Pilot - Recap

In Washington, D.C., Agent Myka Bering is working at the museum as a tour guides gives children a display. One of the children notices that Myka has a gun. Chet Greenfield arrives and checks in with Myka, who says she plans to do a full review of the security arrangements. She insists that Greenfield accompany her and makes sure that he agrees.

Pete Lattimer is at his apartment in bed with Kacey, who doesn’t know anything about him. They end up kissing on the bed.

At the museum, Gordon Letanik is working on an ancient Aztec blood stone when he drops a tool into its mouth. Myka and Greenfield come in and have him alter his plans for the arrangements. They leave and Gordon reaches into the mouth, cutting himself on one of the crystal teeth.



Kacey leaves after making sure Pete will call her. He then prepares to head to the museum, arming himself.

Kacey is working as waitress at the museum reception when Gordon takes a glass of champagne and drinks it, leaving a bloody fingerprint on the glass. He then goes to the blood stone, set up on a display stand. Myka is checking the crowds when she spots Pete as he comes in. She asks why he isn’t in his designated spot and Pete notes she changed his protocol. Myka complains he wasn’t at his briefing and insists that she’ll report to her boss, Dickinson, Pete insists he’s getting some vibes and something’s wrong. Myka tells the President’s team he’s ready to come in but Pete overrides her. When she refuses to let his order go, he leaves… and Myka orders a perimeter check.

Outside, a bearded man with a case approaches the museum.

Gordon is bleeding from his cut as he stares at the blood stone, his eyes red and bloody.

The man with the case stuns one of the Secret Service agents with a bizarre electrical device and takes the elevator.



Pete scans the crowd and notices that the blood stone is dripping blood. He picks it up and Kacey comes up and wonders what he’s doing there. He takes it out past Greenfield. Greenfield passes Gordon and notices the trail of blood he’s leaving. He draws an obsidian knife and approaches a Mexican girl, and Myka draws on him and tells him to freeze.

As Pete gets the blood stone clear, he trips, dropping the relic at the feet of the man with the case.

Gordon manages to disarm Myka with one kick and takes her hostage.

The man with the case calls Pete by name and starts to use a device from his case on the blood stone.

Myka manages to throw Gordon to the floor.

The man thrusts the device into the blood stone, which glows with light. Gordon screams and then reverts back to normal before passing out.



Below, Pete blinks and clears his eyes and discovers the intruder and the blood stone are gone, and the blood from the stone disappears as he watches.

Later, there’s no trace of the thief and Dickinson arrives and asks for a drug test from Pete. He informs Pete that he’s suspended for two weeks until they figure out what’s going on. Gordon’s in a coma and can’t say anything. Myka is receiving a commendation from the President, much to Pete’s disgust. He goes back to his apartment and finds a woman waiting for him: Mrs. Frederic. She says she’s with the government and is there on a matter of national security. Her assistant gives him a piece of paper and she tells Pete he’s now under her command. Pete figures it’s a joke but Frederic isn’t laughing. She tells him to be in South Dakota within 24 hours, and he’ll be there indefinitely. When Pete insists he has a life, she points out he doesn’t, tells him to pack light, and leaves.



The next day, Pete arrives at the designated coordinates in South Dakota. He drives into an empty field and beyond into the badlands. The only thing at the designated coordinates is an old storage building. He goes up to the door, knocks, and gets no answer. There’s a whistling name and a football shoots down from the sky. Another car pulls up: Myka is inside. She gets out and reveals that Mrs. Frederic sent her as well. The door opens on its own and they start to go inside. A man appears behind them: the man from the museum who took the blood stone. He explains the blood stone is inside and he’s a Secret Service agent who works for Mrs. Frederick. He introduces himself as Dr. Artie Nielsen and invites them in. They go through a security door and find a vast chamber warehouse filled with… everything.



Artie tells them they’re on the team and shows them to his office. Myka insists she’s too important to be there and leaves to get a phone signal. As she goes, Pete finds a photo of Frederic with several other men. The photo is several decades old but Frederic doesn’t look any different. Artie notes the other men are dead, insane, or vanished.

Myka calls Dickinson and barely gets a signal through. He confirms the orders are legitimate but didn’t know where she was. Artie arrives and invites her back in, noting that her new assignment isn’t punishment for what she did in Denver.

Artie gives Myka and Pete a tour of the warehouse, explaining it was built in 1898. As they stop to see one item, balls of electricity shoot past them. Artie insists it’s harmless and strolls off, while Pete has to admit it’s all kind of cool. Artie explains that the blood stone possessed Gordon and forced him to try and commit murder. As he puts the blood stone away, Artie tells Pete to clear his mind. A kettle suddenly appears in his hand. Artie tells him not to wish anything and brings over a neutralizer filled with purple liquid and has him slowly put it in. Myka decides she has a wish and a ferret suddenly appears in the kettle. As Artie seals it away, a wallet quivers with energy of its own and falls into Myka’s case. Artie explains that if someone makes an impossible wish, a ferret appears. He puts away the kettle and explains that they’re there to find items and bring them to the warehouse. He then sends them to a nearby bed & breakfast and says he’ll meet them there in the morning.



