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Once Upon a Time

In the modern fairytale Once Upon a Time, Emma Swan is reunited with the child she gave up as a baby. Her son, Henry, believes Emma is the long-lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming and that the evil Queen has cursed Storybrooke, leaving the fairytale characters trapped in a modern world without their memories of who they once were.

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The creators of the Once Upon a Time TV show hope to “not re-tell these stories but attempt to dig beneath what we all know and try to discover something new.

The Characters & Cast

  • Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison)
  • Henry (Jared Gilmore)
  • Sheriff Graham (Jamie Dornan)
  • Archie Hopper / Jiminy Cricket (Raphael Sbarge)
  • John Doe / Prince Charming (Josh Dallas)
  • Mary Margaret / Snow White (Gennifer Goodwin)
  • Mr. Gold / Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle)
  • Regina / Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla)
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Science Fiction Television

Eureka

Eureka is certainly one of the best science fiction television shows still airing new episodes but its future was cut short several months ago when it was announced that the upcoming season 5 would be its last. Although there was an announcement only a day before that indicated there would be a short season 6 for Eureka, that news was rescinded quickly and the announcement was made about the cancellation of the series after season 5.

The good news is that Eureka’s season 5 was given an additional episode in which to tie up the series, but the bad news is that it probably won’t be nearly the send-off the series deserves.

You can find plenty of information here about Eureka, but for more, you should visit my site made especially for Eureka fans.

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Science Fiction Television

Falling Skies

imageOne of my new favorite shows, Falling Skies is the story of the aftermath of an alien invasion. Although humanity hasn’t quit fighting the war, they didn’t win the battle for Earth. Their adults are killed, their children are harnessed for manual labor, and only those who escaped are left to mount a resistance.

Airing on TNT over the summer months, Falling Skies is a character heavy science fiction series with enough action to keep viewers entertained and enough intrigue to keep us interested.

Falling Skies

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Here’s a link to all the Falling Skies pages on the site.

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Science Fiction Television

Chuck Returns for Season 5 in October

Chuck returns October 21 for season 5, Friday, 7 PM Central / 8 PM Eastern.

You can watch the last episodes of season 4 again to prepare the return of Chuck in October. Some episodes are available on the NBC website, while all episodes are available on Amazon if you need to catch up on more than just a few missed episodes or you don’t want to be bothered by ad interruptions. You could certainly wait for the Chuck season 4 DVD set to watch, which will be available on October 11. That’s more than a week to catch up on episodes before the new season starts on the 21st.

If you need another way to show your love for the show, here’s a really nice Nerd Herd t-shirt that’ll let you wear your fannish feelings right on your chest!

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Fantasy Television

True Blood Season 3 DVD

True Blood: The Complete Third Season was released at the end of May 2011 to an impressive collection of favorable reviews and comments.

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True Blood DVD – Season 3

These 12 episodes mark the introduction of several new characters, many twists and turns, and new "supes" to keep things interesting.

Fans of the series are probably going to want to buy the True Blood season 3 DVD box set and add this season to their collection, if for no other reason than that the show has begun to take on a more expansive feel as subplots thicken and what we know about the community of Bon Temps deepens.

Special features include everything from "Anatomy of a Scene" to a Snoop Dogg "Oh Sookie" video. There are also episode commentaries for 6 episodes.

Click here to read the reviews or order the True Blood Season 3 DVD set

Don’t miss this season set of True Blood.

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Science Fiction Television

Fringe Season 3 Blu-ray on Sale

Finally, you can order the Fringe Season 3 Blu-ray at Amazon. For fans of the Fringe television series and Blu-ray discs, this is great news. For the rest of you, well, you probably don’t care, so why are you reading this?

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The Fringe season 3 Blu-ray release date is September 6, 2011.

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Since this is a series that demands it be watched in the proper episode order so that you can follow what’s going on, this makes a great TV show on Blu-ray purchase. You want to be able to sit down and watch the Fringe episodes back to back and you also want to watch them in order or you could find yourself confused, not to mention you’ll miss subtleties in the progression of the layered story lines.

