Just started watching the first few episodes of a show called Haven. Not sure if any of you have heard of it? It wasn't my intended pick, as I went on to Netflix to start watching either Almost Human or Justified, but then this show was listed as a top pick for me so I decided to check it out. So far, it feels like a lesser version of a lot of shows I like, almost an amalgamation of Lost, Fringe, X-Files, Gilmore Girls (for the small town feel), Supernatural and maybe a little Persons Unknown thrown in for flavor. I looked it up and it airs on the SyFy Channel, which I don't think I have seen anything from before. That is, if they do other original programming, I don't think I've heard of it, but these days it seems almost every station is starting to do original programming, which I think is very cool. Diversity and imagination is good for television! The first few episodes that I've watched have a "monster of the week" feel to them but there are hints that the show may go for a larger arc that may be interesting. I like the main character, a blonde female FBI agent, but she is no Ana Torv. Something about the characters so far has not drawn me in. I don't know what it is, but it doesn't have the quirkiness and immediate draw that most of the other shows I listed above had for me. The main guy so far seems so bland that I find myself forgetting about him and I don't think I'd recognize him if he was in anything else. My initial take is if they had found a better male lead, this show might have grabbed me right away. Anyway, I think I will give this show that I have never heard of a try until it loses my interest or I determine I don't like it. Maybe neither of those things will happen. The other series will be there when I need a new one but for today, I think it's fun to have found a potential series to be interested in that yesterday I didn't know existed.
