May 31st's Weekly TV Thoughts

The Librarians: The Next Chapter (Sunday) – Since I liked the original back in the day, I had to give this one a try.  There were lots of fun lines, and I enjoyed the callbacks to the original characters (plus seeing Jake again).  But I’m not as invested in the characters yet.  I realize that’s asking a lot of a pilot, especially since the chemistry of the original team was one thing I liked.  So I’ll give it longer.  I do think there’s potential there.

Lego Masters – I knew this was going to be a non-elimination week.  I’m just surprised they did it so soon.  I don’t think they’ve ever done one where the teams partnered up.  Which makes sense.  How do you penalize for a poor team up?  I know other shows do it, but I’m glad Lego Masters doesn’t.  Some pretty amazing and creative Lego cakes. Not sure any looked delicious to me, but I was impressed at the ideas they came up with.  And we got to know the rest of the teams a bit.

The Librarians: The Next Chapter (Monday) – Not quite as fun as the first episode.  Maybe because the character growth/lessons seemed a bit obvious/predictable.  Still, it was fun.  I wasn’t expecting the ending coming, and it was brilliant.

Destination X – I was excited when I recognized Josh.  That didn’t last long.  I feel sorry for the contestants – a trip around Europe, but they get to see none of it.  I’m not sure how much of what happened was Rick being deceitful or just not knowing where they were.  I’m not sure I’m really hooked yet, but I will keep watching – at least for now.  It is summer with little on, after all.