Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13
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Created by	Jane Espenson D. Brent Mote
Written by	Jane Espenson D. Brent Mote David Simkins
Starring	Eddie McClintock Joanne Kelly Saul Rubinek Genelle Williams Simon Reynolds Allison Scagliotti
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jack Kenny David Simkins
Running time	approx. 44 minutes
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07) – present

Warehouse 13 is an American science fiction series which premiered on July 7, 2009 on Syfy. Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as "part The X-Files, part Raiders of the Lost Ark and part Moonlighting." The series follows United States Secret Service agents Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Peter Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) as they are reassigned to the government's secret Warehouse 13, which houses supernatural objects. They are tasked to retrieve missing objects and investigate reports of new ones.

The series premiere was Syfy's third largest debut to date, garnering 3.5 million viewers.

Production

Syfy originally ordered a two-hour pilot episode of the project, written by Farscape creator Rockne S. O'Bannon, Battlestar Galactica co-exec producer Jane Espenson and D. Brent Mote. Jace Alexander directed a revised version written by Espenson, Mote, and David Simkins of Blade: The Series. SciFi ordered an additional nine episodes on September 19, 2008. The series premiered in the U.S. on July 7, 2009.

Parts of the pilot episode were filmed in Dundas, Ontario, Canada.

Characters

• Peter Lattimer (Eddie McClintock), a "rule-bender" Secret Service agent. Agent Lattimer is smart, handsome, athletic and has a knack for quick thinking. He's a recovering alcoholic and can sometimes be prone to petulance. He has a deaf sister who taught him lip reading. He has a sixth sense in regards to immediate dangers.
• Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly), Lattimer's "by-the-book" partner. She has more book smarts and an eye for details. She takes her job very seriously and has many clashes with Lattimer.
• Arthur "Artie" Nielsen (Saul Rubinek), the Secret Service agent in charge of Warehouse 13. Although incredibly smart, he is uncouth and lacks certain social skills. He has a fondness for baking cookies.
• Leena (Genelle Williams), the proprietor of the bed-and-breakfast where Lattimer and Bering stay. She can see auras and also knows about Warehouse 13.
• Daniel Dickinson (Simon Reynolds), Lattimer and Bering's former boss at the Secret Service
• Mrs. Frederick (C. C. H. Pounder), the director of a secret government organization, who is older than she appears. She is a shadowy figure and is usually accompanied by her bodyguard.
• Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti), a "young, hip, brilliant techno-wiz" whose brother was believed to be dead. She kidnapped Artie so that he would help her bring back her brother and now works in the warehouse with Artie.

Artifacts and gadgets

Warehouse 13 - First built in 1898. Designed by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and MC Escher. As the name suggests, there have been twelve incarnations of the warehouse prior to the one in South Dakota. One of the oldest warehouses was at the Library of Alexandria. Throughout history, the warehouse has moved to whatever country has the most power at the time. (Warehouses have been established in Mesopotamia, Rome, Russia, England, etc.)

Many artifacts and technologies featured in Warehouse 13 bear resemblance to the type often featured in the steampunk genre. Other examples include Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki.

It has a special place in it that, when a specific code it put into it, pulls up any missing or deceased agents personal effects that are contained in a special room of their own.

