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Endless wonder. That’s what Warehouse 13 promised when it debuted on Syfy in 2009. To its credit, endless wonder is exactly what the show delivered. The five seasons that make up this set are a fan’s wet dream realized…almost. Universal Home Media has yet to give this show a proper shine on blu-ray and may not due to whatever reason the powers that be give at the moment. What we do get are all 66 episodes with all the featurettes compiled so far for this beloved cult hit.

Executive-produced by Jack Kenny, Warehouse 13 is what happens when The X-Files crosses streams with Raiders of the Lost Ark with a little unpredictable splash of Moonlighting thrown in. Two Secret Service agents - Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) and Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) – cross their fates when assigned to a highly secret post somewhere in the Badlands of South Dakota. They are agents of Warehouse 13 and their duty is to seek out supernatural artifacts and bring them safely back to the premise. Some artifacts have escaped, some are new, and some – like the mirror in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass – just can’t help but be bad.  

Saul Rubinek also stars in the show as Artie Nielsen. Artie is the lovable Special Agent in Charge at Warehouse 13 (and, yes, there have been 12 other warehouses before this one) and, as unorganized as he is, this is his house and his great love. Four episodes into the series, the team meets Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti) who, after hacking into Artie’s security system, will become their tech guru and, ultimately, play an even larger part in the overall mythos of the show. Later seasons will develop the characters of Steve Jinks (Aaron Ashmore), an Agent from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who comes aboard due to his abilities to tell when people are lying and the always mysterious and always unflappably cool Mrs. Irene Frederic (C.C.H. Pounder), the official caretaker of the building.

From week to week and season to season, Warehouse 13 provided laughs and teases and little science fiction goofiness much to its fans delight. The show – even if certain episodes were weaker than others – always satisfied one aspect of what we had come to expect. From the high of its 20-episode Season Four to the low of its merely 6-episode Season Five, the show maintained a fierce and rabid loyalty that started with its 3.5 million audience, Syfy's third best premiere, back in 2009. The show was and remains Syfy’s most successful and, for a brief year or two, was the basis for Syfy’s shared universe, with crossovers into Alphas and Eureka. And then, with little notice, Syfy changed the spelling of their name and then changed hands…

…and the bottom fell out. Eureka gone. Alphas gone. Warehouse 13? It just closed its doors for good. It’s a show that could have gone on for maybe two more seasons but instead it got that 6-episode shaft. The fans can bitch and moan all they want about what the network has done but – locked deep in this set – are the keys to the kingdom; every reason we laughed and cried and laughed some more or simply marveled at the show is contained within.

Warehouse 13 and its endless wonder can be yours…

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Blu-ray Details:

Available on Blu-ray - May 20, 2014
Screen Formats: 1.78:1
Subtitles: French
Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Discs: 16 discs
Region Encoding: A

All 66 episodes are contained in season sets. The quality of the picture visually fares slightly better than the previous releases (but not by much). The digitally shot 16x9 widescreen picture is cleanly mastered with a pristine, bright picture. The photography is typical of most made-for-cable fare, but the nicer production on this particular season lends itself to a more polished looking presentation on each disc. Each season contains a good 5.1 Dolby Digital English soundtrack as the only audio option. It's a clearly mixed, pleasant track with dialogue and sound effects given equal prominence. Optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired are also offered on all of the episodes.

Supplements:

Commentary:

• Sprinkled throughout the season sets are various commentary tracks from executive producer Jack Kenny, who is joined on certain episodes by Scagliotti, Kelly, McClintock and an assortment of other behind-the-scenes people. The various episodes that have commentary tracks are listed on each DVD menu.

Special Features:

There are 16 discs and 2785 minutes of entertainment for your dollar. Already have Seasons 1 – 4? Then wait. The same material is included here and Season Five will be out shortly. Only with this set you get the bonus Christmas episode and Season Five. The bonus material includes gag reels, deleted scenes, web-series specials, and behind the scenes glimpses at the making of the season and the show. You also get the podcasts for all Season Five shows, the crossover episodes and the Behind The Shelves series. This was put together with respect toward the material and the fans. Unfortunately, it just hasn’t been prepped for blu-ray and is a double-dip for owners of the already released season sets.

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