Warehouse 13
SyFy | Release Date: July 7, 2009
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 2 Review: What's refreshing about the new season is that it's not necessarily about the objects, which are, after all, a series of MacGuffins. More than ever, what grounds the whole enterprise are the bonds among the characters and the dangers that they face together, armed only with retro-looking pistols and the requisite quips. Read full review
83
Boston HeraldMark A. Perigard
Season 2 Review: "In this job, there’s no such thing as no such thing," Pete says. Exactly. Warehouse 13 is truly the show where anything can happen. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJul 20, 2012
Season 4 Review: All the cast seems to be enjoying these turns, because it's a show that cherishes the idea of going over the top. Read full review
80
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 2 Review: Warehouse 13 has always been a hodgepodge of other people’s ideas and gimmicks, but the magic is how they’re thrown together here. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 2 Review: To be as much fun as it strives to be, Warehouse 13 can't be just a cop show with a gimmick. It needs to make the gimmick interesting and fun. Season one was promising and season two seems to be staying on track. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Warehouse 13 is unapologetically and delightfully derivative, happily plucking the best stuff from our favorite shows and leaving all the heaviness behind. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: The likable Pete and Myka are a classic match, bickering until they need to stop and work together, which they do. Artie provides both comic relief and a reminder that their job is difficult and dangerous--point also made by Artie's boss, Mrs. Frederic (CCH Pounder). Not too much new here. But there's nothing wrong with taking the old and doing it well. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 2 Review: Pete and Myka remains cutesy, Artie and his boss, CCH Pounder's Mrs. Frederic, are gratifyingly intense. I also like the intelligent sullenness of Artie's assistant, Claudia (Allison Scagliotti). Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyClark Collis
Season 1 Review: The pilot drags, but Saul Rubinek, who plays the warehouse curator, is entertaining enough that I want to believe it will improve. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: Those two formulas--loopy genius and mismatched cops—are smushed together in Warehouse 13, yet the whole enterprise is executed with competency and humor, so despite a wobble here or there, the show ends up working. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKris King
Season 1 Review: The inventiveness of the gadgetry and the wild sense of humor that sneaks into the show give it the potential to develop into an adventure that's both funny and exciting. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 2 Review: Even when the show gets a bit silly, there's a healthy sense of wonder at the origin of the artifacts our heroes regularly track down. Read full review
70
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: There are times when you have to question the writers' urge to pack in everything but the kitchen sink...Fortunately, Kelly and McClintock pull off their roles in this precarious high-flying adventure, teetering between heaviness and humor in each scene. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
Season 1 Review: A goofy setup, to be sure, but an entertaining and lively one. Read full review
70
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: The world of the warehouse, and the interplay with the characters as they deal with it, are amusing enough to mark Warehouse 13 as a very promising summer series--regardless of the name of the channel it's on. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: The enjoyable if less-than-inspired two-hour pilot introduces us to the warehouse, its bizarre inventory and the mismatched new agents in charge. Read full review
67
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 2 Review: It's all vaguely familiar and spirited enough to look like shiny summer fare. Just don't scratch the surface. Read full review
60
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: I gradually lost interest during the agents' first case together, which takes them on the road. Here's hoping the assignments get better. Because the warehouse itself is packed to the rafters with (sorry, Syfy) geeky fun. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: Like other Sci Fi shows of the recent past (think: "Eureka"), Warehouse 13 begins with a strong concept and suffers from weak execution.
50
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
Season 1 Review: There’s a fine line between wink-wink clever and desperately cheesy. Tonight’s story crosses into Kraft Singles territory more often than it should, with bleeding statues and bloodshot eyes, sacrificial fires and some poorly acted demonic possession. Read full review
50
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: Good watching for fans of those campy, old Sci Fi original monster movies. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: Though the debut is weak, it's still possible the series will improve as the setup recedes and new post-pilot writers chime in (including Titus' Jack Kenny). Read full review
50
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: Basically it's a half-baked adventure series, but it's July, and fully baked may just not be the way to go. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalSohrab AhmariJul 23, 2012
Season 4 Review: This haphazard collage of genre clichés quickly overwhelms and does not add up to the greatness of the classics that inspired it. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Exec producers David Simkins and Jack Kenny might still make something of this hash, but the concept has the decided feel of an idea that's been batted around and put through a homogenizing blender. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: This, insidiously, is science fiction as extreme midlife crisis. As Lattimer puts it, “I’m trained to take a bullet if necessary, but I’m not sure how to stop a dead Italian cougar.” Or, he might have added, deeply stupid plots. Read full review
30
Deseret NewsScott D. Pierce
Season 2 Review: If anything, the second season of this series is worse than the first. Read full review
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