This article contains spoilers.
Back in 2005, Stephen King published a novel calledThe Colorado Kid.
A few years later Syfy airedHaven, loosely based on the story.
Let me give you a little bit of background to get you started.
The setting has the added bonus of giving the show some truly gorgeous scenery.
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New to Haven is Audrey Parker, played by the gorgeous and talented Emily Rose.
Shes direct, strong, capable, funny, and self-sufficient (if a little isolated).
That pretty much sets the tone of their relationship for the rest of the show.
He has an acerbic wit and is broody but with good reason.
Nathan has a Trouble of his own: a total lack of tactile sensation misdiagnosed as idiopathic neuropathy.
To quote Nathan in one of my favorite episodes, I cant feel my skin.
In addition to this, Nathan is also fiercely loyal to Audrey and trusts her implicitly.
Duke is Nathans former childhood friend and a smuggler-turned-restaurateur as of halfway through season one.
Along the way we meet people like Vince and Dave Teagues.
They sometimes call in Dwight Hendrickson who cleans up after Troubled messes.
Spewing vicious rhetoric against anyone with the Troubles is Reverend Driscoll.
He makes destroying them his person mission, setting himself squarely against Audrey and her allies.
Meanwhile, other townsfolk weave their way into Audrey, Duke, and Nathans spheres in a freak-of-the-week style.
Underneath it all are the mysteries of Haven that only drag the characters deeper as time goes on.
In season 1 the background and basics ofHavenwere established but in season 2 the mythos kicked into high gear.
From there, even more questions are raised.
Who is Audrey really?
What is her past and why is she immune to the Troubles?
What causes the Troubles in the first place?
Can they be stopped and how?
Audrey and Nathans relationship shifted from partners to something more complicated.
Nathan and Duke stumbled back into friendship.
Reverend Driscoll rose as an enemy, and the Teagues motives have become divided and cloudy.
The season finale left all of our characters in a place that was far from where they started.
The effects arent always the best.
The CGI can be kitschy because, after all, this is a Syfy production.
Duke, Audrey, and Nathan all talk to each other.
Trust, understanding, and connection is what makes the show work.
According to Eric Balfours tweet back in May, the premiere of Season 3 airs on September 21stat 10EST/9CST.
Thats plenty of time to play catch up with any episodes you might have missed.
Its worth the watch.
