Marcy's medical problems reach a critical point, and two high level travelers appear to reveal a narrative twist that sets up season two nicely. Unfortunately, Marcy's "treatment" comes at a cost, but more than that, the others face some personal dilemmas that they'd previously been able to push off to the side. Episode Grade: A
As Grant MacLaren fights for his life after barely surviving the plane crash, a travelers medical team employs its entire futuristic arsenal to bring him back from the brink. Now that traveler MacLaren possesses some of his host's memories, particularly as they pertain to his relationship with his wife, it remains to be seen how that impacts his connection with Carly. We also air our thoughts about the return of Doctor Who for Series 10 and The Doctor's new companion Bill. Episode Grade: Dave A-...
McLaren's team members each face a confrontation likely to produce a ripple effect down the road, but it's McLaren's impending doom that forces the group into action when the plane he's on crashes killing all on board. Well, except for Congressman Bishop and Kat McLaren. Episode Grade: Dave A+ Wayne A
As the United States anticipates the return of the Robert Kirkman Cinemax series Outcast's second season, Dave goes back to take a look at the pilot episode that aired originally during the summer of 2016. This review originally appeared in print on Den of Geek US , and Dave covered all of season one and will be reviewing the show's current season once it airs in the United States. Dave's Episode Grade: A+...
Having carried out their mission and taken some time to decompress, the team members wonder what their next move will be, all the while coming to terms with the fact that they may simply live out their lives in the 21st century in the bodies of strangers. However, it's the appearance of the latest traveler whose desire to circumvent the program that places everything in jeopardy. Do we believe Donner when he tells us the Director didn't give him enough time to learn how to defuse the bomb? Episo...
Team members must now cope with the very real possibility that they've done what they came to do, and must follow the protocols and live out the lives of their hosts. Carly grows closer to her baby while Maclaren's encounter with his wife appears to have driven a new wedge between the couple. Episode Grade: Dave A Wayne A-
Maclaren's team's mission finally comes into focus as they coordinate with a number of other traveler teams to take a step toward preventing the asteroid Helios 685 from colliding with Earth.We also learn that the future may be as radically different as we'd feared. Episode Grade: Dave A- Wayne A
Marcie, Trevor, Carly, and Philip are kidnapped by unknown forces and interrogated with questions that imply their captor knows their true identities. Left with few clues, MacLaren enlists the aid of fellow traveler Officer Boyd to find and release the members of his team. Was The Director responsible for this hostile, covert action? That remains to be seen. The Protocols: The Rules of Being a Time Traveler Episode Grade: A...
Stargate Universe alum Louis Ferreira guest stars as a traveler in need of McLaren's team's help on a mission gone awry. Rick Hall forces McLaren and the rest of the team to examine the protocols they've been tasked to uphold during their mission to change the past to save the future. In the end, McLaren's decision could have far reaching effects. Episode Grade: A
Still dealing with the guilt related to Steven's overdose death, Philip deviates from the mission and sets out to save individuals slated to die during their stay in 2016. Carly's boyfriend's suspicions increase, but it's unclear whether or not he's made a solid connection between Carly and Marcie. Travelers asks the fundamental questions all good time travel tales must grapple with: how much do we try to change? Episode Grade: A
The travelers first mission involves an antimatter device that might be the genesis of the most destructive LMD the Earth has known. Marcie teases David with her knowledge of a future event, but their identities could be compromised as the nuclear physicist in charge of the program suspects something may not be right. Episode Grade: B+
Five individuals arrive from the future intent on executing a large scale plan to alter the events that led to the apocalyptic world from which they've come. Starring Eric McCormack as FBI agent Grant MacLaren, MacKenzie Porter (Marcy Warton), Nesta Cooper (Carly Shannon), Jared Abrahamson (Trevor Holden), and Reilly Dolman (Philip Pearson), the travelers acclimate themselves to their new bodies and their new surroundings in this 12 episode series that first aired on Showcase in Canada. Episode ...
After making some final comments about the season three finale of The Librarians , Dave and Wayne set out to draft an all-star crew for a ship that will venture out among the stars. Listeners also check in with their choices as eternal arguments are set into motion. The guys each choose a ship, a captain, a pilot or first mate, an engineer or tech genius, a medical officer, an artificial intelligence or android, and a utility crew member. James T. Kirk vs Malcolm Reynolds; The Tardis vs Klingon ...
With the Library under siege by DOSA and Apep, the team is forced to operate outside of the box to successfully prevent the release of pure evil into the world. Employing their new abilities, the young Librarians manage to defeat the roadblocks that have been put into place by an unlikely foe. Episode Grade: A
In Episode 308 Flynn takes Eve to Alaska for a romantic meal while the young Librarians investigate a spa that turns out to be a vampire sanctuary. However, the episode takes a major turn as Cassandra is rushed to a hospital to have her tumor removed and possibly her abilities as well. Episode 309 finds the team visiting Shangri-La, but it's the huge revelation about Eve that pushes everything else into the background as we head towards the season finale. Episode Grades: 308 Dave A Wayne C / 309...