Starring:

  • Anna Torv (Olivia)
  • Joshua Jackson (Peter)
  • John Noble

Season 3 Episodes on the Blu-ray Set

  1. Olivia
  2. The Box
  3. The Plateau
  4. Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?
  5. Amber 31422
  6. 6955 kHz
  7. The Abducted…
  8. Entrada
  9. Marionette
  10. The Firefly
  11. Reciprocity
  12. Concentrate and Ask Again
  13. Immortality
  14. 6 B
  15. Subject 13
  16. Os
  17. Stowaway
  18. Bloodline
  19. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
  20. 6:02 AM EST
  21. The Last Sam Weiss
  22. The Day We Died

The 22 episodes included in this release make up a very strong season. Enjoy watching them again and again.

Special Features and Extras

  • The Mythology of Fringe
  • Fringe: Analyzing the Scene Sidebars on 6 Key Episodes
  • In the Lab with John Noble and Prop Master Rob Smith
  • Commentary on 4 Episodes by Series Stars and Creative Team
  • Unusual Side Effects: Gag Reel
  • Dissected Files: Unaired Scenes
  • Also includes The Unearthed Episode starring Kirk Acevedo as Charlie

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Fringe Season 3 Blu-ray Disc

Of course, you can always purchase the Fringe Season 3 DVD box set instead if you don’t have a Blu-ray player.

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Science Fiction Television

Stargate Atlantis Complete Series Blu-Ray Review

Finally! Stargate Atlantis The Complete Series on Blu-ray is here! The special features and episode commentaries come in at over 50 hours in an awesome 20 disc collection that brings together all the episodes of the entire series along with specials about many of the episodes, characters, cast and crew. If you’re a fan, you are going to want to buy the Stargate Atlantis Blu-ray set.

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Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series

Stargate Atlantis Blu-ray Box Set

This Blu-ray set is a great purchase for fans of the series. With the beautiful picture you can only get from Blu-ray, this box set of the complete series of Stargate Atlantis is the most compact, shelf-friendly set of all five seasons that you can get your hands on.

There are plenty of special features and extras on the discs in this box set, including commentaries for most of the episodes, behind the scenes specials called Mission Directives, and other features. See the list of special features and commentaries below for more information, and for a full review of the Stargate Atlantis Blu-ray box set just follow the link.

Stargate Atlantis is an action adventure science fiction series based on the popular Stargate SG-1 series. The adventures through the gate continues in the Pegasus Galaxy where an expedition from Earth has traveled to the fabled city of Atlantis to search out new technologies and the knowledge of the Ancients. Only when the expedition arrives in Pegasus, the team discovers an ancient foe called the Wraith that feeds on humans–and they’ve woken them early from their slumber. With no way to return to Earth and a new and powerful enemy, the Atlantis expedition must find allies and fight off an enemy that not even the Ancients could defeat.

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Special Features Included in the Blu-ray Box Set

