Well crap. Intelligence was cancelled in favor of another season of The Mentalist. That makes yet another show down the drain. My Current SciFi category is going to be significantly smaller next season. Let’s look at the count.
It’s that time of year, when most of the shows on the broadcast networks are finishing their seasons. Agents of SHIELD concluded magnificently last week. How did Grimm and Warehouse 13 fare? (Supernatural will get its own post later.)
Even with all the vows and such, we still don’t know Monroe’s last name.
Grimm isn’t a show frequently covered here, but the season finale is worth mentioning for the sheer number of stories left up in the air for next season.
Monroe and Rosalee were married. On the night before the wedding, Rosalee’s sister ruined their grandmother’s wedding dress, which Rosalee had planned to wear. Thank goodness, because it was one ugly dress! Monroe’s parents bribed the bridal shop to open early so they could buy a $7,200 dress for Rosalee on the day of the wedding (She’s worth it.) They’ve come a long way from protesting the mixed-Wesen marriage.
All of the show’s arcs come together quickly with action and blood galore. Where to start? Continue reading
Apparently my Charlie White on Dancing with the Stars obsession continues, but I have torn myself away long enough to catch up on a few sci fi shows. Here are some incredibly short reviews, because better recaps and reviews have been done elsewhere, and in a more timely manner.
What’s with all the black, wardrobe people?
The season is definitely going out with a bang. Will it make for a great, or at least better season 2? One can hope. Continue reading
How about a “quick and dirty” discussion of episodes from four early-week shows? Here are thoughts on Sunday’s Believe and Monday’s Warehouse 13. Thoughts on Tuesdays Agents of SHIELD and Supernatural will be posted later—because the first two reviews turned out to be not so quick. 😉
Like last week’s episode, “Sinking” broke out of the rut this show had fallen into; I’m hoping it’s finally hitting its stride. Granted, that won’t mean a thing if it doesn’t get more viewers.
Last week, Bo removed Tate’s ankle restraint (with her mind!). This week Tate takes advantage of his freedom to return to his hometown to settle old scores learn the truth behind the betrayal that landed him on death row.
Tate’s father joins Winter, Channing, and Bo.
Given its significance to the overall story of Believe, “Sinking” should have been a two-parter. The writers packed so much into one episode, it felt rushed. What could have been excellent background information was either glossed over, rushed or just plain ignored. Rather than keeping the two FBI agents from New York, our team was tailed by two new agents. Using the two New York agents would have given the show some continuity, and upped the stakes, since those two were working for Skouras.
Speaking of Skouras, he’s so single-minded, it’s maniacal. His villainy has become cartoonish, and it’s a shame. Kyle MacLauchlan deserves better. Continue reading
Warehouse 13 has wrapped up its fourth season. As usual, the fate of the warehouse, and possibly the world, hangs in the balance—not to mention the future of numerous characters. Sadly, the show’s “be-all-end-all” cliffhangers have become tiresome. Like “the boy who cried wolf,” it’s happened so many times, do we even care anymore?
The gang’s (almost) all here:newly serious Pete, nearly absent Steve, super-smart Claudia, and super-sick Myka
“The Truth Hurts” had some excellent moments, some bad moments, some ugly ones, and some that just made me say “WTF?” In fact, it had too many moments. This is probably due to Warehouse 13‘s shortened season 5. Like Eureka, the series will conclude with a meager six episodes next year. The producers likely had to jam more into this season’s finale than originally intended, in order to be able to wrap things up next year. Last Resort did something similar that in its final episode.
So, what was good about “The Truth Hurts”?
I usually enjoy the “special” episodes, the ones that take the heroes out of their normal milieu and plop them in an alternate reality. Supernatural has done this a few times, often with excellent results. This week’s Warehouse 13 followed suit, throwing Pete and Myka into the roles of a Chicago gumshoe and his girl Friday. Even the title cards evoked the film noir feel.
Myka and Pete circa 1940
Pete and Myka are using Vyasa’s jade elephant to absorb and contain electrostatic energy balls bouncing around the warehouse. (This is, after all, the warehouse where weird things happen all the time.) When the elephant “overloads” from absorbing too many balls at once, its energy knocks an unfinished manuscript off the shelves, its pages to shower Pete and Myka as they float to the floor. When the papers settle, Myka and Pete are in the black and white world of 1940s Chicago. Except, as Myka says, “The 1940s were in color, much like the rest of history.”
Continuing to catch up..
The gang’s all there to support Artie.
The episode begins with Artie (backed by Pete, Myka, Claudia and Steve) appearing before a tribunal of Regents to decide his future. To Artie’s surprise, the Regents exonerate him of Leena’s death, saying it wasn’t Arthur Nielsen who killed her. As they say, Artie’s guilt is far more severe than any punishment they could impose. Too true.
Gak! I’m trying to write three reviews at once: Warehouse 13 ‘s first two episodes of the half-season, and Grimm‘s most recent. It’s not going to get any better since tonight is Supernatural‘s last episode before the season finale; and you know how much I love my Supernatural. As for W13 and Grimm, might as well go in chronological order by air date.
Heh. I thought “The Living and the Dead” was Warehouse 13‘s season premiere. Rather, it’s the second half-season premiere. I know this only because it’s listed as episode #411.
Steve, Myka, Mrs. Fredrick, Claudia, Pete and two extras rescue Artie.
I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the first half-season’s cliffhanger ending. Just to recap, EvilArtie released the dreaded deadly sweating sickness virus, and Claudia stabbed EvilArtie with some special dagger.
Artie is still alive but in a coma. In fact, he wants to stay inside his brain, because in there, Leena is still alive (and baking cookies).
With the help of some artifact, Claudia and Steve enter Artie’s brain, which is the warehouse. In there, they meet several of Artie’s old comrades and enemies, including comrade-and-sometimes-girlfriend Dr. Vanessa Calder (Lindsay Wagner) and archenemy James MacPherson (Roger Rees). I always look forward to the episodes with Roger Rees. Gosh, I wish they hadn’t bronzed him way back in season…. whenever. Claudia eventually finds Artie and forces him out of his dream world and back into reality. Artie isn’t happy about it.
Myka and Sutton: So cute!
Pete and Myka save the world from the dreaded deadly sweating sickness in Paris, with the help of one Professor Sutton, who also happens to be…immortal? ageless? Something like that. I imagine we’ll be seeing more of James Marsters (Professor Sutton) since he stole Marie Antoinette’s diamond; and although he died in front of Pete and Myka, when we revisit the crypt where he died, his body isn’t there. I’m fine with that. I’m not crazy about his ex-girlfriend/wife (or whatever she is), but we’ll wait and see how that plays out.
[Photos credit Syfy.com]
(Another quick and dirty look, this time at 3 not-so-new shows.)
This week’s look is at Warehouse 13, Grimm, and Once Upon a Time. Hopefully, once I’m caught up (in an ideal universe) I’ll be able to address each of them separately.
CCH Pounder and Genelle Williams and Warehouse 13’s Mrs Fredrick (no first name) and Leena (no last name?)
The proverbial “they” say one is entertained not only when the story takes a surprising turn, but also when you predict the outcome. For the most part, I agree. I usually enjoy an unexpected plot twist; but am equally pleased when I predict it (probably because I think I’m so smart). That’s not to say it’s 100% accurate—it depends on how good the plot is. But for the most part, it works. That said:
WHOA!
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