Haven

FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the coastal town of Haven, Maine to follow a routine murder lead and finds far more than she expected. As she works with local cop Nathan Wournos and the roguish Duke Crocker, Audrey uncovers a string of unexplained incidents tied to an unseen supernatural force. The town's residents carry strange afflictions that flare at unpredictable moments, and Audrey slowly realizes those mysteries connect to gaps in her own history. Cases that start as isolated crimes often expose long-buried secrets, shifting alliances, and questions about who can be trusted, while Audrey pursues answers about where she really came from.

Created by Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst, Haven premiered in 2010, and it credits Stephen King for the story elements that inspired the series, adapting the mood and setting of his work for television.

The show didn't sweep major mainstream awards, though it earned attention within genre circles and drew nominations from regional and fan-voted ceremonies, reflecting its popularity among viewers even without major industry trophies.

Haven carved out a distinctive identity among supernatural dramas, with memorable set pieces and recurring motifs that fans latch onto, like the town's peculiar afflictions and its maritime atmosphere. Its steady blend of mystery, romance, and oddball characters helped it build a loyal following and influenced other small-town supernatural series that mix procedural structure with long-running mythology.

Critics and audiences generally responded well, giving it solid ratings for its mix of episodic mysteries and serialized plot threads. The series focuses on themes of identity, memory, redemption, and how communities cope with secrets and trauma, while balancing mystery-of-the-week cases with an ongoing search for Audrey's past and the roots of the town's strange phenomena.