The team goes off to investigate a cult that worships a young woman named Cindy, however, once at her compound, the situation proves a bit more complex. We not only encounter DOSA soldiers preparing to launch a missile, but find that Ezekiel's feeling that he knows Cindy from somewhere reveals a side of him that we've not seen before. The episode provides a glimpse of our obsessive natures and a fascination with reality television. Dave and Wayne also discuss the problems facing viewers of histo...
As The Librarians moves into the back half of its third season, the death of one of the characters continues to loom ominously overhead. Tracking down the Eye of Ra, the artifact that should help prevent the release of pure evil into the world, requires the team to descend into the wormhole popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle. Once there, Noah Wyle's script incorporates elements from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass as Flynn Carsen is forced to examine his own life choices and how t...
Dave and Wayne get together in Studio B to knock out two episodes during their lunch break. In "The Librarians And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy," Eve is marked for death by the Oracle of Delphi, but some quick thinking and a silver compact help her defeat The Reaper in this episode that is bookended with the team in a pizza joint. With two high profile guest stars, "The Librarians And the Tears of a Clown," finds Sean Astin as a heart broken sociopath bent on finding the girl who jilted him at a...
Dave and Wayne discuss the season finale of HBOs Westworld before diving into this week's episode of The Librarians . While Flynn continues his search for Charlene, Stone and Cassandra travel to Sweden to recover a magic crystal. As it turns out, they get caught in the middle of a fight between a group of Frost Giants, and despite his best efforts to prevent it, Stone approves of Cassandra's use of magic to help them return to The Library. Episode Grade: A-
Briefly reunited with Charlene, the team must fight off not only Apep, but also Anubis who has been released via a hole in the space/time continuum. To complicate matters, some of the military personnel working at the super collider facility have been turned into werewolves, but the team rises to the occasion and sends the two villains back through the collider. Additionally, we learn a rather important detail concerning Charlene and her connection to Jenkins and The Library. Episode Grade: Dave...
Now that Prospero has been dispensed, the team moves on to other jobs. Concerned that even though the team appears to be ready, Eve worries that each could be stronger with more training. However, before intensive training can continue, the Librarians, including Flynn, are called to Boston to put down Apep, god of chaos who is trying to unleash pure evil into the world. Dean Devlin talks about the influence of Doctor Who in season three in this article. Episode Grade: B+...
In preparation for the season 3 premiere, Dave and Wayne examine the final three episodes of season two: 208 "The Librarians And the Point of Salvation," 209 "The Librarians And the Happily Ever Afters," and 210 "The Librarians And the Final Curtain." The Prospero and Moriarty story arc finally resolves itself, but we're left wondering what could have been with Eve and Moriarty. Episode Grades: 208 A; 209 A+; 210 A
Our narcissistic preoccupation is examined in an episode that features the fictional character Dorian Grey. Though not a Fictional, he nonetheless presents a formidable foe as it takes the entire to team to erase him from existence. Episode grade: B+
The Librarians find themselves in the middle of a classic Faustian tale, as Eve reunites with a former military buddy who's now running for office after returning to his hometown. In addition to Eve employing a rather ingenious plan to circumvent the devil's compact, we also learn that there's more to her job than even she thought. Co-stars John de Lancie and Michael Trucco highlight the additional cast. Episode Grade: A...
Set against a backdrop whereby Moriarty continues his quest to accumulate magical artifacts for Prospero, Flynn Carsen and the Librarians recognize that they must work smarter in the spirit of cooperation if they are to succeed in keeping the world's magic from running wild. And finally, the mystery of the Library's disconnection is solved, and things begin returning to normal. Episode Grade: Dave A- Wayne B+
It's back to school for the team as they travel to Wexler College to investigate what at first appears to be a simple missing mascot case. However, there's much more to this college than meets the eye, but it's Cassandra's chance meeting with a kindred spirit that highlights the episode. Episode Grade: Dave A- Wayne A
Stone, Jones, and Cassandra follow a Clippings Book lead to Oklahoma and a family reunion of sorts as Jacob must face some personal demons en route to putting a shapeshifter back in confinement. Dave and Wayne also discuss the first episode of HBOs much anticipated series Westworld and give it high marks in all areas. Episode Grade: Dave A Wayne B+
While Jenkins and Eve coordinate from The Library, Flynn and the young Librarians battle Prospero and Moriarty who lead a siege to get to the Heart of the Library and the Tree of Knowledge. Enlisting the aid of additional Fictionals including the Queen of Hearts and Frankenstein's monster, the two are rebuffed before they attain their prize, remain at large by episode's end. Episode Grade: A
The season two premiere finds the introduction of Fictionals as William Shakespeare's Prospero sets out to reclaim the magical powers his author so cruelly stole from him. Enlisting the aid of Sherlock Holmes nemesis, Professor James Moriarty, Prospero's plan gets the attention of the entire team as Flynn and Eve return from their adventures to find the team splintered, each having gone his/her own way. Episode Grade: A
Dave reviews the forthcoming companion novel from TNT's The Librarians . Written by Greg Cox , The Librarians and the Lost Lamp follows Flynn Carsen in 2006 initially in pursuit of a draft of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the young Librarians going to Las Vegas in 2016. Due to be released October 11th, the first of three books captures the essence of the television series as it places our heroes in danger while at the same time provides an opportunity for the shippers to g...
