(S01E07) That certainly didn't feel like the seventh episode of Warehouse 13. It felt more like the third, only with an added scene to try and explain away Claudia's absence. And that's what I'm going with.

The level of distrust between Pete & Myka and Artie was reset to earlier in the season, as was the secret keeping he was doing. It's beginning to make me wonder if originally CCH Pounder was going to have a more prominent role, as was Leena. Then when Pounder got picked up for FOX's Brothers, she pulled back on Warehouse 13 to recurring status, and we got the Claudia evolution. Which was a good thing.

I missed Claudia this week; she's the kind of humor I like. Luckily, Pete had some good humorous moments. He reminds me, in a lot of ways, of Sheriff Carter on Eureka, Syfy's other light-hearted science fiction romp. How weird is it that we now have to clarify Syfy's science fiction programming because it's not inherently obvious from the network name ... unless you sound it out.

Did you notice how I haven't made mention of the artifact quest this week? That's because it was rather uninspired. The logic of the sword making someone invisible didn't even work once they started trying to show it to us. So I'll just ignore it.

Luckily, the guy behind it may prove to be a more interesting foe, James MacPherson. He has Warehouse tech, along with the technical know-how (or a team with such) to build Warehouse tech items, like the implosion bomb this episode gets its title from. For that aspect alone, I respect the episode. We should have seen it sooner; nothing irks me more than when a network shows episodes out of order for their own punked up reasoning.

Guess what the last episode of the season is titled: "MacPherson." See, that's important. Oh, and if this was supposed to be the seventh episode, and you just weren't going to feature Claudia, then you did a piss-poor job of convincing me that's what was going on. Either that, or you were intentionally ignoring the trust that had been built between our principal cast for some reason.

And yes I know that the trust was tested with the revelation of Artie's "treasonous" past, but the reset button had been hit prior to that. But revealing secrets? I'm all for that. Let's put some more meat on this show, so I have something to chew on from week to week. The "artifact of the week" isn't enough for me. I can sense it brewing, so I'm hanging in there. Just keep feeding me morsels and we'll be good.