Warehouse 13 (2009–2014): Season 3, Episode 12 - Stand - full transcript
Discovering Steve's last message, Myka and Pete fly to Hong Kong where they find Walter Sykes forcing H.G. Wells to solve an ancient and deadly puzzle linked to a chess set inside the long-disused Ancient Sanctum of the Regents. This "lock," devised by Caturanga (H.G.'s Warehouse mentor), blocks access to a gateway that Walter plans to use to regain Collodi's Bracelet and reach his final objective. Meanwhile, Marcus Diamond attacks Leena to use artifacts in aid of Walter's scheme, but not if Claudia and Mrs. Frederic can prevent it.
NARRATOR:
Previously on Warehouse 13:
PHIL:
You are the guardian now.
MRS. FREDERIC:
Collodi's Bracelet.
ARTIE:
Fell into the hands of a young boy.
Named Walter Sykes.
The bracelet gave him control
of his own body, enabling him to walk.
JANE: That young boy is now
the man who is attacking us.
PETE:
We know who's working for him.
A guy by the name of Marcus who
just walked away from a five-storey fall.
- Why can't I move?
- Because I'm controlling your body now.
There are things you don't know...
...about the Regents, about Jane.
I am undercover.
No!
[♪♪♪]
Hey, I, uh, I told Artie.
So the Regents
are gonna send someone to get....
For Steve.
Pete?
How could this happen?
MYKA:
Claudia? Listen to me.
We need you to hack
into that laptop, okay?
There could be something there that....
Claude, listen to me.
We need to find Sykes, right?
We need to find him
and we need to stop him.
Claudia?
Myka.
- Yeah?
- Steve is dead.
How can you just be business as usual?
Because if I don't, I will lose it.
So you need to help me.
I'll stay with him.
[COMPUTER KEYS CLACKING]
They ran a fat man on the memory.
What's a fat man?
Fat man and little boy.
It's a deletion programme.
It's a hacker nuclear bomb.
This hard drive is a crater.
This was for nothing.
Sykes needed H.G. for something.
We need to find him.
Oh, we're gonna find him.
And when we find him...
...we're gonna get payback.
[CHUCKLES]
You're not too talkative, Miss Wells.
Penny for your thoughts.
You killed that young man
in cold blood.
Really?
What temperature was your blood
when you killed?
You got a bigger body count than I do.
And I'm seriously considering
adding one more to that list.
Go ahead.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Come on.
Kill me.
Cecil B. DeMille's Riding Crop.
Look at that.
Lets my mind control your body.
That's a pretty damn cool,
don't you think?
- What do you want from me?
- Some advice.
I strongly recommend
a good psychologist.
[CHUCKLES]
Advice on what?
Opening a certain lock.
According to this...
...you got an old friend
who taught you how to do it.
- Somebody named Caturanga?
MAN: Miss Wells.
[♪♪♪]
What do you smell?
Miss Wells.
What do you smell?
- Apples?
- Yes, you do, heh, heh.
Most people do not smell the apples.
The warehouse likes you.
Buildings do not have
personal affinities, sir.
This is not, as you will discover,
just a building, Miss Wells.
Welcome to Warehouse 12.
- I am Caturanga.
- And you're in charge here?
No, no. My job is to teach
and to solve puzzles, we shall say.
- What kind of puzzles?
- Many sorts. And to design them too.
Sometimes to house
a dangerous artefact, like that one.
Ah-ah!
Sometimes to brew
the perfect cup of tea.
Well, this is England,
so a good cup of tea is not hard to find.
Yes.
But the perfect cup of tea,
that's a puzzle.
I've read some of your stories.
You are very gifted.
I thought my imagination
knew no boundary...
...but to stand here
amidst this wonderment....
Ha, ha, there's always more to learn.
I will teach you.
[H.G. LAUGHS]
I'll die before I help you.
Oh, you'll help me.
Whether you live or die
is entirely up to you.
[♪♪♪]
MRS. FREDERIC
It doesn't get easier, does it?
To lose a fellow agent.
I've lost fellow agents, partners...
...friends.
Steve was my responsibility.
You might have told me
that he was undercover.
- Are you angry?
- Does it matter?
There's always a cost.
What is Sykes planning
and how are we gonna stop him?
The Regents are assembling to regroup.
I'll keep you posted.
The warehouse has always endured,
Arthur.
[♪♪♪]
JAMES:
Remember this watch?
We used to argue over it.
I think you should have it.
Good luck, old friend.
I imagine you're gonna need it.
[DEVICE BEEPS
AND GEARS GRIND]
You guys all right?
We are on the other side of the world
from all right.
- How did they do it?
- An injection.
They made it look like a heart attack.
I found this stuff on him.
I didn't even know the guy smoked.
He didn't.
His father was a chain smoker.
Steve hated smoking.
That's my boy.
What is that?
CLAUDIA:
It's Steve doing his job.
Hey, guys.
Bad news is if you're watching this,
then I'm probably screwed.
So I'll keep it short.
Still nothing on Sykes's endgame.
He plays it pretty close to the vest.
I can tell you he's made
travel arrangements to Hong Kong.
I don't know why.
It's definitely not a pleasure trip.
There's one other thing.
Sykes' number two, Marcus Diamond...
...the guy who doesn't die,
there's something strange about him.
He gets this look
when Sykes brings out this box.
It's probably an artefact, Artie.
You should check it out.
Agent Steve Jinks signing off.
Good luck, you guys.
Claude...
...keep the faith.
Good work, Jinksy.
WOMAN:
Indeed.
Agent Jinks may have given us
the final piece to the puzzle.
Why? What's in Hong Kong?
Something we thought was gone
and buried forever.
Walter Sykes may have uncovered
the Ancient Regent Sanctum.
[♪♪♪]
[BUZZING]
If the Regent Sanctum was constructed
during the era of Warehouse 7...
...it predates H.G. by centuries.
What does Sykes want with her?
No idea. All knowledge of the sanctum
was purged from warehouse records...
...when it was finally shut down for good.
That was over a hundred years ago.
