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Take one part Indiana Jones, one part Torchwood and basically the entire concept of The Librarian, and you've got this new SyFy series. You know that big warehouse the government stores the Ark of the Covenant in? Or the one Bob Newhart keeps Noah's Ark in? Yeah, that's where this show takes place, although it looks like most episodes will send a pair of mismatched but possibly lovestruck agents out into the field to track down various supernatural/mystical/technological items in order to bring them back and catalog them for storage. Exciting!
In that sense, the show looks more like X-Files or Bones, which is funny, because the main guy played Booth's FBI-agent rival for Brennan's heart a couple of seasons ago. The woman I don't really know, but she was apparently in a few episodes of The Dresden Files and played a Fed in Vanished, so she obviously knows her way around this stuff. The third bit of casting bugs me a bit, because Saul Rubinek, the curator of the warehouse, has made a living playing fairly slimy characters, including in the pilot for Leverage, so I automatically don't like nor trust him -- hopefully he'll prove himself cuddly and lovable as the series progresses. Oh, and hopefully the series will be watchable. Fingers crossed!
Warehouse 13 airs tonight at 9/8C on Syfy. For other, less geeky shows, see our Week in Preview!
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Actually, the biggest problem with Saul Rubinek being cast is that he played Kivas Fajo in the TNG episode "The Most Toys". No matter how many other things I've seen him in I always think of him as Kivas Fajo, and putting Kivas Fajo in charge of America's "treasures" is just such a bad idea.
I give the first episode high kudos for production values. I was pleasantly surprised that they resolved the mystery--sort of-- when I expected them to keep it going for the season and beyond -- like the X Files or Lost. Eventually I got tired of both of those, for that lack of resolution.
I think the writers, after all their hard work, and persistance, have made a fantastic new TV series, Warehouse 13. Is Philadelphia, PA the city that the series takes place?
Warehouse 13 is a very cool show. I’ve just been catching up on the end of the second season and I’ve been enjoying every minute of it. It’s great being able to take all of my programming with me, that’s how I’ve been watching Warehouse 13, it’s been almost entirely on my breaks and travel time to and from work. And no, I’m not advocating watching TV while driving, I take the train. I love having the TV everywhere service through DISH Network. I know being an employee of DISH I could be accused of being biased, fair enough, but the features of this service speak for themselves and don’t need me talking it up. It’s quite easy to set up and has no monthly charges, but it allows me to stream all of my content (both live programming and anything on my DVR) anywhere I can get a decent WiFi or 3G signal and that’s just about everywhere in the world these days. And to make it even more convenient it will let me sent this to a variety of mobile devices. Including: iPads and iPhones, Smartphones, Laptops and more. You can learn more at DISH’s website if you’d like.