  • Disc 1 (Season 1):
    • “Rising” (Parts 1 and 2)
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood and Actor Joe Flanigan
    • “Hide and Seek”
      • Commentary by Actors Rachel Luttrell, Torri Higginson and Paul McGillion
    • “Thirty Eight Minutes”
      • Commentary by Actors Rachel Luttrell ad Paul McGillion
    • “Suspicion”
    • Extras
      • “Stargate: Atlantis” Set Tour with Directors Martin Wood and Peter DeLuise
  • Disc 2 (Season 1):
    • “Childhood’s End”
      • Commentary by Writer Martin Gero and Actors Rachel Luttrell and Rainbow Sun Francks
    • “Poisoning the Well”
    • “Underground”
    • “Home”
    • “The Storm”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • Extras
      • Wraithal Discrimination: It’s Not Easy Being Green
      • Diary of Rainbow Sun Francks
  • Disc 3 (Season 1):
    • “The Eye”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • “The Defiant One”
      • Commentary by Director Peter DeLuise and Stunt Coordinator Dan Shea
    • “Hot Zone”
      • Commentary by Writer Martin Gero and Actors Rachel Luttrell, Rainbow Sun Francks and Paul McGillion
    • “Sanctuary”
      • Commentary by Actors Rachel Luttrell and Torri Higginson
    • “Before I Sleep”
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “The Storm/The Eye”
      • Mission Directive: “Sanctuary”
      • Mission Directive: “Before I Sleep”
  • Disc 4 (Season 1):
    • “Brotherhood”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • “Letters from Pegasus”
    • “The Gift”
      • Commentary by Director Peter DeLuise and Actor Gary Jones
    • “The Siege: Part 1”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • “The Siege: Part 2”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actors Joe Flanigan and David Hewlett
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “The Siege”
      • A look back on Season One with Writer Martin Gero
  • Disc 5 (Season 2):
    • “The Siege: Part 3”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actors Joe Flanigan and David Hewlett
    • “The Intruder”
      • Commentary by Director Peter DeLuise and Actor Gary Jones
    • “Runner”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood and Actor David Hewlett
    • “Duet”
      • Commentary by Director Peter DeLuise, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • “Condemned”
      • Commentary by Director Peter DeLuise and Actor Gary Jones
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “The Siege: Part 3” featuring Director Martin Wood
      • Mission Directive: “The Intruder” featuring Director Peter DeLuise
  • Disc 6 (Season 2):
    • “Trinity”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood and Writer Damian Kindler
    • “Instinct”
      • Commentary by Director Andy Mikita and Producer Paul Mullie
    • “Conversion”
      • Commentary by Writer Martin Gero and Actors Joe Flanigan and David Hewlett
    • “Aurora”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood and Co-Producer Peter DeLuise
    • “The Lost Boys”
      • Commentary by Writer Martin Gero and Actors Joe Flanigan and David Hewlett
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “Instinct” featuring Director Peter DeLuise
      • Introduction to a Character: Ronon Dex
  • Disc 7 (Season 2):
    • “The Hive”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood
    • “Epiphany”
      • Commentary by Director Neil Fearnley
    • “Critical Mass”
      • Commentary by Director Andy Mikita, Actor Rachel Luttrell and Director of Photography Brenton Spencer
    • “Grace Under Pressure”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actors Amanda Tapping and David Hewlett
    • “The Tower”
      • Commentary by Producer Paul Mullie and Director Andy Mikita
    • Extras
      • Profile On: David Hewlett
      • “Stargate: Atlantis” Stunts
  • Disc 8 (Season 2):
    • “The Long Goodbye”
      • Commentary by Director Andy Mikita, Actor Torri Higginson and Director of Photography Brenton Spencer
    • “Coup D’etat”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • “Michael”
      • Commentary by Director Martin Wood and Supervising Producer/Director Peter DeLuise
    • “Inferno”
      • Commentary by Director Peter DeLuise and Actor Gary Jones
    • “Allies”
      • Commentary by Director Andy Mikita, Writer Martin Gero and Actor David Hewlett
    • Extras
      • Road to a Dream with Martin Gero
      • Profile On: Paul McGillion
  • Disc 9 (Season 3):
    • “No Man’s Land”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • “Misbegotten”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Paul Mullie and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • “Irresistible”
      • Commentary by Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Director of Photography Michael Blundell
    • “Sateda”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer, Writer and Director Robert C. Cooper & Director of Photography Brenton Spencer
    • “Progeny”
      • Commentary by Director Andy Mikita and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “Sateda” featuring Director Robert C. Cooper
      • Mission Directive: “Progeny” featuring Director Andy Mikita
      • Inside the Stargate: Atlantis Visual FX Department
      • Profile On: Rachel Luttrell
  • Disc 10 (Season 3):
    • “The Real World”
    • “Common Ground”
      • Commentary by Director William Waring and Director of Photography Brenton Spencer
    • “McKay & Mrs. Miller”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • “Phantoms”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer Carl Binder and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • “The Return, Part 1”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Executive Producer Paul Mullie
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “Phantoms” featuring Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
      • General O’Neill Goes to Atlantis
  • Disc 11 (Season 3):
    • “The Return, Part 2”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Executive Producer Paul Mullie
    • “Echoes”
      • Commentary by Director William Waring and Director of Photography Brenton Spencer
    • “Irresponsible”
      • Commentary by Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Director of Photography Michael Blundell
    • “Tao of Rodney”
      • Commentary by Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Director of Photography Michael Blundell
    • “The Game”
      • Commentary by Director William Waring and Director of Photography Brenton Spencer
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “The Game” featuring Director William Waring
      • Masters of the Alien
