Six episodes in, and while I'm seeing comments that say it gets better after the first season... It just feels like SyFy is recycling Eureka and Warehouse 13 here. Eureka was alright with the conflict between the townie sheriff and the big tech company. Warehouse 13 didn't have anything holding it together, it was just a bunch of mediocre paranormal stories chained together... and Haven feels the same way. Eric Balfour is good as always, but I don't care for the two leads at all.

The problem with the 'Troubles' formula, beside the fact that it's poorly introduced in a quick conversation by the male lead to the female lead, is that the problems are not always resolved or even explained. Most of the time they're involuntarily triggered by someone in times of stress, and they almost always just promise not to ever do it again. They aren't killed, they aren't cured, and they don't leave town. They just, "Oh my bad, I was the one causing the trouble... Won't do that anymore!" and that's that.

I think there's definitely a place for this on TV, where you can catch an episode here and there, but for binge watching one after the other, it leaves a lot to be desired. I'm dropping it and giving it a 5/10. The stories are entertaining, but the resolution is poor and some of the explanations don't make sense.

When I started to watch this series, I just wanted to see another Heroes, or The 4400. I was happy because I've got what I was looking for. The special abilities were interesting and varied, the little stand alone episodes were enjoyable, then a main thread has been appeared. That was a nice idea, and the writers were able to skillfully use it. In the beginning of this series it was a funny joke series like Eureka, without any real scientific explanation. But it is getting closer to a very good sci-fi series and I love it. Now Haven is my primary series if I want to watch sci-fi. The main characters are very lovable, and there are several very interesting mysteries which served us well dosed. Some characters evolve over time, but mostly in focus only the relationship between the characters. The computer made effects are pretty nice, and it is not overdosed. The main actor, Emily Rose, is quite good in her role, but she is sadly not as good as Anna Torv in Fringe, but it is not so annoying that we could't enjoy the show. So I recommend this series, and if you like sci-fi, it is worthy to watch even if the beginning is a bit slow and silly. Be persistent, it will be better after the first season.

I started watching Haven because it was a SciFi series based on a Stephen King novella. I immediately became a devotee because, to my mind, the primary character was my home, the Nova Scotian South Shore surrounding Lunenburg (with a side order of greater Halifax), pretending to be King's Maine. The writing deteriored as the series went on, and the plot exhausted the novella's potential and devolved to characters continually restating the initial premise ad nausiem, (the last season could have been reduced to 12 episodes rather than the split season of 13 episodes over two years). But then the unexpected happened. The places I loved, the characters I'd grown fond of, the bevey of guest performers from the "who's who" of SciFi TV and Canadian primo talent culminated in an unexpected treat, William Shatner joined the cast to bring the series to its end, and instead of being the idiosyncratic parody of himself that he usually brings to roles these last couple of decades, he reminded us of the talent of the young, pre-Star Trek Shatner who performed Shakespeare at the Stratford Festival. The series went from an 8 - to a 7 - to a 6 (out of 10), but the last episode, with its homage to its fantastic locations, and it's reprise of the romance that won our initial attention ended on a 9, which I will revisit with fond affection in the future.

And this is when Sy-Fy started to walk away from the fun for the whole family shows like Warehouse 13 and Eureka and focused more on the adult audience...

.... and there is nothing wrong with this, especially since it is based on a King novella... sort of... vaguely.

OK, it is supposed to be INSPIRED by King's "The Colorado Kid" It draws inspiration from it at least while claiming to be based on.

Anyway, it's not a bad show, it's bucking pretty heavy for the X-Files, it is darker than the family friendly Sy-Fy original programming that came out in the same era, and it is still FAR better than the movies and junk the channel is putting out today.