WAREHOUSE 13: Where and When

Carole King’s first hit. Mrs. F in her younger, ‘scarier’ years. Oh to have been around in 1961.

This week’s WAREHOUSE 13 was more pleasing than I anticipated. After last week’s promo, I was expecting the time-travel theme to be really cheesy, but Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly and the rest of the team really pulled it off quite well.

The warehouse team was joined by Rebecca, who season one fans might remember as the retired agent who warned Myka to leave the warehouse before it became all consuming. We know that Myka didn’t exactly heed her advice, but it was still nice to see Rebecca back in a slightly more optimistic frame of mind.

This week’s adventure took us back to 1961 and gave us a glimpse into quite the horrific event. A handful of young and beautiful women were stabbed and then turned into glass. The weapon of choice was a rogue artifact and Pete and Myka went on the hunt for it.

If you’ve got to go back in time, it’s always convenient to have H.G. Wells on your team. No? Helena rigged up one of her old time machines and allowed Pete and Myka to return to 1961 fora mere 22 hours and 19 minutes. During that time the two were able to take the form of Rebecca and her former co-agent/love interest, Jack.

While Pete was intent of saving the lives of the women killed in 1961, Myka was concerned with the negative impact altering events might have on the future.

Rebecca had warned the two about a magazine publisher, Jonah Raite. She always assumed that he was the one who murdered the women with the artifact. But Pete & Myka discovered that Raite’s wife was really the killer. Her rage was fueled by her jealously of the women. If only she’d known that her husband wasn’t sleeping with them; he was secretly working with them to further their careers as professionals in the magazine biz.

Pete and Myka killed two pesky birds with one stone. Not only were they able to keep history intact, but they also retrieved the artifact – a glass dagger with roots based in original Cinderella (read: not Disney) storytelling. They bury it in the orchard so that it can be snagged, bagged, and tagged back in 2010.

While Pete and Myka return to present time, Rebecca was able to go back in order to be reunited with Jack. Aw.

Well done to the W13 creative team on their recreation of 1961. Their costuming and hair were fantastic and it was great to see the humming action in the old warehouse, including the “Artie of 1961”, Charles Martin. I actually kind of liked him MORE than Artie.

What do you think about Artie’s insistence not to trust Helena? In the season premiere, I thought it was clear she wasn’t to be trusted, but throughout this season, I’ve grown to like her character. I think we’ve learned this season that just because someone is a warehouse agent it doesn’t mean they can always be completely trusted at all times.

As for Pete and Myka, were any of you also just a little bit curious to see if they would end the episode like Rebecca and Jack, locked in a passionate embrace in a cherry orchard? The fact that the writers didn’t go there or anywhere close makes me think that they’ve fully embraced the idea that Pete and Myka will only ever just be friends and partners. And I’m okay with that.

It seems Myka might really fight for Helena’s place at the warehouse, and it will be interesting to see how that plays out the rest of the season. What do you think? Does this episode stack up against some of your favorites? Can you believe we’ve made it two eps in a row without a blatant Twizzlers product placement? (And I did the research; they WERE around in 1961, though strawberry flavored ones didn’t come out till 1990). Will Helena betray the team or will Artie come around to the fact that she can be trusted? Will Myka, Pete and Claudia have to choose sides? Let’s discuss in the comments below!

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