And if it was just a meeting place,
why would he even care about it?
CLAUDIA:
I got it.
Three tickets to Hong Kong
purchased from Tyler's IP address.
Three? Sykes, Tyler, Marcus, H.G.
Somebody did not make that trip.
MYKA:
They're gonna get there before us.
He has an advantage.
He knows where it is, and we don't.
I found this in the Escher Vault.
It was worn
by the Regents of Warehouse 7.
Claudia, see if you can get us
the history on this thing.
Wait. That's the Chinese symbol
for "aperture."
Aperture could be a facility
that manufactures cameras?
Or a location that acts as an aperture.
Somewhere light hits a certain way.
Oh, how very Indiana Jones.
The roads. The roads in....
Roads, I remember.
There's something....
- See, the roads kind of....
- Got it exactly....
Do you see that?
They connect and it almost forms....
Might see the....
You two know you haven't actually
finished a sentence yet?
Well, the same symbol that
means "aperture" can also mean "eye."
As in the Eye of Horus.
Now, look,
this is Hong Kong circa 1600.
These roads. The roads today,
are all based on these roads.
And take a look at this. Look.
The roads form an Eye of Horus.
- Iris of the eye. It's a city.
ARTIE: Tai Po.
Good a place to start as any.
We'll check in when we get there.
Claudia...
- ...I think it would be a good idea--
- Excuse me.
ARTIE:
Claudia?
You have every right to be angry.
Agent Jinks was a good man.
- And what happened was a tragedy.
- And?
And what?
And I'm really sorry
I sent him to his death?
Steve died alone...
...cut off from everybody who had
his back. And for what? Why?
Agent Jinks did not wanna put
any of you at risk. He volunteered--
To take down Walter Sykes
for the good of the world.
But let's face it, Jane. This was never
about the good of the world, was it?
This was about your guilt.
You made Walter Sykes.
No, Claudia, I tried to prevent
Walter Sykes from being made.
If we'd gotten to the artefact in time--
But you didn't.
And he became a psychopathic killer.
Now all you care about
is fixing your mistake...
- ...no matter who gets hurt or killed.
- That's not true! It's just not--
[SIGHS]
You're upset. This is not the time
to discuss whether Agent Jinks--
Steve. His name was Steve.
You know, I see you and the Regents
for what you really are.
Cowards.
Steve was worth a thousand of you.
[♪♪♪]
This is exactly where the eye would be,
but maybe it's just a restaurant.
Then why did I get a vibe
that almost knocked me over?
I'm here in a Chinese restaurant,
Mykes, and I'm not hungry.
I know there's something here.
We are at the dead centre
of the city and--
What? What is it?
If the sanctum was built
that long ago....
What if the restaurant
isn't the sanctum?
What if it's on top of the sanctum?
[♪♪♪]
Well, I would say
that we're in the right place.
What have you got?
Well, I doubt H.G. and a stock boy
wear the same locket.
[LATCH MOVES]
Is somebody there?
[♪♪♪]
[GASPS]
Nothing.
I mean, I don't know.
Maybe they realised it
was the wrong place and left.
But why do I still have a vibe?
Because H.G. left that locket as a clue.
I know it.
- Pete?
- Yeah.
Look at this.
It looks like something swept
across the floor.
What is it?
Like a...? A door? Or an opening?
Maybe we can....
MYKA:
The Eye of Horus.
I believe the phrase is "aha."
[WALL CLICKS AND MYKA SIGHS]
MAN: Please, Mr. Sykes,
don't make me do this.
SYKES: Tyler, make the move
the lady suggested.
Now.
This is lunacy.
It's not a move. It's a guess.
I don't care.
We don't know if we don't play.
Now, move that piece.
[♪♪♪]
The first two were wrong.
- The third could--
SYKES: Enough.
Tyler, what are you waiting for?
Look at those skulls.
They're all cracked in half.
Yeah, I think I see why.
- Please, Mr. Sykes.
- Don't make him do it.
Tyler, you gotta be in it to win it.
Now.
[PANTING]
SYKES:
Good lad.
HELENA:
Checkmate.
No!
[GASPS AND SYKES SNIFFS]
First show's over.
Lattimer and Bering, come on down.
Myka, are you all right? I didn't do that.
No, I'm fine.
That's because
I controlled where she shot.
Next time, her aim's gonna
be a lot better, okay?
Let's go, guys.
Guns on the floor, please.
Or the next shot is gonna be right
between Miss Bering's beautiful eyes.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
You son of a--
[GUNSHOT]
Stop it!
I don't understand. Why is there a
torture device in the Regents' Sanctum?
It's not a torture device, honey.
It's a lock.
It was invented by a man
named Caturanga.
He was rather the Claudia
of Warehouse 12, and my teacher.
That's why you needed Helena,
to open it.
She's the only living person
who knew this Caturanga.
The pieces are set
so the player's in check.
You win the game and the lock opens.
You lose the game,
and your skull opens.
HELENA: When the Regents
shut down the sanctum a century ago...
...Caturanga designed the lock.
The secret to opening it
is not in the journals...
...but he writes a lot about Miss Wells.
She's his favourite student.
I think she knows about it.
Caturanga taught me
a thousand things...
...but I have never seen
the chess lock before.
I don't know how to open it.
I know. You demonstrated
with young Tyler here.
You did that.
I tried to stop you. I swear it.
You know what?
Maybe I used the wrong incentive.
No!
Myka. Myka.
[MYKA GRUNTING]
Now that there's somebody
in the chair you care about...
...maybe your memory will come back.
[♪♪♪]
- What is that?
- A gift from a former employer.
What do you want from me?
I'm just an innkeeper.
We both know you're more than that,
don't we?
If you think I'm gonna help you break
into the warehouse...
...you're in for a surprise.
No.
No, you see, it's you people
who are gonna be surprised.
[BEEPING]
[ALARM BLARING]
What is that?
Something's wrong at Leena's.
- Pull up the security feeds.
- Way ahead of you.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
It's him.
Leena.
All right. All right.
