Eureka is a summer series, right? It broadcasts a new season with a new story arc each summer, so one could be forgiven for thinking this was season four of Eureka. Fourth summer = season four, right? Except that last year, Sci Fi Syfy ordered twice as many episodes as usual for season three, then [...]
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This episode was either the season finale or the mid-season finale, depending on when the next batch of episodes airs. The commercials on Sci Fi were calling it the mid-season finale, but in a post last week on Eureka Unscripted, the showrunners indicated they still weren’t sure when new episodes would [...]
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It’s election time in the rest of the country, so why not Eureka too? There were debates and slogans galore, but in a town that has the ultimate hi-tech for everything, it tickled me no end that they still use paper ballots because it’s too easy for the local geniuses to [...]
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In a town full of geeky geniuses with access to mass quantities of the latest and greatest technology, I’m surprised that Captain Eureka is the first superhero to turn up since Jack took over as sheriff. You’d think the town would be knee-deep in them. It didn’t take much to figure [...]
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We Want Characters, Not Caricatures
Eureka is mostly known as a cute and quirky science fiction show and not for its deep characterizations, but there’s a difference between characters and caricatures. Eureka’s residents may be quirky, but they’re still people.
However, the show recently introduced Sheriff Carter’s sister, Lexi, who is more of a collection of New Age stereotypes than an [...]
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