  • Disc 12 (Season 3):
    • “The Ark”
      • Commentary by Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
    • “Sunday”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Director William Waring
    • “Submersion”
      • Commentary by Director Brenton Spencer and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
    • “Vengeance”
      • Commentary by Director Andy Mikita and Creature Effects Designer Todd Masters
    • “First Strike”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Martin Gero, Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela 
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “First Strike” featuring Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
      • “Stargate Atlantis:” A Look Back on Season 3 with Martin Gero
  • Disc 13 (Season 4):
    • “Adrift”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Writer Martin Gero, Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • “Lifeline”
      • Commentary by Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Actor Amanda Tapping
    • “Reunion”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer/Writer Joseph Mallozzi and Director William Waring
    • “Doppelganger”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer, Writer and Director Robert C. Cooper and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
    • “Travelers”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer/Writer Paul Mullie and Director William Waring
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: Doppelganger with Robert C. Cooper
      • A New Leader: Amanda Tapping Joins Atlantis
  • Disc 14 (Season 4):
    • “Tabula Rasa”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Alan McCullough and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Actress Amanda Tapping
    • “Missing”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Writer Carl Binder and Producer/Director Andy Mikita
    • “The Seer”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Alan McCullough and Director Andy Mikita
    • “Miller’s Crossing”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Producer/Director Andy Mikita
    • “This Mortal Coil”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer/Writer Joseph Mallozzi and Director William Waring
    • Extras
      • “Stargate Atlantis” Bloopers
      • Mission Directive: “This Mortal Coil” with Director William Waring
  • Disc 15 (Season 4):
    • “Be All My Sins Remember’d”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Producer/Director Andy Mikita
    • “Spoils of War”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Alan McCullough and Director William Waring
    • “Quarantine”
      • Commentary by Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Actress Amanda Tapping
    • “Harmony”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Writer Martin Gero and Director William Waring
    • “Outcast”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Alan McCullough and Producer/Director Andy Mikita
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “Quarantine” with Director Martin Wood
      • Mission Directive: “Outcast” with Director Andy Mikita
  • Disc 16 (Season 4):
    • “Trio”
      • Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Writer Martin Gero, Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood and Actress Amanda Tapping
    • “Midway”
    • “The Kindred”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer/Writer Joseph Mallozzi and Director Peter F. Woeste
    • “The Kindred, Part II”
      • Commentary by Producer/Writer Alan McCullough and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • “The Last Man”
      • Commentary on “The Last Man” by Executive Producer/Writer Paul Mullie and Director/Supervising Producer Martin Wood
    • Extras
      • The Making of “Trio”
      • A Look Back at Season 4
      • Deleted Scenes
  • Disc 17 (Season 5):
    • “Search and Rescue”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Martin Gero and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
    • “The Seed”
      • Commentary by Director William Waring
    • “Broken Ties”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi and Actor Jason Momoa
    • “The Daedalus Variations”
      • Commentary by Supervising Producer Alan McCullough and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
    • “Ghost In The Machine”
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “Search and Rescue” with Director Andy Mikita and Producer Martin Gero
      • Showdown! Ronon v. Tyre
      • Bringing “The Seed” to Life
  • Disc 18 (Season 5):
    • “The Shrine”
    • “Whispers”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi and Director William Waring
    • “The Queen”
      • Commentary by Supervising Producer Alan McCullough and Director Brenton Spencer
    • “Tracker”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Carl Binder and Director William Waring
    • “First Contact”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Martin Gero and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: ”Whispers” with Director William Waring and Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi
      • Mission Directive: “Tracker” with Director William Waring and Executive Produce Carl Binder
      • Tricks of the Trade: Submerging the Stargate
      • Joe Flanigan: A Conversation with the Colonel
  • Disc 19 (Season 5):
    • “The Lost Tribe”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Martin Gero and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
    • “Outsiders”
      • Commentary by Supervising Producer Alan McCullough and Director William Waring
    • “Inquisition”
      • Commentary by Director Brenton Spencer and Actor Tobias Slezak
    • “The Prodigal”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Carl Binder and Director/Producer Andy Mikita
    • “Remnants”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi and Director William Waring
    • Extras
      • Building a Humanoid with James Robbins and Martin Gero
      • Dr. Jackson Goes to Atlantis
      • The Life and Death of Michael Kenmore
      • Deleted Scenes (Part One)
  • Disc 20 (Season 5):
    • “Brain Storm”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer/Director Martin Gero
    • “Infection”
    • “Identity”
    • “Vegas”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Robert C. Cooper, Producer John G. Lenic and Editor Mike Banas
    • “Enemy at the Gate”
      • Commentary by Executive Producer Paul Mullie and VFX Supervisor Mark Savela
    • Extras
      • Mission Directive: “Brain Storm” with Director Martin Gero
      • “Stargate Atlantis” Goes To Vegas
      • Deleted Scenes (Part Two)

