Eureka: I’ll Be Seeing You

Of all the shows I watch, this one has the most ups and downs. Some episodes are brilliant while others are less than satisfactory. When the first episode of season four set out to explore time travel (something which had already happened before in Eureka back in season 1) I felt we  were in for a bumpy ride. Despite how much I enjoy James Callis in Battlestar and even FlashForward, I was not fan of Dr. Charles Grant, I’d much rather have had Matt Frewer return to the show as the crazy veterinarian Taggart.  

Anyway this week’s episode marks the halfway point of the season, only nine episodes with no announcement as yet to when the show will return or how many episode the second half will contain. We, however, know that we can look forward to a Christmas special.

So, the midseason finale sets out to wrap up the time travel storyline and bid a fond farewell to Dr. Grant. However, like Heroes and every other show that includes time travel, it just doesn’t feel like it worked.

What I do like is the fact that the final episode didn’t “fix” the timeline, returning all the characters to their previous roles and thus making the last nine episodes irrelevant. But other than that the whole episode felt a bit messy.

Initially I liked the fact that Jack gets dragged back to 1947 unintentionally and the possible death of Allison Blake.  After that though things went downhill. Dr. Grant had intended to return to 1947 to stop the bridge device being built. But he returns after everyone else has already arrived. That could only happen if the bridge device exists already in 2010. Additionally, destroying it now would trap Alison, Carter and the others in 1947. Which of course makes no sense either.

Dr. Grant then forgets about attempting to destroy the bridge device and instead works on a way to return home and save Allison (who had been killed by accident just before they travelled back in time.) They try to warn past Allison about the accident but fail, so instead Jack records a message to his future self and tells him how to save Allison and stop Dr. Grant. Which he does and the everything is as it should be. WHICH MAKES NO SENSE!

Hopefully though, this means that the whole time travel storyline is dead and we don’t have to put up with it again. That’s not to say there haven’t been some good episodes this season, but they have all been rather over shadowed by the less than satisfactory “Time Travel” story arc.

Still I look forward to the Christmas special and the return of the show, which has been confirmed for a fifth season.

That was Eureka and this has been My Two Cents!

Return of the Good Stuff

Sci-fi’s back baby! This week saw the return of 2 of my favourite shows that I discovered within the last year. Eureka and Warehouse 13…

***Spoilers Ahead***

Warehouse 13 – Tuesday on Syfy

Last year W13 left us on an almighty cliffhanger, Arty had been engulfed in flame, MacPherson was on the loose and poor old Claudia was being framed as a spy.

I couldn’t wait to find out what happened but I was left slightly disappointed. All the cliffhangers were resolved with very little consequence, the slate was wiped clean and a new villain was introduced.

Overall the episode was good, there were still plenty of laughs and some nice little action set pieces. The acting  was good and Allison Scagliotti is still very cute, but, just like the pilot episode, it lacked something. I have no doubt that the show will pick up speed and continue to get better, I just wish it had a little more… something!

Eureka – Fridays on Syfy

Eureka finally returned for it’s forth season, it’s been quite some time since the show was on the air, but still it manages to pick up where it left off.

This season see the introduction of a new actor to the main cast, James Callis, otherwise known as Dr. Giaus Baltar. Unfortunately, so far, his character does not appear to be as strong as either his character on BSG or on the short lived FlashForward, but I have complete faith in James to make the role his own.

To introduce James the show takes the characters back in time to the founding of Eureka and as always with time travel, when they return things aren’t quite the same as when they left. What I do like about this however is that the changes are small, but significant and quite possibly entirely beneficial, except for poor Jo.

For example Allison’s son Kevin no longer seems autistic, Henry is married to a hot new mechanic and Tess never left for Australia. However, Zane is no longer in love with Jo, despite the fact that she had finally decided to accept his proposal!

More Good Stuff

With several new series starting in the next two weeks I’ll be looking forward to plenty of new stuff, plus the return of another old favourite Rescue Special Ops.