Review: Abbott Elementary, “Librarian” | Season 3, Episode 7
A librarian for a library? That’ll never work
Coming off the heels of as singularly focused on an episode as “Willard R. Abbott,” Abbott Elementary’s “Librarian” somewhat stands out as something of a half-baked (or at least, not fully cooked) episode in comparison. That description would still be the same if “Librarian” followed a less focused or successful episode, but especially with just a few days between the two new episodes—instead of the standard week or even a regularly scheduled in-season break—these things stick out. “Librarian” follows up on the mention from last episode of Janine’s librarian program, implementing the idea—as upsettingly brilliant and necessary as putting librarians… in a library—as a test run at Abbott. The program is a clear success, except for in the eyes of set-in-her-ways Barbara, leading to Janine having to stand up to her mentor and call her out for her own personal issues taking the front seat over the school as a whole.
Obviously, Barbara being set in her ways as a vetera…