Editorial Reviews
Plenty of new television series need a season or two to sort themselves out, and as this three-disc, 13-episode (plus bonus features) box set from the second season (2007) reveals, the Sci-Fi Channel’s Eureka is still a work in progress--which is not a bad thing, considering that it’s one of the more provocative and ambitious shows out there. For the uninitiated, here’s the basic premise: Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson), accompanied by his teenage daughter Zoe (Jordan Hinson), is stationed in Eureka, a picturesque little burg somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Eureka is hardly Anytown, USA; indeed, this is the place where "the world’s greatest thinkers" live and work, most of them at Global Dynamics, "the most advanced scientific facility in the world." It’s also a place where exceedingly strange things happen on a regular basis. In Season Two, those happenings include people spontaneously combusting, becoming invisible, turning into gold, or simply disappearing (and leaving nothing behind--not even a memory that they ever existed); a "personal force field" that’s growing so large and so fast that it will soon engulf the whole town, and maybe even the whole world; freaky weather that changes by the moment; and even an experiment to re-create the Big Bang inside a Global Dynamics lab, leading to some unexpected side effects.
These developments are all presented with enough cool special effects
and scientific techno-babble to make Eureka a perfectly viable
and sometimes quite dramatic science fiction diversion. But there’s
more--much more. Sometimes this is a show about relationships: Jack and
Zoe (custody becomes an issue when Jack’s ex, played by Olivia D’Abo,
shows up in the early episodes); Jack and Allison Blake (Salli
Richardson), Global Dynamics’ new boss (their growing attraction is
complicated by the continued presence of her ex, a genius
scientist type); Jack and his pal Henry (Joe Morton), who blames Jack
for his girlfriend’s death but gradually learns there’s more to it than
that. Much of the time it’s a comedy, heavy on the quirks; and, in a
change from the first year, it’s also a serial, with several story arcs
continuing over the course of the season. All of that can make Eureka
a but convoluted and hard to get a handle on, but this show is a keeper.
Extensive bonus features include deleted scenes, gag reels, podcast
commentaries, and a good deal more. --Sam Graham
Product Description
It's the same small town but the hidden secrets are even bigger in the
city of Eureka when it returns to DVD with Eureka: Season Two!
The 3-disc DVD set includes every episode from season two plus over 10
hours of behind-the-scenes extras. Discover the mysteriously-surreal,
quirky series when Eureka: Season Two appears on DVD!
Season 2: 2007
| Episode Number | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 13 (2-01) | "Phoenix Rising" | 10 July 2007 |
| Following the restoration of the timeline, Carter and Henry must adjust, while Allison gets Nathan's job, and citizens of Eureka start to spontaneously combust. | ||
| 14 (2-02) | "Try, Try Again" | 17 July 2007 |
| As the computer at Global Dynamics reboots on the occasion of Allison's start as the new director, the disappearance of a Category Red device leads to an unlikely alliance between Carter and Stark. | ||
| 15 (2-03) | "Unpredictable" | 24 July 2007 |
| An isolated deep-freeze sets off a chain reaction of freak climate changes that soon escalate into a threat that could destroy Eureka, and the rest of the planet. Also Carter's ex-wife gets in the mix when she arrives for Zoe's surprise 16th birthday party. | ||
| 16 (2-04) | "Games People Play" | 31 July 2007 |
| After suffering a blow to the head, Carter awakens in what appears to be a parallel universe, one in which the inhabitants of Eureka are disappearing one by one. | ||
| 17 (2-05) | "Duck, Duck Goose" | 7 August 2007 |
| Space junk is massing over Eureka, forming a giant debris cloud that threatens to destroy the town and its inhabitants. Carter must find what is drawing it, and why, before disaster strikes. | ||
| 18 (2-06) | "Noche de Suenos" | 14 August 2007 |
| An epidemic of shared dreaming in Eureka seems amusing if somewhat embarrassing, until it's discovered that the cause will ultimately prove lethal for everyone in town. | ||
| 19 (2-07) | "Family Reunion" | 21 August 2007 |
| Fargo's grandfather, Pierre Fargo, is revived from cryogenic suspension in an unmarked sleeper pod at Global Dynamics. Once awake, he accuses his old rival of locking him in the pod, and stealing his life's work. | ||
| 20 (2-08) | "E=MC...?" | 28 August 2007 |
| As an experiment that will recreate the first moments of the origins of the universe, the "Big Bang", goes terribly awry, the town's geniuses turn into morons, leaving the fate of Eureka in the hands of Jack Carter and an antisocial young ubergenius, Zane Donovan. | ||
| 21 (2-09) | "Sight Unseen" | 4 September 2007 |
| An abandoned research project on invisibility returns to haunt Eureka. Carter and Zoe become tangled in a web of strange occurrences that lead to Carter's disappearance, and the possibility that he might never reappear. | ||
| 22 (2-10) | "God Is In The Details" | 11 September 2007 |
| Sudden muteness, human bioluminescence and faucets running blood cause many of Eureka's citizens to believe that they are the victims of a Biblical plague. Teryl Rothery (Stargate SG-1) guest stars. | ||
| 23 (2-11) | "Maneater" | 18 September 2007 |
| Sheriff Jack Carter becomes absolutely irresistible to every woman in Eureka. But if he doesn't get his mojo under control, they might just eat him alive. Lexa Doig (Andromeda, Stargate SG-1) guest stars. | ||
| 24 (2-12) | "All That Glitters..." | 25 September 2007 |
| Beverly Barlowe returns to town just as a parasitic bacterium threatens to destroy Eureka, by turning everything to gold and then into rust, people included. Michael Shanks of Stargate SG-1 guest stars. | ||
| 25 (2-13) | "A Night At Global Dynamics" | 2 October 2007 |
| Nathan Stark and Jack Carter must put aside their rivalry to stop a deadly bacteria from destroying the town and killing Allison's son. But can Carter ignore Stark's crimes as well? | ||
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