I see a lot of putrid reviews here, in spite of the fact that the TV ratings made The Librarians the most watched cable show debut in 2014, & the hundreds of votes that give it an IMDb rating of 8.6, so I'm guessing the posters who's reviews denigrate the premiere were expecting something else than what we got: An introduction to the world of The Library and those who will care for it...and humanity at large.
As a huge fan of Leverage, which was created by the same team at Dean Devlin's Electric Entertainment, including John Rogers and their dynamic crew, the two-part premiere gave me just what I wanted - and expected.
The birth of any show requires a lot of "pipe" (exposition) as all the characters have to be introduced, the basic storyline(s) laid out, and the world the characters live in has to be defined.
I found the new characters to be very interesting, and my four teenagers have already fallen in love with Lindy's Cassandra, mostly because they are fascinated at how a synesthete can survive real life. I found Rebecca Romijn's Eve Baird to be the least fleshed out of the leads; she didn't have enough to do that define her strengths and weaknesses, but given Devlin & Rodgers' recent track record I'm confident we'll learn more and more backstory as each new episode unfolds.
Can this show reach the heights that Leverage did? That remains to be seen, but it certainly started in a good place.
As a huge fan of Leverage, which was created by the same team at Dean Devlin's Electric Entertainment, including John Rogers and their dynamic crew, the two-part premiere gave me just what I wanted - and expected.
The birth of any show requires a lot of "pipe" (exposition) as all the characters have to be introduced, the basic storyline(s) laid out, and the world the characters live in has to be defined.
I found the new characters to be very interesting, and my four teenagers have already fallen in love with Lindy's Cassandra, mostly because they are fascinated at how a synesthete can survive real life. I found Rebecca Romijn's Eve Baird to be the least fleshed out of the leads; she didn't have enough to do that define her strengths and weaknesses, but given Devlin & Rodgers' recent track record I'm confident we'll learn more and more backstory as each new episode unfolds.
Can this show reach the heights that Leverage did? That remains to be seen, but it certainly started in a good place.
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