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* Also 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 '']''. * Also 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 '']''.
* In the episode "The Hand You're Dealt" a Troubled person has the ability of Pyrokinesis. This is a reference to King's novel ''Firestarter''. * In the episode "The Hand You're Dealt" a Troubled person has the ability of Pyrokinesis. This is a reference to King's novel ''Firestarter''.
* In the episode "Ain't No Sunshine" the shadow that kills people is called the Dark Man. This is a reference to a poem written by King called ''The Dark Man''.


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2010 TV series or program
Haven
GenreSupernatural drama
Created byStephen King
Developed bySam Ernst
Jim Dunn
StarringEmily Rose
Eric Balfour
Lucas Bryant
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersLaszlo Barna
Jim Dunn
Sam Ernst
Noreen Halpern
John Morayniss
Shawn Piller
Michael Rosenberg
Lloyd Segan
Scott Shepherd
ProducersCharles Ardai
Stefanie Deoul
Ginny Jones Duzak
Production locationsNova Scotia, Canada
Running time42 minutes
Production companyE1 Entertainment
Original release
NetworkSyfy
ReleaseJuly 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

Main article: List of Haven episodes

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 at the hand of someone with the same maze tattoo as the person who killed the Colorado Kid. It is shown in "A Tale Of Two Audrey's" that he is married.

Season 1:

  • 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. Beneath his mild exterior is a person who can be menacing, as seen when he talked with Max Hansen in the first season finale.
  • 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.
  • Stephen McHattie as Ed Driscoll – is the husband of Penny Driscoll, the father of Hannah Driscoll, and the foster-grandfather of Bobby Mueller. He is the preacher at the Good Shepherd Church on Green Street. Driscoll sees "The Troubles" as a curse from God, because of wrongdoings by the townspeople.
  • Maurice Dean Wint as Senior FBI Agent Howard - Howard was Audrey Parker's boss until she resigned in order to stay in Haven. He has a deeper understanding of the events in Haven than what he heard from Audrey. Audrey #2's Agent Howard is not the same person.

Season 1:

  • 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. Her grandfather had the same tattoo as the one of the man who killed the Colorado Kid and she shows Duke that all the graves stone in the cemetery where her grandfather is buried bear the same symbol. She also has the same tattoo, which she may be able to 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.

Season 2:

  • Kathleen Munroe as Audrey Parker (#2) - Special Agent Parker arrives at the end of the first season finale. She has come to Haven to investigate the impersonation of an FBI agent (Audrey). She has the same memories as Audrey. Once she experiences "The Troubles", the two Audreys become friends. Audrey #2, investigating the man who sent Audrey to Haven, follows a lead to a building outside Haven where she loses her memory and is taken home away from Haven.
  • Vinessa Antoine as Evidence "Evi" Ryan - Evi is an old flame of Duke's. They are apparently married. She is aware of Duke's past on the shady side of the law and is not averse to working outside the law herself.

Haven's troubled people

Beside Nathan Wuornos, who cannot feel any pain or other sensations, and Chief Garland Wuornos, whose anger allows Haven to crack, there are many troubled people in the town of Haven.

Person Episode Trouble Outcome
Marion Caldwell 101 Her moods influence the weather She is looked after by Conrad Bauer
Bobby Mueller 102 His dreaming causes horrible things to happen Care and medication help to put him at ease so he doesn't have bad dreams
Ray McBreen 103 His music makes catatonic people sane again, but sane people crazy He sails off with a crew of previously catatonic people sane into the sunset
Bill McShaw 104 Stress causes the food he eats and all other food in the vicinity to wither and people who eat it die Changes to a stress-free job
Beatrice Mitchell 105 Causes a man to die of old age in the few days it takes to bear his baby and hold it She is prevented from holding the baby
Piper Landon 106 Causes animals she stuffs to come to life She chooses to be killed by her animals
Vicky 107 What happens to the things she draws, happens in real life The man taking advantage of her trouble is drowned
Thornton Aarons 108 A blind man whose shadow is deadly He is enclosed in a house so that no light enters and therefore has no shadow
109 A chameleon takes over Vaughn's body when he was dying during the previous troubles He is shot
Matt West 110 His anger causes things to burn He is provoked to burn up in his anger and impotence
Vanessa Stanley 110 Sees the last thing that people see before they die She is killed by Matt West
Ezra Colbert 111 Is able to anticipate what people think or do, which "scrambles his head" He is arrested
James Carrick 112 Suffers seizures that cause him to vibrate so fast he disappears He disappears for good though still present
Max Hansen 113 Inability to feel pain or anything else, like his son Nathan Wuornos He is swallowed by a rampant crack
TJ Smith 201 Brings what he reads to life He learns about his trouble
Ian Haskell 202 Has the ability to take others' troubles through contact with their blood He is shot
Jackie Clark 202 Causes people to see their worst fears when they look at her Her trouble is taken by Ian Haskell
Lewis Pufahl 203 His fixing things causes them to come alive and cause harm if they feel threatened For the good of others, he is forced to stay in Haven and continue to repair things

The opening credits sequence

The opening sequence contains hints and suggestions regarding the background to the events portrayed in the Haven series. The following list outlines the various clues to be seen in the sequence.

