Warning: This post contains spoilers. If you haven’t seen this episode, don’t read and wait for a re-run or download from iTunes.
The weather takes some strange turns in Eureka and so do some people’s sex lives, as the case of the week turns up. A naked man’s death at a fission powered spa turns up a few affairs, including one with the wife of a scientist who literally creates microclimates. The case also reveals some creative meteorology.
Collecting evidence has never been so scary as when Carter and Jo deal with using a piece of the dead man’s body (after he’s been flash frozen and shattered) to ID him. How can they be sure one body part is a thumb?
Carter must deal with the ex-wife, who seems to like having tactical advantages over him. In this case, it is the custody issue regarding Zoe. Strangely, there isn’t much interaction between the ex and Beverly, the local shrink, even though she’s put up at her place. Beverly has an agenda of her own: prevent Henry from working for Global. She gets a phone call and Season 1’s finale hints she’s getting instructions from a someone in the future, perhaps Stark’s future counterpart.
Allison makes the executive decision to clear Henry, which may bring a “Once in a Lifetime” kind of timeline. Carter may find himself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife after all. Or perhaps not. Nathan Stark, handsome in his unemployed persona (no tie, more casual), doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to leave Eureka.
There is also some revelation of the Artifact that affects Allison on a personal level. Stay tuned.
No skin shots of Carter, but his uniform is more form fitting this week. Bad fashion choice at the end – beige sweater. His lack of fashion sense is just a surface indicator of what defines him against his opponent Nathan Stark, who is much smarter and more impeccably dressed, even in casual mode.
Eureka should be available some time tomorrow on iTunes. Next week, true to a Star Trek trope, people disappear into never-existence until only Carter is left. Before that happens, we get confirmation the diner chef is gay.
Update: Catch full episode of Unpredictable on the Sci Fi Channel. The episode is also available on iTunes.
Tags: Colin Ferguson, Eureka, Sci Fi Channel
I did put it in fine red print that there were spoilers.
I’ve also done this with BSG, though I should have given it more time to stew and get my thoughts together on those episodes. Speaking of which, there’s a six to seven month wait for the Fourth Season. I can’t believe it’s taking so long.
I’ll tune in to the Bionic Woman to see if Katee kicks some Isaiah ass. I’m bracing myself for some disappointment in this department, but hoping this update of the Bionic Woman will be worth seeing.
Shindo, spoilers less than 24 hrs after airing? I should call a legion of fanboys down upon you!
(good thing I don’t watch the show… yet)
Okay, I think I blinked on Chef being gay in the first season. After all, I was drooling over Colin Ferguson.
They do need some queens in the wardrobe dept for Carter, but someone’s dressing Stark right.
Eureka’s got a panel tomorrow at Comic Con.
OK, having finally seen the episode … the plot was kind of an homage to The Avengers movie, which is something I could quite have lived without.
Was it me, or did they leave the whole issue of Zoe’s future completely unanswered? (Oh, and I did notice the bad beige sweater … dear GOD they need some queens in the wardrobe department!)
Stark … *sigh*
Didn’t they confirm that the chef dude was gay during the first season? I seem to recall a blink-and-you-missed-it reference. The Advocate sure picked it up and ran with it — big surprise there :/
They did get him in his undies in the season 2 premier.
Not quite … if they were dressing Stark properly, he’d be wearing a lot less