The Warehouse 13 Christmas special could not hold my attention with it's lame, over done plot. The big switch as I call it, where the characters roles are reversed to the point that everyone in their lives have no idea of who they are. This idea has been used far too many times and none have been successful since the original story "It's a Wonderful Life". No one has played the left-out lead as well as James Stewart, and they all need to quit trying, at least in a thirty-minute run time.
Syfy's original series Haven, which is based off of his novel "The Colorado Kid" is full of references to the horror master. Some samples of this such as in last weeks episode "Audrey's Day Off" is Anson Shumway. Shumway the troubled person in this episodes was named after Julia Shumway, one of the main characters in Stephen King's novel "Under the Dome." Both characters play a critical role in the resolution.
In the episode titled "Roots", the trouble involves plants coming to life and killing people. This was inspired by Stephen King's short story "Weeds" also known as "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill." The Verrill story was a segment of the Stephen King and George Romero film "Creepshow."
One more example was the episode "Sparks and Recreation." Like Chris Brody in this episode, Stephen King also coached a little league team, including a team with his son Owen on it, and winning a Ma
ine state title. In addition to that, One of the two Haven baseball teams, the "Sea Dogs," is named after the character of the same name, Sea Dog, in Stephen King's "Under the Dome."
So now that you know, it gives you something else to watch for during the show, not that it's not entertaining enough already. The only thing else to watch for is Stephen himself showing up in the show, not that anything has been said about him doing so, but why not. When it comes to Haven you never know what might happen.
