Eureka : Episode Discussion /Speculation

[dpgiffin]

Wow, that was amazing, I can't wait for a second season now.

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Also, did anyone else spot that alternate Stark worked at the same place that the phsychitrist was talking to at the end? Was it something like Cisco labs or something? So many little bits of information in this episode, it was so neat.

heh. Actually Cisco is the name of a networking company. Their name was on the phones purely as ad revenue

[Otera]

Stark was working at

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Stark industries

you saw the name when they entered the scene, but only for a few moments

[Jonzey]

The actors commented on the podcasts that even they felt the Jack/Allison relationship was "forced". The viewers saw the potential, so why rush/push it...esp in the first season?

As far as the future timeline, nobody knows if the characters would end up in the same situations and positions, except Henry and Kim wouldn't have happened. One could speculate that Stark couldn't sweep the artifact incident under the rug if Kim was still alive and that was the reason he was fired in the alternate timeline. Kim told the true story to accident/incident investigators. With Stark out of the way, it opened the door for a full blown Jack/Allison relationship that led to marriage.

Good points, but my real issue was more with Jacks little speech to Allison just before he goes back.

[yaaayoubetcha]

Unfortunately, Skiffy is renewing for only 13 episodes for season 2, and it won't show up on the schedule until next summer!

13 eps works well for HBO and FX shows.

Leaves me wanting more.

There were a couple eps this season that, even knowing they were shown out of order, just seemed like throw aways.

I'd rather have the writers craft 13 above average eps than 15 great and 5 throwaways. the throwaways really detract from the overall show.

[FoolishPleasure]

13 eps works well for HBO and FX shows.

Leaves me wanting more.

There were a couple eps this season that, even knowing they were shown out of order, just seemed like throw aways.

I'd rather have the writers craft 13 above average eps than 15 great and 5 throwaways. the throwaways really detract from the overall show.

I think Eureka took Skiffy by surprise - it did much better than they expected and they would have looked stupid cancelling their top rated summer show. It is still a step-child.

I'm really ticked that Eureka, which my whole family enjoys, will only get 13 new eppys, while Painkiller Jane (hot supersoldier babe/killing machine) gets a full 22 episode season. I wouldn't watch that for any reason!

[yaaayoubetcha]

while Painkiller Jane (hot supersoldier babe/killing machine) gets a full 22 episode season. I wouldn't watch that for any reason!

yah...i'm kinda surprised about the PKJ thing. I didn't think the movie was that good, certainly not enough to warrant a full season of eps. that's just me, though.

[FoolishPleasure]

yah...i'm kinda surprised about the PKJ thing. I didn't think the movie was that good, certainly not enough to warrant a full season of eps. that's just me, though.

PKJ ties in with Skiffy's wrestling mentality lately, while Eureka and SG1 are SCIENCE fiction and cater to families.

I think we can see what sort of audience Skiffy is reaching out to.

[scifi_girl]

im glad its been renewed for a second season

[Sci-Fi]

Good points, but my real issue was more with Jacks little speech to Allison just before he goes back.

Funny...a lot of people were asking why didn't Allison go back with Jack? That might have been interesting with both knowing what happened between them...but Stark wouldn't get his "2nd chance" and we would miss the banter between the 3 of them. It was never mentioned how many people could go back at one time or maybe the writers assumed the viewers knew that only one could.

[jds1982]

I thought it was kind of funny, or sad maybe, that in the season finale of Eureka they tried to do a touching emotional story. The thing is you can't do touching and emotional that early, no one really cares about the characters or their fates. Hell, half of Eureka could die and no one would care.

[ShadowMaat]

Speak for yourself, thank you, and don't presume to know how others feel.

[jds1982]

Speak for yourself, thank you, and don't presume to know how others feel.

My apologies, half of Eureka could die and most people wouldn't care. My point is that the characters aren't really established enough that people have an emotional attachment to them.

[ShadowMaat]

Gosh, that's funny, because I sure as hell care about the characters and I'd be very upset if half the town died. There's a difference between fact and opinion. Figure it out.

[jds1982]

Gosh, that's funny, because I sure as hell care about the characters and I'd be very upset if half the town died. There's a difference between fact and opinion. Figure it out.

Ok how's this I would not care if half the people in Eureka died, I would not be heartbroken if the show got cancelled. I have watched the show several times, and while I find it distracting if I have nothing else to do, have not developed any kind of emotional attachment to the characters. You on the other hand, apparantly have. Maybe you see something more than I do, I was just really dissapointed in the show.

[scifi_girl]

ive just seen the last two episodes of eureka on sky and i thought they were great.

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i really liked the episode with them all trapped in the house, poor pizza guy, and kim dying was really sad.

i cant wait for season 2 and i have to say that im pleasantly suprised at how the first series has turned out