If we unlock this thing...
- ...what are we gonna find?
- You'll see.
We might be unlocking an artefact...
...deemed too dangerous
to be kept in Warehouse 7.
She's right. The Regents must have
had a reason to keep people out.
Don't tell me about the Regents
or the reasons, okay?
You have one choice.
Open the lock or she's gonna die.
Now, how do we beat it?
It was Caturanga's passion.
We played every day for years.
- You beat him all the time?
- Not once.
[PETE SIGHS]
Oh, great.
All right. Time to make a move.
With Tyler,
I chose the, uh, King's gambit.
Caturanga would have expected that.
Perhaps....
Yes, perhaps the Dragon's variant.
Myka, King's knight...
...to E6.
[PANTING]
Check.
[♪♪♪]
You're distracting the player, Pete.
Queen's Bishop...
...to H4.
Check.
[GASPS]
I don't know what else to do.
- Helena.
- Continuing.
- I'm sorry, Myka.
- Helena, listen to me.
I am not going to die here today, okay?
Because you are gonna take a breath...
...and you're gonna save my life.
HELENA:
This isn't what I signed up for.
These Regents of yours
are gravely mistaken...
...if they think I shall be
carrying around this.
A Webley Mark One 450 calibre...
...standard issue of the Royal Navy
and police constabularies.
A fine weapon.
Guns have no place
in a civilised society, sir.
Now, the Regents set the rules,
and their rule states...
...all warehouse agents
must carry a firearm.
But there is always an alternative
to killing.
I agree.
That is not standard issue.
I changed the rules.
Wells, time for target practise.
- Is he dead?
- No, no.
Agent McShane is merely stunned.
When the rules do not agree with one...
...it is sometimes necessary
to change them.
HELENA:
Change the rules.
- What?
- Change the rules.
Myka, D3 to E8.
Helena, I--
I can't move my pawn like that.
I know. Change the rules.
Checkmate.
Whatever it is, I think it's about to open.
[GASPING]
Do it.
JANE:
Artie, what's that?
- Black Barty's cannon.
- Black Barty?
One of the most successful
pirate captains of the golden age.
His cannon from his ship was rumoured
to have artefact-augmented firepower.
Are you telling me Walter Sykes' plan is
to fire a cannonball at the warehouse?
A cannonball wouldn't worry me,
but a cannonball from that cannon?
I'm approaching worry.
I'm not.
[MYKA GASPING]
What the hell is happening?
[RUMBLING]
Oh! Oh....
- What just happened?
- The Remati Shackle sensed an attack...
...and activated a protective barrier
around the warehouse.
- We're safe.
- I gotta get to Leena's.
Once the shackle is activated,
I'm afraid no one can get in or out.
Claudia, I want you--
Artie, I have a bad feeling.
I have a bad vibe.
But you said that nothing could
get in once the barrier was up.
True. But it can't stop something
that's already inside.
[♪♪♪]
The Regents wanted to know
our vulnerability?
I think we just found it.
Amazing. The warehouse.
Guys, run!
Bastard.
No!
No.
No.
They must have shut it down
from the other side.
I hope you don't mind. I let myself in.
Initiating the barrier automatically
triggered the emergency exit portal.
To the Ancient Sanctum.
When the Regents abandoned
the portal, they locked it up.
But it wasn't enough
just to trigger it on one side.
You had to unlock
the Hong Kong side as well.
- Which is why you needed H.G.
- You'd be proud of her.
She only killed one guy doing it.
- Peter, are you hurt?
- No.
A little tired of this guy, though.
You'll never get what you want.
Difference of opinion, Jane.
I think I'm gonna get exactly what I want.
PETE:
Artie, no!
[GROANS]
JANE: Artie.
SYKES: That will be your only warning!
- Play nice.
PETE: Artie, I'm sorry.
It's his crop. It's got wicked mojo.
Are you okay?
I've been better.
- Why don't you just kill us?
- Oh, I'm going to.
We're gonna go find
the Collodi Bracelet first.
And this time, Jane, you're gonna watch
your son hand it to me.
[♪♪♪]
There's gotta be another way
to open this. I just....
I have to think.
Myka...
...I'm sorry.
About what?
You should've destroyed the Janus Coin
the moment you found it...
...then I wouldn't have caused all of this.
- I wish you would stop doing that.
- Doing what?
You're not the bad guy, okay?
I believed in you, and I was right.
So get off your cross
and help me figure this out.
Righty-ho, then.
Old times. Wells and Bering,
solving puzzles, saving the day.
Bering and Wells.
JANE: There are consequences
to using the Collodi Bracelet.
There were consequences
to not using it.
It's a part of me.
I close my eyes and I can see it.
- Without it, there's a hole in my soul.
- That's what it does to you.
It's not real. It's not a real need.
It is real to me.
[PETE GRUNTING]
- Oh, no.
- Or did you not know that, Jane?
Wearing the bracelet creates
an insatiable longing.
It hardens your heart,
it darkens your soul.
If we'd let you keep the bracelet...
...you never would have been
able to love or be loved.
If you did everything right,
then why are we here?
We didn't get to you soon enough.
The seeds of darkness
had already taken root.
You've killed a lot of people,
but I take responsibility for that.
Oh, that's big of you, Jane.
It's not too late.
We can still try to save you.
Mom, please.
I don't think you're gonna hurt me.
I think you understand what I'm saying.
I think you know
there's been enough damage done.
- I think you're ready to stop this.
- But, Jane, then you'd have solace.
I want you to feel the guilt
and the pain...
...like I have.
You should have opted
for the opportunity I just gave you.
I will take the risk...
...and the bracelet.
Pete?
Marcus, I have it.
Go ahead.
You'll never win. Pete and Myka
and the others, they'll fight back.
Possibly.
But you'll have had
a heart attack by then.
Put that syringe down, Mr. Diamond.
- I'm impressed.
- Imagine my delight.
Drop it, please.
Well, it's about time.
I didn't think you'd let me kill her.
And I knew you'd wait for me.
- You never should have come.
