The Librarians: The Next Chapter Sneak Peek: Jacob Stone Teaches the New Team a Magic Lesson (Exclusive)
TNT opens The Librarians: The Next Chapter this Sunday with an important lesson about magic, delivered by none other than Jacob Stone of the original series, as seen in TVLine's exclusive sneak peek above.
A spinoff of the mid-2010s TNT drama The Librarians — which itself was an offshoot of series of made-for-TV movies led by Noah Wyle (ER, The Pitt) — The Next Chapter centers on Vikram Chamberlin (Jamestown's Callum McGowan), a 'Librarian' from from the year 1847 who time-travels to the present and finds himself stuck here. When he returns to his castle, which is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. He in turn is given a new team to help him clean up the mess he made, forming a new collection of Librarians.
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Dealing with magic, as Once Upon a Time's Rumpelstiltskin often told us, always comes with a price — which Christian Kane's Jacob makes clear in the clip above, upon learning that Vikram and his newly formed team of Librarians have let loose a drekavac.
The Next Chapter cast also includes Olivia Morris (Hotel Portofino) as scientist Lysa Pascal, Bluey Robinson (Britannia) as historian Connor Green, and Jessica Green (The Outpost) as Charlie Cornwall aka the Guardian.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter launched with a two-night premiere event starting this Sunday, May 25, following TNT's NBA Playoffs coverage. The second episode will air Monday, May 26, following TNT's NHL Playoffs coverage, and subsequent episodes will continue to air on Monday nights.
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