The Librarians go on their first mission without the Librarian's help (though Baird has some reservations) to track down missing interns. Of course, now that magic has been loosed on the world, it's going to be a little bit more complex than just asking a few questions.
Tropes:
- Alien Geometries: The labyrinth is seven-dimensional. Cassandra figures it out using math.
- Beast in the Maze: The Minotaur, as minotaurs tend to be.
- Evil, Inc.: It's not clear whether Golden Axe's products are in any way evil, but basing their profitability on human sacrifice is surely sufficient to qualify.
- Hoist by Their Own Petard: At the end of the episode, Willis and Franklin get chased down by the minotaur.
- Jumped at the Call: The Librarians are eager to get in the field. Baird isn't convinced they're ready yet.
- The Maze: The Minotaur's labyrinth.
- Mood Whiplash: In the Cold Open, two Golden Axe executives are wearing hooded robes, chanting, and dispassionately watching as an employee gets dragged off by an as-yet unknown monster (later revealed to be a Minotaur). After the guy is out of sight, they get into an elevator, take off the robes, and discuss the paninis at their favorite sandwich place.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Willis shoots the case containing the magical ball of string, making it a lot easier for Ezekiel to steal it.
- Portal Door: Jenkins reveals that he has rigged the back door of the Annex to connect to any door in the world. They use this ability to hop back and forth between Portland and Boston.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Willis bases her business on human sacrifice, but the most enthusiasm she shows about anything in the episode is at the beginning when she's talking about panini.
- Rule of Symbolism: The labyrinth is tied to the ball of string, both being a straight line that's been bent and twisted in on itself. To destroy the labyrinth, Cassandra and Ezekiel simply unravel the string.Cassandra: A ball of string is a straight line wrapped around and around itself. What better representation of a labyrinth?
- Virgin Sacrifice: Played with. The labyrinth requires the sacrifice of 7 male and 7 female "virgins" every 7 years, but the Greek word for "virgin" doesn't necessarily have anything to do with sex; it just means someone who's young and inexperienced. So the modern company sacrifices their interns.
