Warehouse 13 2.04 – Age Before Beauty (Review)

Jul 292010

Last Week

Our intrepid artifact hunters missed one in the mail that made the whole town the scene of a number of really bad movies. The final one Doctor Doomsday they stopped just before he blew up the town. And Pete got a new veterinarian to fuss over and Claudia got a hardware-store boy to blush over. The cold shoulder they have been getting all over town also got its explanation, their cover is IRS agents.

This Week

Myka is in a sword fight while Pete eat dirt in Wales and an old lady disturb a Fashion show in Milan. Artie calls and tells them to stop by in Milan on their way home. Need a geography lesson? The old lady said “they stole me” in Russian before she died. Peter, the expert on breast implants track down her identity as Anya Verdikov a 19 year old fashion model that disappeared two days ago. Back in the Warehouse we learn that this is just the last in a series of disappearing fashion models. Off to Fashion Week in Manhattan we go.

Pete thinks he is in heaven. They discover one of the models they meet have similar symptoms like Anya after talking to her agent. When Pete rush after her she transforms to and old woman and collapse. Peter is spooked. We established earlier this episode that Myka was a tomboy learning to fight with swords as she grew up. Pete is delighted with his plan to infiltrate Fashion Week. Myka is going undercover as one of the Models and Peter as her obedient slave/assistant. No sooner than she is embedded she is approached by a creepy photographer to take her photos, but Gunther is not the photographer we are after.

Miss Donovan is getting persistent text on her Farnsworth from hardware-store Todd. It was so amusing to see Artie dig himself a hole with saying you are not a girl any more (meaning be responsible and call answer him). Back home Claudia plays with a Big Needle before going on coffee with Todd. While entertaining the date is a train crash and Claudia rushes home to yell at Artie for telling her to be herself.

It seems like someone is peddling youth to elderly people and it looks like Myka’s photo is involved. An old lady is shown Myka’s photo and says she is perfect. Pete’s pep talk before going out there was warm, corny and effective. Myka noticed an old woman with huge ruby earrings watching the show but she disappears before Pete and Myka can get to her. Unfortunately that also means Myka turns old. There is silver-nitrate in Myka’s blood which leads them to Man Ray’s camera and one of the photographers. He escapes but Pete track him down and Artie figures something out before everybody else and take a photo of him overexposed on a photo of Myka. They guy had been stealing youth for a long time but it is over now.

Claudia and Artie has a cute father daughter talk before Todd walks into the Diner. Gulp from Claudia and a not so subtle go away to Artie. Young love, so charming.

This was a very corny episode but I liked it. Maybe that tells you something about me. I expected something for the season arc but it never landed, maybe it is something with Todd and the season arc? The friendly bickering was great this episode and showed how fond the characters all are of each other. Could all these fuzzy warm feelings be a buildup for something? Or am I just paranoid? I don’t know but I am going to watch next week when Fargo from Eureka comes to visit …

Things learned

There was a holy grail
Myka’s sister was the pretty one, the cheer leader the boys was crazy about.

Next week

This is crossover-with-Eureka Week; there might be more than one this season according to rumors from comic con.

Tuesday, August 3

Warehouse 13 2.05 – 13.1 (Syfy).
Douglas Fargo (Neil Grayston) of Eureka’s Global Dynamics is sent to Warehouse 13 to help update its aging computer system. This triggers a seemingly sentient computer virus that sends the Warehouse into lockdown and traps the team inside.

Friday, August 6

Eureka 4.05 – Crossing over (Syfy)
Claudia Donovan visits Eureka to see if Fargo’s promises of wondrous devices are true, but she finds herself in the middle of a mystery suitable for Warehouse 13 when objects begin to appear randomly around the town and GD, and it must be solved before there are deadly consequences

Warehouse 13 2.03 – Beyond Our Control (Review) July 21, 2010
Warehouse 13 2.02 – Mild-Mannered July 14, 2010
Warehouse 13 – Season 2 premiere July 6 July 3, 2010
Myka Bering on Warehouse 13 July 2, 2010
Warehouse 13 Season 2 Promo April 10, 2010
Warehouse 13 renewed for a second season August 20, 2009
Warehouse 13 pilot July 8, 2009
Warehouse 13 sneak peak March 28, 2009

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Covert Affairs 1.03 – South Bound Suarez (Review)

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Jul 282010

Last Week

Last week Annie wrestled with a renegade British MI6 agent planning an IRA attack on American soil. That was after Walter, a ten year old boy walked in.

This Week

This week Annie enters a more sordid part of the CIA business, she has developed an asset, a young college boy from Caracas who thinks he is in love with her only to get in touch with his sister back home. The sister is mistress to a government official (Victor) that has been skimming hundreds of million dollars the last years. CIA wants to know where they have gone. We start this episode as she makes her move to convince him he should introduce her.

While this takes place we also watch as the local agent in Venezuela is killed, this is not anything the agency knows about.

