WAREHOUSE 13: Claudia

Hmmm…..….I wish we were sitting around talking about this episode together, because I’m more anxious to hear YOUR thoughts than to share mine. I will share them, but I hope you will too, in the comments.

This week’s episode felt a little more intense than the others, and it starts out by Artie being kidnapped for a mistake he may have made with an experiment years ago. His kidnapper is our title character, Claudia. It’s up to Pete and Myka to help save him. If he WANTS to be saved, that is!

She’s an orphan, feisty and funny and smart, and through flashback, we learn that her older brother, Joshua was some sort of student of Artie’s.

Speaking of Joshua, was anyone else surprised when he also came back alive? That felt kind of ANTI-climactic for me, actually. Not that I wanted him to die, but that kind of seemed to be where the plot was moving, right? Sacrifice the brother for the sister, and then she becomes part of their ragtag operation. But since Joshua is still alive, will he also be part of the group? Will he turn evil and turn against the warehouse team? Is he going to age all of a sudden? You see, these are questions I need answers to.

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WAREHOUSE 13: It’s All About ‘Magnetism’

Do you smell fudge? Is your gall bladder feeling numb? If so, you might be affected by one of the artifacts in WAREHOUSE 13! Or… you might just be watching the show. I hope you were. And I hope you liked it as much as I did. I thought, with the exception of a couple of botched scenes, that this was the best episode of the season (and not just because Pete was shirtless in the first 10 minutes). Counting the two hour pilot, we’re four episodes into it with 9 more. Yay!

In this episode, Pete and Myka are sent to Colorado where people are acting strangely. A kind nun jumps off a roof, a young music protégé destroys his violin, an elderly widow smashes a pot against a wall and a man’s face against a pastry display case, and it’s up to M & P to figure out exactly WHAT the artifact even is and then retrieve it. Meanwhile Artie tries to figure out who has breached the warehouse.

Pete and Myka don’t fight, they bicker! I thought their timing was very good and fun in this episode. Them getting slimed was dope in a Double Dare kind of way, but the subsequent laughing and wrestling felt a little forced. I guess they…like each other. I’m not talking about love or UST or anything like that, just genuine affection. And, like I said last week, it’s one of the things I love about the show, that Pete and Myka have accepted the importance of their partnership and mission and are really trying to make it work. I think their strength is in the bicker though, and not so much in the collaborating against Artie for tricking them kind of thing (which was a pretty funny trick). What do you think? Are you feeling Pete and Myka as friends? Something more?

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WAREHOUSE 13: Resonance

res·o·nate : \ˈre-zə-ˌnāt\ intransitive verb

1: to produce or exhibit resonance

2: to respond as if by resonance ;to have a repetitive pattern that resembles resonance

3: to relate harmoniously : strike a chord

This show has heart, and I love it. Without being too heavy handed, it managed to weave an interesting case with a more in depth look at just what makes Pete and Myka tick (He plays the piano! She sings in the shower!).

The episode starts out with Eddie McClintock and “previously on Warehouse 13”. If you missed the pilot, check out the GMMR review https://www.givememyremote.com/remote/warehouse-13-an-invitation-to-endless-wonder/ .

And then we’re in Chicago, where some women and a man in black are about to rob a bank. But they don’t use guns, so far as we can tell, but they do kind of look like Darth Vader.

Switch fast to Warehouse 13, and Pete is playing some ping pong. Against Pete. Is it sad that I would watch a Pete vs. Pete match for hours? That was rad.

Meanwhile, Artie is mad because his (outdated?…i don’t buy it) computers aren’t cooperating with him. He and the lovely Leena realize they are being hacked. Also unlikely.

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WAREHOUSE 13 – An Invitation to Endless Wonder

Well, did you enjoy our first ‘invitation to endless wonder’? I have to admit, I really loved WAREHOUSE 13’s premiere episodes. The show isn’t going to end world hunger or anything, but it was good. Very good, I thought.

