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* The fact that the Secret Service is used as a cover for the Warehouse is actually pretty brilliant if you know anything about its history-- after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, it was founded as a part of of the Department of Treasury to combat counterfeiting. Even today, they work alongside the IRS and other agencies to investigate financial crime, so the idea of 'secret service agents working at a tax warehouse' makes sense as a cover story- anyone who dug into it would assume it's a legacy position from back before the Service was made part of Homeland Security! For bonus points: the ATF also used to be part of the Department of Treasury, so Jinks is in good company.
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* When Pete learns that [[spoiler: his mom is a Regent]] he asks her who her "one" was (the one person you're allowed to tell the secret of the Warehouse). She replied that it was her late husband, of course. Pete then asks [[spoiler: why she didn't tell him after his dad died. Because, obviously, she would have told her elder daughter in case something happened and she had to take care of Pete.]] Unfortunately the series never addresses this again.
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** Just look at the establishing shot of the Warehouse in every episode. The entire front looks like a folding door. It could be that it used to be a hanger door but was replaced to be more secure.
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** Forgotten? They are still being used as of the season 3 finale.
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** Why are we assuming the president was Bush? The show premiered in July 2009 when Obama would have been newly president, elected since Nov 2008.
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** They also have an entire house, a pyramid, a windmill, fighter jets, troop carriers, and other things that could never fit through the front door. I think you're putting too much thought into this.
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*** A better explanation than a HandWave, would be to assume that it is very likely that they have a BagOfHolding or something else that can access [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] among the artifacts. Given that there are probably multiple artifacts with that function, they probably even have recursive [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] as well, which means that their storage space could be theoretically infinite, within the building we see. The hardest part would be recording where everything is.
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** They also have an entire house, a pyramid, a windmill, fighter jets, troop carriers, and other things that could never fit through the front door. I think you're putting too much thought into this.
***A better explanation than a HandWave, would be to assume that it is very likely that they have a BagOfHolding or something else that can access [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] HammerSpace among the artifacts. Given that there are probably multiple artifacts with that function, they probably even have recursive [[HammerSpace Hammerspace]] HammerSpace as well, which means that their storage space could be theoretically infinite, within the building we see. The hardest part would be recording where everything is.
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** How is this Fridge? This ''actually happened''. I thought they were very clear on that.
*** Pete and Myka's celebrating is cut short by agonized screaming from inside the house. So, yeah.
*** Also, the next scene takes place in a hospital.
*** Pete and Myka's celebrating is cut short by agonized screaming from inside the house. So, yeah.
*** Also, the next scene takes place in a hospital.
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** Alternately, it could be that the protocol uses an artifact created on that expedition that causes an area to freezefreeze.
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* I was wondering how it is that Jinks has the ability to tell without fail when people are lying, the ''{{Alphas}}'' episode ''Never Let Me Go'' explains it; Jinks is an [[{{Alphas}} Alpha]]!
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* I was wondering how it is that Jinks has the ability to tell without fail when people are lying, the ''{{Alphas}}'' ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' episode ''Never Let Me Go'' explains it; Jinks is an [[{{Alphas}} [[Series/{{Alphas}} Alpha]]!
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** Also, it was stated that Collodi's Bracelet is what ''caused'' Sykes to become evil. It let him walk again but it also created a darkness inside him that never went away. Giving him the bracelet would not have fixed the problem. At best it would have done nothing. At worst it would have turned him eviler.
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** Also, it was stated that Collodi's Bracelet is what ''caused'' Sykes to become evil. It let him walk again but it also created a darkness inside him that never went away. Giving him the bracelet would not have fixed the problem. At best it would have done nothing. At worst it would have turned him eviler.eviler.
* Speaking of Sykes--he had Sally Stukowsky [[spoiler:kill all his employees who had outlived their usefulness.]] So it was really dumb of her not to realize that [[spoiler:sooner or later, he would kill her too.]]
* Speaking of Sykes--he had Sally Stukowsky [[spoiler:kill all his employees who had outlived their usefulness.]] So it was really dumb of her not to realize that [[spoiler:sooner or later, he would kill her too.]]