- I made you a promise a long time ago.
I honour my commitments.
This is Marcus Diamond...
...former Baltimore City detective,
shot in the line of duty.
Three times. Dead centre.
- And you lived?
- Bullets are still in his heart.
If you know that much about me...
- ...you know that metal won't kill me.
- Yes, but it will cause you unending pain.
You have no idea
what's about to happen.
Oh, but I do.
[GASPING]
Finally.
Right where it belongs.
[♪♪♪]
You got what you wanted.
- Get out.
- No, this is just step one.
Before you die,
I want you to know what it feels like...
...when something you love
is ripped away from you.
[GRUNTING]
No. Please.
[PETE GRUNTING]
I'm responsible. Kill me.
PETE:
Myka. Thank God. Come on.
[CHOKING]
You guys, circle around.
Don't let him in the portal.
Myka.
- H.G.
- Rigging rope from The Mary Celeste.
- Hang on.
- No, Myka, don't--
"Touch the rope"...
...I imagine is the rest of that sentence.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- If you pull at it, it only gets tighter.
- Oh, that's good to know.
Will you ever learn
not to play with these things?
[GASPING AND COUGHING]
Let's go.
[♪♪♪]
[LAUGHING]
Hey.
You're too young to have seen
the Frazier-Ali fight, right?
What?
They never saw his right uppercut
coming.
You know, I think we're beyond needing
to make your death look like an accident.
No.
[GRUNTING]
LEENA: Claudia, what is that?
MARCUS: No.
Unh!
This is Johann Maelzel's Metronome.
Sykes uses it to keep Marcus alive.
[MARCUS GRUNTING]
[MARCUS EXHALES]
That was for Steve.
[♪♪♪]
JANE:
Thank God Myka left it open.
PETE:
Get away from her.
Walk into this.
JANE:
Walter.
Walter, take my hand.
[♪♪♪]
[ALARM BLARING]
Mom. Are you okay?
Yes. You?
Yeah. Walter Sykes
has, uh, left the building.
The portal's kaput.
You're gonna need to fly back.
All right, so get home safe, okay?
And, Mom...
...I love you.
I love you too, honey.
Pete, what happened?
Where are they?
PETE:
What took you guys so long?
Just lazy, I guess. Sykes?
- Dead.
- Is Jane all right?
Well, she's got a 15-hour plane ride
ahead of her, but, yeah, she's okay.
[♪♪♪]
Thank you.
Any time.
[FARNSWORTH BUZZING]
Claude, hey, are you okay?
Yeah, so are Leena and Mrs. Frederic.
Marcus is dead.
It's over.
Why is that light still on?
- What? What is it?
- They're all....
MYKA:
Artie? Artie, what's wrong?
ARTIE:
Give me that.
Mrs. Frederic, how long should
the barrier normally stay active?
Once the danger to the warehouse
passes, it dissipates instantly.
Well, then, why is it still up?
The warehouse isn't in danger anymore.
Is it?
Was he just gonna collect the Collodi
artefact and walk out of here?
He said he was gonna kill us all,
but he never tried to.
A man who can walk does not need....
HELENA:
He planned on leaving it behind.
PETE:
Yeah, but why?
[BEEPING]
Uh-oh.
I know that writing.
That's from the House of Commons
in London.
- Oh, no.
- How bad?
The House of Commons was partially
destroyed during the blitzkrieg of WWII.
There was a piece of masonry
that was said to have absorbed...
...the concussive force
of the entire German Luftwaffe.
This is an artefact nuclear device...
...and it's counting down.
[♪♪♪]
[BEEPING]
The Ovoid Quarantine
could offer some protection...
...to the rest of the warehouse,
but I doubt it.
I don't understand. I mean, who
builds a force field that locks you in?
Well, the barrier was initiated first...
...as a way of dealing
with external danger.
The barrier's still active.
The primary function of the warehouse
is to protect the world from artefacts.
But the barrier,
now its mandate has shifted--
To containing the blast and protecting
the world from an artefact fallout.
If there is a big ugly explosion.
And unfortunately,
if there are agents inside...
...that's just collateral damage.
- There's less than two minutes left.
- All right.
Let me at that thing.
LEENA: I'm not finding anything yet.
- Keep looking.
Something's gotta neutralise that bomb.
Something.
Can't find anything in the databases.
Why can't we go to the warehouse
and break them out?
- Even if we can't stop the explosion.
- We can't get through the barrier.
Besides, there isn't time.
Can I maybe hack my way in
and deactivate the barrier that way?
The power isn't derived
from the main system.
It's derived from the Remati Shackle.
Claudia?
You're gonna have to give me back
that metronome, please.
Now, please.
No.
You know we can't use artefacts to--
What I know is
I'm tired of arbitrary rules.
The metronome is for Steve.
I'm bringing him back.
Ah. Nope.
Takes a licking
and keeps on trying to kill us.
Okay, the portal's closed.
There's no backdoor.
ARTIE:
No backdoor outside the barrier anyway.
We've gotten out of worse than this.
No, we have.
There's a solution, and we can find it.
All we have to do is keep a cool head.
We'll find it in...
...56 seconds.
[♪♪♪]
He did say that we'd go out together.
I always figured we would.
Not me. I was planning
on outliving both of you lunatics.
Heh.
And here we go.
Hey.
Helena?
What are you doing?
She's trapped us.
Helena, what is this?
Sorry.
It was the only way I could think
to save you.
What have you done?
There was no other way.
An anomaly in the system allowed me to
re-route a portion of the outer barrier...
...to that spot on the floor.
I just hope it lasts.
You've protected us from the blast.
You should be safe now.
MYKA:
But you're....
You're out there.
It had to be initiated
from outside the barrier.
- No, listen.
- You gotta let us help you.
- We just avoided destroying you.
- It doesn't have to be this way.
ARTIE: I just started liking you.
PETE: Give us a chance.
PETE: Don't stop now.
ARTIE: There's a solution....
Thank you.
PETE: This is a warehouse.
There's gotta be a thousand solutions.
[SNIFFS]
I smell apples.
