Warehouse 13 is the latest and greatest TV show from the Syfy channel. The series wraps around a warehouse that protects the worlds most bizarre and dangerous secrets, and the agents that protect those secrets (imagine the Warehouse at the end of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark). The show was the highest rating that Syfy has had, and as Season 2 gets ready to start up, season 1 is coming out on DVD, so lets see what all the fuss is about.
The pilot starts off taking these two secret service agents, Peter and Myka, who are total opposites. Myka (Joanne Kelly) is by the book, detail oriented, and very brainy, and Peter (Eddie McClintock), is very gut-driven and relaxed. After saving the president from an artifact, Mrs. Frederick recruits them to the Warehouse, where they meet Artie (Saul Rubinek), who is in charge of the Warehouse. Once Peter and Myka see the good they can do, they stay on to save the world, one gadget at a time.
The pilot was actually kinda week, and the first few episodes seemed to not be able to find their footing, but it seemed like with the episode Claudia, they seemed to really hit their stride. Claudia is where the team picks up another team mate in, well, Claudia (Allison Scagliotti), who is a really smart girl without a family, and after some interaction with an artifact, stays with Artie, who becomes her mentor, and father figure.
The episode, Implosion is where we get an overall story-arc in a nemesis character of MacPherson (Roger Rees), a former Warehouse agent who is trying to intercept these artifacts for personal gain. The episode is great, along with a great artifact. The rest of the season is figuring out MacPherson's connection with the Warehouse, and Artie, along with the group behind the Warehouse.
The last episode deals with MacPherson turning a member of the team, and blowing up a piece of the Warehouse, and Artie, which lead to a serious cliffhanger, that could be interesting to overcome in Season 2.
The special features are a little silly, but sold the season quite well. There are multiple interviews with the cast and crew. The interviews showed a great chemistry with actors, and a great sense of humor on the set, which is fun to watch. There are also several episodes with deleted scenes and audio commentary. The deleted scenes are only ok, but the audio commentary is quite interesting.
Overall, the first half of the season was ok, but the second half more than made up for it. I recommend you spend the hard earned dough on this one, and catch the second season starting this week. I think you will enjoy it. It's just wacky enough to be good!
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