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Haven
Genre	Supernatural drama
Created by	Stephen King
Developed by	Sam Ernst Jim Dunn
Starring	Emily Rose Eric Balfour Lucas Bryant Nicholas Campbell
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Laszlo Barna Jim Dunn Sam Ernst Noreen Halpern John Morayniss Shawn Piller Michael Rosenberg Lloyd Segan Scott Shepherd
Producers	Charles Ardai Stefanie Deoul Ginny Jones Duzak
Production locations	Nova Scotia, Canada
Running time	42 minutes
Production company	E1 Entertainment
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	July 9, 2010 (2010-07-09) – present

Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy. The series will be the first property to be produced for Syfy Pay channels around the globe, excluding Canada and Scandinavia. On October 7, 2010, Haven was renewed by Syfy for a 13 episode second season, which began airing on July 15, 2011.

Plot

Shrewd and confident FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) has a lost past and an openness to the possibility of the paranormal. When she arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she soon finds herself caught up with the return of The Troubles, a plague of supernatural afflictions that occurred in the town at least once before. If that was not enough to draw her in, she also finds a link that may lead her to the mother she has never known.

Cast

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Main cast

• Emily Rose as Audrey Parker – Audrey is an FBI agent who ends up in Haven, Maine chasing an escaped prisoner and encounters Haven's supernatural Troubles in the process. After successfully resolving a situation involving a Troubled person she is invited to stay by Chief Wuornos, both for her ability to "see what's right in front of " and her sympathetic method of dealing with those afflicted by The Troubles. Audrey initially is "on loan" to Haven's Police Department, but eventually quits the FBI in order to take a permanent job with Haven PD and continue helping the town in dealing with The Troubles.

Audrey is further tied to the town after she finds an old newspaper clipping with the heading "Who Killed The Colorado Kid?", bearing a picture of a woman named Lucy Ripley who strongly resembles her. Audrey, an orphan, spends much of her time investigating Lucy's past and the possibility that she is her mother, but she uncovers evidence that Lucy may, in fact, be Audrey herself. In the Season 1 finale, she concludes that she and Lucy are the same person, moments before a woman identifying herself as "Special Agent Audrey Parker" confronts her and Nathan.

• Lucas Bryant as Nathan Wuornos – Nathan is a local police officer who becomes Audrey's partner. He has a condition that he calls idiopathic neuropathy and therefore physically can't feel anything, though it is suspected that his condition is a result of The Troubles. He is reserved and rather intimidating and feels as though he is isolated because he cannot feel anything. The Chief of Police, Garland Wuornos, is Nathan's apparent father until the Season 1 finale when a man named Max Hansen comes back to town and Nathan finds out that he can't feel pain either. In fact, the only thing Nathan can feel is Audrey's touch which makes him protective of her. He first keeps this to himself, but he later confesses it to her. In "Fear and Loathing" he temporarily has his condition "stolen" from him.
• Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker – Duke is a charming young rogue who runs a shady import/export business from his boat, no questions asked. He is also the little boy in the 'Colorado Kid' picture. He and Nathan do not get along and he seems to have taken a liking to Audrey, to Nathan's annoyance. He has taken over the diner formerly owned by a friend who was forced out of business by an affliction that is part of the recent recurrence of The Troubles. It was predicted he would die by at the hand of someone with the same tattoo as the person who killed the Colorado Kid. It is shown in "A Tale Of Two Audrey's" that he is married.
• Nicholas Campbell as Garland Wuornos – The Haven Chief of Police. He is very hard on his son, Nathan, and claims that he is trying to toughen him up so Nathan can better deal with The Troubles. The Chief has taken a liking to Audrey because she can handle The Troubles well and hopes this talent will rub off on Nathan. He offered Audrey a job with the Haven Police in return for helping her find out about the Colorado Kid murder and the identity of the woman in the picture. It is later revealed that he is Nathan's adoptive father, who took Nathan in after his real father, Max Hansen, was investigated for the murder of the Colorado Kid. Also troubled, Chief Wuornos "dies" by shattering into stones in the Season 1 finale, but his remains are seen moving inside the cooler in which they are kept.

