After escaping their rope foreplay session, Bering and Wells meet back up with Pete and Artie. Pete tells them that Sykes is gone, as he was killed trying to go back into the portal. The danger is over and as H.G. looks at Myka after this announcement, Pete, President of the Anti-H.G. Wells Club, suddenly walks over to H.G. and wraps her up in a hug, to everyone's surprise. For a
Is that a banana in his pocket?
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moment, H.G. just hangs like a rag doll in his arms, wondering when he's going to pull back and blame her for all of the world's wrongs. He doesn't though, and while Artie looks away in discomfort, Myka smirks silently, realizing she has another victory under her belt in the apparently still active Operation: Get Everyone to Like My Girlfriend.
Pete sincerely thanks H.G. and she responds, "Any time." She immediately looks to Myka and they share an amused reaction to Pete's show of affection to his former nemesis. Awww. Unfortunately, this contentment is short-lived as the team notices the Warehouse's alert system is still activated, as well as the protective barrier around the Warehouse, meaning danger still persists. Aw, come on, man. No. Can't we |
enjoy the happy?
No, we cannot. The team power walks back to Sykes' abandoned Hoveround, looking for some hidden danger inside. Welp, they find it. Strapped to the underside of Sykes' chair cushion is a piece of masonry from the British House of Commons. This masonry absorbed the concussive force of the entire German Luftwaffe air force during the Blitzkrieg on London and is capable of a ginormous explosion. Artie describes it as the equivalent of an artifact nuclear bomb. Oh, wonderful! Thank you so much, Walter.
At this discovery, Myka and H.G. share an "Oh Jebus, no" look and the team heads towards the Ovoid Quarantine in the Warehouse. As the barrier around the Warehouse is active, no one can get out, so they are trapped with the bomb, unless they can deactivate it. As soon as the team reaches the Ovoid Quarantine, Pete, Myka, and Artie get to work on disarming the bomb, but H.G. decidedly goes elsewhere.
No, we cannot. The team power walks back to Sykes' abandoned Hoveround, looking for some hidden danger inside. Welp, they find it. Strapped to the underside of Sykes' chair cushion is a piece of masonry from the British House of Commons. This masonry absorbed the concussive force of the entire German Luftwaffe air force during the Blitzkrieg on London and is capable of a ginormous explosion. Artie describes it as the equivalent of an artifact nuclear bomb. Oh, wonderful! Thank you so much, Walter.
At this discovery, Myka and H.G. share an "Oh Jebus, no" look and the team heads towards the Ovoid Quarantine in the Warehouse. As the barrier around the Warehouse is active, no one can get out, so they are trapped with the bomb, unless they can deactivate it. As soon as the team reaches the Ovoid Quarantine, Pete, Myka, and Artie get to work on disarming the bomb, but H.G. decidedly goes elsewhere.
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Pete, Myka, and Artie try to neutralize the masonry, but the timer keeps ticking away. H.G. appears on the other side of the room unnoticed and examines some cables and the electrical setup of the Warehouse. She turns back to look at Myka, and her expression as she looks at her is a signal that devastation is forthcoming. The show might as well have started playing "Running Up That Hill" again at this point. For some bizarre reason, Myka and Artie allow Pete to attack the nuclear bomb-like artifact with what appears to be a welder. It may not be, but all I know is that Pete has a tool that shoots fire out its end and believes that it may interact in a positive way with the bomb. WHAT?! Myka?! Artie?! Are you trying to rush to your deaths? Luckily, Pete's brainless tactic does not result in their fiery ends, but it also does |
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not defuse the artifact. The trio tries to refocus, but they suddenly notice that the timer on the bomb shows less than a minute left until kaboom. Stunned, they all pull off their glasses, realizing that they do not have enough time to disarm it. Myka looks sad and scared, and everything hurts. She grabs onto Pete's jacket in what she believes are some of her last moments.
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From across the room, the team hears H.G. say, "And here we go," as she joins two power sources emitting a purple burst of light. The fusion of the energy shoots up and creates a transparent dome over Pete, Myka, and Artie. Myka pushes to the front of the dome towards H.G., asking, "Helena, what are you doing?" Seeing that her plan worked, H.G. lets out a relieved laugh, smiling at Myka. Myka asks again, "Helena, what is this?" H.G.: "I'm sorry. It was the only way I could think to save you." |
With concern in her voice and without accusation, Myka asks, "What have you done?" At this point, music softly starts to play in the background.
H.G., as matter of factly as she can: "There was no other way. An anomaly in the system allowed me to reroute a portion of the outer barrier to that spot on the floor. I just hope it lasts." Trying to remain calm for everyone, H.G. attempts to explain what has occurred, even though she has condemned herself to certain death at this point.
H.G., as matter of factly as she can: "There was no other way. An anomaly in the system allowed me to reroute a portion of the outer barrier to that spot on the floor. I just hope it lasts." Trying to remain calm for everyone, H.G. attempts to explain what has occurred, even though she has condemned herself to certain death at this point.
