Warehouse 13 (TV Series) Duped (2009) User Reviews

More fun than a barrel of hammers

[A_Different_Drummer · 9/10 · 11 August 2016]

This is not a complaint — nor is IMDb really a forum for complaints — but TV, as good as it is, is not much fun anymore.

I am not talking about the comedies, I am talking about the dramas. They have become really dark. Brilliantly written, fascinating, but dark. If you want to see how TV used to treat an action series, look at the original Avengers (with Diana Rigg) or even Wild Wild West.

The reason I mention that is that when this episode ended I noticed I had a big smile on my face. At first I did not know what had happened to my mouth because — see above — modern TV is seldom fun. I watch a lot but I don't smile a lot.

But this episode was fun. Great writing, direction, acting. Joanne Kelly really gets to strut her stuff in a dual role and if her acting career ever gets old, she should take a contract with Revlon.

Recommended.

Pete and Myka are sent to retrieve an artefact from Las Vegas but is it the real Myka?

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 18 November 2017]

This episode opens with Pete and Myka fighting in a hotel room in Las Vegas before the action jumps back fourteen hours. They are checking inventory in the warehouse; well Myka is, Pete is playing ping pong against his reflection in Lewis Carroll's mirror. As Myka remonstrates with Pete the mirror is knocked and nearly falls over; in the confusion the disco ball from Studio 54 falls and there is a flash of light, accompanied with disco music. Afterwards Myka seems slightly different. Shortly afterwards Myka and Pete are sent to Las Vegas to find out how a young couple keep winning without raising the suspicions of the casinos. While they are away it is discovered that a reflection of what appears to Myka is trapped in the mirror… Artie fears that this reflection is dangerous, Claudia thinks it might be the real Myka; if she is right Pete might be with somebody very dangerous.

I rather enjoyed this episode; it provided plenty of laughs and a good sense of danger. The artefacts were rather fun; I especially liked the use of the disco ball. The way Myka was caught in the mirror was good although few people won't realise straight away that this is the real Myka as we'd seen her acting out of character in the prologue. The cast does a fine job; it was fun watching Joanne Kelly playing the out of character Myka and I was glad to see Allison Scagliotti return as Claudia; her scenes with Saul Rubinek's Artie are a joy to watch. Overall I thought this was a fun episode.

Myka exposed

[ctomvelu1 · 7/10 · 1 September 2009]

Pete and Myka are on the trail of something that is bringing phenomenal luck to a couple gambling in Las Vegas. Only problem is, that's not Myka traveling with Pete. It is an evil entity named Alice that has swapped places with Myka in a warehoused mirror that belonged to Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, author of THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and ALICE IN WONDERLAND. And the entity will kill Pete and anyone else who stands in its way. Kelly as the evil Alice gets to vamp it up, wearing a barely-there cocktail dress and briefly playing tonsil hockey with a bewildered Pete. Too bad Kelly is so doggone skinny. A bony actress playing sexy is very hard to take seriously. OK episode in this unfortunately toothless series. Come on, Warehouse 13 preducers, we need more violence and killing and occasional blood-spilling! If we want "safe" thrillers, we can always turn to The Family Channel or Ion Television or even The Hallmark Channel.

Va, Va, Voom

[SunKrux · 10/10 · 3 April 2010]

Having watch all of WH13 since the beginning (and several times since) this eps is the one I love the most. It starts off with Myka & Pete fighting - Myka is winning. Then we get to see how and why they're fighting because we get to go back in time sort of.

Pete is playing ping-pong with a mirror image of himself, Myka catches him and proceeds to tell him how dangerous that is since they're in the Warehouse. Pete being Pete teases her, she shoves him and the fun begins.

Watching Joanne Kelly (who is stunning in the little black dress) play Myka as well as Alice!Myka (some call her Evil!Myka) was such a joy. She was not only knocking Pete's teeth crooked but Ms. Kelly knocked it out of the park with her performance. I especially loved the interaction between Mirror!Myka & Artie. Very telling for both characters and actors.

Pete's reaction to the kiss. PRICELESS. This is by far the best eps of S1.

Alice through the looking glass

[Paularoc · 8/10 · 24 October 2012]

Pete is playing ping pong with his mirrored image in a huge mirror artifact owned by Lewis Carroll. Myka comes along; she and Pete start arguing and the mirror falls. Soon thereafter, the team is sent on the trail of a young couple that are having extraordinarily good luck gambling at big time casinos. The hapless young couple are really okay people but couldn't resist raking in the gambling winnings when they happen to get a token that allows them to see a few seconds into the future; just holding the token makes one feel lucky and powerful. Myka is acting a little odd and no wonder - it's not Myka but really Alice as a mirrored image of Myka. The real Myka is trapped in the mirror. I liked this episode and fortunately don't expect much logic from these shows just an entertaining story well told. And this one was even though Joanne Kelly continues to be the weak link in the series. She did a pretty good job in this episode and I bet she had a lot of fun with it. I do like the literary references in this series.