Eureka Ep: Here Come the Suns

[the_other_sandy]

I hardly know where to start; this was such a busy ep.

I think I've finally gotten a concussion from being beaten over the head with Degree deodorant ads and product placement. I almost wish I were male just so I could boycott it. This time, it even played a crucial part in the main story when Zane and Carter used its secret ingredient to withstand the high temperatures of a mini-sun so they could get close enough to destroy it. You know, just in case the two commercials per break weren't enough to make me notice the stuff.

The mini-sun plot was a lot of fun, but it was probably the least important in terms of ongoing storylines. It did prompt a step forward in the relationship between Zane and Jo, at least on Jo's side. It wasn't clear how Zane felt about the change in Jo's feelings for him. Watching Zoe on the bus worrying about whether her dad was going to be able to destroy the mini-sun before it destroyed Eureka really made me think about how much more dangerous this season has been for Sheriff Carter. He seems to have been putting his life on the line a lot more this season. It must be really hard on his daughter to watch that.

The Eureka mayoral race was both timely and uniquely Eureka. With all the hi-tech everything everywhere, it tickled me no end that the town still uses paper ballots because it's too easy for a town full of geniuses to tamper with voting technology. I also had my fingers crossed that Henry would be elected mayor even though he wasn't on the ballot, and he won as a write-in candidate. I think he'll be an awesome mayor. Besides, he does everything else in town.

I knew Eva was interested in all the old records pertaining to whatever was going on in Eureka before the town was founded. She'd been gathering old records and watching archival footage, so it didn't surprise me at all that she snatched the old photos from Café Diem. However, with all the layoffs and shutdowns going on since she arrived, it totally blew past me that she'd want the town museum shut down just so she could have exclusive access to those records. Why do I think that one of the three bodies found in the old facility was a relative of Eva's? Unless there's another weird time thing going on, she isn't old enough for it to be a husband. Father, maybe? Guess we'll find out next week.

Oh, and it's been so long that I almost forgot:

SGA sighting -- Dean Marshall (Sgt. Bates) as candidate/cloud scientist Paulo Herrera.

Comments

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It was a great episode (I loved the 9 yr old genius building a sun in her playhouse) that was - once again - ruined for me by the sheriff's sister. That woman is so annoying and seems to dominate so much of the storyline that she is spoiling the season for me; last weeks episode had me feeling so sorry for her unborn children - and they're fictional! I hope they send her back off on her travels or tone her down real soon.

I agree with you about the product placement abuse. The constant commercials leading up to the new season got old real fast. And now it's in the episodes themselves, and not in a subtle manner either. I wonder if the actors feel a bit like, uhm, whores? Whatever happened to the attitude of actors being artistes, and not demeaning their art with crass commercialism? ;-)

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I keep hoping that Lexi's doctor boyfriend will come to town and take her away with him. I got worried when Allison announced that Lexi was going to be having 2 sons in an episode about 2 suns. I was deeply relieved that the writers didn't make more out of that than just a brief pun.

Whatever happened to the attitude of actors being artistes, and not demeaning their art with crass commercialism?

They got tired of being unemployed? ;-)

Eva Thorne

[tele-toby.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was thinking that Eva Thorne could be old enough to have been around since the 1930s project. Who knows what kind of techno-babble could have kept her so well-preserved to this point in time?

Re: Eva Thorne

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

I kind of thought that at first too, but the 1939 experiment was 69 years ago. Eva's no spring chicken, but even if she were well into her seventies, she still would've been elementary school age back then.

Of course, that's assuming that time is behaving itself. Henry still hasn't figured out what happened to the scientists whose bodies were recovered from the facility.

Re: Eva Thorne

[tele-toby.livejournal.com]

I also think Stark merged with the time-stream and is still "alive" on some cosmic level. He may still play a part in all this by actually being able to go back to 1939 and - here's an original line! LOL - put right what once went wrong.....

Re: Eva Thorne

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Does Fargo get to be the hologram? ;-)

Part of me would like to have Nathan back because he and Jack snarked well together, but another part of me would probably throw something because I'm so tired of characters dying and being brought back on my shows.

To quote one of my favorite movies, "He's only mostly dead!"