The Museum of Natural History serves as center stage for the first of what will surely be many standoffs between two thirds of the show’s leads – Secret Service Agents Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer. Both are charged with protecting the President, although they have very different ways of doing their job. She’s by the book. He’s all instinct. Clearly their ways don’t mesh and instant tension (soon to be sexual tension, I’m sure) ensues.

“Line of the night, from Pete: “Why don’t you pull your head out of your magenta and feel the room?””

Pete’s instincts lead him to remove a stone head that oddly enough seems to be bleeding. Sure enough it’s that same mysterious bleeding head that has seemingly possessed one of the museum workers. Good thing Myka’s observation skills are up to par, because she gets to the would be killer before he can get to the President.

While taking the stone head out of the museum, Pete encounters a strange man who takes the head from him and disappears in an instant. Odd. But since the strange man is nowhere to be found and the stone head is missing, Agent Lattimer has some explaining to do.

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What’s in WAREHOUSE 13? New Syfy Mystery Premieres Tonight

On Tuesday, July 7th, the SciFi channel is making a change. The new ‘Syfy’ channel will be revealed during the premiere of what they hope is a flagship series, WAREHOUSE 13. The new motto for the channel? Imagine Greater.

And that’s just what WAREHOUSE 13 (TUESDAY, JULY 7th at 9:00 PM) is all about. Imagine a place where some of America’s greatest secrets are kept away, contained and stored for observation and safety. Meanwhile other, new and mysterious artifacts are being found every day, and it’s up to the team to ‘snag em, bag em and tag em’. The team is made up of two top Secret Agents, Pete Lattimer and Myka Bering, who, after saving the life of the President, are ‘promoted’ to Warehouse 13 to join the eccentric curator of the South Dakota based warehouse, Artie Nielson, played by Saul Rubinek (Frasier).

Pete and Myka, played by Eddie McClintock (“Bones”, “My Boy”s) and Joanne Kelly (“Dresden Files”, “Jeremiah”) are on opposite ends of the spectrum, personality wise with Pete as the intuitive bring it on type and Myka as the logical let’s think about it type. Compared already to BONES (Booth and Brennan) and X FILES (Scully and Mulder), the show’s success will depend greatly on whether these two first time leads can pull off chemistry and good storylines.

This week’s two hour pilot of what executive producer/show runner Jack Kenny calls “an action adventure proceduromedy” involves Myka and Pete saving the President, getting their new assignments to South Dakota, and becoming immersed in the “strange artifacts, mysterious relics, fantastical objects and supernatural souvenirs” of the Warehouse. Their new assignment is to travel around to retrieve and neutralized unidentified objects that could potentially cause harm, as well as keep the current artifacts in the warehouse safe.

Personally, I’m most excited for McClintock in a starring role. I loved him as sexy Agent Sully on Bones and as the perfect Hank on My Boys. I don’t know much about Joanne Kelly, but from the promos I’ve seen, she seems to play the uptight, but secretly vulnerable type pretty well. The artifacts seem very intriguing to me as well. Syfy seems to be pinning a lot of hopes on this series, and I for one hope it measures up! Below is a link to the official trailer, and be sure to check back on Wednesday for a review of the pilot!

We’ll be keeping close tabs on WAREHOUSE 13 this summer and I hope you’ll join in on the mystery every week with us.

MENTAL: A Beautiful Delusion

Did you guys watch MENTAL on Fox last night?  Are you digging it yet? I so wanted to like this new episode. But I’m not in love yet.  I find that so far, what the show lacks is subtlety. The dialogue and characterizations are so forced, it’s uncomfortable to watch sometimes. So that’s where I’m at – “like”, not “love”. What about you?

A little about the plot. A woman perceives herself to be pregnant and shows all of the physical and psychosomatic symptoms, except for one, an actual baby. Her husband arrives and they find he is just as deep into the delusion as she is, if not more. But no matter how hard you try you can’t create a baby by wishing it. There’s a lot more to it than that. Birds, bees and storks are all involved.

