Cracking Up Haven Syfy, Fridays, 9/10 PM “Spiral” Written by Sam Ernst & Jim Dunn Directed by Fred Gerber “My name is Special Agent Audrey Parker.” —Audrey Parker This phrase opens the ball in the Haven pilot, and tonight closes the first season. It’s nice to get a bookend like this, but in typical Haven fashion, there’s a twist—that line is spoken by two different women. In between, this show has gone from a clunky, self-conscious Small Town Full of Oddballs, with a mystery of the week, to an engaging and spooky universe where almost anything can happen. While it has occasionally felt strained,…
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Grimm: “Pilot”
Monster Slayer Grimm NBC, Fridays, 9 PM ET/PT “Pilot” Teleplay by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf Story by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf and Stephen Carpenter Directed by Marc Buckland “Oh, you’re a happily-ever-after guy.” – Hank Griffin Grimm is a winner. I’m saying it right now. I’m getting the same good vibe off this show I got from the first season of X-Files, and for about the same reason: a good mix of danger, mystery, humor and menace. Its creators carry that DNA with them; producer/writer Greenwalt is a veteran of The X-Files, Buffy, Angel and Eureka, while Jim Kouf honed his macabre chops…