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* In the first episode, Artie says ''"If a radio landed in the hands of ThomasJefferson, do you know what Jefferson would do? He would just lock it up, until he figured out it wasn't going to kill him. That's exactly what we do here. We take the unexplained... and we safely tuck it away."'', however that hypothetical scenario implies that the batteries in said radio work, etc. The line works just fine to describe the warehouse, but still conjures up a pile of FridgeLogic when looked into.
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* In the first episode, Artie says ''"If a radio landed in the hands of ThomasJefferson, UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, do you know what Jefferson would do? He would just lock it up, until he figured out it wasn't going to kill him. That's exactly what we do here. We take the unexplained... and we safely tuck it away."'', however that hypothetical scenario implies that the batteries in said radio work, etc. The line works just fine to describe the warehouse, but still conjures up a pile of FridgeLogic when looked into.
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** There are also several indications that destroying most artefacts won't actually destroy them at all, including the actual on-screen creation of one, the reliance of several techniques on a sort of over-literal version of the law of conservation of energy, and a number of artefacts which respond to being destroyed by literally showing back up in the same form. While it's not explicitly stated, it's _heavily_ implied that destroying an artefact is at best unleashing reality-warping power at random, and more likely setting the contained power/effect loose without the control of the tether to a physical object to make it manageable.
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** That, and Jefferson is a pretty specific example, having nothing to do with science or research of any kind and famously the most risk-averse of the founders (for instance, he put an ocean between himself and the actual battles during the revolution). Pretty much anyone else from the era would have found a radio fascinating and at least conceivable in the sense of science fiction, and fiddled with it to see how it worked. A historical in-joke sneaking in, perhaps?
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** Similarly the since forgotten vibes of Pete's, and Myka's [[{{Monk}} Monklike]] sense of perception.
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** Similarly the since forgotten vibes of Pete's, and Myka's [[{{Monk}} [[Series/{{Monk}} Monklike]] sense of perception.
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** Why are we assuming the president was Bush? The show premiered in July 2009 when Obama would have been newly president, elected since Nov 2008.
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** Even more horrifying. Imagine that the child had lived and the artifact was collected without being nullified. Imagine the child grew up and had kids and those kids grew up and had kids and so on. Then one day some unknowing warehouse employee finds the artifact and wishes for something unfortunate so that it had to be nullified. Dozens of people would immediately cease to exist but not the memory of them.
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** Pete has specifically said that he is straight which does tend to discount the possibility of bisexuality. He is open-minded and not the type of guy who hides his attraction from people, so there is no reason to think he was lying. It's likely the show wanted a set of partners who did NOT have sexual tension i.e. Jinx and Claudia who love each other intensely but platonically.
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* Also some Fridge Horror from the same episode: Myka's baby was killed/uncreated as a result of nullifying the artifact.
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* Even though Claudia fixed [[spoiler: evil Artie]], the [[spoiler: Astrolabe's curse]] still came true. The evil that [[spoiler: Artie]] created that [[spoiler: he will have to live with for the rest of his life]] is [[spoiler: the fact that he killed Leena]].
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*** In season five, we seen an artifact being destroyed and resulting in its victim being permanently affected. Many dangerous artifacts may be preserved in case there's some horrible enduring effect that the Warehouse staff might not know about. For instance, Carroll's mirror has a woman's soul trapped inside. If they'd destroyed it, it may have killed Alice. You may argue her fate is worse than death, but this is the organization that bronzes people, so they probably wouldn't agree.
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*** In season five, we seen an artifact being destroyed and resulting in its victim being permanently affected. Many dangerous artifacts may be preserved in case there's some horrible enduring effect that the Warehouse staff might not know about.about and may need the artifact to reverse. For instance, Carroll's mirror has a woman's soul trapped inside. If they'd destroyed it, it may have killed Alice. You may argue her fate is worse than death, but this is the organization that bronzes people, so they probably wouldn't agree.
