The Bed and Breakfast Portrait is an artifact featured in "Breakdown".
Effects[]
The painting is permanently affixed to the wall and cannot be removed.[1]
Anyone that enters the building can't leave back the same way or through other egresses; any attempts to leave the house through a door, window, or other entrance shuttles the occupant back into the building through a different door.[1]
The image of the painting reflects the state of the real living room in real time; any alterations to the room instantly appear in the portrait, such as moving a lamp from a desk onto the couch. By extension, altering the portrait causes the same to happen to the real living room; by drawing a door onto the painting, one will appear in reality.[1]
History[]
An old painting in the living room attached to the original Bed and Breakfast that is housed inside Warehouse 13. The entire building either had to be transferred to the Warehouse or the Warehouse was built around it because the painting is unable to be removed.
Claudia was repairing the zip-line when she accidentally fell off her ladder, grabbed onto the zip-line harness, and was sent flying into the Warehouse. She was left hanging in mid-air for a few moments until a malfunctioning AutoVac pressed a button that cut the zip-line cord leading gravity to propel her into the roof of the house. While looking for her, Pete said he saw a "Claudia-shaped hole" in the roof of the house. Pete and Myka mistakenly entered the house looking for Claudia thereby trapping themselves in the house with her. After some experimenting, the three agents were able to escape the house by tearing a hole in the painting.
Real World Connections[]
The loop may be a reference to the four-dimensional house in Robert A. Heinlein's "'—And He Built a Crooked House—'".
Trivia[]
- The portrait is briefly seen in one scene taking place in the upper level of the Warehouse Main Office, when Claudia is talking to Artie.[2] This is a non-canon prop error.
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