They go to the nearby town, Leaving, and Myka tries to call Dickinson. Pete advises against it and they find a woman, Leena, waiting for them. She brings them in and Myka asks for a strong drink. She takes her ferret and Leena stares at Pete. She says he’s “in tune” but doesn’t answer when he asks if he’s connected to Artie. She asks him to let her know if his bed is too big and leaves.

Myka unpacks, unaware that the wallet has fallen from her case. In the warehouse, Artie fails to notice that the wallet, which belonged to Harry Houdini, has disappeared.

Myka considers a photo of herself and a man, and then hears his voice behind them saying, “Hi, Bunny.”

That night, Frederic calls Artie who tells her about how Pete and Myka reacted. He wonders if they’re the right people and Mrs. Frederic wants to know what the real problem is. He assures her that their fate is on her hands and he has to get them locked in before Dickinson gets them back.

At the B&B, Myka is on the porch when Pete chats with her and they talk about her family. She refuses to discuss her case in Denver and Pete goes back upstairs.

At the warehouse, Artie traces a pattern through Iowa to Seever City. He accesses the major law enforcement databases and ties into a security camera of a young man being arrested. The man seems to know he’s being watched. Artie decides he’ll be their first case.

The next morning, Artie tells them about Cody Thomas, a former law student who attacked his girlfriend. He has a list of questions and suggests it might be a time slip. When Myka doesn’t take it seriously, Saul angrily insists the last two agents he had didn’t take him seriously and they… stopped. He gives them a neutralizer, Farnsworth communication devices, and an electrical stun-gun created by Nicola Tesla. Artie explains it negates short-term memory, which is why the agent at the museum didn’t remember him. He tells them to go to Seever City and advises them not to get killed. As they leave, Leena notes that Myka’s aura is tortured. She also gives Artie the wallet, which he places in a neutralizer envelope.

In Seever City, Myka and Pete meet with Sheriff Travis and assure him they only have a few questions. Dickinson calls Myka and tells her he’s had no luck getting them unassigned. He has determined that a Mrs. Frederic is connected to a black operation but will need 48 hours to get them back. They meet with Cody and ask him Saul’s questions. They don’t make a lot of sense and they finally just ask him about his girlfriend, Emily Krueger. Cody explains that he was in class, blacked out, and was told later he assaulted her. However, he then blacks out and starts chanting in Italian, and the papers in the room blow in a hot breeze. Cody suddenly rips the table out of the floor. The sheriff and his men come in and take him away.



As Cody is locked up, Lorna Soliday, Cody’s lawyer as well as his godmother, arrives and tells them that she doesn’t plan to have her client railroaded. She wonders why the Secret Service is involved but they dodge the question. Pete wonders if Cody has come in contact with anything Italian in the last few days but Lorna stalks off. Outside, Myka notes that Pete reacted first and wonders how he gets his vibes. Pete notes that one time he didn’t trust them when he should have. Artie calls them and confirms Cody was speaking Italian but his software can barely transfer it. The only recognizable word is “pain.” He suggests they find someone on the campus who can speak Italian.

Pete and Myka talk to Professor Marzotto and ask him to translate. As they arrive, a young blonde woman leaves. Marzotto listens to the recording and explains that it’s a 15th century incantation saying that if people know the reason for his fear, they’d understand his pain. Marzotto has heard of Cody but claims he has no personal connection. Pete wonders about his experience and Marzotto admits he hasn’t been Italy in two years. He gives them their number and they leave, and Myka figures Marzotto’s hiding something. She figures they’ve got an actual case.



In his office, Marzotto reviews the incantation and then takes a small jewelry case hidden behind a book on his bookshelf. Inside is a book. He finds the same phrase in the book and calls someone.

Myka calls a contact, Minnie Harris, and has her run a check on Marzotto. Meanwhile, Marzotto contacts Emily and warns her that Cody is quoting from the book.

As Myka waits for Minnie to run the search, Artie checks in with Pete. Pete mentions the heat wave and Artie offers to check on it. Pete reads the translation to him and Artie briefly panics. He tells Pete he’ll call back.

Minnie checks Marzotto’s file and tells Myka that he got back from Italy eight weeks. Suddenly there’s static on the line and the same voice from the bed & breakfast says “Hi, Bunny” again. She goes outside and Pete gets her to tell him what she heard. He suggests it’s post-traumatic stress and she’s a hero for what happened in Denver. Myka wonders if he has any doubts about her and he insists that he knows she’s okay. She focuses on the case and realizes that Marzotto lied to them.



At the warehouse, Artie tries to find a picture on the computer systems and yells at someone (or something) down below to not make him come down there.

Marzotto meets with a blonde woman in a classroom and tells her he can’t keep the item. He says he’ll take it back next week. The woman lights a cigarette lighter and then holds up something in her left hand that reflects the flame, mesmerizing Marzotto.

