Heavy Spoilers Ahead. You Were Warned.
Warehouse 13 season 2 was awesome, but predictable. The first episode set up an incredible season of television that was sadly just shy of clever enough to really keep me engaged. There were two huge developments in this season that overshadowed the rest by far – HG and the Regents.
The regents are going to be dealt with first, primarily because they're part of something bigger. Warehouse 13 did something this season that it hadn't previously, and that's begin developing a mythos. Warehouse 13 is part of a chain of warehouses. There's a mythical caretaker, and regents, and some guy who's more in charge than any other. There's a history – not just of this specific warehouse, but of the other 12 as well. We delve a little deeper into that this season, finding out about a number of things. We know that most of the former agents have gone insane. More over, we know that the warehouses are partially organic. With every episode, we learn more, but we also get more mysteries. The show seems to be building itself up for the long haul.
On the other hand, we have HG Wells. Sure, he's a she. That's interesting. She's all steampunk, which fits the show aesthetically very nicely. However, we also have the unfortunate fact that her “I'm Evil!” revelation was the single most obvious turn that we've had so far in this show. No, really. One of the first things she does in the show is kill the not-so-bad Bad Guy of last season. Then she's cryptic and hangs around, then she's magically a good guy. Then we find out there's a traitor in the warehouse...
It must be Arty!
No, seriously, that's the implication. That it could be Arty. No one's buying that, least of all me. On the bright side, they at least make HG a fairly fleshed out character if you ignore her last minute “I will kill EVERYTHING!” flip out. (Seriously. That almost made me facepalm.)
Claudia continues to be interesting, and the revelation that she'll be the next caretaker is more than interesting. Sadly, of the main cast, she had the most notable season. We otherwise had Arty in a completely static situation, Pete in a one-season relationship that was interesting, and Mykah...leaving?
Oh come on. Do they seriously expect me to believe that that's going stick? Boo. She'll be back by episode 2 of season 3, at the absolute latest. I was disappointed that they tried to pull this stunt, but I guess ultimately they needed to do something so that the season opener was more interesting than 'just another episode'. Sometimes, the reality of TV publishing makes me frown.
Warehouse 13 has not been renewed for a 3rd season yet, but given it's ratings and the network it's on, I wouldn't be surprised to find it with a home again soon, and I hope it does come back. Despite the harsh words, I did enjoy the season, and found myself smiling more often than not. I look forward to it's return.
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