Eureka : Episode Discussion /Speculation

[Jonzey]

The one thing I don't like about the show is how every kid is a genius. I mean, is it genetic? Do they have some kinda mind-increasing thingy for kids? Do they download stuff into their brains?

It's a minor thing, but smarty-pants kids really bug me in TV shows, almost as much as trying to ship the two main characters together.

[ShadowMaat]

Maybe stupid normal kids get sent away to a "special" school somewhere. Or we just haven't met any of the normal ones yet. I wonder how they're treated...

[Sela]

"Yes, he said 'invisibling'."

I love this show.

Hey, it's a word....isn't it?

[uknesvuinng]

The one thing I don't like about the show is how every kid is a genius. I mean, is it genetic? Do they have some kinda mind-increasing thingy for kids? Do they download stuff into their brains?

It's a minor thing, but smarty-pants kids really bug me in TV shows, almost as much as trying to ship the two main characters together.

I've always thought most kids would be capable of something at least similar to that (but not necessarily to that degree), but the school system is too dumbed down and so most of them suffer by never experiencing such use of their minds at an early age when their brain is developing and needs to be used as much as possible.

Most people assume children won't understand things, but at early youth, the human mind is an information sponge. Kids can pretty much learn as much as you're willing to teach them. And the more you teach them, the better they will do in the long run.

[the fifth man]

Maybe stupid normal kids get sent away to a "special" school somewhere. Or we just haven't met any of the normal ones yet. I wonder how they're treated...

Well, Jack's daughter seems to be doing ok so far. She isn't anything real special compared to some of the other kids in Eureka.

[ShadowMaat]

Well, Jack's daughter seems to be doing ok so far. She isn't anything real special compared to some of the other kids in Eureka.

As far as we know. Could be all her rebelliousness is because she's an unrecognized genius in search of an outlet.

[the fifth man]

As far as we know. Could be all her rebelliousness is because she's an unrecognized genius in search of an outlet.

Well, I suppose anything is possible.

[Jonzey]

I've always thought most kids would be capable of something at least similar to that (but not necessarily to that degree), but the school system is too dumbed down and so most of them suffer by never experiencing such use of their minds at an early age when their brain is developing and needs to be used as much as possible.

Most people assume children won't understand things, but at early youth, the human mind is an information sponge. Kids can pretty much learn as much as you're willing to teach them. And the more you teach them, the better they will do in the long run.

Perhaps, but the ones we've seen (like the kid director one) don't seem emotionally balanced- i.e. having a lot of knowledge but also an air of arrogance and poor social skills. It's perfectly possible for a kid to become a genius in one thing, but will hinder other aspects of their development. Plus, they can be real brats when they think they're smarter than you (not speaking from personal experience). Is it really fair to these kids to push them so hard, so the next generation of Eurekaville are like a bunch of McKays?

[uknesvuinng]

Perhaps, but the ones we've seen (like the kid director one) don't seem emotionally balanced- i.e. having a lot of knowledge but also an air of arrogance and poor social skills. It's perfectly possible for a kid to become a genius in one thing, but will hinder other aspects of their development. Plus, they can be real brats when they think they're smarter than you (not speaking from personal experience). Is it really fair to these kids to push them so hard, so the next generation of Eurekaville are like a bunch of McKays?

I don't think it's so much arrogance as just the expectation that everyone's like that. To them, it's just as unusual for others not to understand simple quantum mechanics as it would be to us for someone to have never heard that 1+1=2.

[Ragnarok13]

im guessing this argument is partialy my fault, since i started the easter egg hunt. i think that maybe a few were intentional, but the majority are just coincedneces. NID for example could of been an egg, but a guy named anderson (RDA & Neo) is just a coincednce. no matter what the case is, you should just sit back and enjoy the show, instead of looking for hidden jokes and messages. just find them, dont seek them.i hope this worked

[LaCroix]

Here's what I find so funny. For a show that only been on a few short weeks
it's gotten alot of comments here.

[Xanderic]

Here's what I find so funny. For a show that only been on a few short weeks
it's gotten alot of comments here.

also, the kids are like Kyle XY's! Too smart for their age. lol.

[prion]

Meanwhile, wel,l hard to tell where to place casting news... Colin Ferguson will be making a movie opposite Laura Flynn Boyle called THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, which will air on Lifetime. And he already made a movie due out, er, eventually, called BECAUSE I SAID SO, a romantic comedy.

[ShadowMaat]

New ep was very easy to predict, but it was still loads of fun to watch. Not so keen on the congressman and the whole conspiracy thing is beyond old, but I'll see where they go with it.

Any guesses on what that thing was in Section 5?

Favorite line of the night?

Spoiler:

"Okay, who gave Fargo a gun?"

[uknesvuinng]

There's a bit of a "predictable plot twist" trend, but it doesn't seem to harm the show. It's still quite entertaining. I, too, look forward to figuring what that thing is.