Looking back, when did you first surmise that W13 was going down hill.

When they let Claudia sing, then when they let her sing again. and so on.

I'm actually of the opposite opinion. I've watched the entire series to date over the last week and a bit (I have a really long commute), and in watching so much in such a compressed time, the changes become far more apparent. From that perspective, I really think that the show keeps getting better. The character interactions and relationships continue to become more interesting, comfortable, and well-written as the characters develop, while the introduction of more complex arcs increases the show's draw, even as it continues to be written in such a way that each episode stands on its own, and the continuing references to its own continuity, particularly in the form of reappearing artefacts, make the world of Warehouse 13 feel much more real and complete. The writers also started making more brave choices in the later seasons, and that led to higher stakes, resulting in greater suspense and more interesting stories. Having watched four seasons of the show in a little over a week, reaching S04E16 just this morning, I can honestly say that each season is better than the last. Obviously there's variation in the quality of episodes throughout any given season, but the overall quality of the show continues to improve. I'm very disappointed to read that it's coming to an end.

The death of MacPherson by the weak "antagonist", H.G. Wells. I can't believe I watched the show all the way through season 3 until the first episode of season 4. I just gave up on the entire thing at that point. Judging by the ratings drop in season 2 and 3, I think many people abandoned ship when I was starting to lose interest in watching.


The show was pretty much fluff from the start, but the characters got sillier as the show went on.

Complete "Flanderization" of the main cast. Pete became a child. Myka indecisive to the point of absurdity. Artie was even more crotchety. Pretty much the only character that remained consistent was Leena, but that was because they never gave her anything to do so she was spared from becoming a two-dimensional version of her season 1 character.

"No, not the mind probe!"

For me it was when they added Jinks to the cast, and the whole 'Myka is leaving the Warehouse, oh wait she came back' business.

You're a troll.

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I can always tell from the first couple episodes if a show is likely to crash.

It's not always about the quality of the show, it can be that it's a niche show or simply that it's ahead of its time.


Sadly, a lot of good shows have that problem (Firefly, Eureka, Stargate Universe to name a few in the last decade or so).

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Storylines got worse, bad use of potential good characters (and actors). Introducing Abigail (whywhywhy). The "Benelux" Duchess did it for me, man that was ignorant. I will still try season 5 though because of Pete, Mycah and ok Claudia.