"Cangku Shisir" is the fifth episode of Season Five of SyFy's Warehouse 13, that aired on May 12, 2014.
Synopsis[]
The evil Major Valda (from Paracelsus' alternate reality) tries to move the warehouse to China and use Claudia's sister Claire as a puppet caretaker.
Plot[]
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Claudia goes to the room that contained her comatose sister and confirms that she’s not there. She wonders if she’s to blame, but Artie tells her that she didn’t and says that Claudia has to focus so they can find her. Claudia points out that the record player keeping Claire in a coma is also gone, which means someone must have woken her up. Artie figures someone hacked into the video surveillance system and Claudia tells the security guard to run a diagnostic of the entire system. Once he leaves, Artie and Claudia figure that whoever took Claire knew that they had to keep her attached to the record player. They scan the room with the spectrometer and discover that Benedict Valda took her. In a motel room, Valda attaches a control eyepiece to Claire and wakes her up. She tries to remove it but Valda warns her that it can’t be removed and that it controls her powers. When Claire tries to focus her powers, the eyepiece relays Valda’s mental commands to her and shuts down her power. He tells her to get up and when she refuses to go with him, Valda gives her a blast of agonizing feedback. Valda then commands her to use her powers to move a vase and she does. At the warehouse, Artie and Claudia brief the team on what they’ve discovered. They figure that Valda from the alternate timeline and used a stolen Versailles Fork to maintain himself in their timeline. Artie suggests that since Valda came from a militaristic world, he’ll try the same medical experimentation that he and Paracelsus did originally. Claudia checks the computer records and discovers that Valda has been hiding in the dead agents’ section and accessed the warehouse from there, learning about Claire. Myka wants to check it out and insists that Pete come with her. Rather than be alone with her, Pete convinces Steve to go with him. At the dead agents’ section, Pete, Myka, and Steve go through Valda’s room and discover that he’s been doing a lot of research. He’s gathered several artifacts and Steve goes to get a laptop to check the database. Pete tries to go instead but Steve goes around him, and Pete starts acting strange around Myka. She tells him to go through the files and focus. At the Valu-Mart where he works, Regent Keeler is working in his office when Valda comes in and uses the jade elephant artifact to electrocute him. Pete finds a medical file on Claire and suggests that Valda plans to turn her into a programmed weapon. Myka doesn’t think it’s likely, and points out that a safe deposit key is missing from the room... and it unlocks a box in the regent’s vault at the Valu-Mart. They go there with Artie and find Keeler’s corpse. When Artie turns him over, it triggers an inuksuk artifact underneath the corpse, releasing a blast of ice. Pete and Myka are blasted out and Artie is frozen solid in a matter of seconds. Once they get back in, they try to neutralize the inuksuk but discover that it covers itself back over with ice as quickly as they hack it away. Myka figures that they have an hour to unfreeze Artie, and Pete suggests that they use Butz’s spectacles. The agents go out to call Steve. Once Steve gets the call, he prepares to leave with the spectacles. He asks if Claudia will be okay and she hits a photo of Valda and says that she’s channeling her anger like Artie recommended. At a park in Rapid City, Valda sets up the record player and sits on a park bench with Claire. They put in earplugs and a car pulls up nearby. The man inside calls and Valda tells him to put in his earplugs. He then has Claire start the record player and everyone in the park collapses. Valda tells the other man that they will die in 30 minutes and offers it as a terrorist device... and says that he has tens of thousands of similar artifacts that could and should be used as weapons. He offers to help acquire the artifacts and together change the course of human destiny. Once he gets his response, Valda has Claire take a mason’s square over to the car and tells his ally to put it in the location that they’ve chosen so they can begin. The car drives off and Valda tells Claire that they have one more stop to make. They walk off, leaving the record player behind. Once Steve gets to the Valu-Mart, they put the spectacles on Artie. As he starts to thaw off, they use the earthquake-generating elephant cane artifact to shatter the ice on the inuksuk long enough to neutralize it. Artie wakes up and realizes that he has a ping. They realize that the record player is responsible and they realize that they don’t have enough Pilates belts to keep them all alive. Artie mumbles incoherently and Myka tells