One thing that’s working for the show is Chris Vance as Dr. Jack Gallagher. He’s not too reactionary – a wait and see type of guy, and I like that.  This character is really one of the strengths of the show.

A few thoughts on the supporting cast:

• Veronica: Yuck! I did not care for that affair storyline one bit. I did like her interaction with the patients.

• Chloe and Arturo: Zero subtlety there. Which is unfortunate, because what could have been good characters are so far just caricatures.

• Carl: It was even worse! His ‘threats’ to Nora were hollow. Or maybe they want him to be a completely shallow person. If so…success!

• Nora: A little better this week for me. I like her interactions with Jack.

What worked for me…

• Veronica’s husband. He seemed like an actual good guy. Played by Rob Boltin (and, hey, five points to the first person who can tell us which episode of BONES he played ‘Jason’ in!). And the way Veronica reacted in the truck toward him at the end of the episode made me feel sorry for him.

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MENTAL on Fox- Yay or Nay?

Last night Fox premiered it’s new summer drama, MENTAL. The show received mixed at best reviews, but I liked it. Pilots are always WAY too heavy handed in characterization, and shows like this are always worth a couple of episodes, if for no other reason than to let momentum build.

For those of you who missed the episode, but are thinking of watching online (or when FOX re-airs the pilot on Friday night at 9PM), here is a general premise:

A maverick doctor from the UK (by way of small town Vermont, USA), becomes ‘head honcho’ in a psych facility in Los Angeles. His unorthodox methods are popular with his patients, but he meets resistance from other staff members.

Chris Vance (of former Prison Break “Whistler” fame) headlines as the new Director of Psychiatric Services, Dr. Jack Gallagher, and he’s a little unconventional to say the least.  Cast in point – his first set of business upon arriving is to take of all of his clothing. But don’t change the channel just yet (if you were going to, that is), because it’s not that FOX has gone Skinemax on us, it’s just one of Dr. Gallagher’s ‘methods’ for ‘relating’ to a patient.

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BONES Season Finale: The End of the Beginning

I know you all have lots to discuss tonight, and I don’t want to hold you up, but please allow me to interrupt for just a minute to thank Seeleybaby for all hard work in bringing BONES to GiveMeMyRemote.com this year. She’s helped to create and cultivate such a wonderful community of BONES fans. So thanks to Seelebaby and thanks to all of you. Now over to our esteemed BONES authority and her take on tonight’s season finale.

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SO many questions left unanswered! And since the finale episode (where I don’t think the word ‘Bones’ was mentioned even once) wasn’t quite like a normal one, it’s almost impossible for me to do a normal review. I am sure you all have MUCH to say, and I want to hear it! But my first question is this. Was it Booth’s dream? Was it Brennan’s story she was writing? And if so, then why is Hodgins narrating it?

The Case:

There was one, sort of, but instead, let’s discuss this ‘case’: Millions of loyal fans all over the world tune in to a beloved show hoping to see some genuine (read : not a cheat) “laws of physics breaking” between the two main characters, only to be taken on somewhat of a whirlwind tour of alternate reality ending in one of our heroes in an amnesic state while the other is stunned. Will these viewers come back for more, or will they take their love, loyalty or just plain indifference elsewhere? Suspects include the networks, the show’s writers and creators, and in this writer’s case, a slightly overdeveloped sense of entitled ‘ownership’. What say you?

The Squints, etc:

It seemed almost EVERYONE was back tonight, so I wanted to share a bit of love for each. In alphabetical order:
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BONES: The Critic in the Cabernet

First of all, a big shout out to everyone who participated in GMMR’s first ever Live BONES Chat on Thursday night. It was a great time! You can check out a replay of our chat here.

But after watching the episode, there is still a lot to say, so let’s get it on!

THE CASE:

Sometimes I think the BONES writers are like, “Hey, we can do whatever we want, but if we give people an amazing B+B episode ender, they will love the episode no matter what!”. They probably don’t say that, but I have to admit that a good ending will make me overlook just about anything. Like, in this instance…they didn’t even SOLVE the case hardly! But because I’m easy, I’m not really going to say much more about it either. A wine critic is found in a barrel of cabernet, and suspects include the winery’s owner, his rival, his wife and the rival’s wife.