  • A flash of lightning, then more overcast skies over the lighthouse
  • A ship's porthole, then a sailing ship with an old photo of a woman superimposed
  • Woodcuts of an old sea port
  • The Herald of Haven (date indistinct, perhaps in the 1650s): "The most revered Flagg to elaborate on the proper devices & most godly mechanisms for the examination and discovery of wytches"
  • An old line image of a bonneted woman in custody
  • Fast moving shore scene through a ship's window
  • Headline of the Haven Herald (Tuesday, February 18, 1725): "Ship breaks up in calm seas"
  • A chart displaying a tree of names, the earliest of which date back to before 1800
  • A maze symbol on a stone and a ritualistic concoction
  • A woodcut of a mermaid with her tail wrapped around a worried young man in the water
  • A ships compass and a blurred sextant
  • Headline of the Haven Herald (Thursday, October 13, 1934): "Halleck's Homestead Vanishes Overnight"
  • A family praying around a dining table
  • Rows of tombstones
  • A man in a boat with a seafood trap and a man watching with a young girl
  • Headline of the Haven Herald (Thursday, October 13, 1956): "Murder? Police Baffled"
  • A house with the sign "Antiques and Collectables"
  • A room filled with lamps, framed images and many other old items
  • A dog on a boat
  • People gathered outside a church after a funeral service
  • A building whose windows show the same glowing figure in different scenes
  • A church spire
  • The same spire in flames
  • Headline of the Haven Herald (Thursday, May 28, 1983): "Who Killed the Colorado Kid?"
  • Internet home page for the Haven Herald
  • The door of a Haven police car
  • Audrey Parker's FBI badge
  • A black and white of the lighthouse smouldering
  • A flyover of the intact lighthouse during the day, with the series name superimposed.

The Colorado Kid

The Colorado Kid is a figure in the Haven series who was murdered in 1983, though no-one in Haven can remember anything about the event. In fact the evidence box held at the police station, though sealed when examined, contained nothing. The Haven Herald published a photograph to go with its front page story on the police investigation. The photo shows a body propped up against a wooden pier, observed by a young woman, Lucy Ripley, and a young boy, Duke Crocker, with a police photographer, Morris Crane, and a policeman, the young Garland Wuornos, tending three onlookers. One of these onlookers is young Vanessa Stanley.

In episode 10 of the first season, Stanley tells Duke that the man who killed the Colorado Kid had a tattoo and that same person would eventually kill him. Wuornos is convinced that Max Hansen killed the Colorado Kid. While Hansen has the tattoo, he hints that he didn't do it. His subsequent death suggests that he wasn't the killer.

The death of the Colorado Kid occurred during the previous outbreak of "The Troubles".

Main article: The Colorado Kid

In Stephen King's book, The Colorado Kid, there is only the slightest hint of the supernatural. It features two old newspapermen, owner Vince Teagues and editor Dave Bowie of the Weekly Islander, who tell the story of an unsolved murder to a young journalist. The "constable" of Moose-Look at the time was George Wournos.

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.

View of Lunenburg. The shoreline can be seen in various Haven episodes.

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.

Name Ep # Release dates Additional features
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season One 13 June 14, 2011 TBA June 1, 2011 Twelve Audio Commentaries with Cast & Crew, "Welcome to Haven" featurette, "Visual FX of Haven" featurette, "Mythology of Haven" featurette, Behind-the-Scenes Video Blogs, Additional Cast Interviews and Season Two Sneak Peek: Inside the Writers' Room.

References to Stephen King's other works

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  • In the opening sequence, a newspaper article on "The Most Revered Flagg" is a reference to Randall Flagg, a recurring villain in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Randall Flagg is also the villain in Stephen King's novel The Stand.
  • 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.
  • The episode "As You Were" contains several references to King's novel The Shining, starting with the storyline (a group of people are trapped in an abandoned, isolated hotel with a murderous, supernatural entity). The 1980 film version is referenced several times in the props and set, including a fire axe and a bright red tricycle.
  • Also 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.
  • In the episode "The Hand You're Dealt" a Troubled person has the ability of Pyrokinesis. This is a reference to King's novel Firestarter.
  • In the episode "Ain't No Sunshine" the shadow that kills people is called the Dark Man. This is a reference to a poem written by King called The Dark Man.

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