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Falling Skies Episode List

Falling Skies

There are lots of reasons to watch this series. Falling Skies is an awesome science fiction television series about an alien attack on Earth, where the aliens have killed many of the adult humans. They “harness” and use the children for a purpose not yet fully revealed, but which seems to be as manual labor.

Starring Noah Wyle as Tom Mason and Moon Bloodgood as Anne Glass.

Falling Skies Season 1 Episodes

This Falling Skies episode list names all 10 episodes (9 if you count the 2 hour series premiere as 1 episode) of the (fabulous, cool, exciting) TNT series. I kinda like it.

  1. Live and Learn (Series Premiere / Pilot, Episode 1)
  2. The Armory (Series Premiere / Pilot, Episode 2)
  3. Prisoner of War, Episode 3
  4. Grace, Episode 4
  5. Silent Kill, Episode 5
  6. Sanctuary Part 1, Episode 6
  7. Sanctuary Part 2, Episode 7
  8. What Hides Beneath, Episode 8
  9. Mutiny, Episode 9
  10. Eight Hours, Episode 10

You can sign up to be notified when Falling Skies is on DVD at Amazon.

Although the DVD isn’t yet available, there’s a really cool Falling Skies graphic novel prequel for the show.

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Fantasy Television

Comic-Con Interview with Colin Morgan of Merlin

Lynn (@scififantasies) has shared a Tweet with you:  “SFXmagazine: Exclusive Comic-Con interview with Merlin’s Colin Morgan talking about series 4 http://t.co/u0bXHSK”

I watched the video and found it quite interesting. :) I like the hint that Merlin can’t continue to hide his magic forever. I would love to see him exposed as a sorcerer before the end of the series, because I think it would be fascinating to see Arthur come to terms with it.

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Fantasy Science Fiction Television

Warehouse 13 Season 1 DVD

The Warehouse 13 Season 1 DVD is on sale at a significant discount. If you’re a fan and you’ve been thinking about owning this excellent science fiction TV series, this is probably the best chance you have to get a great price on the DVD box set of the entire first season. Check the price before you buy.

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Warehouse 13 Season 1 DVD Box Set

Warehouse 13 is about two secret service agents who save the president’s life and end up transferred to "Warehouse" number 13 where items and artifacts that have some connection to the paranormal are stored. As Warehouse agents, Myka and Pete are tasked with finding and collecting artifacts that are dangerous or powerful and bringing them back to the warehouse where they’re neutralized.

I enjoy owning DVD box sets for a variety of reasons, including the idea that I can watch whenever I want without having to worry that there’ll be no repeats or that some online service will quit streaming the episodes.

Because I’ve already had the opportunity to watch both season 1 and season 2, and season 3 is airing, it’s easy to see that the series is getting better with time. The series started off well, but as it matures, Warehouse 13 had developed into a great little fun and entertaining science fiction television series that’s family friendly but adult enough to keep anyone interested.

Purchase the Warehouse 13 Season 1 DVD Box Set if you like quirky and fun and watch (or rewatch) season 1.

Episodes on the Warehouse 13 Season 1 DVD Box Set

The Warehouse 13 episodes listed in order below can be found on the season one box set.

  1. Pilot
  2. Resonance
  3. Magnetism
  4. Claudia
  5. Elements
  6. Burnout
  7. Implosion
  8. Duped
  9. Regrets
  10. Breakdown
  11. Nevermore
  12. MacPherson