THE LIBRARIANS: THE NEXT CHAPTER Recap: (S01E08) And the Hangover From Hell

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08-07-2025

Even the best teams run into challenges when the outside world pushes in with 'real life' demands and relationships. For The Librarians: The Next Chapter , they've been living on borrowed time. Since Vikram (Callum McGowan) burst onto the scene from his time bubble and unleashed the magic well on the world, they've been scrambling to retrieve and contain artifacts and deities. For Lysa (Olivia Morris) and Connor (Bluey Robinson), this means they've put their lives on hold.
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In the previous episode of The Librarians: The Next Chapter , we learned about the life and community Connor left behind to join the Library. Lysa's life before the Annex included launching an IPO for her company. Her goal to develop multi-dimensional predictive algorithms with quantum computing has been treading water while she's been cavorting with Cupid and getting her clothes eaten by a demon moth. Image Credit: Aleksandar Letic
In 'And the Hangover From Hell,' we meet her best friend, Suki (Daniela Norman), when she flies in for an impromptu bachelorette party. Things go awry, and they wake up the next morning, sporting various injuries and with no idea what happened. Each of them recounts what they can remember. What elevates this simple perspective exercise from solid to sublime is the narrative use of various genres to actualize the memories. So. Much. Fun. At the same time, a sneaky long-arc plot thread weaves its way through the background. Wow, do I ever love this episode. The Librarians: The Next Chapter, 'And the Hangover From Hell'
A woman's laugh rings out and echoes through a house's large empty foyer. Vikram stumbles out of an upstairs doorway. He shakes his head to clear it and slowly makes his way down the corridor. The woman's voice states, 'There's nothing you can do!' and laughs again, just as Charlie (Jessica Green), Connor, and Lysa appear out of nowhere and tumble down the stairs. Vikram rushes to the railing. He turns and his eyes widen as the woman tells him, 'You're too late, Librarian,' and a burst of magical force shoves him through the railing and to the foyer floor below.
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Vikram revives first. Holding his head in pain, he crawls to Charlie's body. She wakes up and realizes her shoulder is dislocated. A distance away, Connor and Lysa sit up. Connor can't remember anything and says he feels like a truck ran him over. Charlie points out that he has an icicle sticking out of his leg. Vikram ties a makeshift tourniquet around Connor's thigh.
Everyone finds a seat on the couches. Lysa reminds them that they were at her best friend Suki's bachelorette party. No one remembers this. The Night Before
Wavy wipe to a flashback. The team prepares a chateau that Lysa rented for her friend's bachelorette party. Because all of Suki's friends' flights got canceled, they will also be Suki's backup guests. Lysa is practically giddy with excitement. When Suki arrives, she and Lysa greet each other with squeals and a secret handshake. Suki wonders why they aren't staying at Lysa's castle. Lysa tells her they have the whole chateau to themselves, and her friends will stand in for Suki's missing guests. Suki comments that since Lysa has told her nothing about them, she'll have the whole evening to get to know them. The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Aleksandar Letic
Back in the foyer, Lysa insists the party went well until the ice sculpture shattered. Lysa says her memory's a blank after that until she fell down the stairs.
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Vikram interjects, stating that despite his memory being far superior to theirs, he cannot remember what happened either. Charlie remembers him drinking too many cocktails at the party. He insists he does not black out from drinking. It must have been a spell. Lysa suddenly realizes Suki's not there. She runs up the stairs to the double doors to rescue her friend. Vikram follows and points out that they need to know what they're facing before rushing into the room with whatever tried to kill them. Charlie's Version
Regrouping, Vikram invites them to tell him what they can remember. Charlie starts. Flashback: Everyone's in the photo booth, and everything's in black and white. The music is classic film noir jazz. When she takes Suki's luggage up to her room, Charlie overhears Suki on the phone saying she'll need to convince Lysa to sell the castle. She goes to find Lysa and discovers the band setting up for the night. It's Gregor's Hammer (last seen on the season premiere, 'And the Deadly Drekavac'). The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Courtesy of TNT
Suki arrives and berates the party planner, Viola (Emma Gojkovic), for not hiring a DJ like she asked. In the next room, Connor and one of the band members teach Vikram about cocktails like Fuzzy Navels. Charlie comes in and tells Vikram and Connor what she overheard. She's intent on catching Suki in a lie.
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Lysa tries to convince Suki to give her friends a chance. With Charlie listening in, Suki badmouths them all. Back in the party room, the band with Vikram on vocals is definitely not to Suki's taste. When the bartender slips and triggers the confetti shower that wasn't supposed to happen until midnight, Suki flips her lid. Connor and Charlie try to reason with her. Suki calls them all losers and walks away. Suki's Lie
Charlie checks the flight information for Belgrade. All flights arrived on time. To get close enough to figure out Suki's motive, Charlie brings a round of shots over as a peace offering. She takes a photo of Lysa and Suki, then sneaks off with Suki's phone, making the excuse she's going to get cocktails. The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Courtesy of TNT
Charlie goes through Suki's phone and discovers that Suki didn't invite anyone except Lysa to her bachelorette party. Finding a listing for the castle, she concludes that Suki's trying to make Lysa sell the castle to her. Charlie pulls Suki away from yelling at the band to talk in the photo booth. After booting Viola out, Charlie confronts Suki about her lies. Suki accuses Charlie of changing Lysa and taking her away from her home, job, and friend (singular). Leaving the booth, Charlie turns as she's walking away, declaring Suki to be a liar. She slips, and the ice sculpture crashes to the ground. Connor's Version
In the foyer, Connor states that he knocked over the ice sculpture, not Charlie. He says he knocked it over because he was rushing to tell Lysa that Suki was using a magical artifact. When Vikram asks where the artifact is now, Connor realizes it fell when he knocked over the sculpture. He wants to tell his story.
