Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Secret Santa

Episode Name: Secret Santa
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3*
Rating: Four and a Half Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
It's Christmastime at the Warehouse! Pete and Myka plan a Christmas with their families. But, like usual... an Artifact interrupts things.
There's a Santa on the loose, causing trouble for a businessman. Pete and Myka go to help out, but things may get dangerous...
Meanwhile, Claudia works on getting Artie and his father back together, with the help of her brother Josh, which will provide difficulties on its own...
Will this be a merry Christmas in the end?

Mission Report:
Yet another awesome episode! The story was well-done and pretty enjoyable (the Artie/Father storyline was a little awkward and less enjoyable, but still well-done). Both stories were good and well-done, and enjoyable. And I loved seeing the old theme song (taken out in Season 3 for whatever reason) and the commercial-break-alerters done in Christmas style... it was cool!
This is definitely one of my favorite Warehouse 13 episodes!

*This episode was an extra that was included in the Season 3 DVD box.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Stand

Episode Name: Stand
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three and a Half Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
Walter Sykes's endgame is nigh! He has discovered a possible secondary entry into the Warehouse. Everyone's brought into this. But it's not just the Collodi Bracelet he's after... and that means the question is... will the Warehouse survive?
Will all the people we know survive?

Mission Report:
There were very enjoyable parts. And there were some not-so-enjoyable parts. The story was very well-done, though it's sorry that H.G. Wells had to go. And, in some small way, Mrs. Fredrick. And it did have some glitches in it.
And I'm sure there was A Prime Problem twist. They wanted to blow the Warehouse up, and play with its footage. So here we are... blowing-up Warehouse footage to go with the storyline! Now, they may have just been going on with the storyline, but A Prime Problem is what came to mind when the Warehouse was blowing up. You know, the classic 1980's episode I was sure that they were using as an excuse to blow a Starscream up? But I will say that said explosion scenes were very well-done. I was impressed with how well-done they were done, special effects and all.
And it has a cliffhanger! I was never very fond of those. Though I get the get-people-to-continue-the-series trick.
All in all, this is not my fave episode. It was only so-so, though it had some good moments and good special effects.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Emily Lake

Episode Name: Emily Lake
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
The bugs--nanites (sp?)--are finally discovered. The investigation ends up with finding a Regent file. Claudia hacks into the file, and Myka and Pete soon discover Emily Lake... who's a perfect match for H.G. Wells! Except for mental files, of course... and Steve's in this mix too...
Sykes is getting his endgame nigh...

Mission Report:
Sorry for the lame summary.
This was only an average enjoyment. They finally made up their mind about Steve... and not in a good way. Killing him in the end was not good! At least he died a good guy...
The story was pretty well-done. There were glitches, of course.
All in all, this episode only hit average... not good, but not bad either.

Note:
This episode is actually after Insatiable, which will never be reviewed. Apologies for this.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Shadows

Episode Name: Shadows
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
Pete is trying to handle the fact that his mom's a Regent. And she's trying to remember when she last heard of A to Z Tech, the company who hired Sally. Things will go a little whacky on their own...
Meanwhile, Myka and Claudia are sent to investigate a ping. People are disappearing in Portland in a mysterious flash of light, while the power in cars and buildings go out and lights explode. A weird "shadow" of black stuff is left behind. They discover a girl who's acting weird, but she isn't the culprit... and Myka suspects a nuclear Artifact!
Will things go okay, or will things go truly nuclear?

Mission Briefing:
Yeah, I try for puns.
But things are back to normal! Warehouse 13 has left the super-dark and disturbing tone of The 40th Floor, and I'm happy about it! YAY!
Now, to reviewing. Again, the primary focus of the episode, the Stalker's Nuclear Artifact storyline, was better than the other one. But I will say that both were good. Even in the Mom's Memories storyline, it was good and well-done, around average. And watching Pete learn a lesson was kind of cool. To top it off, we also learn who the new enemy of the Warehouse is (though I've once again forgotten the name... sorry!).
To the Stalker's Nuclear Artifact storyline's review. Again, this was a pretty good and well-done story. Not my fave, it hit really only just about higher than average. But it was pretty well-done, though there were some slightly confusing moments... that usually made more sense later. It was only above average in enjoyment, though... and there were some uncomfortable moments.
Oh, and we get to learn Mrs. Fredrick's first name... Irine (sp?)!
And we see Tray again! Cool!
All in all, while it's a super-relief from The 40th Floor, this episode was only about average.