THE SQUINTS:

Fischer: The most optimistic we’ve seen him. His “would I waste our time” line was funny. And that he thinks he’s quite a catch with little emotional baggage is classic.

Cam: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I like Cam’s friendship with Booth, and that she calls him on stuff. He’s in denial (more on that later), but she still gives him the WTH convo. But she’ll still support him, too, which I like.

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BONES: The Beaver in the Otter

Please join us in wishing Seeleybaby a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Before I forget, GMMR and I tossed around the idea of doing a live BONES chat NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 7th, at 8PM for The Critic in the Cabernet. We’d all hang out here and watch the episode. Sound like something you’re interested in? Let us know in the comments, and if there is interest, we’ll go for it. Tell your friends.

Tonight’s episode was about brothers. And while there was some of the ’Bros before Hos’ brotherhood going on, it was more about two fine Booth brothers in leather jackets working through some of their own deal. I am glad that Booth and Jared ended (for this episode at least) on good terms. And we also had a montage of Brennan examining bones, the likes of which we haven’t seen since season one. Speaking of season one…well, more on that later…

THE CASE:

During a college pep rally where some school spiriters have hung the costume of their rival’s mascot, the crowd pelts it with all kinds of homemade weapons, and the costume bursts to reveal human remains inside. Pretty gross, but not the grossest ever, for those of you keeping score at home. Turns out the body belongs to James Bouvier aka “Beaver” (even though, as Brennan points out, interestingly enough, “Bouvier” means “ox”. The show makes us smarter, doesn’t it.) It’s up to the team to find out who killed him, where and with what! Was it one of his frat bros? Was it a disgruntled professor of chemistry? Or was it someone else entirely?

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Q&A with BONES Star Emily Deschanel

[GMMR: BONES extraordinaire, Seeleybaby, recently participated in a conference call with BONES star Emily Deschanel. Unfortunately there were a lot of people on the call (and some reporters asked more than one question (I hate that) and Emily had to run before Seeleybaby got to ask any questions, but here’s the full transcript so all of you can enjoy!]

WARNING: There are spoilers right from the start so don’t read if you are 100% spoiler free.

Matt Mitovich (TV Guide): Is a small part of Emily, is she kind of waiting for Bones and Booth to get into bed, so that question can be ‘put to bed?

ED: (laughs) Well, happily, for Emily, that’s already happened. People just haven’t seen it yet. Yeah, that is probably the most common question either by either people on the street, or people interviewing me. SO, it’s great to tell people that it’s happening, I guess on May 14th. We already shot that; it should be surprising, and good, and well, I guess it’s not surprising for people to know it’s happening, but the WAY it happens is surprising.

MM, follow up: Will anything with regards to the way it happens, will that spawn a whole new question that people are going to bombard you with from now on?

ED: Um, yes, I’m sure. (laughs). But I can’t really talk about that part.

MM: And what can you say about the dynamic with Booth’s brother, for when he returns, what can you say about that?

ED: Well, I can’t really talk about…what can I say about his role? Um…let’s just say that his feelings for Brennan haven’t really died, and so, there’s some dynamic there. A little bit of a love triangle that happens.

MM: Okay, but…her feelings for him? Those have kind of been doused?

ED: Um…we’ll see (teasing and very hesitant in tone)

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Joshua Maloney with Niagara frontier Publications: I really enjoy your character, let me say, first of all.

ED: Oh, thank you!

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BONES: The Girl in the Mask

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BONES: The Double Death in the Dearly Departed

Just when I think BONES can’t surprise me anymore, it pulls out a total shocker. Booth likes pretty lawyers? What? Oh, haha, yeah, we knew that. But Brennan knows the words to Amazing Grace?!!? Ey yo! I laughed a lot during this episode, but I know a lot of people don’t care for ‘funny’ BONES. If the show wants to dabble in what I consider the absurd (that is Booth and Brennan carrying dead persons around and/or singing gospel favorites), then I guess that’s their prerogative. Not my favorite episode of the season. Probably not even my favorite episode of the week, but…that’s not something to translate over, know what I mean?