[♪♪♪]
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[♪♪♪]
[RUMBLING]
Oh!
[GASPING]
LEENA:
Claudia, the warehouse.
Mrs. Frederic!
[♪♪♪]
That was his plan,
to destroy the entire warehouse.
We lost, Artie.
We lost.
Not yet.
[♪♪♪]
Previously on Warehouse 13:
PHIL:
You are the guardian now.
MRS. FREDERIC:
Collodi's Bracelet.
ARTIE:
Fell into the hands of a young boy.
Named Walter Sykes.
The bracelet gave him control
of his own body, enabling him to walk.
JANE: That young boy is now
the man who is attacking us.
PETE:
We know who's working for him.
A guy by the name of Marcus who
just walked away from a five-storey fall.
- Why can't I move?
- Because I'm controlling your body now.
There are things you don't know...
...about the Regents, about Jane.
I am undercover.
No!
[♪♪♪]
Hey, I, uh, I told Artie.
So the Regents
are gonna send someone to get....
For Steve.
Pete?
How could this happen?
MYKA:
Claudia? Listen to me.
We need you to hack
into that laptop, okay?
There could be something there that....
Claude, listen to me.
We need to find Sykes, right?
We need to find him
and we need to stop him.
Claudia?
Myka.
- Yeah?
- Steve is dead.
How can you just be business as usual?
Because if I don't, I will lose it.
So you need to help me.
I'll stay with him.
[COMPUTER KEYS CLACKING]
They ran a fat man on the memory.
What's a fat man?
Fat man and little boy.
It's a deletion programme.
It's a hacker nuclear bomb.
This hard drive is a crater.
This was for nothing.
Sykes needed H.G. for something.
We need to find him.
Oh, we're gonna find him.
And when we find him...
...we're gonna get payback.
[CHUCKLES]
You're not too talkative, Miss Wells.
Penny for your thoughts.
You killed that young man
in cold blood.
Really?
What temperature was your blood
when you killed?
You got a bigger body count than I do.
And I'm seriously considering
adding one more to that list.
Go ahead.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Come on.
Kill me.
Cecil B. DeMille's Riding Crop.
Look at that.
Lets my mind control your body.
That's a pretty damn cool,
don't you think?
- What do you want from me?
- Some advice.
I strongly recommend
a good psychologist.
[CHUCKLES]
Advice on what?
Opening a certain lock.
According to this...
...you got an old friend
who taught you how to do it.
- Somebody named Caturanga?
MAN: Miss Wells.
[♪♪♪]
What do you smell?
Miss Wells.
What do you smell?
- Apples?
- Yes, you do, heh, heh.
Most people do not smell the apples.
The warehouse likes you.
Buildings do not have
personal affinities, sir.
This is not, as you will discover,
just a building, Miss Wells.
Welcome to Warehouse 12.
- I am Caturanga.
- And you're in charge here?
No, no. My job is to teach
and to solve puzzles, we shall say.
- What kind of puzzles?
- Many sorts. And to design them too.
Sometimes to house
a dangerous artefact, like that one.
Ah-ah!
Sometimes to brew
the perfect cup of tea.
Well, this is England,
so a good cup of tea is not hard to find.
Yes.
But the perfect cup of tea,
that's a puzzle.
I've read some of your stories.
You are very gifted.
I thought my imagination
knew no boundary...
...but to stand here
amidst this wonderment....
Ha, ha, there's always more to learn.
I will teach you.
[H.G. LAUGHS]
I'll die before I help you.
Oh, you'll help me.
Whether you live or die
is entirely up to you.
[♪♪♪]
MRS. FREDERIC
It doesn't get easier, does it?
To lose a fellow agent.
I've lost fellow agents, partners...
...friends.
Steve was my responsibility.
You might have told me
that he was undercover.
- Are you angry?
- Does it matter?
There's always a cost.
What is Sykes planning
and how are we gonna stop him?
The Regents are assembling to regroup.
I'll keep you posted.
The warehouse has always endured,
Arthur.
[♪♪♪]
JAMES:
Remember this watch?
We used to argue over it.
I think you should have it.
Good luck, old friend.
I imagine you're gonna need it.
[DEVICE BEEPS
AND GEARS GRIND]
You guys all right?
We are on the other side of the world
from all right.
- How did they do it?
- An injection.
They made it look like a heart attack.
I found this stuff on him.
I didn't even know the guy smoked.
He didn't.
His father was a chain smoker.
Steve hated smoking.
That's my boy.
What is that?
CLAUDIA:
It's Steve doing his job.
Hey, guys.
Bad news is if you're watching this,
then I'm probably screwed.
So I'll keep it short.
Still nothing on Sykes's endgame.
He plays it pretty close to the vest.
I can tell you he's made
travel arrangements to Hong Kong.
I don't know why.
It's definitely not a pleasure trip.
There's one other thing.
Sykes' number two, Marcus Diamond...
...the guy who doesn't die,
there's something strange about him.
He gets this look
when Sykes brings out this box.
It's probably an artefact, Artie.
You should check it out.
Agent Steve Jinks signing off.
Good luck, you guys.
Claude...
...keep the faith.
Good work, Jinksy.
WOMAN:
Indeed.
Agent Jinks may have given us
the final piece to the puzzle.
Why? What's in Hong Kong?
Something we thought was gone
and buried forever.
Walter Sykes may have uncovered
the Ancient Regent Sanctum.
[♪♪♪]
[BUZZING]
If the Regent Sanctum was constructed
during the era of Warehouse 7...
...it predates H.G. by centuries.
What does Sykes want with her?
No idea. All knowledge of the sanctum
was purged from warehouse records...
...when it was finally shut down for good.
That was over a hundred years ago.
And if it was just a meeting place,
why would he even care about it?
CLAUDIA:
I got it.
Three tickets to Hong Kong
purchased from Tyler's IP address.
Three? Sykes, Tyler, Marcus, H.G.
Somebody did not make that trip.
MYKA:
They're gonna get there before us.
He has an advantage.
