Secret Service agents Pete Lattimer and Myka Bering are complete opposites.
“He’s intuitive, and you’ve got a scrupulous eye for detail. He’s scattershot. You’re meticulous. You look, he leaps,” fellow agent Artie Nielsen tells Myka in “Warehouse 13,” an entertaining new series that premieres at 9 p.m. Tuesday on the Sci Fi Channel, which will also launch it’s cheesy new name, Syfy, the same night.
The pair, played by Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly, partner up after being mysteriously reassigned to the titular warehouse, which caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek) describes as being “America’s attic.”
It’s a seemingly never-ending space full of ancient artifacts, mystical objects and other relics that hold mysterious powers.
“At the Warehouse, we take the unexplained, and we just safely tuck it away in this super-sized Pandora’s Box,” Artie tells Pete and Myka during a tour of the building.
Items include Harry Houdini’s wallet, an aircraft that was pulled from the Bermuda Triangle and a blood rock that appears early on in the episode.
Oh, and the actual Pandora’s Box?
It’s in the building as well, over in aisle 989 B — “Empty,” Artie adds, “of course.”
Straitlaced, by-the-book Myka thinks Artie and everything he’s saying is nuts. But Pete, something of a man-child who doesn’t want to grow up, is in awe and thinks it’s all pretty cool.
The show is a cross between the science fiction mysteries of “The X-Files” and the odd-couple comedy of “Bones” or even “Moonlighting.” (The extremely likeable McClintock even did an extended guest arc on “Bones” and bears more than a passing resemblance to its star, David Boreanaz.)
Based on the pilot, it looks like Myka and Pete will hunt down a different relic every week, using a neutralizer to drown said object, and an electric stun gun, with memory-erasing powers, to stop anyone who gets in the way.
They also have to help Artie control the warehouse itself, which is prone to occasional outbursts of energy from its inventory.
Myka and Pete start warming up to each other during the premiere, but I couldn’t detect any sexual tension, a la “Bones,” “Moonlighting” or “The X-Files,” just yet.
I am sure it’s coming, but certainly wouldn’t be upset if it never materializes.
Pete and Myka’s friendly banter is entertaining as it is. Throw in a weekly paranormal investigation, and I’m sold.
If Syfy continues to introduce clever series like “Warehouse 13,” I may just be able to forgive the network for its unfortunate new name.
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