Warehouse 13, Season 5
(Syfy, 2014)
An abbreviated final season (mostly a carryover from the previous year) where it’s hard not to notice the exaggerated blowback from increasingly over-the-top plot arcs. It’s still worth persisting with, though, if only for the last episode; a well-pitched and dignified sign-off.
Warehouse 13, Season 4
(Syfy, 2012-2013)
Although coming down from the highs of season three — there is less cohesion and the split-story plotlines are more intrusive — much of the quirky, light-hearted charm is retained as warehouse agents try to collect and contain a plethora of historically-imbued supernatural artefacts.
Alphas, Season 1
(Syfy, 2011)
An endearing, often humorous SF action/drama about a ragtag taskforce of Alphas — people with super- (or more accurately, trans-) human powers — who search for self-identity while battling their more maladjusted counterparts. Ryan Cartwright gives a standout performance as autistic technopath Gary Bell.