Let’s be honest: there should be more TV shows like SYFY Warehouse 13The series ran for five seasons between 2009 and 2014, generally providing light-hearted, silly entertainment that combined science fiction and comedy into one heartbreaking package as secret agents Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) and Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly) tracked down and secured an endless treasure trove of relics and artifacts deemed too dangerous for the world.
At once exciting, silly and sometimes downright unbelievable, Warehouse 13 The series was carried by an incredible cast of characters played by extremely talented actors. Today, the series is still beloved by its many old fans, some of whom have always wondered what led to fan-favorite character Leena, the enigmatic owner of the bed and breakfast where the Warehouse agents lived, being written off the show in season 4.
What is Warehouse 13?
One of the few sci-fi/comedy mashups that actually works
Warehouse 13 was an American science fiction television series produced by the SYFY network and executive produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins. Originally billed as The X-Files encounter Raiders of the Lost Ark And Moonlight workThe series’ unique blend of comedy, science fiction and drama is also said to have been inspired by the little-seen Canadian television adaptation of Friday the 13th: The Series.
The premise of Warehouse 13 follows a team of special agents in the field who must search for and recover a series of powerful artifacts charged with powerful and dangerous energy.. Once the team retrieves these items, they are stored in the holder Warehouse 13the latest in a long line of warehouses throughout history that offer infinite storage capacity.
The series focused on U.S. Secret Service agents Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer, who find themselves assigned to Warehouse 13, located in the barren landscape of South Dakota. Believing they were assigned to the task as punishment, it takes them some time to understand the significance of their actions. Meanwhile, the backgrounds of other supporting characters pose compelling questions for the audience, none of whom have ever been as mysterious as the woman fans have come to know as Leena.
Who is Leena in Warehouse 13?
The most mysterious and potentially powerful team member
When the public discovers Leena in Warehouse 13They are not told anything about her past. All they know is that she is the owner of Leena’s Bed and Breakfast, where all the Warehouse agents live when they are not busy traveling the world looking for objects. As hosted by Genelle Williams, Leena primarily serves as a consultant to the Agents and someone who can use her powers of sensing an item’s aura to help determine where it should be stored in the warehouse..
With her abilities, Leena has extensive knowledge of the Warehouse’s many secrets. She uses this knowledge to aid field agents whenever she can and oversees the upkeep of certain artifacts to prevent them from causing trouble, such as when she found the perfect place to rest the samurai sword Honjo Masamune. Another benefit of Leena’s aura-reading abilities is that they sometimes help catch hyperactive artifacts that are trying to escape the confines of Warehouse 13, such as Harry Houdini’s wallet, which ended up under Myka’s bed at the B&B.
As Warehouse 13 As the series continued to air, audiences gradually began to learn more about Leena. In the Season 3 finale, “Stand,” it was implied that she had a previous relationship (of some sort) with Warehouse 13 guard Ms. Frederic (CCH Pounder). Additionally, her relationship with Artie Nielsen (Saul Rubinek) predates the arrival of Myka and Pete. While, like many other things about Leena, the exact nature of her relationship with Artie is unknown, they clearly have a fondness for each other. Unfortunately, before Leena’s many fans could get the answers to these questions, she was already gone.
What happened to Leena in season 4?
It’s time to make a dramatic sacrifice
In the season 4 episode “Helena”, Artie comes into contact with an artifact known as Ferdinand Magellan’s Astrolabe. He confesses this to Leena and Mrs. Frederic, who at the time thought he had done the right thing by using it. However, in the later episode, “The Ones You Love”, we finally learn the horrible truth. It turns out that the Vatican agent known as Brother Adrian was a hallucination Artie had experienced following contact with the Astrolabe.
Of course, everyone learns this startling revelation far too late. Mrs. Frederic warns Leena to leave the warehouse as quickly as possible to escape a possessed Artie. Rather than listen to her mentor, Leena tries to help Artie, but she dies at his hands. Her friends do what they can to try to save her, but her death proves irreversible and leads Artie to be consumed by guilt.
For many Warehouse 13 For fans, Leena’s death came practically out of nowhere. Many of them were hoping to learn more about the story behind this mysterious character, and all they ended up getting was another unanswered question: Why did Leena have to die? Well, when TV Guide Magazine asked executive producer Jack Kenny this exact question, he replied,
“We needed to lose someone who mattered to us. It couldn’t be a guest star, it had to be someone who mattered to our team.”
In other words, Leena was removed from Warehouse 13 Not because actress Genelle Williams asked for it or because the show’s producers didn’t know what to do with her. Instead, they used her death to build up more drama and excitement for the second half of Season 4.. Leena returns to Warehouse 13 Later in the season, as a ghost, still trying to help her friends in “We All Fall Down” and “The Truth Hurts”. In the latter, it is implied that she forgives Artie for killing her.
Fans saw Leena one last time when she appeared in the Warehouse 13 The series finale, “Endless,” brings to the screen Mrs. Frederic’s memory of Leena’s first day. In a fateful, full-circle moment, Leena reveals to Mrs. Frederic that she inherently feels that this warehouse will prove to be her undoing. While Mrs. Frederic vows to do whatever she can to prevent that from happening, Leena is more than willing to face her fate head-on.
What did actress Genelle Williams do next?
This Canadian actress continues to appear in exciting genre projects
Following his departure from Warehouse 13 Joining the main cast at the end of season 4, actress Genelle Williams continued her prolific television acting career which began for this Canadian native on the set of Degrassi: The Next Generation. After playing a leading role in Canadian television productions such as Remedy And PiqueGenelle signed on for a notable five-episode guest role as Tilly Fagan in The extent.
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Genelle Williams has also brought her considerable acting talents to horror films like Orphan And Spiral: Excerpt from the book of Sawwhere she played alongside Chris Rock. Most recently, she appeared in the 2022 crime drama Delia is gone and became one of the main characters in the Canadian legal drama Family law as psychologist Lucy Svensson while occasionally landing roles in hit series like Clarice And Schitt Creek. All of this suggests that even if Leena’s dismissal Warehouse 13 It came as a shock to everyone involved (especially her fans), at least it didn’t significantly harm Genelle Williams’ career.