Pete and Myka are dispatched to Chicago to investigate a spate of bank robberies that leave the witnesses with no memory of the crime. During their investigation, they butt heads with Bonnie Belski, a persistent FBI agent looking for a logical explanation for the happenings. The bank robbers seem to be using a sound that resonates with the human limbic system to effectively hypnotize those who hear it, leaving them in a state of absent-minded euphoria. It's up to Myka and Pete to figure out where the robbers will strike next and retrieve the means of producing this sound. When a break in the case provides them with a copy of the sound, they wind up investigating the catalogue of reclusive composer Eric Marsden, currently owned by the unscrupulous Jeff Canning of Windy Lake Records.
Back at the Warehouse, Artie examines a possible security breach in the computer system and electrical grid.
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Tropes that Apply to this Episode
- Abusive Parents: Implied with Myka's dad. Elaborated upon further in "Nevermore."
- The Butler Did It: Eric Marsden's caretaker Jesslyn is one of the bank robbers.
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California Doubling: Toronto is used as Chicago. - Dark and Troubled Past: Myka's past (both her home life and work life as an agent) is further discussed in this episode.
- Doom Magnet: Agent Belski is on the money when she says Warehouse agents have a reputation for leaving disaster in their wake.
- Double Entendre: This exchange.Myka: "What is it with men and their balls?"Pete: (picks up football Myka got hit with and laughs) "Yeah."
- Early-Bird Cameo: Alice gets an early appearance as Pete's reflection and Claudia knocks on the Warehouse.
- Easy Amnesia: Eric Marsden's record tends to cause short-term memory loss.
- Empty Shell: When Pete and Myka go to question Eric Marsden, they find him sitting in his living room and staring off into space. His caretaker explains that his condition is the result of losing the rights to his music, losing contact with his only child, a terminal cancer diagnosis, and a host of mood disorders.Jesslyn: Well, he's bipolar, clinically depressed and semi-catatonic. Last month he was diagnosed with liver cancer, but, hey, go for it.
- Fair Cop: Tricia Helfer plays Bonnie Belski, head of the "Chicago FBI." Pete and Myka make several asides about her good looks.
- Long-Lost Relative: Stephanie, the secretary at Windy City Records, is Eric Marsden's daughter and one of the bank robbers.
- Mass Hypnosis: The record.
- Mind-Control Music: Eric Marsden's record.
- Obstructive Bureaucrat: Agent Belski initially.
- Percussive Maintenance: Artie gets frustrated with the Warehouse's aging computer infrastructure and winds up smacking the machines and threatening to scrap them if they don't shape up. Lena comments, "Does corporal punishment work on computers?"
- Skeleton Key: Artie's code breaker device.
- Suddenly Always Knew That: Pete can play piano and accurately reproduce melodies he's only heard a few times, citing that he had a crush on his piano teacher. It proves useful in bringing the reclusive, catatonic Eric Marsden out of his shell (especially after Marsden's caretaker tells Pete not to talk because the timbre of his voice is upsetting).
- Tears of Joy: When Rebecca hears the recording of the bank robbery, she drops back into a hypnotized state and begins to tear up. When the recording is switched off, she tells Pete and Myka that she felt "loved" when she heard the music.
- UST: Agent Belski and Pete.
- You Can Run, but You Can't Hide: A variation with Technobabble.
