Eureka 4x01 Founder's Day

[CaptainChewbacca]

Eureka is back, did anyone else watch it? I thought it was a great episode, and the 'Oh fuck' moment when everyone realizes history has been changed was great.

And next week, it looks like Spoiler

Fargo is running Global Dynamics.

What.
The.
What?

[Night_stalker]

Wait, HE'S running GD??!?!??!?!
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Wonder how Dr. Grant will take being in the 21st century.. Oh, and DAMN YOU Writer who decided to break up Jo and Zane!

[Gaidin]

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Wonder how Dr. Grant will take being in the 21st century.. Oh, and DAMN YOU Writer who decided to break up Jo and Zane!

I loved that. Hell I loved all the little curve balls they tossed in there. They basically made all the changes subtle enough that the town is unaffected but that character's life is turned upside down from what it was before. It was very well done.

[jollyreaper]

Very impressed. Excellent production values, good humor (loved the terminator nod), what a great season opening.

My only quibble with the show is that it's following the formula a little too tightly -- crisis of the week threatens town, Carter saves town. This can be as detrimental as Trek's space anomaly of the week. There's more than enough room to grow beyond that with the setting they have.

Still holding out hope that Henry will get his woman back from one of the alternate timelines.

[Gaidin]

Very impressed. Excellent production values, good humor (loved the terminator nod), what a great season opening.

My only quibble with the show is that it's following the formula a little too tightly -- crisis of the week threatens town, Carter saves town. This can be as detrimental as Trek's space anomaly of the week. There's more than enough room to grow beyond that with the setting they have.

Still holding out hope that Henry will get his woman back from one of the alternate timelines.

To be honest they really haven't had a crisis of the week formula since season 1, which we can say had its arc in figuring out what the Artifact is. Sure they have the crisis that happens and gets solved that week, kind of like Burn Notice and its smaller cases, but from the start of season 2, at minimum, there's an overall arc in which a step is taken in the episodes. Season 2 was the fallout from the artifact, Season 3.0 was the restructuring of GD with Eva Thorne(and her machinations), Season 3.5 was the UFO(for which I lack a better way to describe it since that's how they treated it) and its fallout. Season 4.0(at minimum) looks to be fixing the problem with Dr. Grant.

[jollyreaper]

It all boils down to something going boom by the end of the episode unless Carter does something.

I enjoy the show, I just fear ruts. This new season looks like they're still hitting them out of the park.

[Gaidin]

It all boils down to something going boom by the end of the episode unless Carter does something.

I'm not sure what can be done here because pretty much every show has some episodic crisis that will be resolved yet they'll still advance the overall plot arc as well.

[ShadowOfMadness]

It all boils down to something going boom by the end of the episode unless Carter does something.

I'm not sure what can be done here because pretty much every show has some episodic crisis that will be resolved yet they'll still advance the overall plot arc as well.

I think he is voting in favor of greater variation in crisises (rather than technobaubles almost every week).

[jollyreaper]

It all boils down to something going boom by the end of the episode unless Carter does something.

I'm not sure what can be done here because pretty much every show has some episodic crisis that will be resolved yet they'll still advance the overall plot arc as well.

I'd make the comparison between Trek and B5. Trek brought it down to the anomaly of the week and the reset button at the end of the episode. B5 had a crisis or complication every episode -- it's hard to have drama without conflict -- but they did it in such a way that it never felt routine. A show like Dexter could devolve to victim of the week but doesn't. Compare with the Sarah Connor Chronicles that devolved to Terminator of the Week at times which completely undercut the threat a Terminator was supposed to represent. Took an entire movie to kill Arnie the first time and here's another T-800 dispatched before the credits.

All I'm getting at is the crisis in an episode of Eureka doesn't always have to involve the destruction of the town/Fargo dying because of his own damn fool mistake with only Sheriff Carter to save it. But I really like what they did with the new season opener as I said. Can't wait for the next ep.

[jollyreaper]

One other nod -- it's an excellent family show without being insipid. You could sit the family down to watch and it remains entertaining. Shows like Dexter and True Blood are fun but obviously not family fare. They have their place but it's nice to have shows that are enjoyable by everyone without being mindless pablum. Not every show has to be grimdark or darker and edgier.