(S01E09) At first, it looked like Joe Morton was going to be more integral to the plot than Erica Cerra and Niall Matter. Alas, he was just an aside. In fact, he was almost inconsequential completely to the artifact quest in the prison, though he did help Pete and Myka at a key moment.

There was a nice balance in the episode between a surprisingly emotional situation at the prison with Pete and Myka, and the comical situation that Claudia found herself in back at the warehouse. I'm learning that I may be even more interested in the artifacts already at the warehouse than in the collecting of new ones.

Which gets me way excited about next week's episode, which is all about things going wrong at the warehouse. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.

It was nice getting more into the psyches of both Pete and Myka. Who knew the hallucinogenic properties of the prison would be so healing? Pete was able to absolve himself of responsibility in his father's death; come on, he was a kid and all he had was a feeling? That's too much to put on yourself.

Myka's was a little more recent, if equally haunting. I'm pleased that she decided she didn't need to even see the contents of that report. As Pete said, she knows she did everything right, and her partner's death was based on his own mistakes, not hers.

I'm less pleased at how distracting her lips are at times. Is it possible to get collagen removed; I refuse to believe that is her natural top lip. There are two lumps hanging down on each side, while the middle is much thinner. It looks a little ridiculous. Sorry, Joanne Kelly, otherwise you are very pretty.

As for Claudia, she was on basic inventory, which I would guess is an endless job. So, since this is Claudia who looks for a shortcut to accomplish anything, we got to interact with another artifact. I like that Warehouse 13 ties the artifacts with real or real imagined people. It means I got to look up and learn about Alessandro Volta, as it was his lab coat that got Claudia into trouble.

Luckily for her, Artie is just as clever as she is and is able to get her out of the jam. She promises to be good, and he even makes her write "I will not disobey Artie" on an old chalkboard. Artie's cool, but way old school. That song he's composing for his father really is beautiful. In fact, the music used in this episode was very powerful.

Since this is Warehouse 13, I find myself suspecting that something hinky happened to Artie's father. He's not dead, but Artie hopes finishing the song will help them find one another. Fodder for a future episode, perhaps? We do need to delve more into Artie's past.