Steve to stay with Artie while she and Pete go to investigate. Pete tries to get out of going with her and Steve realizes that something is going on, but Pete refuses to explain. Pete and Myka get to the park and spot the record player. They put in earphones and go after it. Claudia checks Valda’s room and discovers that he had a record sleeve belonging to Chuck Yeager. The sleeve is empty and Claudia realizes what Valda is using it for. As the agents get out of their car, an ambulance pulls up and Myka stays to wave them out of the artifact’s zone. Pete approaches the record player and the record on it glows and then blasts him back. Myka runs to her stunned partner just as Claudia arrives, wearing earplugs. She shows them the record sleeve and they realize that Yeager’s record generates a sonic boom. Claudia also brought Charles Atlas’ workout trunks and Claudia puts them on when Pete is too stunned to use them. Using the enhanced strength from the trunks, Myka resists the sonic booms and knocks the record player over. The people in the park revive just in time while Myka starts to sink into the ground as her density increases. Pete runs over and yanks them off just in time, and Myka thanks him. Startled, Pete drops her and tosses the trunks to Claudia to neutralize. At the Valu-Mart, Artie uses an artifact stethoscope to locate an empty box. He finds one such box and realizes that Valda is going to use the stolen artifact to steal Warehouse 13. Artie calls the agents and informs them that Valda has taken the setting maul of Hiram Abiff. The artifact is used to relocate the warehouse from one country to the next. However, Valda needs the mason’s square and the compass. The mason’s square is placed at the location where the warehouse is to go, the maul activates the compass, and the compass converts the warehouse and its contents to energy, and then transmits it to the mason’s square. The maul is split into two parts for safety: Valda has the handle, and the hammer is located in the birthplace of the host country. The assembled maul has to be struck against the cornerstone of the new artifacts, and Artie warns that they have to stop Valda from doing that. The hammer is hidden at the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston, and Artie tells the trio to get to Boston while he and Steve lock down the compass. Artie and Steve go to a vault in the widow’s son aisle, one of the safest areas in the warehouse. However, when they open the vault they discover that the compass is gone. Valda has already placed the compass, and Artie has no idea where Valda may have placed it. The three agents arrive at the original site of the Green Dragon Tavern. Valda isn’t there and Myka figures that he went to the new one instead. Claudia calls them over and they find a dead regent on the floor... and realize that Valda is still there. In the basement, Valda has Claire blast open a wall, revealing a room beyond. The agents feel the vibrations and Claudia runs downstairs. Myka and Pete follow her and find Claire holding the chunk of wall over her sister. Claudia warns them that Valda is using the lens to control Claire. Before the agents can do anything, Valda steps out of the hidden room behind the wall containing the hammer and tells them to drop their weapons or he’ll have Claire crush Claudia. They do so and Claudia appeals to her sister. Claire starts crying, but Valda tells her to bury them and she shoves them into the room and then seals it. Meanwhile, Valda assembles the hammer and the handle. Somewhere in the warehouse, the compass activates and begins converting the artifacts into energy. Artie realizes that Valda has succeeded and realizes that the compass is hid somewhere beneath the warehouse. Sealed in the hole, Pete and Myka are unable to move the wall. Claudia collapses and says that she’s been feeling something bad through her connection to Warehouse 13. The agents work out that the room was used as a Revolutionary safe house and that there must be an escape route. Pete looks around and finds a marked brick. Pushing it opens the escape route and the trio head out. Pete and Artie enter the warehouse basement and find the compass atop an altar. Artie has Steve spray it with neutralizer but it has no effect. Next Artie takes out two cans of silly string and they start spraying the altar. It restrains it temporarily and then the string starts to break. Once they get outside, Claudia uses her tablet to check the CCTVs and discovers that Valda got into a limo from Chinese consulate. Myka calls Artie, who tracks the limo to a private airfield outside of Boston. A delegate of diplomats have just left and they figure Valda is moving the warehouse to China. The agents head back to the warehouse where Pete and Steve had prepared the portal leading to China. Claudia warns them that Valda has something else in mind that he needs Claire for, or he would have