Damn I forgot how cheap the CGI was on this series.
But we’re definitely building up a whole lot of epic
confrontation with Apep still running around. Which is why, with the help of an
apocalyptic dream, Flynn decides they have to find Charlene
Remember Charlene? She was there right from the beginning
of the series, from the films itself. The accountant and secretary of the library.
Yes that seems a little odd that she would be the key to saving the world
Well, when they find Charlene – aside here. Can we not
play “girl power” because Charlene has used some artefact to mind control
several hot men of colour into becoming her objectified meat puppets. Swapping
the gender on the rapeyness doesn’t make rapeyness good – can we not. Apep
shows up to murder everyone and run off with Charlene
This freaks out Flynn and Jenkins and everyone asks,
again, why Charlene is so important… well it turns out the accountant is a
Guardian. Not a Guardian – she’s the Guardian. The First Guardian alongside the
now gone Judd, the first Librarian. This is pretty epic in the first place, but
later Jenkins reveals an extra reason why Charlene is essential. Way back
centuries ago when Apep was first on his evil rampage (so presumably back in
Ancient Egypt) he did manage to unleash the ultimate evil of badness.. This was
bad
But Charlene and Judd managed to put all the evil back.
But they forget to leave notes on how to do this. Librarians didn’t leave
notes. Seriously Librarians. Seriously, you didn’t think to catalogue or this
or something?
Since Judd is missing that means The Guardian is only one
who knows this information
So there follows lots of risky meddling with Jenkin’s inventions (he disapproves) to try and track down Gloria. They get separated with Jenkins and Eve walking through the woods in Canada and being totally taken in by Apep pretending to be a super nice security guard (they live because Jenkins is immortal and that’s super useful).
The rest of the gang is sucked into a science-type-place
(I’m totally not even going to pretend to understand this collider or its dubious
portal creating abilities) full of security and science type people who, at the
same time, are surprisingly trusting of these random people who just drop in
among them. Yeah, I know part of this is a joke to prove that Flynn can make
the whole “I’m a Librarian” line when Jake continually fails at it, but still
So this place has been overwhelmed by werewolves because
Apep arrived, possessed someone, apparently killed Charlene with possession
(necessary to get round that whole pesky immortality thing) and unleash Anubis
who has had all of his mythology stripped from him and turned into Alpha
Werewolf. Also the CGI is awful
Flynn despairs, over Charlene and when he thinks he has
utter proof of her demise he pretty much collapses into a depressed heap because
she’s dead and he’s the worst person ever who kills people and woe they may as
well all die in a big explosion to kill all the werewolves as one of the extras
decides is best
Honestly, that extra was brave and noble and correct
given the information he was working with. Respect to you pointless extra whose
name I didn’t bother to remember – you were wrong but with the best of intentions.
Librarians doesn’t deal with sadness in any length of
time so one quick speech from Jake has Flynn in action again, charging around
with a genius plot that will banish Anubis and Apep back to the portal of Bad
CGI
This episode is very much all about Flynn – not so much
about him, but to lay out the plot, remind us of his relationship with Eve,
remind us he’s in charge and awesome and takes ridiculous risks which work out
and can even sell the whole “we’re Librarians” line – basically he takes what
the team does, turns it up to 11, throws in the emotional stability of a
gyroscope on crack, throws some excellent world building about the awesome
Charlene (who isn’t dead, by the way).
What I like about this is it’s just a prequel to Flynn
leaving again – he has decided to make it his main mission to find Charlene
while everyone else… doesn’t? Despite already covering the fact that she is
literally the key to stop the world ending? Ok. Anyway it’s so Flynn can say
goodbye to Eve again to stop them settling into a romance and so Flynn doesn’t
dominate the plot. As I’ve said repeatedly over and over again, while I don’t
dislike Flynn, I prefer The Librarians
when we have them as a team rather than them being the backing group to Flynn.
So I’m all for this whole episode where Flynn shows off his awesome because it’s his goodbye, and really an explanation for why he’s not going to be around for a while
We also have a great moment from Ezekiel, with him being
noble, skilled, brave and self-sacrificing. It’s important for this character
because he is the rogue, he is the often selfish one snarking at the background
and making jokes in serious situations and generally not involving himself in
any real nuanced or difficult conversations. I think the writers recognise this
because this is the second time where a major part of an episode has been to
highlight Ezekiel’s underlying nobility.
