This episode was again split into two storylines: Myka and Pete in one and Claudia, Jinks, and Artie in the other. Another alum from a cult fantasy/sci-fi show makes a guest appearance here: August Richards, who played Gunn in Angel. He showed up here as one of Myka’s former teammates, Zach.
Myka and Pete
Backstory: Myka had a Secret Service partner and lover, Sam, who were killed in the line of duty with Myka watching. Myka had always thought his death was her fault.
Myka and Pete were in Union Station in Denver to retrieve an artifact. Myka acted as lookout while Pete pretended to be a maintenance man. He unscrewed a plaque and found a hollow hiding place behind it full of spikes. Myka reminded Pete to wear his gloves as he was about to reach in. While she was looking around, she saw the man who killed Sam in the train station, Leo. She told Pete she needed to check something out, and ran to chase him down. She almost had him when Pete touched one of the spikes and the artifact burned a hole in his glove. The artifact then started attacking him. Myka went back to help Pete, and lost track of the man.
Pete and Myka were looking at security footage in the train station's security office. Myka saw Leo leaving from the northeast exit, and Pete and Myka ran out. They did not see him on the streets, and Myka got emotional and mentioned how she researched everything about Leo after Sam's death. Pete suggested that they contact the Denver Secret Service office, Myka's old team. Myka was afraid that they had never forgiven her.
At the Denver Secret Service building lobby, Myka saw a display to honor fallen agents, and one of the pictures was of Sam. She flashed back to when she and Sam were together. Pete came over and Myka said she had something to tell him. Pete said the FBI agent (referring to a previous episode) told him that Sam was married when Myka had an affair with him. Myka said Sam had been separated from his wife for about a year before they got together. Myka's old teammate, Zach, showed up and welcomed them. He said that he was now the Director of Investigation, which would have been Sam's position if he hadn't died.
Pete, Myka, Zach, and another one of Myka's old teammates, Jim, were together in a room looking at data. Myka and Pete eventually figured out that Leo was dressed so casually, while he would normally be in a suit, because he was pretending to be a tourist. Leo had hopped on one of those tourist buses, and the last stop was the United States Mint. They had twenty minutes before the bus would arrive at the U.S. Mint. The four of them went out to the U.S. Mint with Myka giving orders. Jim and Zach made a comment about how Myka was acting impulsively and emotionally, which was typical of her. Pete looked confused because in his experience, Myka was normally the cautious, rational one.
Myka and Leo saw each other through the bus, and Leo made a run for it. He knocked over Jim in an alleyway with Pete chasing him, but then he disappeared. Myka was upset and yelled at Pete. While Jim was getting checked out by a medic in an ambulance, Myka saw Pete doing some sort of experiment. She went over to join him and asked what he was doing. Pete said he was trying to be Myka, since at the moment Myka was the emotional one, so he was going through it step-by-step. They figured out that there was no way Leo could have jumped out of that alley that fast. Pete pointed out to Myka that when there was something unexplainable, usually an artifact was involved. Myka said she was going to go back through Sam's files again, but this time as a Warehouse agent.
Myka was looking at Sam's button and his calendar, and flashed back to the day that he died. Sam had approached Myka and told her that he wanted to take her out to dinner. He showed her an envelope that he said he was going to give to her later and told her that it was a game changer. Zach showed up and told Sam that they had intel that Leo was going to be at the National Building, and asked if Jim was going to be Sam's backup. Sam said Myka was going to be his backup. In the present time, Jim came in and asked how Myka was doing. Myka said she didn't find anything, and asked Jim if he knew what Sam was going to give her that night. Jim said he had no idea, but that Sam's personal effects had been sent to Allison, his wife.
