A Warehouse 13 primer
Now that Battlestar Galactica has ended and Caprica* has jumped far away, SciFi Network executives hope Warehouse 13 will fill the void. It’s set to premiere on July 7, which is just about a month away. This post will let you know what to expect from the network’s would-be flagship show.
Premise
Think The X-Files: Storage Division. Secret Service agents Myka and Peter are sent to the US government’s super-secret Warehouse 13, right in the middle of nowhere, North Dakota. It’s so secret, in fact, that our heroes — fresh from an assignment with the President of the United States — are unaware of it.
The warehouse holds all of the top-secret items the government has collected since its inception. The problem: Something has gone missing, and Myka and Peter must find it. Additionally, they’re asked to keep an eye out for anything else that deserves a slot on the shelves.
It’ll be a comedy with some drama and lots of gee-wiz special effects.
Cast and crew
Eddie McClintock plays renegade agent Peter. He’s appeared in a great numer of TV shows over the years, but does he have any sci-fi cred? Unfortunatley, the answer is “No.” Eddie has been on big shows like Friends, Bones, Desperate Housewives (though, how Marcia Cross still looks good after all these years is a bit of a science fiction mystery) and House, but nothing in the genre.
The lovely and talented Joanne Kelly plays agent Myka, the show’s “by-the-book” character. Unlike Eddie, Joanne has got decent nice sci-fi cred. She appeared in an episode of Supernatural, three episodes of the short-lived Dresden Files and 2005′s Solar Strike.
A male loose cannon FBI agent paired with a rules-bound female agent to investigate the government’s involvement with the supernatural … sound familiar, anyone?
Behind the scenes it’s even better. The 2-hour pilot was written by Farscape creator Rockne S. O’Bannon, Battlestar Galactica co-exec producer Jane Espenson and D. Brent Mote.
Twelves episodes have been shot, including the pilot.
Getting our hopes up
We want this show to be good. There’s a lot of potential: The stuff inside the warehouse is limited to the writers’ imaginations, and we like dramas with a little comedy on the side. Keep your fingers crossed.
I’d like for it to be good, but honestly, this didn’t hit any of the right notes for me. A shame too, I’d like a great new sci-fi series to watch with Lost and Fringe now on break.
Hey! You forgot to mention Saul Rubinek, who’s got TONS of Sci-Fi cred!
Dr. Carl Carlson in EUReKA, as well as roles in ST: TNG, The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1…
He’s gonna be the real reason I’ll be tuning in (Although seeing Bianca from Dresden Files again runs a close second!)