He knows where it is, and we don't.
I found this in the Escher Vault.
It was worn
by the Regents of Warehouse 7.
Claudia, see if you can get us
the history on this thing.
Wait. That's the Chinese symbol
for "aperture."
Aperture could be a facility
that manufactures cameras?
Or a location that acts as an aperture.
Somewhere light hits a certain way.
Oh, how very Indiana Jones.
The roads. The roads in....
Roads, I remember.
There's something....
- See, the roads kind of....
- Got it exactly....
Do you see that?
They connect and it almost forms....
Might see the....
You two know you haven't actually
finished a sentence yet?
Well, the same symbol that
means "aperture" can also mean "eye."
As in the Eye of Horus.
Now, look,
this is Hong Kong circa 1600.
These roads. The roads today,
are all based on these roads.
And take a look at this. Look.
The roads form an Eye of Horus.
- Iris of the eye. It's a city.
ARTIE: Tai Po.
Good a place to start as any.
We'll check in when we get there.
Claudia...
- ...I think it would be a good idea--
- Excuse me.
ARTIE:
Claudia?
You have every right to be angry.
Agent Jinks was a good man.
- And what happened was a tragedy.
- And?
And what?
And I'm really sorry
I sent him to his death?
Steve died alone...
...cut off from everybody who had
his back. And for what? Why?
Agent Jinks did not wanna put
any of you at risk. He volunteered--
To take down Walter Sykes
for the good of the world.
But let's face it, Jane. This was never
about the good of the world, was it?
This was about your guilt.
You made Walter Sykes.
No, Claudia, I tried to prevent
Walter Sykes from being made.
If we'd gotten to the artefact in time--
But you didn't.
And he became a psychopathic killer.
Now all you care about
is fixing your mistake...
- ...no matter who gets hurt or killed.
- That's not true! It's just not--
[SIGHS]
You're upset. This is not the time
to discuss whether Agent Jinks--
Steve. His name was Steve.
You know, I see you and the Regents
for what you really are.
Cowards.
Steve was worth a thousand of you.
[♪♪♪]
This is exactly where the eye would be,
but maybe it's just a restaurant.
Then why did I get a vibe
that almost knocked me over?
I'm here in a Chinese restaurant,
Mykes, and I'm not hungry.
I know there's something here.
We are at the dead centre
of the city and--
What? What is it?
If the sanctum was built
that long ago....
What if the restaurant
isn't the sanctum?
What if it's on top of the sanctum?
[♪♪♪]
Well, I would say
that we're in the right place.
What have you got?
Well, I doubt H.G. and a stock boy
wear the same locket.
[LATCH MOVES]
Is somebody there?
[♪♪♪]
[GASPS]
Nothing.
I mean, I don't know.
Maybe they realised it
was the wrong place and left.
But why do I still have a vibe?
Because H.G. left that locket as a clue.
I know it.
- Pete?
- Yeah.
Look at this.
It looks like something swept
across the floor.
What is it?
Like a...? A door? Or an opening?
Maybe we can....
MYKA:
The Eye of Horus.
I believe the phrase is "aha."
[WALL CLICKS AND MYKA SIGHS]
MAN: Please, Mr. Sykes,
don't make me do this.
SYKES: Tyler, make the move
the lady suggested.
Now.
This is lunacy.
It's not a move. It's a guess.
I don't care.
We don't know if we don't play.
Now, move that piece.
[♪♪♪]
The first two were wrong.
- The third could--
SYKES: Enough.
Tyler, what are you waiting for?
Look at those skulls.
They're all cracked in half.
Yeah, I think I see why.
- Please, Mr. Sykes.
- Don't make him do it.
Tyler, you gotta be in it to win it.
Now.
[PANTING]
SYKES:
Good lad.
HELENA:
Checkmate.
No!
[GASPS AND SYKES SNIFFS]
First show's over.
Lattimer and Bering, come on down.
Myka, are you all right? I didn't do that.
No, I'm fine.
That's because
I controlled where she shot.
Next time, her aim's gonna
be a lot better, okay?
Let's go, guys.
Guns on the floor, please.
Or the next shot is gonna be right
between Miss Bering's beautiful eyes.
[♪♪♪]
[♪♪♪]
You son of a--
[GUNSHOT]
Stop it!
I don't understand. Why is there a
torture device in the Regents' Sanctum?
It's not a torture device, honey.
It's a lock.
It was invented by a man
named Caturanga.
He was rather the Claudia
of Warehouse 12, and my teacher.
That's why you needed Helena,
to open it.
She's the only living person
who knew this Caturanga.
The pieces are set
so the player's in check.
You win the game and the lock opens.
You lose the game,
and your skull opens.
HELENA: When the Regents
shut down the sanctum a century ago...
...Caturanga designed the lock.
The secret to opening it
is not in the journals...
...but he writes a lot about Miss Wells.
She's his favourite student.
I think she knows about it.
Caturanga taught me
a thousand things...
...but I have never seen
the chess lock before.
I don't know how to open it.
I know. You demonstrated
with young Tyler here.
You did that.
I tried to stop you. I swear it.
You know what?
Maybe I used the wrong incentive.
No!
Myka. Myka.
[MYKA GRUNTING]
Now that there's somebody
in the chair you care about...
...maybe your memory will come back.
[♪♪♪]
- What is that?
- A gift from a former employer.
What do you want from me?
I'm just an innkeeper.
We both know you're more than that,
don't we?
If you think I'm gonna help you break
into the warehouse...
...you're in for a surprise.
No.
No, you see, it's you people
who are gonna be surprised.
[BEEPING]
[ALARM BLARING]
What is that?
Something's wrong at Leena's.
- Pull up the security feeds.
- Way ahead of you.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
It's him.
Leena.
All right. All right.
If we unlock this thing...
- ...what are we gonna find?
- You'll see.
We might be unlocking an artefact...
...deemed too dangerous
to be kept in Warehouse 7.
She's right. The Regents must have
had a reason to keep people out.
Don't tell me about the Regents
or the reasons, okay?
You have one choice.
