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Warehouse 13 S4E14 ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ Review!

May 212013

Warehouse 13 Polly Walker targets Claudia

Polly Walker targets Claudia with a Blackberry

Warehouse 13 has been back for its second half of season 4 for two episodes now. Honestly, the series had kind of popped off my radar screen as Defiance, Continuum and Revolution are also on. To make matters worse, the first episode was one very big dud. However, last’s weeks episode ‘The Big Snag’ was one of the more enjoyable outings as Pete and Myka found themselves locked into 1940′s crime novel. The quality of the production was definitely noteworthy.

This weeks episode is entitled ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ and is rather straight up WH-13 fare. The episode is essentially split into three storylines. Steve and Claudia travel to the UK to look into the mysterious death of several racing jockey’s while Myka and Pete investigate a magician who levitates people in Las Vegas. Both storylines are basic stuff though the jokes and innuendo are quite memorable. Sadly, the buffoonery of Pete is just a bit over the top.

Abigail

However, it is really Artie’s storyline that is the main focus of the episode. Artie is of course still dealing with his inadvertent betrayal that acted as the background for the first half of the season. His guilt is starting to make him self-destructive which causes the warehouse’s Regents to appoint a caretaker for the inn. Abigail (the new caretaker) also happens to be a psychiatrist which upsets Artie as well as her casual disregard for the warehouse artifacts. The role of Abigail is to set Artie straight for the rest of the season. Personally I think this is done far too forcefully and some scenes really screamed at me. The character of Abigail seems to fit Warehouse 13 well enough but we will have to wait for more episodes to see of the shows creative staff can make her shine or that she just remains neurotic.

Joanne Kelly as Myka Bering in 40′s dress

Polly Walker is also introduced as Charlotte Dupres the new villain in this episode, but her scenes are so brief and campy that it is too early to form a good opinion. So far the show has lacked believable villains for most of its duration. With Jaime Murray’s character H.G Wells being a notable exception. Lets hope the creative staff can do something about that. Polly Walker’s credentials from Rome does speak for itself.

Score; 7.5 / 10. Entertaining but uneven episode of Warehouse 13. If you haven’t seen last week’s episode, then I suggest you see it first.

PS, Warehouse 13 will be back in two weeks and Jaime Murray will return as well!

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse_13

Warehouse 13 ‘A New Hope’ mini-review!

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Jul 262012

Jaime Murray as H.G. Wells - A New Hope - Warehouse 13

A New Hope is the first episode of the fourth season of Warehouse 13.

The plot in broad strokes…

After the destruction of the warehouse in the finale of the last season the story continues with the direct aftermath to those events. Pete, Artie and Myka have survived thanks to H.G Wells (Jaime Murray) sacrificing herself. Quickly Artie comes up with the suggestion that they use a fail-safe to travel back 24 hours in order to stop the warehouse being blown up. However, as it will take time to find Magellan’s Astrolabe they must attempt to retrieve it within 24 hours. The search first takes them to the south of France to a monastery of the Knight’s Templar where they are almost killed by the priests there (guest starring Brent Spiner). In fitting tribute to the movie Angels & Demons the trail leads them to Rome and to Saint Peter’s tomb.

Our gang manages to enter the tomb but only after Myka (Joanne Kelly) manages to trash an italian restaurant in a diversion. Artie manages to retrieve the artifact but Pete dies and the Templar priest gives Artie a dire warning about the time-machine. Artie manages to travel back in time for 24 hours and with the help of Myka and H.G. disarms the bomb that the villain Sykes has planted. After Sykes is apprehended Artie vows that H.G. Wells should be allowed to join the warehouse gang, something Mrs. Frederick reluctantly allows. She remains suspicious of the way Artie managed to disarm the bomb as he hasn’t old anyone about the time-travel.

Review…

A New Hope was a good episode, not brilliant but good nonetheless. The first half of the episode is a bit slow and familiar but the second half saves this episode from the bottom pile. The subplot on the artifacts is however very confusing, the search for Magellan’s Astrolabe is a mess. The level drama is like season 3 higher than it was during the first two seasons of the show.

The fact that Artie travels back 24 hours and manages to save the warehouse means that Pete, Mrs. Fredericks and H.G. Wells all survived. Steve Jinks is still dead and I don’t think he will return. Now that Jaime Murray’s character is going to be a regular on the show I suspect she will be teamed up with Artie and Claudia. And I think fans wouldn’t have it any other way. The character of Leena (Genelle Williams) will probably also become more important this season.

Score; 8 / 10.

Viewer rating; 2.14 million. Which is OK considering it’s a Syfy rating.

Warehouse 13 ‘Past imperfect’ review!

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Aug 252011

This is one of those strange episodes were Warehouse 13 tries to get all serious and against the odds it actually works. Season 2 also had such episodes though I have forgotten theor names it is nontheless a strange gambit as Warehouse 13 normally has to succeed with being goofy with its characters and clever with its artifacts. Certainly the show more often than I would like just ‘Jumps the shark’ but ehere is a thread of episodes right from the beginning of this show that are just spectacular and they almost seem like a show on their own. Warehouse 13 was often in the beginning often compared to the x-files,quickly we found out that this isn’t just right as the x-files at least use science to underline its plot. However, this episode would fall in the ‘x-files’ categorie and is definitely an example of how this show should proceed.

As for the plot…..
We find Myka and pete back in Denver where myka recognizes a man as the killer of her partner when she was stationed there with the Secret Service. Despite some skeptiscism from Pete they decide to pursue the case anew. This means they will have to bring in her old Secret Service buddies, which she is anxious off because they blame her relationship with her old partner Sam. however, they seem to revere her attention to detail and quickly agree to help her out. This takes our gang to several locations to find the killer, each time they are spurned on by an anonymous source which I personally thought already gave too much of the ploit away. The first time the killer manages to escape in such an unlikely manner that proofs he must have een using a artifact. the second time they manage to catch up to him he is gunned down after a firearm suddenly appears in his hands. Pete and Myka agree the killer must have been using a artifact that freezes time (which Artie later confirms comes from the Philadephia Project). However, the viewer would have already guessed how the above events tie into a larger plot but for a few minutes we have to Myka being complete dishevelled at events before Pete pulls her through. Myka figures out that it wasn’t the killer who used the time freezse device but one of her colleages at the Secret Service who works with the killer. It was the colleage who gave the tip-offs and who put the gun in the killer’s hand and later on shot him.

Pete and Myka confront two of her colleages in their office and quickly is transpires which off them is the true killer. This scene although has good special effects is a bit contrived, in the end time is frozen but Myka manages to kill the killer by pushing him into the path of a frozen bullet which resumes its trajectory when time resumes.

This episode is for a lack of a better word Myka centric, and I am glad to see actress Joanne Kelley being able to flex her acting muscles in this one as her character seems to be on a emotional rollercoaster.

This episode also has a side plot for Artie, Claudia and Steve. It is in essence a continuation of last weeks episode during which Artie and Steve were betrayed by agent Sally Stukowski. In this episode Claudia and Steve are sent to fetch a doorknob artifact after which they are stunned by unknown assaillants. However, a dog was a witness and is duly taken back to warehouse 13 were a a pair of fez’s (you know a hat) allows people to read a dogs mind. This way they uncover the licence plate number which confirms that Sally is also behind the latest attack. Next week will propably see a continuation of this side-plot.

Number of viewers; 2.25 million, a slight decrease over the previous weeks despite being much better.
Score; 8.5/10.

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