# New Eureka and Warehouse 13 tonight
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 6, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308 "2011-12-06T22:04:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/21 "2011-12-07T16:18:25Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Don’t know about you but I wouldn’t trust anyone who refers to [an official press release](http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/08/eureka-cancelled/) as “rumor”.
I never said the cancellation was a rumor; perhaps I should have been more clear. That press release only confirms that the show is cancelled, and that the final- and fifth - season will air ‘next year’ (2012). Syfy hasn’t yet said WHEN next year it’s going to air - and the chances are about 98% it’ll be July, like always. The show’s producers, writers, and actors haven’t said anything else yet - and if there were a January air date planned, they’d be all over it at this point as that’s only a month away. From what Jamie Paglia has said, the fifth season episodes are still in post-production.
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### Author:  [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/22 "2011-12-07T17:05:30Z")
I think I’m done with Warehouse 13. When this showed up on the DVR I dutifully started it but kind of just wandered away a few minutes later.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/23 "2011-12-07T17:07:32Z")
> [@GythaOgg](#):
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> I never said the cancellation was a rumor; perhaps I should have been more clear. That press release only confirms that the show is cancelled, and that the final- and fifth - season will air ‘next year’ (2012). Syfy hasn’t yet said WHEN next year it’s going to air - and the chances are about 98% it’ll be July, like always. The show’s producers, writers, and actors haven’t said anything else yet - and if there were a January air date planned, they’d be all over it at this point as that’s only a month away. From what Jamie Paglia has said, the fifth season episodes are still in post-production.
No, I got that. I knew that Eureka’s fifth season will be its final one. But I was 99% sure that I had read on Wiki that the new season starts on January 17, 2012. But now it’s not there. You’re right, the seasons have always started in July, so that seems to be the most likely date.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/24 "2011-12-07T17:09:04Z")
> [@GythaOgg](#):
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> I never said the cancellation was a rumor; perhaps I should have been more clear.
S’okay, sometimes I associate things in odd ways.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/25 "2011-12-07T19:07:38Z")
I thought _Eureka_ started slow, but it picked up towards the end and it was amusing to me and my wife.
_Warehouse 13_ was fun from the start. I think Pete would have realized sooner that he was in the grip of an artifact and would not have made as many missteps regarding people not recognizing him. Best episode of the evening, and again my wife agreed.
_Haven_ started with a surfer getting sliced in half which, for a XMas episode, is a real downer. It never picked up from there. By the end, I was ready for Audrey to close up shop, leave the kid with her snowglobe, and head to another town. Troubles over.
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### Author:  [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/26 "2011-12-07T19:17:07Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Stenciled “FRAGILE”.
you would also ‘think’ that they would be required to wear the purple gloves _anytime_ they are in the warehouse - or would have some other type of protective gear.
But either of those two would greatly cut down on the amount of fun that is had in the warehouse.
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### Author:  [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/27 "2011-12-07T19:43:13Z")
I was confused about the W13 episode. Where does this fit in timeline wise? Last I heard, W13 was a smoking crater in the badlands, Mrs. Frederick was dead, along with Artie’s dog too.
I’ve had W13 on auto record on the dvr, I’d be surprised if I missed an episode that cleared all that up.
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### Author:  [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/28 "2011-12-07T19:46:28Z")
> [@MikeG](#):
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> I was confused about the W13 episode. Where does this fit in timeline wise? Last I heard, W13 was a smoking crater in the badlands, Mrs. Frederick was dead, along with Artie’s dog too.
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> I’ve had W13 on auto record on the dvr, I’d be surprised if I missed an episode that cleared all that up.
It does not fit in to the current timeline - those issues have not yet been resolved.
However, the dog is alive and playing with the Fish.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/29 "2011-12-07T20:09:22Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> I think Pete would have realized sooner that he was in the grip of an artifact and would not have made as many missteps regarding people not recognizing him.
I think having him think it was McPherson who was the one affecting people with artefacts was a reasonable way to misdirect Pete at first.
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### Author:  [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/30 "2011-12-07T20:26:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> I think having him think it was McPherson who was the one affecting people with artefacts was a reasonable way to misdirect Pete at first.
at the very beginning, he thought it was a prank by artie, then he decided it was ‘long dead mcphereson’ causing issues - not sure why he thought the dead dude was doing something in real time, but, hey, its Pete.
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/31 "2011-12-09T05:28:39Z")
The _Warehouse 13_ episode was good enough, although as the years go by, I am finding it harder and harder to muster up a lot of enthusiasm for yet another spin on _It’s A Wonderful Life_. Last year’s Christmas special, on the other hand, didn’t rely on a tried-and-true holiday tale and holds up much better as a result.
The direction I was hoping this episode would go in involved a good MacPherson trying to help Pete fix what happened while an evil Artie interfered.
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### Author:  [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/32 "2011-12-09T12:56:57Z")
My problem with Warehouse 13 is that after several years I can’t get behind any story that relies on one of them having cavalierly touched a random artifact they’re not familiar with.
I emphasizes that, all protestations otherwise notwithstanding, they’re idiots.
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/33 "2011-12-09T13:50:20Z")
> [@simster](#):
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> you would also ‘think’ that they would be required to wear the purple gloves _anytime_ they are in the warehouse - or would have some other type of protective gear.
Or, at a minimum, make sure the artifact that can erase your existence instantly with a touch isn’t just sitting on an open shelf. Maybe put it in a secure enclosure, like a shoebox with a rubber band around it.
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### Author:  [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eureka-and-warehouse-13-tonight/605308/34 "2011-12-09T16:48:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Eureka was cute. It seemed geared to kids, though. W13 was all good except for Myka’s hair.
Didn’t much care for Eureka, but I quite enjoyed W13.
Although I agree- WTF with Myka’s hair? She has such beautiful hair, normally- who thought it’d be a good idea to iron it flat?
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