The bright side is that it’s taken me nearly through the end of Eureka’s third season to finish watching an episode and think it was truly bad television. We don’t always get so lucky with the shows we follow.
But I can’t sugar-coat this: what a mind-numbing way to spend an hour. Recapping the storyline doesn’t [...]
How refreshing (and if you appreciate that as a water pun, we’re on the same wavelength)! An episode with well-drawn characters (including the female ones), an engaging mystery, character drama, and A and B stories that are well integrated. The tone was well played: the light moments were honest, the tougher moments were sincere. As [...]
Dear Eureka producers,
I really enjoy Eureka. Generally, watching the show is a pleasant way to spend an hour on a Friday night – engaging tone, good pacing, interesting characters, a dash of levity.
This episode, for example, was a fine one: the return of Henry Deacon’s unmanned exploration ship brings back 20 years’ worth of outer [...]
Geez, I don’t even want to talk about the plot – other aspects of this episode are way more discussion-worthy!
To recap: Eureka’s new traffic control system is coming online (“smart asphalt” – drivers don’t have to drive!), and around town people are reporting thefts of odds and ends. Turns out that someone is building a [...]
I’m no great fan of monster-of-the-week stories, and this week’s episode is no exception. I gave it a fair shake: bowling is dear to my heart, plus the episode title makes me think of Kermit the Frog, and who doesn’t love a Muppet?
So: The story’s amusing — Eureka’s bowling rival would of course be a [...]
Let’s just dispense with the A story in this plot: What starts as suspicion of paranormal activity becomes instead an inter-dimensional travel mystery as Sheriff Carter and General Dynamics’ new hire, Dr. Tess Fontana (played by Jaime Ray Newman), somehow cross into the Fifth Dimension and need to figure out how to get back. It’s [...]
I always love when Deputy Jo Lupo gets more screen time on Eureka — she’s such a wonderful character (and well played by Erica Cerra). So when this episode opened with Sheriff Carter being sequestered away for a 48-hour recertification test (required by the DoD of course), leaving Lupo temporarily in charge as acting sheriff, [...]
The second half of Eureka’s Season 3 kicked off with a bang … or really, I guess that should be a crash, or whatever sound things make when gravitational anomalies cause them to collapse suddenly and forcefully.
But first, before we discuss gravity, we should refresh, because we haven’t visited Eureka since September. The episode’s opening [...]
Sure, our favorite shows are wrapping up their seasons and won’t return until the fall, but we still have some interesting shows to look forward to between now and then. Here’s a list:
Thursday, June 4
The Listener (NBC), 10 p.m. – Paramedic Toby Logan is a telepath!
Sunday, June 14
True Blood (HBO) – Season two of the [...]
Well, Eureka’s mid-season finale was really very good. After a rocky season start with some eps that missed the mark, the last several have been solid. I do have a few nitpicks, but some good news first: Degree deodorant was not even mentioned in this episode.
We had an outside contractor (a Dr. Hendricks) arrive in [...]
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