Monday, October 15, 2012

The 40th Floor

Episode Name: The 40th Floor
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: One Spaceship

Mission Report:
OH MAN! This episode was so bad, I'm not even bothering to do the Briefing!
It was highly disturbing. I can't say how well the story was made, because it extremely freaked me out! There were too many direct deaths. Like, we saw them! The good special effects have usually been a good point in Warehouse 13's favor, but this one made it an extreme downer! And how Mrs. Fredrick was acting... down-down-downer! Oh, and taking out Steve? Not a good idea... I liked him!
Oh, the FBI spy's name was Sally, not Helen. Sorry about the confusion.
Anyway, the only semi-good thing was the surprise at the end, where Miss New Guardian (Jane, I believe), turns out to be Pete's mom!!! Fun surprise for last second. But I'm not sure how good that was, except for a good cliffhanger.
I hate this episode... it's joining the first two Elite Guard Trilogy episodes, Megatron's Master Plan Parts 1-2*, The Probe**, Black Friday***, and all those other One-Spaceships and extreme hate episodes! Welcome to the bottom of the list, pal!
In conclusion, this is my least favorite Warehouse 13 episode ever! Okay, up to now, but this episode is NEVER EVER going to be a fave...

*The Transformers (classic 1980's series), Season 2
**Beast Wars Transformers, Season 1
***Transformers Animated, Season 2

Past Imperfect

Episode Name: Past Imperfect
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
During a mission to get an Artifact in Denver, Myka gets a glimpse of Leo, her partner Sam's killer. He's back in action... Myka and Pete team up with Myka's old Denver Secret Service team to capture him once more.
Meanwhile, Claudia and Steve just nabbed an Artifact... only to be knocked out, and have the Artifact stolen! The only witness was a dog. Artie's got some idea how to get the info from the dog. That's just going to be plain whacky, and who knows what will happen...?
How will the day end?

Mission Report:
YES! They're finally seeing the FBI spy (I think her name's Helen, from the driver's license in the show) for her true colors! It happens at the way end, but it's nice all the same.
But to reviewing. Neither show was overly enjoyable. It was neither bad or good. It was just... average. It wasn't overly exciting. To be honest, there were some more exciting parts, but it was only an average show overall.
And the story was only averagely done. I think they were messing with series details. The impression I got from Sam in the earlier episodes that he was more similar to present-day Pete, and this episode told us that it was the reverse... Myka was the second "Pete", and Sam was the other "Myka". With certain differences, of course, but those are the closest.
But this was another good chance to see how well the actor playing Myka (again, apologies, but I just don't know your real name) is. She's very good. The wilder, more emotional Myka seemed pretty believable. I mean, I think we all felt like Pete, where we were too used to the old Myka, and it was hard to believe that she was once like this. But the actor did a good job portraying this Myka, since it was a pretty believable act.
All in all, this was only an average show... though it was good to see the scarab again, and it's nice that we have a dog (named Tray [sp?]) in the house... or should I say WARE-house? LOL!*

*Or, at least I think so... it does seem like Tray is sticking around, though.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Don't Hate The Player

Episode Name: Don't Hate The Player
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3 (Eureka Crossover)
Rating: Four and a Half Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
It's a normal, boring day. But then Claudia gets an emergency call from a business partner of Fargo's... turns out Fargo is stuck in a virtual reality game (based on Warehouse 13) he was working on! And guess what he was using to fix a game problem? That's right... an Artifact! And things are getting wacky and dangerous... so much so, that he and his other partner (also stuck in the game, not the caller) may die! Pete and Claudia hop into the game as well to save these two, but things may get more dangerous, since we are talking about an Artifact usage...
Meanwhile, Artie and Steve go to get an Artifact, running into the FBI spy (sorry, can't remember the name). They have to steal the Artifact, but said FBI spy may cause trouble...
Is it "game over" for everybody?

Mission Briefing:
Okay, there are two major downers to this episode. Number 1: freaky scene with Claudia's fear. Number 2: the second storyline. The Steal-Van-Gogh (sp? on last one) Storyline was not a good storyline... it wasn't very enjoyable. And it was a little glitchy... I mean, they should have suspected something about her running off, even if she did come back! Oh, and shouldn't have Steve been able to tell she was lying? Glitchy...! Anyway, it wasn't very enjoyable.
BUT, very wisely, they didn't stick to that storyline very much. Again, Autoboot-Camp-like, but very, VERY wise!!!
The game storyline was purely awesome. The graphics could have been done better, though. Otherwise, though, this was a very awesome story. It was very enjoyable, and it was very well-done. Some of the jokes made sense, since it was based on Warehouse 13. And they remembered the Goo. You know... purple junk that "calms down" Artifacts? That element had minimized since the start of the show (like, it's there, but not talked about much and just accepted). The fact that it kind of came back was awesome. And elf-Claudia and gladiator Pete was cool. And Claudia's actually a good singer! Cool! But the whole jump-in-the-video-game thing (and seeing "fantasy" versions of the Warehouse) was totally awesome! And the story was good too!
So, despite the downer points, this is one of my fave Warehouse 13 episodes!

Friday, October 12, 2012

3... 2... 1...

Episode Name: 3... 2... 1...
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
Again, that's the actual name of the episode, not a typo or whatever.
Joshua's Trumpet has popped up again. It has been on an adventure since H.G. Wells was a Warehouse 12 agent. But now it's causing mysterious deaths. Oh, and to make things worse, someone's making the Trumpet even louder. The Warehouse 13 agents have to call on the help of H.G. Wells herself... in a holographic form (transported and shown from a holo-ball).
Will the day be saved this time...?

