Welcome to the library in this first trailer for THE LIBRARIANS

There’s a gap in television these days, that hasn’t really been filled in. It’s the kind of gap that TV shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel and Reaper used to fill. I’m talking magic, adventures and a gang of misfits battling these threats. TV shows along those lines have been few and far between. But maybe The Librarians can reignite that spark.

Here’s the synopsis for the show. Which requires a comfy chair, a mug if your favourite hot beverage and some dedicated reading. Please do be quiet.

The Librarians centers on an ancient organization hidden beneath the Metropolitan Public Library dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden all around. This group solves impossible mysteries, fights supernatural threats and recovers powerful artifacts from around the world. Among the artifacts housed in the Library are the Ark of the Covenant, the Spear of Destiny, the Judas Chalice and Excalibur, to name a few. Only a person with special skills could be responsible for collecting and protecting these artifacts, and more importantly, for preventing them from falling into the wrong hands.

For the past 10 years, Flynn Carsen (Wyle) has served as the Librarian. Prior to taking the job, he was a bookish nerd with 22 academic degrees and absolutely no social skills. As Librarian, however, he managed to use his extraordinary knowledge, successfully recovering ancient artifacts and, in the process, saving the world from unspeakable evil on more than one occasion. Over the last decade he’s gone from bookworm to dashing swashbuckler, one of the secret heroes of the hidden world.

As great as Flynn is, the job of Librarian has become more than one person can handle. To aid him in his duties, the Library has recruited four people from around the world to defend the Library from dark magic, including Eve Baird (Romijn), a highly skilled counter-terrorism agent who is responsible for protecting the group and keeping them all alive; Jacob Stone (Kane), an Oklahoma oil worker with an IQ of 190 and an encyclopedic knowledge of art history; Cassandra Cillian (Booth), a quirky young woman with the special gift of auditory and sensory hallucinations linked to memory retrieval, known as synesthesia; and Ezekiel Jones (Kim), a master of new technologies and aficionado of old classic crimes who enjoys playing the role of international man of mystery who has sticky fingers.

Overseeing the new team of Librarians is the somewhat cantankerous Jenkins (Larroquette), an expert in ancient lore who has been working out of the Library’s branch office for longer than anyone knows. Together, they must tangle with many adversaries, chief of whom is the Serpent Brotherhood, an ancient cult led by the mysterious immortal Dulaque (Matt Frewer).

I kinda dig the idea behind the series. Once you get past the first few grating seconds and terrible CGI, there’s some decent charm at work here, with a cast that actually looks pretty fun. The show stars Noah Wyle Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth, John Kim and John Larroquette. It arrives in December.

SHHH!

Last Updated: November 5, 2014