Friends, Librarians, Countrymen, lend me your ears. I know The Librarians may have just been renewed for a second season but the earlier we show them people want a third (and longer) season, the more likely it is that we will get one. The reasons why The Librarians should get a 22-episode 3rd season are as follows:

1. It seems like every time we turn around, TV seasons get shorter. It used to be that pretty much every TV show lasted for a season of 22 episodes running fall to spring with the occasional 13-episodes-at-a-time cable show. Now things have only sort-of-stayed like this with 13-episode shows becoming more common and 10-episode bridge shows filling the gaps in a season that shouldn't be this whacked-out off schedule. Word on the proverbial street is that The Librarians Season 2 will be starting next fall instead of in the winter. Although it will still be 10 episodes, the next logical step from it having a standard start time will be a season that's the "normal" length which is why The Librarians should have one in its next season after the upcoming one.

2. A longer season would give The Librarians more time to be better written. Now, don't get me wrong, the writing is very much on point. However, according to me and quite a few Librarians fans I know, there are many areas it could be improved upon starting with pace. It started off reasonably well-paced but as it neared the end of the season, it started getting almost head-spinningly fast with some plot holes filled in with lazy writing that I know can't be the true explanation (like Lamia having done all she did because she loved Dulaque or Eve being a timeline constant/able to time-hop because of the Santa thing).

3. My third reason is almost an offshoot of the second one; The Librarians should continue for a 22-episode 3rd season because of all the new places (both metaphorically and literally) it could go in that much time. There isn't really a lot of character development in what of the show we have so far for anyone except Cassandra and Flynn so a longer third season could expand all the characters out beyond even what a second 10-episode season could do. There's also a lot of new directions a longer season could take the plot. I have a lot of ideas for new episodes and new artifacts or mysteries they could tackle and if there is a big over-arching arc, the season we've seen shows how even a seemingly "filler" episode could end up connecting back to the "big story". Speaking of arcs, one of my biggest pet peeves was they focused so much (though given this particular one's importance, it's somewhat understandable) on tying up the big arc in a neat little bow that they left a sinking ship's worth of plot holes. A 22-episode 3rd season could not only fill up any holes the 2nd season might leave but it could either have a chance for a longer, deeper arc across the whole season or connected half-arcs (like Eureka S4 did with the time travel and the Astraeus mission).

4. My fourth and final reason The Librarians should have a 22-episode 3rd season might seem a bit selfish but it means a lot to me. As I said in my petition to get the show renewed for a second season, I am an Oregonian and to have a show like this filming in my area-ish provides a lot of benefits (and the longer it goes on, the more of those benefits it will provide). For example, the local filming provides a big boost, both economically and publicity-wise, to an area that doesn't usually get that kind of boost. Also, the ping of recognition local viewers find when they discover familiar places to them were filming locations is A. really cool and B. a way for some of them to believe this world the show depicts is real (and the show is just a Wormhole-X-Treme-esque smokescreen) and there is a team of badass artifact-hunters/secret-guardians/weirdness-detectives on their proverbial doorstep protecting them.

In conclusion, The Librarians is an amazing show and deserves more to the story than it's getting