Mission Report:
Okay, I'm telling you this now, but the fact that they mess up and basically twist a Biblical story is MINIMAL to loosing story points. But it still ticked me off!
But this was not Warehouse 13's shining moment. The story was only decent, in both enjoyment and making. There were too many flashbacks. And there were some moments that didn't make sense. And it was only average enjoyment.
This was an okay episode that needs a lot of tweaking.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Queen For A Day

Episode Name: Queen For A Day
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three and a Third Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
A surprising visitor shows up at Leena's B&B--Pete's ex-wife Amanda! Amanda has come to tell Pete that she's marrying again, and is here to pick up her grandfather's ring. But she accidentally takes part of an Artifact with her... a bee-thing that soon causes some major trouble at Amanda's wedding, especially when Pete and Myka come to the wedding to get the Artifact back!
Meanwhile, Claudia and Steve are after U.S. Grant's flask... at a civil war reenactment. Tricky! And to add to pressure, whoever drinks from the flask thinks he or she's really fighting the civil war.
Trouble's busy as a bee today...*

Mission Review:
Hmm... not the best, but not bad either. Like Autoboot Camp**,  there were two storylines, but they stayed with the most important. Wise choice! In fact, the "Flask-Reenactment" storyline seemed to me to be more of a learn-about-Steve and a Steve-and-Claudia-bonding thing. It wasn't my fave... just about average. Though I will say that the Mini Tessla (sp?) was awesome!
The "Wedding Queen Bee" storyline was much better. And they seemed to stay more with this one, and it was a good choice. It was pretty well-done, though I did not really care for the awkward scenes between Pete and Amanda. But it was pretty enjoyable... the lowest was just about average. Unluckily, there was a lot of average, though there were good moments, especially near the end (four-Spaceship enjoyment at highest).
This was a pretty good show, but could use some tweaking and isn't the most enjoyable.


*LOL!
**Transformers Animated, Season 2

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Love Sick

Episode Name: Love Sick
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Four Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
Artie's crush, Dr. Vanessa Calder, calls for help. There's an artifact turning women into clay, killing them in the process! Artie and Claudia go to help. They discover it's a virus... a computer virus! An Artifact is somehow allowing the virus to be transferred to humans, which then causes human DNA to be altered, turning people into clay. The old Warehouse computer expert, Hugo, has to be called, and it turns out that he and Vanessa had a thing once! But things will soon get deadly, threatening Hugo and Vanessa's life!
Meanwhile, Myka and Pete wake up in bed together... Artie's bed, specifically, and looking like they did the deed! And Steve is missing! But neither Pete or Myka can remmeber what happened (or whether or not they did the deed). And Myka has gone blonde to boot! The agents have to figure out what happened... and whether or not Steve's in trouble!
Will the agents save the day... and their friends' lives?

Mission Report:
This was a good episode. Both storylines were enjoyable. And both were very well-done. And we had our mysterious new enemies in the background... dun-dun-duh...! LOL!
And they're getting clever with the new "catch-up" scenes at the beginning. Now, I've seen the series up to here, but they're helpful reminders.
Anyway, this was a very good episode.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Trials


Episode Name: Trials
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Three and a Half Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
Myka’s back! Her first mission with Pete is to investigate a bunch of weird memory losses. These memory losses get worse and worse until death… and it’s all for murder scene victims! That is, until Pete’s affected… and Myka’s been bugged about something, and Pete (pre-memory-wipe) had been too…
Meanwhile, Claudia is sent on her first official mission (with Steve tagging along). It’s after a sickness-and-illness-transferring butcher knife... at an auction! Questions and Awkwardness will follow as well… not to mention the knife gets stolen!!!
Will everything end up well with these two cases?

Mission Report:
Hmm… just a little better than the average episode! The juggling of the two stories was pretty good. I like the Claudia/Steve/Artie storyline a little better. Yeah, maybe I have something about memory-wipes. But both were pretty good, and pretty well-done storylines. They just weren’t the most enjoyable.
But they were still good. They were still pretty enjoyable. There were some downer moments. But it was mostly good… average enjoyment was just the bottom level.
All in all, these episodes were pretty good, but it was only a little bit above average enjoyment.

The New Guy


Episode Name: The New Guy
Series: Warehouse 13, Season 3
Rating: Four Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
Everyone’s a little out of whack since Myka left. A new guy is brought in… Steve Jinks, a former ATF agent who can tell whether or not someone’s lying… after he witnesses an Artifact-grab. His first case is with Pete, and they are figuring mysterious deaths… that have a Shakespeare twist. They go to Myka to ask for help. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is having some statue trouble (that came from Warehouse 2).
Who knows what will happen…?

Mission Report:
Now, it’s been a while… but it was great!
The deaths were a little gorier and direct than I remembered, but it has been a while. But the rest was good. It had a few funny moments, the story was well-done, and it was pretty enjoyable. And—spoiler alert (LOL)—Myka comes back in the end! And we have new mysterious enemies…
This was a good episode overall, and I’m glad to say that Warehouse 13 is back! YAY!