Episode one & two

• Aztec Bloodstone - This stone exhibits the ability to control individuals whose blood comes in contact with the stone. Bloodletting in Mesoamerica was often used to legitimize a prominent social, political, and/or ideological position. The stone's influence over Gordon in Episode One causes him to attempt to kill the President (actually an attack on the Mexican Ambassador's daughter, as the "Bloodstone" craves virgin sacrifices). Artie is able to disable the stone and close its mouth by inserting what resembles a large, flat key into the top of the stone, giving it the appearance of a Mayan headdress.
• Tesla Gun - Designed by Nikola Tesla as an alternative to bullets. Polyphase electrical pulse. Causes a stun effect and short-term memory loss. Appears to have 10 settings in increments of 0.5. Artie suggests not going over 2.
• Rugby Football - Works like a boomerang in which it travels a great distance (supposedly around the world) before returning.
• Underwater Breathing Mask - Unknown origin at this time. Artie apparently used this breathing mask to 'Fix the Fish'.
• Fish Wand/Gun - Unknown origin at this time. Artie apparently used this Wand/Gun device to 'Fix the Fish'.
• Bio-Energy Vehicle - Thomas Edison created the proof of concept for Henry Ford. The combined electrical energy of the riders causes the vehicle to move. Originally designed to forego oil, Henry Ford turned it down. The vehicle can be powered with a car battery.
• Training Flight 22 - Pulled from the Bermuda triangle. A reference to the loss of Flight 19.
• Houdini's Wallet - Acquired November 3, 1926. Has the properties of 'charonic transfer', or the ability to convey the souls of the dead. The wallet allows Myka's dead boyfriend to cross over.
• Pandora's Box Not actually shown, but mentioned. Found in Aisle 989-B. 'Empty, of course'. - Artie
• Wishing Kettle - The kettle grants wishes. 'Impossible wishes, wishes that can never be granted, they produce a ferret.' - Artie
• Artie's Monitor - Unknown origin at this time. 18th Century style flat screen. Artie refers to it in a later episode as potential scrap parts.
• Artie's Keyboard - Unknown origin at this time. 18th Century style keyboard.
• Mayan Calendar - Artie mentions running into a Mayan Calendar that caused 2 agents to have "their clocks stop" (with the implication that they will resume life in 100 years). To avoid this from happening again, the question, "Do you have the constant feeling that today is yesterday?" is now asked when a potential artifact is around.
• The Farnsworth - Invented by Philo Farnsworth right after the Television in 1929. A two-way audio and video communication device.
• Jewelry Box and Comb - Jewelry Box and Hair Comb of Lucrezia Borgia created by an alchemist. Triggered by a women who is of a patrician class, single, successful, survivor of family tragedies, and the death of loved ones and connected to a young man, a young man she believes needs her protection. Transmits the mindset of Lucrezia Borgia via the crystals and ionized metal of the comb. Uses a phonetic trigger written in high-brow Italian, roughly 15th Century. 'Se li uomini sapessino le cagioni della paura mia, capir potrebbero il mio dolor.' which translates into 'If people knew the reasons for my fear, they'd be able to understand my pain.'

Episode three

• Euphoria Record - Produces a song that cause extreme Euphoria and will make its listeners unable to move as long as they hear the music.

• Lewis Caroll's Mirror - Allows people to interact with their silent reflections and also allows objects to pass through its surface.
• Analog Password Cracker - Artie used it to hack into Dickinson's private computer. Looks like it was made well before its time.
• Still Camera - Freezes people and turns them into black-and-white life size cutouts of themselves. They will be 'frozen' until they are turned back, using the camera flash.

Episode four

• Guillotine blade - The blade that killed Marie Antoinette. Releases a blast of energy when it hits the bottom of the guillotine.
• James Braid's Chair - After years worth of hypnotherapy, the iron springs become magnetized and, when using one of his descendant's voices akin to a tuning fork, can cause whoever sat in it to enact their subconscious desires.

Episode five

• Durational Spectrometer - Shows the images of anyone who was in the room in the last five hours.
• Rheticus's Compass - Was used in his long lost teleportation experiments. Has a set of rules engraved on the sides of the box and in a secret compartment under the box. If all the rules are not followed precisely, the user will be trapped in space and time until the rule is followed.
• Ben Franklin's Lightning Rod - Part of Artie's travelling emergency kit, it boosts the energy level of any device it's attached to.
• Electric Handcuffs - Handcuffs altered to carry a 20,000 volt charge, invented and used by Claudia Donavan.

Episode six

• Buck Skin Coat - Native American coat that allows whoever wears it, and puts the hood over their head, to pass through solid objects easily. One feather detached from it can convey this property up to the elbow of the user's arm.
• Lenape Cave - Located deep underground, whoever can use all the elements will gain immense power over all the world.

Episode seven

• Spine of the Saracen - Turkish Device used in the First Crusades. Makes anyone who puts it on his spine a killing machine that can kill people with massive electrical power. It can be detached by either killing the host or overloading the spine with massive electric overloads.

