It makes the last few minutes of the show satisfying on so many levels, specifically how his loyalty ended up benefitting him at last. 

Yet this is also the first episode of the show this year that didn't treat us with a happy ending, and I thought that was a brilliant stroke. I'm not saying the show needs to go super dark, but moments of levity like this, where despite their best efforts, bad things can still happen. I loved the fact there was uncertainty going into their plan, and well, I guess we got our glimmer of hope with Jenkins' plan to make sure a new capacitor is made at some point.  But the bottom line, this was an episode filled to the brim with rich character development and the show's grittiest tale to date, I loved it.  

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The Librarians and the Loom of Fate 
You have to love it when everything comes together, and this episode delivered through and through on that. The return of Flynn, the fact that every little twist and turn artifact wise all came together in a giant payoff in an episode filled with ridiculous amounts of fun. It turns out Dulaque has been obsessed with going back and fixing history so Camelot never fell and is willing to destroy all of time and space to be there.  Of course, Eve won't let that happen and is sent spinning into different timelines to find a Flynn that was never the Librarian, a Jacob that took his place, a Cassandra that is revered in a world destroyed and an Ezekiel that ends up being the world's most famous Librarian.  

Now the first thing I caught in this episode that I loved...the Evil Dead homage for the Ezekiel timeline, with "Deadites" everywhere and his Army of Darkness look, but the fun didn't end there. It was neat to see everyone outside of Eve play a different version of themselves. But, at last we found out who Jenkins was, Sir Galahad, which it was awesome to finally get an answer, but more mysteries about him came to pass. Jenkins seemed to know this was coming, and his role when it comes to fate and the Librarians as a whole is now in question, in a good way, since now we have to know why Jenkins settled in at the Annex, why he is helping the Librarians when he could have gone the path of Dulaque and Morgan...hopefully we get the chance to find out, as we wait with baited breath for a season two.  Either way, season one was an incredible ride, and I'll be missing this show in the weeks to come. 

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