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"You've protected us from the blast," says Artie breathlessly, realizing exactly what H.G. has done. Softly, H.G. confirms, "You should be safe now." Myka, not willing to accept what she already knows: "But you are...you're out there." |
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With a smile still on her face for Myka's sake, H.G. responds, "It had to be initiated from outside the barrier."
In what can only be seen as an intentional decision by the show, the camera slowly zooms in on Myka's face as she absorbs what H.G. has done for her, while Pete and Artie's voices fade away. While it was obvious that H.G. and Myka were just speaking to one another already, oblivious to the others, the show makes it explicit during H.G.'s last few moments. Pete and Artie both try to talk H.G. out of what she's done, but Myka just stands there silently, staring at her, knowing there's too little time to undo it and knowing H.G. would never undo it anyway because it means she is safe.
In what can only be seen as an intentional decision by the show, the camera slowly zooms in on Myka's face as she absorbs what H.G. has done for her, while Pete and Artie's voices fade away. While it was obvious that H.G. and Myka were just speaking to one another already, oblivious to the others, the show makes it explicit during H.G.'s last few moments. Pete and Artie both try to talk H.G. out of what she's done, but Myka just stands there silently, staring at her, knowing there's too little time to undo it and knowing H.G. would never undo it anyway because it means she is safe.
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While staring at each other, H.G. mouths a silent "thank you" to Myka, who responds with a small, pained smile.
H.G., noticing something in the air around her, gives a quick sniff and bursts into a smile. Her voice thick with emotion, she says, "I smell apples." The Warehouse has forgiven her.
Myka can only look on helplessly, as there is not enough time left to say everything she wants to say to H.G., and there is nothing that can stop what has been set into motion. The timer's beeping accelerates in the last few seconds and as it hits zero, H.G.'s face is illuminated, with her final moment spent smiling at Myka. Unwilling to watch H.G. consumed by the bomb, Myka closes her eyes and bows her head, while the Warehouse is quickly set aflame.
H.G., noticing something in the air around her, gives a quick sniff and bursts into a smile. Her voice thick with emotion, she says, "I smell apples." The Warehouse has forgiven her.
Myka can only look on helplessly, as there is not enough time left to say everything she wants to say to H.G., and there is nothing that can stop what has been set into motion. The timer's beeping accelerates in the last few seconds and as it hits zero, H.G.'s face is illuminated, with her final moment spent smiling at Myka. Unwilling to watch H.G. consumed by the bomb, Myka closes her eyes and bows her head, while the Warehouse is quickly set aflame.
As expected, the artifact is wholly devastating, incinerating almost every part of the Warehouse and its contents. Safe in their barrier, Pete and Artie watch as the world around them explodes, but Myka keeps her eyes closed, waiting for it all to be over.
When the bomb's destruction has finally ended, H.G.'s temporary barrier for Pete, Myka, and Artie eventually expires and the trio is left standing in the Warehouse's ashes. Pete, looking at the carnage around him: "That was his plan...to destroy the entire Warehouse. We lost, Artie. We lost." Artie, staring at a pocket watch in his hand, cryptically replies, "Not yet."
And thus ends Season 3 of Warehouse 13. While Season 2 involved H.G. slowly on the path to betrayal, Season 3 tracked the evolution of her redemption. From her fall from grace to her repeated sacrifices for the sake of the Warehouse, Myka was always the determinative factor in H.G.'s journey. Myka is the reason H.G. did not see her world-ending plans to fruition and Myka is the reason H.G. was willing to lay down her life, twice, for the Warehouse. In all scenarios, without Myka, H.G. is lost in her madness and the world is gone.
This episode is truly exhausting and leaves one emotionally drained, but it also solidifies that Bering and Wells is an integral part of Warehouse 13, the place and the show. This couple is not about kisses and airtime (though we'd gladly take it). Instead, the issues they deal with and the things they have gone through are on such a different scale that it puts the depth of their relationship far beyond many couples who are canon on a show or that have way more screen time focused on their relationship. The story of Bering and Wells is a chronicle of two people in love and Episode 3.12: Stand, like 3.11: Emily Lake, is one more chapter in their history. It is as beautiful as it is tragic, and it is classic Bering and Wells.
And thus ends Season 3 of Warehouse 13. While Season 2 involved H.G. slowly on the path to betrayal, Season 3 tracked the evolution of her redemption. From her fall from grace to her repeated sacrifices for the sake of the Warehouse, Myka was always the determinative factor in H.G.'s journey. Myka is the reason H.G. did not see her world-ending plans to fruition and Myka is the reason H.G. was willing to lay down her life, twice, for the Warehouse. In all scenarios, without Myka, H.G. is lost in her madness and the world is gone.
This episode is truly exhausting and leaves one emotionally drained, but it also solidifies that Bering and Wells is an integral part of Warehouse 13, the place and the show. This couple is not about kisses and airtime (though we'd gladly take it). Instead, the issues they deal with and the things they have gone through are on such a different scale that it puts the depth of their relationship far beyond many couples who are canon on a show or that have way more screen time focused on their relationship. The story of Bering and Wells is a chronicle of two people in love and Episode 3.12: Stand, like 3.11: Emily Lake, is one more chapter in their history. It is as beautiful as it is tragic, and it is classic Bering and Wells.