The Librarians: The Next Chapter is an American fantasyadventure television series that is a direct spin-off of the Librarian film series, sharing continuity with the films and with The Librarians television series. The series stars Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson, and Caroline Loncq.
Callum McGowan as Vikram Chamberlain, the active Librarian of 1847 who is released from a timeless imprisonment in 2025
Olivia Morris as Dr. Lysa Pascal, a mathematician, engineer, and physicist who inherits a castle in Belgrade which hosts an Annex to the Library
Olivia Morris as Anya, General Bogdan Gregor's fiancée and Vikram's lover, who is also Lysa's direct ancestor
Bluey Robinson as Connor Green, a disgraced university professor turned into a video-streaming conspiracy theorist with a large internet following
Jessica Green as Charlie Cornwall, a Guardian candidate who is given a second chance by Jacob Stone and charged with protecting Vikram, Lysa, and Connor
Recurring
Caroline Loncq as Elaine Astolat - the annex's immortal caretaker, later revealed to be a former knight of Camelot
Adnan Haskovic as General Bogdan Gregor (season 1)
Aleksa Samardzic as Winslow Lynch (season 1) - lead member of the heavy metal band, Gregor's Hammer who colludes to free Gregor from a time trap.
Harun Cehovic as Huey, Nedjeljko Popac as Louie, and Ilija Devic as Dewey (season 1) - remaining members of Gregor's Hammer who follow Winslow Lynch.
Lindy Booth (season 2) as Cassandra Cillian,[2] one of the current Librarians who specializes in mathematics and practices magic. She was introduced in The Librarians and officially joined the Library at the same time as Jacob Stone
Production
Development
In May 2023, it was announced that a spinoff of The Librarians was in the works at The CW.[3][4] In August 2024, it was announced that the series was picked up for a two-season order at TNT, with its first season to consist of twelve episodes.[5]Dean Devlin is set as the showrunner of the series and is executive producing alongside Marc Roskin, Rachel Olschan-Wilson, and Noah Wyle.[6] The series is filmed in Serbia with many extras and post production being Serbian.
Casting
In February 2024, it was announced that Jessica Green had joined the cast of The Librarians: The Next Chapter.[7] In March, it was announced Christian Kane would reprise the role of Jacob Stone, and that Callum McGowan, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson, and Caroline Loncq had also joined the cast of the series.[8][9]
Filming
By May 2025, the second season of The Librarians: The Next Chapter had begun filming.[10] The series is filmed on-location in Belgrade, Serbia, with the Military Museum entrance of the Belgrade Fortress serving as the exterior of "Belgrade Castle" where the fictional library is housed, and interiors shot in a Serbian studio.[11]
In 1847 Belgrade, Vikram prevents General Bogdan Gregor from obtaining the Sword of Mars, revealing himself as The Librarian, sworn to safeguard magical artifacts. But using the Scarab of Horus traps Vikram in time, until rescued by the current Librarian Jacob Stone. Vikram, obsessed with returning to his lost love Anya, un-caps the Well of Magic, unleashing a flood into present-day Serbian ley lines. Coincidentally arriving are science prodigy Lysa Pascal, reluctant heir to Belgrade Castle which houses a Library Annex, and historian conspiracy-hunting Spectral Snoops podcaster Connor Green. Through accidental contact, the Stone of Kraljevic summons a dangerous Drekavac spirit, forcing a fight to contain it. Jacob assigns Charlie Cornwall as Vikram's Guardian. Via scrying glass, Vikram tracks the Drekavac to local heavy metal band Gregor's Hammer. Subdued with its own tears, the Drekavac is granted peace, saving its host, Danica Lynch. Magical surges threaten Library stability; Jacob warns, chaos will spread worldwide. Vikram stays in the present to fix his mistake; Connor and Lysa join him as the "next chapter" of Librarians. Anya is revealed as the fiancée of Gregor, who appears ominously after Winslow Lynch picks up Vikram's scrying glass, suggesting more threats to follow.
Mysteriously, a ballerina dances into on-coming traffic, sending her into a coma, with her feet still dancing. At the Annex, new librarians Lysa and Connor meet caretaker Elaine Astolat, who reveals the extent of magic now loose in the world after Vikram tampered with the magical well. Investigating the strange ballet incident, the team discovers the ballerina was cursed and that a dark force is affecting the entire ballet company. Suspicion falls on Dame Anna, the theatre director, as bizarre incidents escalate—like dancers' shoes catching fire mid-rehearsal. Clues lead the team to a magical "dance tree," and its resin, used to control dancers and drain their vitality. The culprit is revealed to be Lady Midday, a youth-stealing witch—who is, in fact, Dame Anna. She plans to hijack the ballet's performance of Giselle to steal the essence of the audience and regain her youth. During the final performance, Anna nearly succeeds, but Vikram secretly sabotages the music's tempo, breaking her spell. She crumbles to dust, the threat ends, and the audience applauds, unaware of the real danger. Back at the Annex, the team reflects on their success. Despite continued bickering, Connor and Lysa are learning to work together.
Vikram reviews recent history; Connor and Lysa surprise him with a computer. Charlie stays to bond with Lysa, while Connor and Vikram use the Magic Door. A frozen time sprite transports them onto a spectral locomotive stuck in a 1970s time loop. Gradually, by viewing various moments, they discover Caucaslyvia's king Kavod was killed by British agent Ava Ryba, alias Bella Goodridge, who was trading the Scythe of Time (which allows communication with one's past self) to free her lover Nikolai, Kavod's body double; but Kavod had first mortally shot Nikolai. Charlie and Lysa bring the elderly Bella onboard where she reverts to her younger self. Bella retrieves the scythe, but Kavod takes possession, wielding it to control Bella, Vikram and Connor. Vikram briefly touches it, sending a message to his past self to retrieve the mystical Nectar of Niobe to free the time sprite, who then defeats Kavod, breaking the loop. Bella finds peace with a dying Nikolai before the train stops, and she reverts to old age. Connor encourages Vikram to open up about his dislocation in time and the pain of being separated from Anya. Vikram secretly keeps the Scythe of Time, foreshadowing future consequences.