Open the lock or she's gonna die.
Now, how do we beat it?
It was Caturanga's passion.
We played every day for years.
- You beat him all the time?
- Not once.
[PETE SIGHS]
Oh, great.
All right. Time to make a move.
With Tyler,
I chose the, uh, King's gambit.
Caturanga would have expected that.
Perhaps....
Yes, perhaps the Dragon's variant.
Myka, King's knight...
...to E6.
[PANTING]
Check.
[♪♪♪]
You're distracting the player, Pete.
Queen's Bishop...
...to H4.
Check.
[GASPS]
I don't know what else to do.
- Helena.
- Continuing.
- I'm sorry, Myka.
- Helena, listen to me.
I am not going to die here today, okay?
Because you are gonna take a breath...
...and you're gonna save my life.
HELENA:
This isn't what I signed up for.
These Regents of yours
are gravely mistaken...
...if they think I shall be
carrying around this.
A Webley Mark One 450 calibre...
...standard issue of the Royal Navy
and police constabularies.
A fine weapon.
Guns have no place
in a civilised society, sir.
Now, the Regents set the rules,
and their rule states...
...all warehouse agents
must carry a firearm.
But there is always an alternative
to killing.
I agree.
That is not standard issue.
I changed the rules.
Wells, time for target practise.
- Is he dead?
- No, no.
Agent McShane is merely stunned.
When the rules do not agree with one...
...it is sometimes necessary
to change them.
HELENA:
Change the rules.
- What?
- Change the rules.
Myka, D3 to E8.
Helena, I--
I can't move my pawn like that.
I know. Change the rules.
Checkmate.
Whatever it is, I think it's about to open.
[GASPING]
Do it.
JANE:
Artie, what's that?
- Black Barty's cannon.
- Black Barty?
One of the most successful
pirate captains of the golden age.
His cannon from his ship was rumoured
to have artefact-augmented firepower.
Are you telling me Walter Sykes' plan is
to fire a cannonball at the warehouse?
A cannonball wouldn't worry me,
but a cannonball from that cannon?
I'm approaching worry.
I'm not.
[MYKA GASPING]
What the hell is happening?
[RUMBLING]
Oh! Oh....
- What just happened?
- The Remati Shackle sensed an attack...
...and activated a protective barrier
around the warehouse.
- We're safe.
- I gotta get to Leena's.
Once the shackle is activated,
I'm afraid no one can get in or out.
Claudia, I want you--
Artie, I have a bad feeling.
I have a bad vibe.
But you said that nothing could
get in once the barrier was up.
True. But it can't stop something
that's already inside.
[♪♪♪]
The Regents wanted to know
our vulnerability?
I think we just found it.
Amazing. The warehouse.
Guys, run!
Bastard.
No!
No.
No.
They must have shut it down
from the other side.
I hope you don't mind. I let myself in.
Initiating the barrier automatically
triggered the emergency exit portal.
To the Ancient Sanctum.
When the Regents abandoned
the portal, they locked it up.
But it wasn't enough
just to trigger it on one side.
You had to unlock
the Hong Kong side as well.
- Which is why you needed H.G.
- You'd be proud of her.
She only killed one guy doing it.
- Peter, are you hurt?
- No.
A little tired of this guy, though.
You'll never get what you want.
Difference of opinion, Jane.
I think I'm gonna get exactly what I want.
PETE:
Artie, no!
[GROANS]
JANE: Artie.
SYKES: That will be your only warning!
- Play nice.
PETE: Artie, I'm sorry.
It's his crop. It's got wicked mojo.
Are you okay?
I've been better.
- Why don't you just kill us?
- Oh, I'm going to.
We're gonna go find
the Collodi Bracelet first.
And this time, Jane, you're gonna watch
your son hand it to me.
[♪♪♪]
There's gotta be another way
to open this. I just....
I have to think.
Myka...
...I'm sorry.
About what?
You should've destroyed the Janus Coin
the moment you found it...
...then I wouldn't have caused all of this.
- I wish you would stop doing that.
- Doing what?
You're not the bad guy, okay?
I believed in you, and I was right.
So get off your cross
and help me figure this out.
Righty-ho, then.
Old times. Wells and Bering,
solving puzzles, saving the day.
Bering and Wells.
JANE: There are consequences
to using the Collodi Bracelet.
There were consequences
to not using it.
It's a part of me.
I close my eyes and I can see it.
- Without it, there's a hole in my soul.
- That's what it does to you.
It's not real. It's not a real need.
It is real to me.
[PETE GRUNTING]
- Oh, no.
- Or did you not know that, Jane?
Wearing the bracelet creates
an insatiable longing.
It hardens your heart,
it darkens your soul.
If we'd let you keep the bracelet...
...you never would have been
able to love or be loved.
If you did everything right,
then why are we here?
We didn't get to you soon enough.
The seeds of darkness
had already taken root.
You've killed a lot of people,
but I take responsibility for that.
Oh, that's big of you, Jane.
It's not too late.
We can still try to save you.
Mom, please.
I don't think you're gonna hurt me.
I think you understand what I'm saying.
I think you know
there's been enough damage done.
- I think you're ready to stop this.
- But, Jane, then you'd have solace.
I want you to feel the guilt
and the pain...
...like I have.
You should have opted
for the opportunity I just gave you.
I will take the risk...
...and the bracelet.
Pete?
Marcus, I have it.
Go ahead.
You'll never win. Pete and Myka
and the others, they'll fight back.
Possibly.
But you'll have had
a heart attack by then.
Put that syringe down, Mr. Diamond.
- I'm impressed.
- Imagine my delight.
Drop it, please.
Well, it's about time.
I didn't think you'd let me kill her.
And I knew you'd wait for me.
- You never should have come.
- I made you a promise a long time ago.
I honour my commitments.
This is Marcus Diamond...
...former Baltimore City detective,
shot in the line of duty.
Three times. Dead centre.
- And you lived?
- Bullets are still in his heart.
If you know that much about me...
- ...you know that metal won't kill me.
