Warehouse 13: Cookies and Crossover with Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly
After a successful first season of mystery, Warehouse 13 returns to the Syfy airwaves on Tuesday, July 6 at 9pm for Season 2 in the episode, "Time Will Tell". In the Warehouse 13 premiere, Pete and Myka make tracks for London to learn more about the plan MacPherson has in place after fleeing from the warehouse's bronze sector.
Ahead of the Season 2 return of Warehouse 13, we followed the Syfy clues to the phone line where we found series stars Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly who filled us in on how the Warehouse 13 relationship between Pete and Myka has evolved, the Warehouse 13 crossover with Eureka, and the secret behind Pete's weakness for cookies.
THE DEADBOLT: Many fans want Pete and Myka to hook up, which probably won’t happen. So how would any other love interest work in relation to the job that they have?
[Warehouse 13] JOANNE KELLY: Well, how does any love interest work in relation to the jobs?
EDDIE MCCLINTOCK: They tend to not work out.
KELLY: They tend to not work out. I think that the truth of this is, we see two people who are consumed by their profession and who are trying to develop relationships both within the warehouse and without. I mean, one of the things that I think makes this so interesting is that not only is it fantastical, and not only do you have really cool artifacts and such, but it’s the relationships in the show that is the heart of the [series].
I think as we explore that, as we continue to explore the relationships between the people in the warehouse and their attempts to form relationships outside of the warehouse, which I think you’ll see in Season 2, as reflected by life that conflicts into. I mean, career and love in life as it is in the warehouse I think is very different and we see a lot of people struggle with that this season.
MCCLINTOCK: And I think some people realize that they’re just better as friends. So it’s almost like I think they realize they’re really so different from each other that they better serve one another as friends. No? I don’t know. So Pete almost goes to Myka and Myka would be the first one to try and help Pete hook up with some chick that she thought that was good enough for him.
KELLY: Which would be no one.
MCCLINTOCK: Yeah, exactly.
THE DEADBOLT: So what does the Eureka crossover mean for the show?
[Warehouse 13] MCCLINTOCK: Well, I think that Eureka has such a great following and it will be great for our show. You know, we went to Comic Con last year and their panel was just enormous and I was just blown away. I really had no idea that the show is that popular.
KELLY: It’s such a great bunch of people and actors, a really talented cast, really nice cast.
MCCLINTOCK: Yeah, yeah.
KELLY: And a lot of them are Canadian as well. I’m Canadian so that makes me happy.
MCCLINTOCK: We won’t hold that against them.
KELLY: He’s in Vancouver.
MCCLINTOCK: I know. But I think it will be good for both shows, man. I think that it kind of opens up the door for maybe Pete to end up on Sanctuary or ... I don’t know what would happen if Pete ended up on Caprica. I don’t know what they would make of him there.
But I think it’s great. Syfy has a great way of sharing the casts between shows and they don’t worry too much about it and they actually encourage it, so I think it’s cool.
THE DEADBOLT: Was it by design or coincidence that Pete has a weakness for cookies and Artie loves to bake cookies?
[Warehouse 13] MCCLINTOCK: It was kind of in the script. I think it was one of those things that just kind of happened and then they were like, "Ooh, let’s make that a thing." I don’t really think it was by design, I think it was just one of those lucky little coincidences that occurred on the set, which we’re thankful for because I do like cookies.
KELLY: He likes sugar but he’s quit eating sugar. I’m very proud of him.
MCCLINTOCK: Yeah, I don’t eat sugar at all during the week because, you know ...
KELLY: But he used to. He used to eat so much he’d make his belly sore.
MCCLINTOCK: Yeah, my belly would.
KELLY: Gumballs!
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