Myka and Pete were sitting in a car outside Allison's house. Pete offered to come in with Myka, but she said she had to do it on her own. Allison was surprised to see Myka, and the two of them had an awkward conversation. Myka explained that she was still trying to track down Sam's murderer, and that Sam was going to give her something that night. She asked Allison what was in the box of Sam's personal effects. Allison said there weren't much, just office things, change of clothes, keepsakes, a picture of Sam and Allison, and a picture of Sam and Myka. Allison admitted that she was really angry at Myka, because although the marriage had broken up long before, Myka was a reminder that Sam had moved on. Myka made the move to leave and mentioned that it was probably a card or something that Sam was going to give her, and Allison remembered the card. She found it in a cupboard, and gave it to Myka. Myka opened it in the car with Pete, and found that it was a blank card that played the song "Car Wash."
Myka got a call from Zach that Leo had been spotted at the train station, and they drove over. Myka and Pete met up with Zach and Jim, and Zach explained that he had men covering the exits. Myka said she wanted to play this straight up - no chasing. She asked Pete to stay behind because last time her partner confronted Leo, he died, and she did not think she could survive another one. Pete said he would do it this time just for her. Myka, Zach, and Jim confronted Leo, who stood up and held his arms up. Myka blinked and all of a sudden Leo had a gun in his right hand, but he looked confused. Zach yelled that he had a gun and shot Leo dead.
While the crime scene was being processed, Myka told Pete that something was wrong. Pete told her to trust her instincts. She looked at Leo again and realized that he was holding the gun in his right hand, while he was actually left-handed. They eventually figured out that they must be dealing with an artifact that altered time, enough to give Leo a chance to escape earlier and for someone to plant that gun in Leo's hand so he would take the fall. They compared watches, which had been synchronized earlier, and figured out that Myka's watch was behind Pete's by 47 seconds. They talked to Artie, who figured out that the artifact was from the USS Eldridge, the ship involved in the Philadelphia Experiment. The Philadelphia Experiment, which the U.S. Navy had declared as a hoax, was an experiment done to attempt to cloak the ship, but it only worked for 47 seconds. The artifact replicated the effect by allowing the user to freeze time for everyone else within a certain radius while he himself can move through it.
Myka threw a tantrum about how she was quitting the case because she failed every step of the way. Pete tracked Myka back down outside and told her that she should not give up. Myka eventually remembered that Sam always had a backup plan, and looked for the card again. She said that Sam knew she hated this song and would have made her listen to it to the end. They listened to the song to the end, and after the song ended there was a recording of Leo's voice. Leo was talking to an agent about how he was going to kill Sam at the National Building that night. Myka said only two other agents were there - Zach and Jim, so one of them must have been working with Leo. Myka stated that it was time for her to be impulsive to figure out who did it
Myka and Pete ran into Jim on their way to Zach's office, and told him to come with them to confront Zach. They confronted Zach about being Leo's partner. Zach denied it and Pete blinked, and all of a sudden a gun showed up in Pete's hand. Zach pulled out his gun and shot it at Pete, but at that time Myka saw Jim holding the artifact. She and Jim fought over it and it stopped time. Jim said he knew that Sam suspected him when he picked Myka to back him up the night he died, so he had Leo killed Sam. Jim used the artifact to hold Myka back by 47 seconds so Leo could kill Sam. Myka thought what happened to Sam was happening all over again with Pete and tried to take care of it, but the device started ticking again. Jim was going to pick up the artifact, but Myka kicked him and just as time unfreezed, Jim was in the path of the bullet and was shot. Myka and Pete explained to Zach what happened. Pete asked Myka if she felt better that it was over, and she said no. Pete held her to comfort her. Back in the lobby, Pete was waiting for Myka and Myka explained what she told the FBI agents. Pete congratulated her on solving the case, even if it used a last minute, impulsive sting operation. Myka figured out that Pete knew before, but he had to let her come to her own conclusions. Allison showed up because Zach had called her, and Myka gave her Sam's button.
