New Scifi channel pilot "Eureka"... (1 Viewer)

[Rommel_L]

If these all fails, you can always catch it from torrent...

 

[Hanson]

I don't know why I watch this week after week since I truly think the show is subpar. They are constantly getting the science part of sci-fi completely wrong. Like the writers' understanding of physics, chemistry, and biology was gleaned from Silver Age Marvel comics. There's been at least a plot hole in every episode, some bigger and more numerous than others.

The premise is cute, but they don't explore the idea of a bleeding edge tech society except to be pointlessly bleeding edge for its own sake. Like if they play baseball in Eurkea, it's with visors and virtual bats & balls. Why? For no good reason.

I like Joe Morton in pretty much anything, and I like him here as well, but he's given the thankless job of spouting non-sensical gobbledy-gook every episode. This is not technobabble -- it's just totally wrong.

I think I only watch it so I can discuss the epsiode with my friend (who is a fan).

 

[Brian^K]

I think the science part of science fiction is overrated. I suspect the substantial surge in interest in Sci-Fi comes mostly from the fact that they're not presenting programs which are based in contexts which are typically science fiction (space, other planets, and in the case of Eureka, secret technologies), but provide what this substantial influx of new viewers want, which is more plot and more character development, and less of what these new viewers don't want, which is the hard-core technical stuff. It's a winning combination (for everyone but hard-core science fiction fans).

 

[Roger_R]

In the last episode, Henry said he was going to leave. Is Joe Morton really quitting the show?

 

[nolesrule]

I don't know, but he was in the preview for the next episode.

 

[LarryDavenport]

I know but I don't want to spoil the surprise.

 

[derek]

Did anyone have issues with stupid wrestling (why SCIFI why!) running into the start time of Eureka the past two weeks on Tuesdays? I missed the last few minutes of each episode on my ReplayTV! :frowning:

 

[LarryDavenport]

I don't know why Sci Fi is showing wrestling. Battlebots I could understand.

 

[mattCR]

Yeah, hell, bring back battlebots! At least that was science!

 

[Brian^K]

Sci-Fi is the home of the weird, among other things, and there's no denying that wrestling is weird.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

Missed the last couple of minutes of last nights episode.

I recorded the 11pm showing of Eureka last night. But it started about 4 minutes late because they had the stoooopid ECW run over. So I missed the last couple minutes of Eureka and the preview.

Can anyone fill me in on what happens in the last couple of minutes?

 

[BrianW]

In the last couple of minutes, Carter beats the nuke with hs baseball bat trying to prevent the house from vaporizing Zoe. Somehow, this restores SARA, and they identify SARA's own insecurity -- not concern for Eureka -- as the root cause of "her" behavior, and "deal with it" so she was willing to release them.

Oh, and Jo and Taggert make out in the tunnels.

No, really.

One other thing: Am I the only one amused that the pizza guy wore a red shirt?

 

[LarryDavenport]

I caught that too.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

So maybe I only missed seconds. I saw Jo & Taggert. It cut off just after Carter starts talking about SARAH getting upset because he wanted to leave Eureka.

Did Henry decide he would stay?

 

[BrianW]

Henry didn't indicate he would stay, but he sure looked like he was thinking about it. How true. I think Henry has a few things to think about.

Next week is the season finale? Man, time flies.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

Is it really a season finale or a mid-season break like SG1 and SGA?

 

[Parker Clack]

They set it was the season finale.

 

[LarryDavenport]

Does anyone know if a season two has been announced? The season final would work as a series ender, but I'd like a few more seasons at least.

 

[LarryDavenport]

Eureka has been picked up for another season of 13 episodes

 

[mattCR]

Cool. Funny show. Good summer fare.