Recurring cast

• Richard Donat as Vince Teagues – Vince runs the local newspaper with his brother who he lovingly bickers with. He and his brother are very helpful to Audrey and some of the most open people in Haven. He also agrees to keep quiet about "The Troubles". He is a talented sketch artist as well.
• John Dunsworth as Dave Teagues – Dave also runs the local newspaper with his brother who he lovingly bickers with. He, like his brother, is very open to Audrey and willing to help her in any way he can, even keeping the resurfacing of "the troubles" quiet. He is also a photography enthusiast and a member of the local hunting club.
• Mary-Colin Chisholm as Eleanor Carr – Eleanor is the mother of Julia Carr, and an EMT in Haven. She was killed at a party that was thrown for Audrey, when she fell down a flight of stairs.
• Michelle Monteith as Julia Carr – Julia is the daughter of Eleanor Carr, and a surgeon with Doctors Without Borders, having spent time in Darfur. She has been shown to have the same tattoo as the one of the man who killed the Colorado Kid, which she can possibly make disappear and reappear on her body.
• Anne Caillon as Jess Minnion – Jess is an animal rights activist, an employee of the Hessberg Medical Center, and a resident of Haven, Maine. She briefly dated Nathan before leaving for Montreal.
• Stephen McHattie as Edward Driscoll – is the husband of Penny Driscoll, the father of Hannah Driscoll, and the foster-grandfather of Bobby Mueller. He is a resident of Haven, Maine, and a preacher at the Green Street Church.

Development and production

In September 2009, E1 Entertainment announced it was working with Stephen King to develop a television series based on his novel The Colorado Kid. The entertainment company ordered the concept straight to series, with thirteen episodes planned. In November, Syfy announced it had acquired the series.

The pilot episode was written by Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn. In February 2010, Emily Rose was cast in the lead role of Audrey Parker. Eric Balfour and Lucas Bryant came on board in late March.

Canadian broadcaster Canwest Global Communications acquired rights to the series in March.

In April 2010, Adam Kane signed on to direct the pilot. Production began April 20 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and surrounding areas. Filming occurred primarily in Chester, Nova Scotia (including using the local arena as a studio) and throughout the south shore of the Canadian province, including Lunenburg, Halifax, and Mahone Bay.

The series premiere, "Welcome to Haven", aired on Syfy in the U.S. on July 9, 2010, and on Showcase in Canada on July 12. The show became available to other international markets in October 2010.

On October 7, 2010, Syfy announced that the series has been renewed for a second season of 13 episodes.

Broadcast

Haven has been syndicated for broadcast in several countries worldwide, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan and Portugal.

Home Video release

Entertainment One released season 1 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Region 1/Region A on June 14, 2011.

In Region 4, Beyond Home Entertainment released the first season on DVD in Australia on June 1, 2011.

References to Stephen King's other works

• In the opening sequence, a newspaper article on "The Most Revered Flagg" is a reference to Randall Flagg, a recurring villan in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• The episode "Fear and Loathing" revolves around a Troubled person who unwillingly takes the form of a person's worst fear, and appears as a clown to Audrey Parker, directly referencing King's novel It.
• In the episode "Love Machine", machines start to come to life and kill people, a direct reference to King's short story Trucks and also to King's novel Christine.
• In the episode "As You Were", Audrey Parker receives a copy of the novel Misery Unchained ("signed by the author just before that lady chopped off his foot"), a reference to King's novel Misery.

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External links

• Official website
• Haven at IMDb
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• Haven (TV series)
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• 2010s American television series
• English-language television series
• Television programs based on Stephen King's works
• Horror fiction television series
• Paranormal television
• Syfy original programs
• Television series produced in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Television shows set in Maine
• Showcase network shows