Claudia, Jinks, and Artie
In the meantime, Claudia and Jinks were tracking down an artifact in a Wisconsin farm. They were pretending to be from one of those Antique Roadshow-type show to look for a valuable doorknob. In reality, they were looking for the doorknob from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, where a tragic fire claimed the lives of 146 garment workers. The garment workers were locked in and could not get out in the fire. This artifact was powered by the pain and suffering of the workers, which made it dangerous. They sorted through a lot of doorknobs. When Jinks picked up the artifact, it burned through his gloves and he had to stick his hand in a pitcher of iced tea to cool it down.
Claudia and Jinks went outside and saw a dog near their car. They were attacked when they were about to enter the car. Steve was hit with a dart, and as Claudia was about to help him, she got hit, too. She caught a blurry glimpse of a car before she lost consciousness. When they woke up, the artifact was gone. Claudia mentioned that she saw a car but she didn't see any details. They contacted Artie and explained what was going on. Artie suggested that they brought the dog back to the Warehouse because it might have seen the license plate number of the car.
Artie explained to Claudia and Jinks that they were going to use fezzes that used to belong an old vaudeville act called Mr. Mental and Coco (a monkey). Mr. Mental had rigged Coco's fez to be a transmitter of its brain waves to the receiver inside Mr. Mental's fez, so he can essentially read Coco's mind.
Artie sat across from the dog, and instructed Claudia and Jinks on how to put the fezzes on. They were warned to keep the fezzes on. The fezzes were put on the heads simultaneously and Artie and the dog immediately had a connection. Artie barked out three numbers. At that time a scarab from a previous episode came out and the dog went chasing after it. Artie went into a trance and Jinks and Claudia chased after the dog. Claudia and Jinks chased the dog all over the Warehouse without any luck. Claudia saw an artifact that could help, Pavlov's bell, but the side effect was excessive drooling for 24 hours. She rang the bell and the dog came, but she got the side effect and drooled a lot. They brought the dog back and Artie snapped back into attention. Artie “barked out” three more plate numbers. Claudia looked up the plate numbers, and found that it was a rental car. She found the driver's license used to rent the car, and Jinks and Artie immediately recognized her as FBI Agent Sally Stutowski, although she was using a different name on the license, Helen Goldby. Claudia asked if they knew her, and Artie said it was worse, because she knew them.
Myka and Pete
Backstory: Myka had a Secret Service partner and lover, Sam, who were killed in the line of duty with Myka watching. Myka had always thought his death was her fault.
Myka and Pete were in Union Station in Denver to retrieve an artifact. Myka acted as lookout while Pete pretended to be a maintenance man. He unscrewed a plaque and found a hollow hiding place behind it full of spikes. Myka reminded Pete to wear his gloves as he was about to reach in. While she was looking around, she saw the man who killed Sam in the train station, Leo. She told Pete she needed to check something out, and ran to chase him down. She almost had him when Pete touched one of the spikes and the artifact burned a hole in his glove. The artifact then started attacking him. Myka went back to help Pete, and lost track of the man.
Pete and Myka were looking at security footage in the train station's security office. Myka saw Leo leaving from the northeast exit, and Pete and Myka ran out. They did not see him on the streets, and Myka got emotional and mentioned how she researched everything about Leo after Sam's death. Pete suggested that they contact the Denver Secret Service office, Myka's old team. Myka was afraid that they had never forgiven her.
At the Denver Secret Service building lobby, Myka saw a display to honor fallen agents, and one of the pictures was of Sam. She flashed back to when she and Sam were together. Pete came over and Myka said she had something to tell him. Pete said the FBI agent (referring to a previous episode) told him that Sam was married when Myka had an affair with him. Myka said Sam had been separated from his wife for about a year before they got together. Myka's old teammate, Zach, showed up and welcomed them. He said that he was now the Director of Investigation, which would have been Sam's position if he hadn't died.
