Previewing The Safecrackers

It seems like once a month a get a new screen for a job related reality show that makes me think they have finally run out of professions to follow around for television. Then a couple months later a new one comes that makes me say the same thing. The latest is premiering next week entitled The Safecrackers which follows around two locksmiths. After the show arrived I came to the realization I should stop saying television executives have finally run out of professions to exploit until one finally greenlights a reality show on waste management. That would quite literally and figuratively be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

The Safecrackers follows Phil Crawford, who has “888” tattooed on the knuckles of one hand, and “RIP” on the other, and his buddy Blaze as they travel the south (the map covers basically every Confederate and Border state) to unlock some of the hardest long lost safes. In the first episode they are tasked with opening up three different locks, well the first one leads to the second one when keys are found in the first safe.

To give you a sense of how one makes it as a locksmith, the first safe, which is an very small floor safe set back the owner $250. A larger job could put you back four digits. And in a rare (and more interesting) instance, they will open a safe for a percentage of the value inside. This is much more interesting because you can find very rare valuables inside or it could be a Capone’s vault situation which only ended up to housing dirt and empty bottles.

Phil and Blaze are your typical reality television southern goofballs you see on these types of show (there is a humorous scene where Blaze goes through Phil’s CD collection in the car), and the moments leading up to the unveiling of what is inside are gripping. Anyone who likes these kinds of profession based reality shows like Pawn Stars and Storage Wars will certainly enjoy The Safecrackers.

The Safecrackers airs Mondays at 10:00 on TruTV.