• 3D Holographic Imaging Projector - Designed and built by Claudia Donovan. Uses pictures to make a hologram of anything and can reconstruct it back to its base form. Built from Bell and Howell's Spectroscope.

• Bell and Howell's Spectroscope - As stated by Claudia, after she repurposed it, it was "just a holographic projector."

Reception

Warehouse 13's series premiere was the most-watched cable show on American television that night. With 3.5 million viewers, it was also Syfy's third best premiere ever, behind Stargate Atlantis (2004) and Eureka (2006). Joanne Ostrow of The Denver Post described it as "X-Files light, with the bickering Scully and Mulder stand-ins going off on Indiana Jones-style adventures." IGN reviewer Ramsey Isler gave the pilot a positive review, but felt that it wasn't enough to give "SyFy a chance to once again boast the best sci-fi show on TV." Entertainment Weekly gave it a negative review, describing it as an "unholy cross between The X-Files, Bones, and Raiders of the Lost Ark."

This series shares many similarities with Friday the 13th: The Series a series which aired between 1987 and 1990. Such similarities between them are having two artifact collectors Michelle "Micki" Foster (played by Louise Robey) and Ryan Dallion (played by John D. LeMay), who travel around collecting artifacts that have been cursed by the devil.

Episodes

Season 1 (2009)

#	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Airdate
1–2	"Pilot"	Jace Alexander	Story: Brent Mote & Jane Espenson Teleplay: Brent Mote & Jane Espenson & David Simkins	July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)
In the two-hour (including commercials) series pilot, Secret Service agents Peter Lattimer (McClintock) and Myka Bering (Kelly) are reassigned by the mysterious Mrs. Frederick (Pounder) to a top-secret facility in South Dakota. Now reluctantly joining the quirky Artie Nielsen (Rubinek) as "gatherers and protectors" of empowered and potentially dangerous objects, Lattimer and Bering investigate a report of domestic abuse in Iowa and discover a small town lawyer (Sherry Miller) who is channeling Lucretia Borgia.
3	"Resonance"	Vincent Misiano	David Simkins	July 14, 2009 (2009-07-14)
A string of bank robberies in Chicago puts Pete and Myka on the search for a very soothing song, while Artie probes a security breach in Warehouse 13. Guest starring Tricia Helfer.
4	"Magnetism"	Jace Alexander	Jack Kenny	July 21, 2009 (2009-07-21)
Pete and Myka seek an inhibition-releasing artifact in the fictional town of Unionville, Colorado, while Artie probes the strange energy surges plaguing Warehouse 13.
5	"Claudia"	Stephen Surjik	Drew Z. Greenberg	July 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)
Artie gets kidnapped by the source of the warehouse's security breach, Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti). She enlists Artie to help right a wrong from their past.
6	"Elements"	Ken Girotti	Story: Dana Baratta & Jack Kenny Teleplay: Jack Kenny & David Simkins	August 4, 2009 (2009-08-04)
A thief steals a sculpture with the help of a Native American artifact, and the investigation leads Pete and Myka to discover a sacred place that they deem worthy of protection. Claudia sneaks into the team to protect herself from the organization's "consequences" for her actions. Guest starring Joe Flanigan.
7	"Burnout"	Constantine Makris	Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia	August 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)
While investigating the site of a presumed gas explosion, Pete and Myka are shocked to discover the body of another Warehouse agent. Things get even more complicated when the item they're hunting attaches itself to Pete's spine.
8	"Implosion"	TBA	TBA	August 18, 2009 (2009-08-18)
Pete and Myka return to Washington to intercept a samurai sword that is to be presented to the president, and they discover a competitor for items that belong in the warehouse. Guest starring Roger Rees.
9	"Duped"	TBA	TBA	August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25)
Pete and Myka go to Las Vegas to fetch an artifact that is helping a couple of gamblers, but the mission goes awry when Myka becomes trapped in a famous author's mirror. Guest starring Erica Cerra and Niall Matter.
10	"Regrets"	TBA	TBA	September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
11	"Breakdown"	TBA	TBA	September 8, 2009 (2009-09-08)
12	"Nevermore"	TBA	TBA	September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15)
13	"Macpherson"	TBA	TBA	September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)

External links

• Official website
• Warehouse 13 at IMDb
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