The Librarians: Season One Review

I always love it when a television show completely catches me by surprise and sucks me in and it's a feeling I haven't enjoyed for some time, that is until TNT decided to bring forth The Librarians. Yes, this wonderful little show caught me completely by surprise, and now that I have had time to digest the first year of this incredible show, it's time to sit down and talk about season one as a whole.

The Good: Well, let's just get right down to it, there is too much awesome from this inaugural season of the show to discuss in one single blog post. From the moment the show kicked off, we were treated to a sense of adventure and fun that I currently don't see elsewhere on television right now and that was one reason to tune in week after week, the chance to live a new adventure with some unique and exciting characters, there's simply no way you could turn that down.  Speaking of the characters, that's honestly what made season one as magical as it could be.

The casting for this season was spot on, and each character brought something unique and exciting to the table and well, I really like how the show is developing these new Librarians.  We were thrust into the mix with them from the get go, unsure of who they were or would be yet we trusted them, even Cassandra once we understood the desperation of her betrayal and of course, she redeemed herself. But as the show went on we learned more about them, another fine example is how much we learned about Jake in "And the City of Light" and that's a brilliant way to keep the audience hooked.  

We also have to take a moment and talk about the awesomeness that is Jenkins. John Larroquette is simply a television legend and well, he plays Jenkins to a tee, especially since it is becoming clear that this character holds a bigger purpose to the plot than any of us realize. Plus, he's a freaking knight of the round table, how awesome is that?  In fact he ties into my last point about what made season one so great...the fact that everything is connected. Every detail comes back at some point or another and it's just so rare to see that anymore, kudos to the show for pulling that off.

The Bad: My only complaint is that the season wasn't longer. It simply flew by and I'm sincerely hoping the next season of this show gets a much longer run than ten episodes.  

The Verdict: TNT has pure gold on its hands here. Will you find social commentary or deeper meaning here? Nope and that's not a bad thing. This show is all about fun, adventure and giving you an hour to just sit back and enjoy yourself and I certainly hope we get more of this incredible adventure soon, because if this is how season one turned out, season two should be nothing short of amazing. 

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