killed her once he acquired the maul. Artie realizes what it is and explains that the warehouse will recognize a caretaker. The first Warehouse 13 caretaker died in the fire of 1898 and her sister, Mrs. Frederic, took over. They realize that Valda plans to make Claire the new caretaker and control her through the lens. Artie warns that Valda will use Claire against her, but Claudia insists that she can reach her sister and Myka agrees. As Artie opens the portal, he tells the others that his contact has confirmed that Valda is heading for the Beijing National Stadium. If he gets there and strikes the cornerstone with the maul then he will consecrate the location and Warehouse 13 will come to an end. Pete, Myka, and Claudia go through the portal while down in the basement, the altar shatters the silly string. Artie says that they have to destroy the compass but admits that he has no idea what will happen. In China, the agents search the stadium and Myka spots a sign saying, “Warehouse 14.” They go through the door and find the artifacts starting to phase in. Before they can do anything, Claire pins them to the wall and Valda welcomes them to Cangku Shisi: Warehouse 14. He thanks them for giving him complete control, which he could never have had under Paracelsus. Valda tells Claire to kill them slowly and walks off. Artie places buttons from the lab coat of Julius Wilbrand–the scientist who discovered TNT– around the compass. They explode but the compass is unharmed, and Artie admits that he’s out of ideas. He grabs a rope and ties it around the altar, and tries to pull it way. The rope breaks off of the wall and Artie tells Steve to grab the other end and help him. Claudia tries to reach Claire, insisting that she’s stronger than Valda’s control. Claire increases the telekinetic pressure and Myka tells Claudia to find something they both love. Concentrating, Claudia starts singing the same song that they did at the café, "Grow Up" by Garbage, and Claire starts to sing along with her. After a moment Claire breaks Valda’s link and collapses. Valda realizes that he’s lost control of Claire and figures that he’ll be the caretaker himself. As Claudia and Claire hug, Myka and Pete prepare to stop Valda. Claudia suggests that Claire use the link to project her telekinetic rage back to Valda, but Myka warns that it could make Valda even more powerful. Pete gets an idea and tells them to do it, and then runs off. Valda goes to the cornerstone and prepares to strike it with the maul... and Pete tackles him. Myka runs up and grabs the maul, while Valda shoves Pete off of him. Claudia manages to remove the lens and then reverse it, and tells Claire to send her power to Valda. Valda uses his new telekinesis to yank the maul away from Myka. As he prepares to strike the cornerstone, Pete reveals that he has the Versailles Fork that Valda has been using. Pete neutralizes it and Valda disappears when he’s no longer able to remain in the timestream. Claire realizes that her telekinetic rage is gone, transferred into Valda in the seconds before he disappeared. Myka takes apart the maul, sending the artifacts back to Warehouse 13. Artie and Steve watch as the compass shut down, and they celebrate. Artie says they are the ones who saved the day by holding the compass with the rope. Steve questions that maybe they did something in China, and then they both say "nah" before starting to celebrate again. Later at the B&B, Claudia assures Claire that she’s cured. She then gets out Claire’s guitar and gives it back to her, and says that it’s time to make some new memories. Claire thanks Claudia for everything and they hug. In the warehouse office, Myka tells Pete that he was great in China before going to find Artie. Pete stares after her and Steve asks what’s going on. After a moment, Pete tells Steve that he’s in love with Myka and asks if he’s lying, and Steve gasps in shock. Myka and Artie return the compass to the vault and they agree that the warehouse feels like home to both of them. The compass activates and Artie calls Mrs. Frederick and shows her the compass. He wonders why it’s still active and Mrs. Frederic says that Valda set events in motion that even she may not be able to stop. |
Source: http://orma.iasfbo.inaf.it:7007/~mauro/TV/PDF/ENDED/WH13.pdf
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Eddie McClintock as Pete Lattimer
- Joanne Kelly as Myka Bering
- Saul Rubinek as Artie Nielsen
- Allison Scagliotti as Claudia Donovan
- Aaron Ashmore as Steve Jinks
Guest Starring[]
- Chryssie Whitehead as Claire Donovan
- Mark A. Sheppard as Benedict Valda
- CCH Pounder as Mrs. Irene Frederic
Co-Starring[]
- Jason Robinson as Regent Facility Guard
- Jeffrey R. Smith as Mister Keeler
Trailers and Sneak Peeks[]
Artifacts and Gadgets Featured[]
- Chester Moore Hall's Achromatic Lens - Used by Major Valda on Claire Donovan to control both her and her telekinetic outbursts.