Annie goes to Venezuela with her new ‘boyfriend’ Diego. He can’t resist letting his hands wander and she has a hard time keeping him in check and at the same time it is quite sad the way they use ‘assets’ to get what they want. Diego’s sister is a beloved person; she is called the mother of the neighborhood for her charity work. Annie has a hard time convincing the sister and stealing the code key so they can put a trace on the money. There is a quite entertaining car scene where Victor reveals her as a trained agent and she dumps him out of the car and speed away. Annie gets back to the bank minutes before Victor and they discover that he has been financing terrorists. They flee the country with Victor on their tail.

The siblings are put into protective custody in a safehouse but the story is not over yet. About the same time Annie realizes the sisters charity money is from Victor the sister sneak out to meet Victor. The final confrontation reveals Victor as the monster he is as he tries to have the sister killed. Annie and Diego shows up in time to distract Victor while another agent takes them down.

One interesting detail in this episode was the meetings and support from Langley that made it feel more genuine and realistic. Don’t get me wrong this is a fun spy action adventure type of show but I find it a stamp of quality that they try to make the whole thing more realistic with things like that.

The way the sister has a hard time giving up on her love for Victor reflects back on Annie’s unwillingness to leave her love behind. It is clear that she will continue to carry a torch for Ben.

I like the episode but are not things moving a bit fast for Annie? I can understand if the agency wants to keep Annie in the frying pan to lure Ben out so maybe that is it. Annie convinces as a rookie agent and she feels like shit after the mission because what she had to do to Diego and his sister. Auggie is there with perspective, I like him a lot. USA has hit another great dynamic duo with Auggie and Annie.

Things learned

Annie’s name is Anne Catherine Walker according to her business card at the Smithsonian
Annie and her sister grew up as army brats

Next Week

Covert Affairs 1.04 - No Quarter (USA)
Annie needs Auggie’s help to return from Zurich where she is stranded with an untrustworthy Mossad agent. At the agency, Joan and Arthur suspect Auggie to be the CIA’s leak.

Link to USA preview

Covert Affairs 1.02 – Walter’s Walk July 22, 2010
Covert Affairs – New Series Premiere Review July 14, 2010

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Caprica Season 1.5 Trailer

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Jul 272010

This is a promising new trailer for Caprica season 1.5 that is scheduled to return in January 2011. With so much distance between half season makes it more appropriate to talk about season 2. Anyway it looks promising.

Caprica 1.09 – End of the Line Mid-Season Finale April 28, 2010
Caprica Series Review (Episode 1-6) March 6, 2010
Caprica Series Premiere (New TV Show) January 23, 2010

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True Blood 3.04 – 9 Crimes – The List

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Jul 142010

True Blood continues strong with sexy, fun supernatural action. Here are the crimes I saw.

Stealing – Sam has his hand full with his no-good-stealing-drinking family, but he is a decent guy so he let them stay even after they BBQ a dog on his parking lot and his brother breaks into the bar.
Kidnapping – is only one of the tings Mott is doing to Tara. She has a thing for bad boys but Mott is over the top and then some, talk about creepy guy. They go and visit the king, but he is out eating with Bill and Lorena.
Blackmail – Jason, Jason when will you ever learn. Blackmailing the new sheriff so you can become a cop?
Dealing V – Lafayette got his new ride but no one to tell; because Tara is tied to a toilet in Sookies house and can’t come to the phone right now. Then he goes to Norris and tries to convince him to sell V only to be roughed up by his cousin-brothers and saved by vicious new buddy Eric. The king is also a dealer but to a more select clientèle – biker werewolves, that’s culture for you.
Treason – is what Bill commits when he breaks Sookie’s heart and when he tells the king about Eric’s and the Queen’s little drug dealing business
Snitching is what the King does when he tells the Magitrate about Fangtasia.
Framing – But Eric doesn’t snitch he tells it is Bill who is behind it instead, that is not snitching that’s framing.
Mind Control - Jessica gets a job at Sam’s but is recognized. Mind Control is what baby vamp Jessica does to that nice young man from bible study. Pity young Hoyt is watching.
Bloody murder – is what three vampires does to that poor stripper in the back of that limo, dripping blood all over that street. Bill got his old job back, procurer.

There is also a case of branding a skanky bitch but that’s has more to do with Alcide’s ex and the Nazi werewolves.

Said and done

It’s a were thing, we run hot. (Alcide to Sookie)
Eric has an interesting day dream of Sookie seducing him. Bad Sookie is a nice girl.
I kill all your brother-cousins first (Eric)
Love is a hell no one get out of alive (stripper to Bill)

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Haven – New Series Premieres Friday July 9

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Jul 032010

Syfy brings a new TV series called Haven based on Stephen Kings Hardboiled mystery novella The Colorado Kid to the air this summer. The premiere is Friday, July 9.

Haven centers around the town of Haven in Main, where else, which turns out to be a longtime refuge for people that are afflicted with a remarkable range of supernatural abilities.

Emily Rose (Jericho, Brothers and Sisters, ER) plays lead role of Audrey Parker, the shrewd and confident FBI agent with a lost past who arrives in the small town of Haven to solve the murder of a local ex-con. Before long, her natural curiosity lands her in the epicenter of activity in this curious enclave.

This feels a bit similar to Gated and Eureka in setup even if the subject matter is different. I don’t mean that negative in any way, I love Eureka.