4
"And the Thief of Love"
Nemanja Ćipranić
Rebecca Rosenberg
June9,2025(2025-06-09)
N/A
A woman with a bow robs a Paris bank, shooting magic arrows that turn customers and employees into infatuated lovers. Vikram, intrigued by the artifact's emotional power, hopes it might reconnect him to Anya. The team seeks out the mythological Cupid who enchanted the arrows. Now a jaded, retired deity, disillusioned by modern dating apps, Cupid reveals he buried his arrows, but doesn't recall where. Using magic detection, the librarians trace the magic to an underground cache linked to Marie, who was wronged by her wealthy ex-employer, Guy LeRoy. Marie has been using the arrows to exact revenge on Guy, who fired her after she refused his advances. With Vikram struck by one of the arrows, he falls under Marie's influence and joins her scheme to unleash mass infatuation at the Paris Museum, masking an artifact heist. To free Vikram, Charlie brings him to Anya's grave, breaking the spell. Cupid returns to intervene, reclaims his arrows, and stops the theft. Marie, however, isn't all wrong—she reveals Guy's corruption via documents from the bank. Cupid offers poetic justice by hitting Guy with a love arrow just as investigators arrive, leading him to blurt out his crimes in front of authorities.
The Librarians struggle to remember how they were thrown off a stairway balcony after a bachelorette party for Lysa's high school friend, Suki. Each contributes what they can remember; Charlie's "jazzy" noir conspiracy, Connor's Bond-esque intrigue, and Lysa's "rational" viewpoint. Charlie suspects Suki is scheming to buy Lysa's castle, and tries to catch her lying. Connor believes Suki is using her engagement ring to ensorcell Lysa. Charlie, Connor and Lysa all remember Vikram drinking too much, and each claims to have knocked over the ice sculpture. Lysa recalls booking Winslow Lynch's band Greggor's Hammer (after saving his sister Danica from "...the Deadly Drekavac"). She explains Suki's behavior, but smells Valerian root on Vikram's cocktail umbrella (and Suki uses Valeriana Sleep Support). Vikram remembers wedding planner Viola drugging his drink, and deduces she's an escaped ice vila, fomenting human hatred to consume souls. They confront Viola to save Suki...and each other. Winslow retrieves the scrying glass he used to gather intelligence for Gregor, who instructs him, "bring me from this time prison into your world," now that he knows who Vikram loves, the Library's location, and "how to hurt him, the way he hurt me!"
In Belgrade's arts district a shop owner chases Hermione, accusing theft. A graffiti "hoodie" person "disappears" him. Winslow Lynch reports, "I found her Master...in time for Melpomene's moon," heralding Gregor's return. Hermione tells her "Gran" Katherine what happened, as Gregor's acolyte hoodies attack. Storm and knight paintings protect her. To the librarians, Hermione admits painting the hoodies. After finding the shop owner as new graffiti, they test for magical sources. Winslow's chanting enthralls Lysa and Connor to bring him Hermione; paintings of Katherine and a sad clown capture Lysa and Connor into canvases. With the maternal Greek surname Pavilis, Vikram realizes Hermione is descended from the Muses, who give art life. Huey and acolytes go after Hermione. Winslow tries but fails to enthrall Charlie and Vikram. Hermione's paintings fight back. Acolytes flee, but Winslow plants Gregor's painting in Hermoine's studio. In a vision, Hermione's mother encourages Hermione, who frees Lysa and Connor from her paintings, which also frees Gregor. Lynch captures Hermoine, handing Gregor the Dagger of Urania for her sacrifice. Charlie gets Hermoine a spray paint can to escape. They defeat Gregor, but Winslow threatens Connor, forcing Vikram to free Gregor, who soon learns about modern nuclear weapons....
12
"And the Unfinished Business" "And the Sword of Mars"
Vikram discovers Gregor used his new Sorcerer's Brigade to open the tomb of Attila the Hun.... With six months ended, Lysa, Connor and Charlie prepare to leave the Library Annex, which will be folded back into the Grand Library, ceasing to exist. Jacob Stone returns, but Vikram announces "unfinished business." The Pendulum explodes, marking Caucaslyvia's capitol building. President Raddos abdicates to General Bogdan Gregor who wields the Sword of Mars. DOSA (Department of Static Anomalies) summons Stone to the United Nations; Janis Copeland reports worldwide defense system failures, including nuclear missiles. Gregor targets cities worldwide, demanding "total surrender." Connor and Elaine Astolat learn the sword wielder can be defeated by someone loved...Vikram points to Lysa upon seeing Anya Besson's portrait. Lysa, as Anya, cons the sword from Gregor, but he summons it back. Vikram challenges Gregor to a duel, which he is about to lose as Stone arrives...with Excalibur. Defeated, Gregor's soul is absorbed by the Sword of Mars, which is taken to the Library. The Library changes their plane tickets into invitations for the Metropolitan Public Library. Vikram uses the scrying glass on Anya's portrait to say goodbye forever. Merlin declares, "This is not the end of the story...."
Release
The Librarians: The Next Chapter premiered on TNT on May 25, 2025.[24][25] The series was originally set to premiere on The CW in October 2024, before being pulled from the schedule.[26]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
