Christian Kane

The Librarians (2014-?)

THe Librarians

The Librarians (2014-?)

Network:

TNT

Starring:

John Larroquette

Rebecca Romijn

Christian Kane

Plot:

A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts.

Review:

The Librarian is like a poor man’s Indiana Jones and I have to say I love it. It’s a mixture of magic, history, science, and intellect. Yes I know it’s all made up and I’m sure they get things wrong, but it encourages thinking instead of going in guns blazing. The hero is a librarian that solves problems with his mind but can also kick butt.

I’m really curious to see how this series develops since Noah Wyle is not going to be in every episode.

The first episode set up the series, the new librarians are going to be dealing with the effects of the released magic, and I thought it was pretty good. On par with the movies so far. The second half (second episode?) wasn’t quite as good as the first but it was still enjoyable.

I love the fact that John Larroquette is a new character, that it wasn’t just a bunch of young geniuses added to the universe. I’m excited about this show and I thought the pilot was pretty good.

Leverage (2008-2012)

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Network:

TNT

Starring:

Timothy Hutton

Gina Bellman

Aldis Hodge

Christian Kane

Beth Riesgraf

Plot:

A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.

Review:

I recently binge watched all of the seasons of Leverage. It took me longer than pre-baby but oh well.

The first four seasons were lacking in any kind of character development, but the heist of a week wasn’t a bad deal. Really the only development was with Nate, Timothy Hutton’s character, and it wasn’t forward development. Poor Parker, Beth Riesgraf, didn’t grow at all and then in the fifth season she became an almost different person.

The last season was character development overload. Back story was being learned on Parker and Elliot, Christian Kane, that had never been mentioned before. Parker and Hardison, Aldis Hodge, were definitely dating and there was even PDA. Nate and Sophie, Gina Bellman, were also most certainly in a relationship. It had been alluded to in previous seasons but there was never really anything positive there. She was always trying to get him to stop drinking and he was always trying to drink.

Technically I think it could have ended with season four but I really enjoyed the fact that the characters actually got to stretch out of their molds and grow in season five.

3/5