As the townspeople’s dormant abilities begin to express themselves, Audrey helps keep these forces at bay while discovering the many secrets of Haven – including one surrounding her own surprising past in this extraordinary place.

Lucas Bryant (Queer as Folk, Dollhouse) will play Nathan Wuornos, the wry local cop who soon becomes Audrey’s partner. Bristling under the thumb of his father, the Chief of Police, Nathan has a quiet, controlled demeanor that often clashes with Audrey’s feisty one: a dichotomy that also makes them perfect complements. As events in the town begin to unfold at a surprising pace, Nathan’s usual controlled sense of calm is put to the test.

Also among the citizens of this eccentric town is Duke Crocker played by Eric Balfour (24, Six Feet Under), a charming yet mysterious jack-of-all-trades. Though Duke outwardly appears to be a free spirit who lives an unobtrusive life on his boat, it becomes apparent that his mellow demeanor may conceal a much darker agenda.

Production on Haven is expected to commence in Spring 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. So far there isn’t any photos out from the filming.

The team behind Haven are heavily from The Dead Zone team.

The pilot is written by Sam Ernst (Shrek the Third, The Dead Zone) and Jim Dunn (Shrek the Third, The Dead Zone) who will also serve as executive producers on the series.

Videos after the break

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The Gates 1.02 – What Lies Beneath

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Jun 282010

Last week the Monohans moved into the Gates; Nick had a busy first day as chief of police, a mysterious disappearance and the body of the last chief of police in the Gates; The neighbor wife took one bite too many; Charlie meet the mysterious Andie Bates at school and liking emerge, it’s just that the werewolf boyfriend could be a problem. Now for Episode two.

We start off with two wolves hunting together, a white and a dark one, poor Bambi. It is Lukas and his father Simon having a not so good hearted competition.

Todays episode is about the investigation of the murder of the former chief of police. He was found shot in the head, assassin style. Nick soon uncovers that the chief has side income ‘loosing’ reports. One report concerns Claire who was stopped covered in blood something which Dylan explains with nose bleeds when Nick seeks him out. He also goes after Lukas father for covering up his son’s vandalism. Both turns out to be ‘false’ leads as they talk to former employees of the police department. Longest time anyone worked there was one year, wonder if more of them has been shot? Eventually they find the gun that killed the chief of police at former officer Taylors residence, but I am not sure it wasn’t planted there.

The murder scares Sarah. Dana is scary smart as she does psychology on the other members of the family.

Andie prepare for school when she notice some weird markings on her back so she looks up the school nurse Peg who takes some samples telling Andie it could be stress. Andie admits to being stressed over the two boys situation and tries to ignore Charlie but that doesn’t work out so well. We gets to hear Peg telling Andie’s father she has the succubus gene and they need to tell her now so that they can start treatment directly and yes she could be a deadly threat to any man she meets. Meanwhile Andie and Charlie goes riding. Charlie falls off his horse because of Lukas? There is an emotional boy charms girl and they kiss situation that gets a bit intense and we know the danger he is in but Andie breaks it off and rides off before anything happens.

Is it Andie’s new powers that makes the boys react like they do to her? Charlie is smitten and Brett declare his love and abandon his fellow pack mates for a girl. I like both Charlie and Brett and have a feeling they could end up friends in the long run. Brett saves Charlie from being beaten up when Lukas gets in his face about the chief of police harassing Lukas’ father. Wonder what Lukas did that his father need to cover up? What is Lukas doing watching Andie and Charlie in woods? Is he also affected by her succubus charm?

I am starting to feel sorry for Claire, she is being blackmailed by Devon to give a vial of her blood so Devon can cover up her indiscretion with the contractor she killed but we all doubt what Devon really need it for, vampire mind control? She obviously has serious problems with her cravings and living as a ‘Stepford’ wife. Guess there is an equal rights kind of thing here? I can’t figure out their family situation, Dylan made Claire, but how does their daughter come in? Can vampires get children?

There used to be a finger print database of all the residents but the last chief made it all go away. It seems like the old chief made a lot of things go away.

One unresolved plot is young police assistant Marcus who meets a beautiful redhead named Trica at the cofee wagon. She seems to be picking him up though. So far they went on one date but I feel that there is something more to it.

Sarah and Claire also have a play date for Emily and Dana. Devon is creepy when she offers to watch the kids if the grown ups wants to have a spa day.

Nick notice there is a parcel from Devon at the murderer’s house and he questions Devon. Could she be behind the death of the old chief? The episode ends with Clair showing up at Devon to succumb to the blackmail and leave blood.

I really like this show. Next episode is two weeks though.

The Gates 1.03 – Breach (ABC) will air June 11, 2010.

There’s been a robbery at the McCallisters’, setting off a series of similar mysterious robberies around town. Meanwhile Brett does his best to get his relationship back on track with Andie, though she still finds herself drawn to Charlie; Lukas encourages Brett to join the pack and blow off a little steam; Leigh is not herself when she loses an important package, and possibly her connection with Marcus; and Claire reunites with an old friend who questions her transformation to a humble housewife.