Pete, Myka, Zach, and another one of Myka's old teammates, Jim, were together in a room looking at data. Myka and Pete eventually figured out that Leo was dressed so casually, while he would normally be in a suit, because he was pretending to be a tourist. Leo had hopped on one of those tourist buses, and the last stop was the United States Mint. They had twenty minutes before the bus would arrive at the U.S. Mint. The four of them went out to the U.S. Mint with Myka giving orders. Jim and Zach made a comment about how Myka was acting impulsively and emotionally, which was typical of her. Pete looked confused because in his experience, Myka was normally the cautious, rational one.
Myka and Leo saw each other through the bus, and Leo made a run for it. He knocked over Jim in an alleyway with Pete chasing him, but then he disappeared. Myka was upset and yelled at Pete. While Jim was getting checked out by a medic in an ambulance, Myka saw Pete doing some sort of experiment. She went over to join him and asked what he was doing. Pete said he was trying to be Myka, since at the moment Myka was the emotional one, so he was going through it step-by-step. They figured out that there was no way Leo could have jumped out of that alley that fast. Pete pointed out to Myka that when there was something unexplainable, usually an artifact was involved. Myka said she was going to go back through Sam's files again, but this time as a Warehouse agent.
Myka was looking at Sam's button and his calendar, and flashed back to the day that he died. Sam had approached Myka and told her that he wanted to take her out to dinner. He showed her an envelope that he said he was going to give to her later and told her that it was a game changer. Zach showed up and told Sam that they had intel that Leo was going to be at the National Building, and asked if Jim was going to be Sam's backup. Sam said Myka was going to be his backup. In the present time, Jim came in and asked how Myka was doing. Myka said she didn't find anything, and asked Jim if he knew what Sam was going to give her that night. Jim said he had no idea, but that Sam's personal effects had been sent to Allison, his wife.
Myka and Pete were sitting in a car outside Allison's house. Pete offered to come in with Myka, but she said she had to do it on her own. Allison was surprised to see Myka, and the two of them had an awkward conversation. Myka explained that she was still trying to track down Sam's murderer, and that Sam was going to give her something that night. She asked Allison what was in the box of Sam's personal effects. Allison said there weren't much, just office things, change of clothes, keepsakes, a picture of Sam and Allison, and a picture of Sam and Myka. Allison admitted that she was really angry at Myka, because although the marriage had broken up long before, Myka was a reminder that Sam had moved on. Myka made the move to leave and mentioned that it was probably a card or something that Sam was going to give her, and Allison remembered the card. She found it in a cupboard, and gave it to Myka. Myka opened it in the car with Pete, and found that it was a blank card that played the song "Car Wash."
Myka got a call from Zach that Leo had been spotted at the train station, and they drove over. Myka and Pete met up with Zach and Jim, and Zach explained that he had men covering the exits. Myka said she wanted to play this straight up - no chasing. She asked Pete to stay behind because last time her partner confronted Leo, he died, and she did not think she could survive another one. Pete said he would do it this time just for her. Myka, Zach, and Jim confronted Leo, who stood up and held his arms up. Myka blinked and all of a sudden Leo had a gun in his right hand, but he looked confused. Zach yelled that he had a gun and shot Leo dead.
While the crime scene was being processed, Myka told Pete that something was wrong. Pete told her to trust her instincts. She looked at Leo again and realized that he was holding the gun in his right hand, while he was actually left-handed. They eventually figured out that they must be dealing with an artifact that altered time, enough to give Leo a chance to escape earlier and for someone to plant that gun in Leo's hand so he would take the fall. They compared watches, which had been synchronized earlier, and figured out that Myka's watch was behind Pete's by 47 seconds. They talked to Artie, who figured out that the artifact was from the USS Eldridge, the ship involved in the Philadelphia Experiment. The Philadelphia Experiment, which the U.S. Navy had declared as a hoax, was an experiment done to attempt to cloak the ship, but it only worked for 47 seconds. The artifact replicated the effect by allowing the user to freeze time for everyone else within a certain radius while he himself can move through it.