Artie goes through the warehouse files and locates a particular item. He takes a wire out through the warehouse and drops to the floor at the indicated spot. Artie goes into a quarantined zone covered with neutralizer cloths.



Emily arrives at the bakery where she works and explains she was setting up for a party. Pete and Myka are waiting for her and realize she was in Marzotto’s office earlier.

Artie finds a painting that he’s looking for: a portrait of a woman with a jeweled comb in her hair. However, he realizes he left his communicator back in the office and goes back to get it, hauling the painting with him.

Emily tells Pete and Myka that Marzotto claimed not to know her, and Emily claims he might have been trying to protect him. She tells them that she’s known Cody since they were in eighth grade together and they got involved after his parents died. Lorna, his godmother, helped him get a settlement when his parents died. Pete starts to read the incantation and Emily cuts him off and says that Cody might have been worried she was spending too much time on a play.

A mesmerized Marzotto goes to a gas station and covers himself with gas, and then sets himself on fire.



As they walk through the streets, Pete and Myka compare theories. They see the ambulance go b and follow it. They get to the gas station and Sheriff Travis wants to know what’s going on. Pete gets in his face and shoves Travis back. Myka pulls him off and as they walk away, Pete reveals he grabbed Marzotto’s keys from where he left them on the pump.

In Washington, Danielson is trying to figure out what Warehouse 13 is. Frederic arrives and explains that Warehouse 13, Pete, and Myka are now hers.

As they drive to Marzotto’s office, Pete explains that his father was a fireman and when he was 12 he got a feeling he wouldn’t see his father again. He didn’t tell his father, who died that night in a house fire saving a couple of kids. Now he insists on playing his feelings. At Marzotto’s office, Myka notices that the books are out of order. She finds the hidden case and Pete reluctantly opens it. They find an empty compartment beneath the book inside and realize something is missing. Lorna comes in and tells them to leave. They refuse and she explains that she and Marzotto were together for three years. They broke up and he chose someone else: Emily. Lorna accuses Emily of using people and then abandoning them. She tells them that Emily dropped the charges and she’s at a party for the play, and Cody is with her. Cody has been released on his own recognizance. They head out for the play, and Lorna insists on going.

Artie gets the painting back to his office and collapses, exhausted.

As they drive, Lorna admits that Emily wouldn’t mind hurting Cody. Lorna promised Cody’s parents that she would protect him. As they drive, Pete notices that a jeweled comb Lorna wears matches the outline of the compartment in the case. Lorna starts chanting in Italian, grabs the wheel, and their vehicle flips over off the road.



Myka wakes up in the hospital with Danielson at her side. She’s been unconscious for two days. Pete is still unconscious and someone has come to see Myka. Her partner Sam Martino appears to her and says that she doesn’t belong there. He says that she did what she had to and now she has to get up. Myka wakes up on the road where she was thrown clear. Pete is unconscious in the car and she gets him clear, and then goes back for the book. Myka gets it and they wonder where Lorna went. Pete tells Myka what he saw in Lorna’s hair. Artie calls and shows them the painting with the piece of jewelry. They describe Lorna and Artie explains that the comb belonged to Lucretia Borgia. It was made by an alchemist and it’s transmitting a signal of sort, influencing the brain. They figure that the brain patterns will force Lorna to love Cody and kill Emily. Artie warns them the comb’s patterns will spread like a virus and they have to get to the party and get it.

Emily is at the Renaissance party for the play and she and Cody kiss. Lorna sees them and dons a Renaissance cloak. She holds up the comb and reflects the fire light into the crowd, mesmerizing them all. As she finishes, Pete and Myka arrive with the neutralization vessel. Pete insists on going on to get Cody while Myka flanks them. He approaches the crowd, which turns as one to face him. They part to let him through while Lorna commands Cody to pick up Emily and drop her into the fire.



When Pete draws his gun, Lorna commands Cody to knock him down and disarm him. Pete asks Lorna what she’s afraid of and she turns, knowing that Myka is there. She reminds Myka that she let her partner die for a chance of glory and then uses the comb on her. A mesmerized Myka prepares to shoot herself and Pete stuns her with the electro-gun. Corby grabs Pete’s gun and prepares to shoot him. The electro-gun fizzles out and Cody pulls the trigger… and nothing happens. Pete reveals he removed the clip. Myka recovers conscious and punches Lorna. Pete gets the comb and throws it to her and she seals it in the neutralization vessel. It starts to glow and energy bursts form the cylinder. The crowd is back to normal and no one has any memory of what happened, including Lorna.



Later, Artie puts the painting away and places the jewelry case with it. He admits that “love hurts” and he knows.

Dickinson calls Myka and tells her that she can come back but Pete stays. He gives her five seconds to think about it, and Frederic, in his office, counts down the seconds. Myka considers…

At the warehouse, Pete is throwing the football and watching it go up.



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