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#4: Warehouse 13
Network: SyFy
Genre: Sci-Fi
Available: Nowhere
Favorite Character: Claudia Donovan
Favorite Episode: Emily Lake
Premise: Government Agents track down mystical artifacts and store them in Warehouse 13

Spoiler Free Thoughts:
Warehouse 13, a world of Endless Wonder. Yeah, probably not what most people were expecting, but I honestly love this show. Two secret service agents Pete and Myka are transferred from Presidential Detail to something more important--a warehouse in Univille South Dakota. Back during the days of Alexander the Great, the first Warehouse was constructed. And in that warehouse they stored dangerous and magical artifacts. Since then the Warehouse has moved 12 times, before arriving in the United States. Usually it was located in the nation that was the most powerful at the time. Each week the agents of Warehouse 13 track down whatever's ruining the world's day, and snag it, bag it, and tag it. I particularly like this Haiku someone wrote: It's Like SCP/But instead of Weird Creatures/It's a whole lot worse. Most of the artifacts have some historical significance to them. Such as Catherine O'Leary's cow bell (which causes immense fires) Abraham Lincoln's Hat (which makes you want to free black people) Harriet Tubmans Thimble (which lets people take the form of other people) Pavlov's Bell (which will make dogs come straight to you, but you'll be slobbering for 24 hours), Jimmi Hendrix's guitar (which shoots lightning) and the Donnor Party Glass Jar (which causes anyone who puts money in it to starve) and so many more. The show is a lot of fun, and has a good cast. Along with Pete and Myka is Artie, who is sort of the leader. He's older, and has seen a lot of agents come and go from the Warehouse (of course most former Agents of the Warehouse are either crazy, dead, evil, or some combination of all 3.) Claudia Donovan also joins pretty early. She's a computer wiz who often messes around with things she absolutely shouldn't. And later we get Jinks, who can tell when people are lying. The show was screwed by the network, getting only six episodes in their final season to wrap up the show. But somehow they managed to do a pretty good job of ending it. Even with executive meddling at the end pushing Pete and Myka together.. It was hard for them to resolve everything, but they managed to do what they could and came up with a pretty good ending. The show also makes quite a few references to other stuff in Sci-Fi and supernatural shows. I mean they Kaylee and Simon from Firefly, as a couple? James Marsters and Anthony Head both show up too. It's another show that I don't think has any really bad episodes. The show is less about villains, and more about the artifacts--though the show does have a few big bads. Usually people who know about Artifacts, and want to use them to their own ends. Oh yeah, and a lot of it is Steampunk which is pretty cool. Tesla Guns are awesome! Especially since they erase the last 5 minutes of memory.
Spoiler Thoughts:
Jinks death, though it's later undone, is still one of my favorite death scenes. That scream from Allison Scagliotti was fantastic acting. And Eddie McClintock does a great job in the scene, because you almost immediately know what's going on. And it's just really good selection of music too with Running Up That hill/Deal with god. I still cry every time, even knowing he's coming back. Sykes is a great villain. He just kills Jinks for no good reason. It's also painful when Artie tells Pete he'll remember him dying--even after resetting the timeline. And Evil Artie going crazy... a lot of really good episodes. Even H.G. Welles sacrificing herself was well done. Good redemption arc for her after nearly destroying the world.
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