Myka threw a tantrum about how she was quitting the case because she failed every step of the way. Pete tracked Myka back down outside and told her that she should not give up. Myka eventually remembered that Sam always had a backup plan, and looked for the card again. She said that Sam knew she hated this song and would have made her listen to it to the end. They listened to the song to the end, and after the song ended there was a recording of Leo's voice. Leo was talking to an agent about how he was going to kill Sam at the National Building that night. Myka said only two other agents were there - Zach and Jim, so one of them must have been working with Leo. Myka stated that it was time for her to be impulsive to figure out who did it
Myka and Pete ran into Jim on their way to Zach's office, and told him to come with them to confront Zach. They confronted Zach about being Leo's partner. Zach denied it and Pete blinked, and all of a sudden a gun showed up in Pete's hand. Zach pulled out his gun and shot it at Pete, but at that time Myka saw Jim holding the artifact. She and Jim fought over it and it stopped time. Jim said he knew that Sam suspected him when he picked Myka to back him up the night he died, so he had Leo killed Sam. Jim used the artifact to hold Myka back by 47 seconds so Leo could kill Sam. Myka thought what happened to Sam was happening all over again with Pete and tried to take care of it, but the device started ticking again. Jim was going to pick up the artifact, but Myka kicked him and just as time unfreezed, Jim was in the path of the bullet and was shot. Myka and Pete explained to Zach what happened. Pete asked Myka if she felt better that it was over, and she said no. Pete held her to comfort her. Back in the lobby, Pete was waiting for Myka and Myka explained what she told the FBI agents. Pete congratulated her on solving the case, even if it used a last minute, impulsive sting operation. Myka figured out that Pete knew before, but he had to let her come to her own conclusions. Allison showed up because Zach had called her, and Myka gave her Sam's button.
Claudia, Jinks, and Artie
In the meantime, Claudia and Jinks were tracking down an artifact in a Wisconsin farm. They were pretending to be from one of those Antique Roadshow-type show to look for a valuable doorknob. In reality, they were looking for the doorknob from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, where a tragic fire claimed the lives of 146 garment workers. The garment workers were locked in and could not get out in the fire. This artifact was powered by the pain and suffering of the workers, which made it dangerous. They sorted through a lot of doorknobs. When Jinks picked up the artifact, it burned through his gloves and he had to stick his hand in a pitcher of iced tea to cool it down.
Claudia and Jinks went outside and saw a dog near their car. They were attacked when they were about to enter the car. Steve was hit with a dart, and as Claudia was about to help him, she got hit, too. She caught a blurry glimpse of a car before she lost consciousness. When they woke up, the artifact was gone. Claudia mentioned that she saw a car but she didn't see any details. They contacted Artie and explained what was going on. Artie suggested that they brought the dog back to the Warehouse because it might have seen the license plate number of the car.
Artie explained to Claudia and Jinks that they were going to use fezzes that used to belong an old vaudeville act called Mr. Mental and Coco (a monkey). Mr. Mental had rigged Coco's fez to be a transmitter of its brain waves to the receiver inside Mr. Mental's fez, so he can essentially read Coco's mind.
Artie sat across from the dog, and instructed Claudia and Jinks on how to put the fezzes on. They were warned to keep the fezzes on. The fezzes were put on the heads simultaneously and Artie and the dog immediately had a connection. Artie barked out three numbers. At that time a scarab from a previous episode came out and the dog went chasing after it. Artie went into a trance and Jinks and Claudia chased after the dog. Claudia and Jinks chased the dog all over the Warehouse without any luck. Claudia saw an artifact that could help, Pavlov's bell, but the side effect was excessive drooling for 24 hours. She rang the bell and the dog came, but she got the side effect and drooled a lot. They brought the dog back and Artie snapped back into attention. Artie “barked out” three more plate numbers. Claudia looked up the plate numbers, and found that it was a rental car. She found the driver's license used to rent the car, and Jinks and Artie immediately recognized her as FBI Agent Sally Stutowski, although she was using a different name on the license, Helen Goldby. Claudia asked if they knew her, and Artie said it was worse, because she knew them.
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