This Week (July 6 - 13)

HOME VIDEO – Out on DVD this week:

• Alex Proyas's latest movie, Knowing (2009), starring Nicholas Cage (out July 7), never gained much traction.
  - Watch trailers, clips, and video for Knowing
  - Rebecca's review (2 stars out of 5)
• The likewise disappointing Push (2009), a psychic powers thriller with Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning, tried hard to build a world ordered by different kinds of special abilities, but didn't quite hold together (July 7). Random connection: If the actor playing the child version of Chris Evans looks familiar, it's Colin Ford, who occasionally plays Young Sam on Supernatural.
  - Watch trailers, clips, and video for Push

TELEVISION – Lots of good TV this week, with new episodes this week from:

• Warehouse 13 (series premiere),
• Eureka (return),
• Primeval,
• Eli Stone (series finale),
• Merlin, and
• True Blood.

Guest stars this week include Michael Boatman (Spin City) on the premiere of Warehouse 13; Kim Poirier (Paradise Falls) on the return of Eureka; Kate Magowan (Una in Stardust) guests on the third-season episode of Primeval; and Julian Rhind-Tutt (Quartus in Stardust) is a mysterious physician on Merlin. This week's repeat episode of Supernaural is the one with Ted Raimi.

Synopses below the jump. For details see the listings (regular or alphabetical).

• Warehouse 13 "Pilot" (101). A presidential visit to a museum puts two secret service agents (Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly) on opposite sides of the action, resulting in an encounter with the mysterious Mrs. Frederick and their transfer to a top-secret facility in South Dakota in the opener of the comedic sci-fi drama. Saul Rubinek, CCH Pounder.
• Eureka "Welcome Back, Carter" (309). Following his termination as sheriff, Carter interviews for a job with the Department of Homeland Security. Deputy Lupo resigns when she learns the new sheriff is a very personable robot.
• Primeval "Episode 12" (206). Part 1 of 2. A gigantic mammoth rampages across the M25 motorway. Elsewhere, a future predator appears in ARC.
• Primeval "Episode 3.08" (308). When an anomaly opens at a racecar test-track, the team must draw on all its skills to capture a lethal Megopteran, a giant carnivorous insect from the future. As they attempt to send it back home and lock the anomaly, they are unaware that there are two creatures on the loose, and one is still at the track when they leave. Meanwhile, at Abby’s apartment, her brother Jack steals her hand-held detector and sets out to uncover the truth about Abby’s job—with the result he comes under attack at the test track from the remaining Megopteran. In trying to escape from the creature Jack enters the anomaly and the team have to go after him in the slim chance they can rescue him. Note: The Megopteran is the fan-generated creature.
• Eli Stone "Flight Path" (213). In the series finale, Eli and Keith help a woman in need of a heart transplant who clashes with the family of a potential donor because of her religious views. Meanwhile, Eli's visions of a plane crash cause concern for his loved ones, and Taylor and Matt take another step in their future together.
• Merlin "A Remedy to Cure All Ills" (106). Royal ward Morgana falls ill with an unidentified brain disease Gaius can't cure after receiving lilies collected by unsuspecting Gwen. The mysterious healer, Edwin, proves that his 'remedy to cure all ills' seemingly helps her, but actually removes the cursed black beetle that hid in the lilies. Grateful king Uther lets Gaius go to instate Edwin as new court physician. Gaius gets court archivist Geoffrey to allow him illegal access to the sealed records of Uther's purge of magic, proving Edwin's parents were executed as black sorcerers. After consulting the dragon, who says he must choose whether Arthur and Merlin's time has come, and a threat from Edwin to expose Merlin's magic, Gaius tells Merlin, the 'son he never had', that the time has come and steps down. Edwin now uses another beetle to condemn Uther to an agonizing death like his parents, but takes one monumental risk: a duel of magic with 'mere novice' Merlin.
• True Blood "Shake And Fingerpop" (204). Bill, Sookie and Jessica fly to Dallas on a mission for Eric to find a missing vampire; Maryann corrals the locals for Tara's birthday party; Jason's new assignment at the Light of Day Institute inspires even more jealousy among his rivals; Lafayette receives an unlikely remedy for his injured leg; Sam finds a reason to delay his departure.