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Flashback: He's dressed in a tuxedo in the photo booth, and James Bond-esque music plays in the background. Suki flirts with him. Connor notices her engagement ring. Everyone else crowds into the photo booth. Suki tells Lysa she needs to put the ring somewhere safe.
In the foyer, Vikram welcomes Gregor's Hammer and comments that Winslow (Aleksa Samardžić) looks different. Winslow, wearing a pair of round spectacles, has nothing to say. The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Aleksandar Letic
At the bar, Vikram's sucking back a mega-sized Long Island Iced Tea, while Charlie asks why Suki thinks she can buy the castle. Connor watches Suki order Lysa to do a choreographed dance and concludes that Lysa is under the control of mind magic. After the confetti incident, he brainstorms with Vikram and realizes Suki's ring must be the magical artifact. He steals the ring from the safe and runs to the party room to tell Lysa. Tripping on the rug, he knocks over the ice sculpture and drops the ring.
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In the foyer, Lysa refutes Connor's story as she was the one who knocked over the ice sculpture. It happened just as she was going to tell them she had decided to leave the Library. Connor and Charlie immediately accuse Suki of manipulating Lysa into this decision. Vikram stands up and calls for quiet. He invites Lysa to tell her story. The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Courtesy of TNT
Flashback to the group picture in the photo booth. Lysa says Vikram was the only one trying to have a good time. When she and Suki run through their dance together, Suki sees the others hanging out together by the bar. Lysa tells Viola to have the others start participating. Alone with Suki, she reassures her friend that the team just needs time to warm up.
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When the confetti incident occurs, Suki tries to blow it off as not a big deal, but Lysa can see that she's upset. Suki tells her that things have been hard at home without Lysa there. When Charlie takes Suki's phone to go get cocktails, Suki takes Lysa to her room, where she shows her the 'Best Friends Forever' dual necklace they wore when they were younger. She asks Lysa if she'll be coming home soon, pointing out she spent her whole life trying to get the company up and running, only to leave it (and Suki) behind for this new job. Lysa agrees that it's time she came home. The Truth About Suki
In the foyer, Lysa tells them that she's Suki's only friend, which is why she was the only person on the guest list. Suki's ring isn't anything special, just a cheap, cracked ring. And Suki can't afford to buy the castle. She wants to sell it on Lysa's behalf because her real estate business is failing. The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Courtesy of TNT
She says when she went back to the party room to tell the team about her decision, she slipped on the confetti on the ground and broke the ice sculpture. Vikram points out that they couldn't have all knocked the sculpture over. He pulls another in a long series of cocktail umbrellas out of his clothes and tosses it to Lysa. She smells valerian root on it. It's a sleeping drug that Suki takes. When Connor accuses Suki of drugging Vikram, Vikram recalls that it was Viola, not Suki, who gave him his last cocktail.
This solves the puzzle. Vikram realizes they are dealing with an Ice Vila, an entity that feeds on hatred. They corrupt their target and consume their soul through self-loathing. As Viola, she caused the incidents that ruined the evening and fed the team's dislike of Suki until it became hatred.
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Flashback: After Vikram falls asleep from the drugged drink, Viola walks out to the party room where Charlie and Connor meet up with Lysa, accusing Suki of lying and using magic. Lysa refuses to believe them. Suki's been her BFF since they were fifteen. Lysa's arguing with Connor and Charlie. She says if she has to choose between Suki and the Library, she'll always choose Suki. When no one at school showed up for her birthday party, Suki came. The Librarians: The Next Chapter – Image Credit: Courtesy of TNT The Truth
Just as Lysa's about to storm out, Viola plays a projection of a video of Charlie confronting Suki in the photo booth. It continues past Charlie's retelling and reveals that Suki sabotaged Lysa's friendships in school. Lysa turns against Suki, and Suki admits she's been a terrible friend and is a bad person. This completes Viola's spell. The ice sculpture glows, and Viola transforms into her Vila persona. She shatters the ice sculpture, claiming Suki's soul for herself.
The ring disintegrates into a white gas and freezes Suki's feet to the ground. Vikram stumbles out of the bar into the corridor. This brings us to the opening scenes of the episode. Family By Choice
The team confronts Viola. Suki's nearly completely frozen by the spell. Lysa offers herself in Suki's place. Despite the lies, Suki was her only family when her parents died. Viola agrees to the exchange. Vikram then offers himself as well, pointing out that Lysa is his family by choice, just as Suki is hers. Charlie and Conner both step up, and Suki offers herself for Connor, completing the circle and protecting everyone.
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With no one's soul to take, Viola's spell turns on her. She freezes, then shatters, trapped back in the ring. Suki and Lysa reconcile, with Suki agreeing that her team members are good people. Suki leaves, and the others start cleaning up from the party. The doorbell chimes. Vikram goes to answer it. Connor and Charlie apologize to Lysa for targeting Suki. They agree that they'll need a plan for the future since the six months Jacob Stone (Christian Kane) gave them are nearly up.
Vikram returns with Winslow from the band, who left his glasses behind. He grabs them. Vikram realizes that's what looked different about him. They bid farewell. At home, Winslow pops a lens from the glasses out and sets it back in the scrying glass handle. Holding it up to the picture of General Gregor (Adnan Haskovic), it brings Gregor to life so Winslow can converse with him. By watching everything through the scrying glass lens, Gregor learned everything he needs to strike back at Vikram. Gregor asks Winslow if he's ready to help him crossover from the time prison to the real world. Winslow considers it 'metal.'
New episodes of The Librarians: The Next Chapter air on TNT on Mondays at 9 pm ET.
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