- Chuck Yeager's Favorite LP - A record once owned by Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier. If anyone gets too close to the record while it's playing, it generates a powerful sonic boom.
- William Edward Parry's Inukshuk- Releases powerful blizzards when exposed to air that can cryogenically freeze living organisms for up to an hour before they die of hypothermia.
- Julius Wilbrand's Lab Coat Buttons - When placed down next to each other, they explode like TNT.
- Sticky String - Extremely sticky and elastic. Was used by Artie and Steve to try to stop Hiram Abiff's tools from transferring the Warehouse.
- Louis XIV's Silverware Forks - Protect the user from temporal changes. One was used by Major Valda to anchor him to our timeline.
- Vyasa's Jade Elephant - Discharges bolts of electricity
- Hiram Abiff's Tools - Used together can transfer the Warehouse and all its artifacts from one location to another. They are the main artifacts of the episode.
- Oliver Sacks' Record Player - When a record is played on it, any persons within earshot lapse into a coma for as long as it is playing. If they are not woken in roughly thirty minutes after passing out, they will begin having seizures followed by death from organ failure unless an artifact is used to keep their circulation up.
- Albert Butz's Glasses - Raise the body temperature of the wearer.
- Brigadier General Laverlong's Elephant Walking Stick - Creates tremors when the tip of the cane strikes against a hard surface.
- Angelo Siciliano's Workout Trunks - Allow the wearer to alter their density, but eventually begin to increase it beyond their control.
- Glass Jar from the Donner Party: Causes symptoms of severe hypothermia, sensitivity to light and intense carnivorous cravings when people place money in the jar. The carnivorous cravings initially begin with animal meat but soon become cannibalistic, and the victim eventually dies from freezing to death and starvation. Mentioned when Pete remembered how Artie used Butz's Glasses to prevent Kevin Munroe from freezing to death.
- Spine of the Saracen: Attaches itself to the victim's spine and boosts adrenaline and testosterone levels, granting the user extra strength and stamina but also increasing aggression, turning the victim into a volatile killing machine. The victim is also able to overheat people and burn them to a crisp through contact. It drains the victim of its life force until they die, at which the Spine detaches and hunts for its next victim. It can be removed by an incredibly powerful electric shock that overloads the Spine. It and its replication by Valda was mentioned when Pete suggested Valda could be trying to replicate Claire's psychokinetic abilities.
- Joseph Pilates' Resistance Bands: Keep one's blood circulation flowing and prevents the atrophying of muscles. Mentioned when Myka learned of the mass comas induced by Sacks' Record Player.
- Miguel de Cervantes' Windmill - Creates powerful winds. Seen while the Warehouse was being moved.
- Giant Buffalo Coin - A 5 cent coin struck by the U.S. mill from 1913 to 1938, designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. It was also adapted for a commemorative 2001 silver dollar. The head face features a Native American, and the tails face reportedly depicts Black Diamond, the famous buffalo. A giant version of this coin is seen in the Warehouse as the camera pans to show how large the Warehouse is, after Artie tells Steve he does not know where Abiff's Compass is located.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The phrase "Cangku Shisi"(倉庫 or 仓库 十四) is Chinese for "Warehouse Fourteen"
- Given that Claudia, Artie, and Myka are all wearing the same clothes as they did in the last episode, it can be inferred that this one takes place directly (mere hours) afterwards.
- The code to the Regent's Vault is 1960.
- A document below Claire's medical document contains information on Romanticism and the Romantic Period, copied from online flashcards and other research articles.[1][2]
Errors[]
- The "Elk Ridge" above the title of the Valu-Mart has been replaced with "Lakeshore" for unknown reasons.
- Myka incorrectly names the inventor of the thermostat "Alfred"Butz instead of "Albert".
- Artie incorrectly says that he personally witnessed the Sticky String gum up the Gooery, which occurred in "Breakdown". In reality, Artie was outside of the Warehouse the entire time, and it was Claudia, Myka, and Pete that witnessed the Sticky String in person.
Quotable Quotes[]
Yet to be announced.
| Warehouse 13 : Season 5 | |
| #01 "Endless Terror" | #04 "Savage Seduction" |
| #02 "Secret Services" | #05 "Cangku Shisi" |
| #03 "A Faire to Remember" | #06 "Endless" |