Small town "troubles"
Imagine a cross between "Twin Peaks" and "Murder She Wrote," set in a quaint Maine town where weird things happen every week.
That's the best description I can come up with for "Haven," a paranormal crime show very loosely adapted from Stephen King's novel "The Colorado Kid." The first season starts off on a rather mediocre note with a string of one-off "troubles," but slowly develops a mysterious arc that grows more intriguing and powerful as time passes.
FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) is sent to the town of Haven to find an escaped murderer... but as soon as she arrives, she finds that the guy is dead... and his death was physically impossible.
Not only does Haven have some bizarre people and strange weather patterns, but Audrey finds that she has a connection to the place -- an old photo with a woman who looks just like her. So she decides to stay in Haven, and partners up with local cop Nathan Wuornos (Lucas Bryan) to solve local crimes while...
Haven, Maine...a paranormal hot spot!
Emily Rose stars as FBI agent Audrey Parker, in Haven (2010) a 13 episode series produced by the Sy Fy Channel, that like The X-Files, contains a strong paranormal element. Very loosely based on the novel "The Colorado Kid" by Steven King, Haven is a program with an atmosphere of mystery, where you are never quite sure what may occur. Woven into the events of various episodes are hints of hidden secrets, and indications that some bigger master plan is in motion. The plot is convoluted, so viewing the episodes in order is highly recommended.
After going through some stressful times, FBI agent Audrey Parker is sent by her boss agent Howard (Maurice Dean Wint), to the town of Haven, Maine, to investigate the death of an escaped prisoner. On the way to Haven she is introduced to "the troubles", weird paranormal forces and events, that the town is known for. The city girl experiences some problems with being accepted by the locals, but manages to affiliate herself with the...
Quirkier Than X-Files
When I first watched Haven I was underwhelmed by the acting. I thought Emily Rose's character Audrey was stiff and uncomfortable in her role as an FBI agent with a mysterious background. And let's face it, when Eric Balfour is in the cast, you can almost bet that the show will be a loser. However, I kept watching week after week, and believe it or not, I came to like these guys, even Balfour's black sheep bar owner who has a strange tie to Audrey that we don't see until the end of the season.
I think I became a fan in the episode where we see Audrey reach out and touch her partner Nathan on the arm and we realize that he can actually feel it by the subtlest flash of emotion on his face. This is where the show began to interest me. We begin to see that there is more to Audrey than even we know.
These characters all have some huge secrets and we as viewers aren't going to know them all at once. The strange incidents that happen in Haven are directly tied to whats...
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