- Yes, but it will cause you unending pain.
You have no idea
what's about to happen.
Oh, but I do.
[GASPING]
Finally.
Right where it belongs.
[♪♪♪]
You got what you wanted.
- Get out.
- No, this is just step one.
Before you die,
I want you to know what it feels like...
...when something you love
is ripped away from you.
[GRUNTING]
No. Please.
[PETE GRUNTING]
I'm responsible. Kill me.
PETE:
Myka. Thank God. Come on.
[CHOKING]
You guys, circle around.
Don't let him in the portal.
Myka.
- H.G.
- Rigging rope from The Mary Celeste.
- Hang on.
- No, Myka, don't--
"Touch the rope"...
...I imagine is the rest of that sentence.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
- If you pull at it, it only gets tighter.
- Oh, that's good to know.
Will you ever learn
not to play with these things?
[GASPING AND COUGHING]
Let's go.
[♪♪♪]
[LAUGHING]
Hey.
You're too young to have seen
the Frazier-Ali fight, right?
What?
They never saw his right uppercut
coming.
You know, I think we're beyond needing
to make your death look like an accident.
No.
[GRUNTING]
LEENA: Claudia, what is that?
MARCUS: No.
Unh!
This is Johann Maelzel's Metronome.
Sykes uses it to keep Marcus alive.
[MARCUS GRUNTING]
[MARCUS EXHALES]
That was for Steve.
[♪♪♪]
JANE:
Thank God Myka left it open.
PETE:
Get away from her.
Walk into this.
JANE:
Walter.
Walter, take my hand.
[♪♪♪]
[ALARM BLARING]
Mom. Are you okay?
Yes. You?
Yeah. Walter Sykes
has, uh, left the building.
The portal's kaput.
You're gonna need to fly back.
All right, so get home safe, okay?
And, Mom...
...I love you.
I love you too, honey.
Pete, what happened?
Where are they?
PETE:
What took you guys so long?
Just lazy, I guess. Sykes?
- Dead.
- Is Jane all right?
Well, she's got a 15-hour plane ride
ahead of her, but, yeah, she's okay.
[♪♪♪]
Thank you.
Any time.
[FARNSWORTH BUZZING]
Claude, hey, are you okay?
Yeah, so are Leena and Mrs. Frederic.
Marcus is dead.
It's over.
Why is that light still on?
- What? What is it?
- They're all....
MYKA:
Artie? Artie, what's wrong?
ARTIE:
Give me that.
Mrs. Frederic, how long should
the barrier normally stay active?
Once the danger to the warehouse
passes, it dissipates instantly.
Well, then, why is it still up?
The warehouse isn't in danger anymore.
Is it?
Was he just gonna collect the Collodi
artefact and walk out of here?
He said he was gonna kill us all,
but he never tried to.
A man who can walk does not need....
HELENA:
He planned on leaving it behind.
PETE:
Yeah, but why?
[BEEPING]
Uh-oh.
I know that writing.
That's from the House of Commons
in London.
- Oh, no.
- How bad?
The House of Commons was partially
destroyed during the blitzkrieg of WWII.
There was a piece of masonry
that was said to have absorbed...
...the concussive force
of the entire German Luftwaffe.
This is an artefact nuclear device...
...and it's counting down.
[♪♪♪]
[BEEPING]
The Ovoid Quarantine
could offer some protection...
...to the rest of the warehouse,
but I doubt it.
I don't understand. I mean, who
builds a force field that locks you in?
Well, the barrier was initiated first...
...as a way of dealing
with external danger.
The barrier's still active.
The primary function of the warehouse
is to protect the world from artefacts.
But the barrier,
now its mandate has shifted--
To containing the blast and protecting
the world from an artefact fallout.
If there is a big ugly explosion.
And unfortunately,
if there are agents inside...
...that's just collateral damage.
- There's less than two minutes left.
- All right.
Let me at that thing.
LEENA: I'm not finding anything yet.
- Keep looking.
Something's gotta neutralise that bomb.
Something.
Can't find anything in the databases.
Why can't we go to the warehouse
and break them out?
- Even if we can't stop the explosion.
- We can't get through the barrier.
Besides, there isn't time.
Can I maybe hack my way in
and deactivate the barrier that way?
The power isn't derived
from the main system.
It's derived from the Remati Shackle.
Claudia?
You're gonna have to give me back
that metronome, please.
Now, please.
No.
You know we can't use artefacts to--
What I know is
I'm tired of arbitrary rules.
The metronome is for Steve.
I'm bringing him back.
Ah. Nope.
Takes a licking
and keeps on trying to kill us.
Okay, the portal's closed.
There's no backdoor.
ARTIE:
No backdoor outside the barrier anyway.
We've gotten out of worse than this.
No, we have.
There's a solution, and we can find it.
All we have to do is keep a cool head.
We'll find it in...
...56 seconds.
[♪♪♪]
He did say that we'd go out together.
I always figured we would.
Not me. I was planning
on outliving both of you lunatics.
Heh.
And here we go.
Hey.
Helena?
What are you doing?
She's trapped us.
Helena, what is this?
Sorry.
It was the only way I could think
to save you.
What have you done?
There was no other way.
An anomaly in the system allowed me to
re-route a portion of the outer barrier...
...to that spot on the floor.
I just hope it lasts.
You've protected us from the blast.
You should be safe now.
MYKA:
But you're....
You're out there.
It had to be initiated
from outside the barrier.
- No, listen.
- You gotta let us help you.
- We just avoided destroying you.
- It doesn't have to be this way.
ARTIE: I just started liking you.
PETE: Give us a chance.
PETE: Don't stop now.
ARTIE: There's a solution....
Thank you.
PETE: This is a warehouse.
There's gotta be a thousand solutions.
[SNIFFS]
I smell apples.
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[DEVICE BEEPING]
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[RUMBLING]
Oh!
[GASPING]
LEENA:
Claudia, the warehouse.
Mrs. Frederic!
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That was his plan,
to destroy the entire warehouse.
We lost, Artie.
We lost.
Not yet.
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