And can we all at least agree that the needle in the eyeball was just ghastly?

The Case: A J-team is attending the wake of a Jeffersonian colleague, Dr. Hank Reilly. But when Brennan is paying her ‘respects’, she deduces that he did not die of natural causes. The gang has to get to the bottom of this murder/code word: translation, before the body is buried. There was a lot of alcohol, there was a lot of money, there were a lot of suspects, and the murderer would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids! (no dog, though….)

The Squints:

No squintern of the week! Let’s move on…

Angela: Her job this week was to conveniently have a Toyota (Matrix!) parked in such a way to be stolen by her team in order to steal a dead body. Go Angela! Go Team! Go Toyota!

Sweets: Haha. If he wants to be part of the team, he has to make sure and not tell potential suspects that murder is nothing to worry about. That’s okay, Sweets, it’s just a little something everyone has to learn.

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BONES: Mayhem on a Cross

My apologies to Seeleybaby and BONES fans for just posting this now. Still in L.A. and as luck would have it I have no internet connection in the hotel. Posting is almost impossible…not entirely impossibly (as you are reading this now), but it’s not easy. Thanks for your patience.

There is more than one kind of family.

That is my favorite underlying theme of the entire BONES series, and tonight was a special reminder of that. For those of you who don’t know exactly what I am talking about, I highly recommend that you rent seasons one, two, and even three, if you are new to the show, and watch them. It is a beautiful journey of, yes, misfits.

To be honest, I was all prepared to be disappointed by tonight’s episode. Knowing Gordon Gordon Wyatt was returning made me worry that I would hate the way it turned out (I’m looking at you, Hero in the Hold) but it was well done. I was the opposite of disappointed. And I feel like the actors really bring it each week. I feel like they respect the characters very much, and therefore respect us as viewers by being ‘caretakers’ of the characters we love so much. That combined with a spectacular case makes me a very happy Seels.

The Case:

A skeleton used as a prop during a Norwegian death metal concert is discovered to be actual human remains. And this week’s body was just how Brennan and I both like them, no flesh. Booth and Brennan had to wade through this dark world of high decibels and higher egos and figure out who wanted Mayhem (the ex-bassist turned skeleton prop) dead. There were several suspects, and for once the case didn’t take quite such an enormous backseat to the relationships. They coexisted, which is how I like it.

The Squints:

Not too much here, so I’m not going to list them one by one. They each did their jobs to help solve the case, which is good. I will talk about Sweets and Dr. Wyatt, however.

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BONES: The Cinderella in the Cardboard

Gosh, Daisy is annoying. She just is. Sweets can do better I think. Even though her character is kind of funny, and Carla Gallo is divine as an actress, I still cringe every time she is on screen. It was almost enough to distract me from the MOST DISGUSTING CORPSE in BONES history. Dis. Gusting.

But the best part is the news that Booth only gives guys hugs to Brennan, not to actual guys. Good stuff.

The Case:

The outline of a woman’s body is imprinted on some large cardboard slabs, causing some to believe it’s a religious sign. Thankfully (?), it’s actually the body of a young woman. And also thankfully, Brennan and Booth’s bickering on religion shifts into bickering on relationships right away. And we get to the crux of the case, the woman was engaged but also involved in an online dating service. Until she died. Oh, it was so disgusting, that body, and for one of the first times in history, I thought the writers were a little cruel towards the corpse. Usually there’s a respect there, but I could have done without all the pizza references from Wendell. Speaking of…

The Squints:

Wendell: I thought he was kind of weird this episode. I’m glad he was less “Jenny from the block” than normal, but still, he just was way over the top on some parts. The post-it stuff was funny, pizza=not funny.

Cam: Still no mention of Michelle this week, unless I missed it. So I guess we’ll all just pretend that never happened? Or….

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